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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-05-26, Page 1A LOCAL EVIL KNEEVEL — At the dam in Riverview Park Monday afternoon Shane Peacock tried to emulate the antics of Evil Kneevel by jumping his bicycle off a ramp into the water. T-A photo Health council idea is narrowly rejected RED CROSS CANVASS — The recent canvass of the Exeter area for the Canadian Red Cross was handled by the student council of South Huron District High School. Above, vice-president Deb Ford and president Phil Knight present a cheque in the amount of $1,477.19 to London Red Cross representative William Routledge. T-A photo Hit airwaves, highways Final canvass push !! qhe exelerZinies-Abuocate One Hundred and Fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 26, 1977 Price Per Copy 25 Cents The steering committee charged with determining the need for a health council for Huron and Perth counties has decided there shouldn't be one, committee chairman Lloyd 'Morrison reported this week. Morrison, former reeve of Fullarton Township, said the committee voted 8-7 against the concept of a co-ordinating body for health agencies in the two counties. . The decision came after almost two years of work. The committee turned thumbs down to the proposal, Morrison said, because of "reluctance to accept the ministry's promise that the decisions, once the douncil is formed, would be those of the local citizens" and because of public apathy. He said the committee spon- gored public seminars throughout the two counties and sent out 450 copies of a brief 18 months ago but received just a 10 per cent response, half for and half against the proposal. The local medical association also took a strong stand against the formation of such' a health council, he said. Even those in favour of the council cautioned against being drawn into a larger body where "priorities have already been established" and where the weight of largpr populations would give Huron and Perth small voices. Under an earlier proposal, Only one crash in holiday period Despite extremely heavy traffic over the first summer holiday of the year, the Exeter OPP report only one accident and indicate that things were quiet in the area. That accident, which occurred early Saturday, involved four vehicles on the Crediton Road, about one mile east of Highway 81. The drivers involved were James Robinson, Parkhill; James Pickering, Ailsa Craig; Danny Paton, 511 Regal Court,1 London; and James Romphf, RR 1 Arkona. Minor injuries were sustained by Paton and Romphf, along with three passengers in the vehicles involved, Diane Landry, Guelph, Dean Mantle, Parkhill, and Lyle Pickering, RR 2 Thedford. Damage to the four vehicles was listed at $4,500 by OPP Constable Larry Christiaen. During the week, the local detachment officers laid 25 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, 11 under the Liquor Licence Act, eight under the Criminal Code, one under, the Child Welfare Act and four under the Petty Trespass Act. rejected by the province, Huron and Perth were to join with the counties of Oxford, Middlesex and Elgin to form one large health council. Bob Cameron, executive director of Stratford General Hospital, said he wasn't upset over the decision because "it was the hospital's position that we didn't need one." Perth district Medical Officer of Health Dr. Susan Tamblyn said although the committee turned down the idea, "in two or three years I think we may be looking at this whole thing again." Tamblyn, a member of the committee, said she believed many members felt Huron and Perth did not have the bureaucratic problems some more populous centres in Ontario might have and, therefore, didn't need a health council. Suspect in murder case taught here, The shooting of two men in Bayfield early Sunday followed a row at a nearby tavern which continued outside a home near the harbor in the Huron County village, an inspector from the provincial police criminal in- vestigation branch said Monday. Terrance Lloyd Bullen, 45, a Bayfield teacher, formerly a Science teacher at South Huron District High School in Exeter, is in custody. He is charged with the murder of Ronald DeJong, 25, of RR 2, Bayfield, and attempted murder of his brother, Leroy, 22, of RR 2, Bayfield. Det.-Insp. M. K. McMaster of Toronto told a press conference in Goderich Monday that Bullen's son, Terrence Jr., 20, and four friends, all aged 18-20, apparently were involved in a row with the DeJong brothers at the Bavarian Inn, on the outskirts of Bayfield on Highway 21. He said the argument con- tinued outside the tavern as the DeJong brothers followed the younger Bullen to his home on a secluded lane beside the harbor. McMaster said the brothers were each shot twice in front of the Bullen home. He said the shots were fired from a .22-calibre pistol which has been recovered, Leroy DeJong was released Monday from the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich after treatment for bullet wounds to his arm and shoulder, Bullen appeared before a justice of the peace Sunday. He was remanded in custody to appear Thursday in provincial court in Gnderich, Exeter's residential mill rate will jump by 22 mills this year, While the commercial rate will increase 25.2. Those were the figures arrived at following approval of this year's budget by Exeter council at a special meeting, Tuesday. However, only about five mills of those increases is represented in the general levy with the major portion being added to meet increased education costs, \ Clerk Eric Carscadden showed members a chart of how the tax dollar is spent at their meeting, and the portion being eaten up by education was over 41 percent. "It will soon shade in half the circle," commented Councillor Ted Wright in reference to the chart. At the suggestion of Mayor Bruce Shaw, council decided to prepare an advertisement to show local ratepayers the chart and how much goes towards education costs. Wright said that council members take the blame for increased taxes, when in effect the local rate does not increase substantially. Given jail term for hitting officer A 19-year-old Huron Park man was sentenced to seven days in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of assault before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. Terry Keller was charged following an incident on March 15 when he hit OPP Constable Bill Lewis a glancing blow to the shoulder, The police officer had been checking a vehicle for a liquor infraction when the assault oc- curred. Another 19-year-old Huron Park man, Alex May, was fined $150 or 15 days on a charge of obstruction arising from the same incident. The court learned that May grabbed the constable's arm when he was engaged in the altercation with Keller. May was given 15 days in which to pay the fine. Kenneth Johnstone, Blyth, was fined $200 or 20 days on a charge of impaired driving. His licence was suspended for three months, That charge was also laid by Constable Lewis, who advised the court that he saw Johnstone's car being driven in an erratic manner on February 19, He said the car travelled over the centre line of the highway and one on- coming driver had to take evasive action to avoid a collision. A Vanastra resident, Bloss Josh, was fined $200 or 20 days on a charge of driving a motor vehicle while his licence was under suspension. The offence occurred on February 23 when Josh collided with a service station. Pay 100 mills extra downtown While all Exeter ratepayers will pay increased taxes this year, business operators in the Downtown Improvement Area will pay an additional 100 mills on their business assessments. The board of management for the program have requested $12,380 to be raised for the various projects planned this year and those costs will be apportioned to the businesses operating along Main Street between Gidley and Simcoe. It was indicated this week that two firms with large business assessments will pay as much as $900 towards the program. The largest payment is $990 and one of the smallest is $18. The majority appear to run between $40 and $200. "Most people don't know the facts," he said in further reference to the education por- tion of the tax levy, This year's mill rate for residential purposes is 175 mills, and of that, 74 mills is for education. The commercial rate will be 201 mills and education represents 82.2 of that total. The county rate is 24.72 mills for residential and 29.09 for commercial and the sewer rate is 4.53 and 5.33 respectively. The mill rate for separate school supporters is only a fraction of a mill lower than that for public school supporters. The South Huron Rec Centre fund raising campaign is going to hit the airways and the highways next week in the final push to reach the $254,000 total, The walkathon planned for Saturday, June 4 is expected to be the largest event of that nature ever staged in the area. Organizers indicate there may be over 500 people on the 11-mile route. Many of the walkers will be area youngsters who have been busy getting pledges for the past three weeks as their contribution to the new arena and hall. The walk will start from South Huron District High School and proceed along the route around Exeter's perimeter in Usborne, Stephen and Hay Township. Several interesting events are also being lined up, including the appearance of CJBK radio per- sonality Joe Dushane. One local resident has been in training for some time for his en- try into the walkathon, That's SHDHS Doug Ellison. Ellison won't be walking with the other participants, however. Members of the Exeter Lions, of which he is a member, have sign- ed up to sponsor Ellison for $1,00 a mile each, But to collect those pledges, Ellison has to jog over the route. Total expenditures for the town's general levy this year will be $1,234,280. Practically all departments show an increase, with the police budget having taken the biggest jump. This year's expenditures include $27,000 for the new office and another $5,000 for a new cruiser. These bring the budget up to $157,000. compared to the $116,770. spent in 1976. General government costs are estimated at $14,100, an increase of $2,600, while general ad- ministration is up about $5,000 to $81,000. Those figures include the salaries for council, members and Most members anticipate his total collapse in the early stages of the contest, but those who have been watching him get prepared for the test say he Rates are set for swimmers Rates for the current swim- ming season have been set by the Exeter Recreation Committee. Daily fees this year will be 25 cents for under 16 and 50 cents for those over 16. Season rates are $15 and $20 respectively or $45 for families. Pool rental is $30 per hour. Lessons up to senior level will cost $12 per three-week session and $25 for the six-week bronze course. Moms and tots will pay $12 for a four-week period and the swim team members will be given three hours per week over the 10-week season at a cost of $15. The pool will open on June 18 and lessons will commence on June 27. The committee has set a fee of $6 per game for use of the ball diamond when the lights are us- ed. There will be no charge when lights are not used. town office staff, as well as the operating and capital costs for town buildings. Increases in the fire protection costs levied by the PUC have contributed to an increase in the fire department budget. The figure for 1977 has been set at $79,000 and includes money for a new pumper. About $28,000 of that budget is recoverable from the townships of Usborne, Stephen and Hay under terms of the area fire agreement. The Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority levy is up by about $1,000 to $8,225 and protective inspections (building should end up with $11 from each of his fellow Lions members. The rec centre committee this week announced another major fund-raising project for Thurs- day night, June 2. It will be a tel- a-thon and will be partially con- ducted over the local cable sta- tion, channel 12. It will be the first local broad- cast ever attempted on the cable TV outlet, and while the equip- ment for local broadcasting is not yet completed at the Dashwood area station, Bluewater Cable president Ron McIntosh is making a special ef- fort th bring in some staff and equipment from other cable of- fices as his contribution towards the rec centre. The cable broadcast will get underway at 6:30 p.m. and will continue through the evening. A committee spokesman has indicated the broadcast will con- tinue as long as area residents continue to call in with donations for the centre fund. Residents will have plenty of incentive to make donations through this novel approach. Local merchants have provided 15 prizes for the event. Some of those prizes will be "spot" awards, given out to callers on a pre-arranged time Please turn to page 3 inspector and animal control) are set at $12,000. `A total of $215,000 will be spent on transportation services. This includes $156,000 for roads, $4,600 for the radio system, $7,000 for traffic control, $4,500 for the Parking Authority budget, $33,000 for street lighting and $10,000 for sidewalks. Environmental services will cost an estimated $361,846. Sanitary sewers make up $103,346 of that total and storm sewers another $198,000. A debenture of $145,000 is planned to pay for a major part of the Alexander St. storm drain. Winning hearts (and votes) through stomachs seems to be the next step in both the Con- servative and Liberal campaigns in Huron-Middlesex, but the McKinley campaign is being slightly more conservative than the Riddell campaign, An son McKinley, Con- Stolen property finally tabulated The value of items stolen from cottages at Poplar Beach mounted this week as three of the owners returned from southern vacations to investigate their losses. The breakins had occurred at six cottages in late January, but the three owners were not availably to check their losses until this week. Archibald Wright reported a quantity of jewellery missing from his cottage. Among the items taken from cottages owned by Raymond Campbell and Chester Roulston were an an- tique shot gun, fishing reel, clothes, watch and a quantity of silver. OPP Constable Bill McIntyre is in charge of the investigation. Total value of the loot was listed at $750. This week, police also in- vestigated wilful damage to a neon sign at the Hensall Co-Op. A large stone had been tossed through it and damage was listed at $300. A number of youths in a vehi- cle had been seen in the area around 4:00 a.m., Saturday. Lack of rain is creating "lots of problems" for Huron farmers according to associate agricultural representative Mike Miller. He said Tuesday that rain was urgently needed throughout the county, noting that while some areas have had light showers there hasn't been any substantial moisture anywhere. One of the biggest problems cited by Miller at the present time is the uneven germination in grain and corn and the fact that herbicides applied to corn crops have not been working due to the lack of moisture. On Tuesday morning, over 20 calls from Huron farmers were received at the ministry office in Clinton asking advice for a Other costs in the en- vir onmehtal budget include $43,700 for garbage collection and $17,800 for garbage disposal. The total for those two figures is up $15,000 over last year. The cemetery board Will receive a grant of $12,000 and social and family services will be apportioned $5,000. This includes the town's share of the cost for the deficit on the senior citizen's apartments. About the only decrease in this year's budget is for recreational services, Council have ear- marked $25,000 for the new rec Please turn to page 3 servative candidate in the riding, is sponsoring an old-fashioned luncheon Friday, May 27, for the people of Huron-Middlesex with Premier Bill Davis as the special guest. The 12:30 come-as-you-are luncheon will be held ill River- view Park, Exeter, to get people together to meet Bill Davis, Anson McKinley and his family. The old-fashioned part of the lunch seems to be the price; nickel hot dogs, nickel pops and free do-nuts. On the other hand, the Liberal campaign of Jack Riddell seems to be a little more affluent, A beef bar-b-que will be held May 30 at Pineridge in Hensall from 5-8 p.m. with the Riddell family attending in full force, and at this event everything is free. Both candidates are busily attending as many local events as possible with the result they see more of each other than anyone else. Walkathon funds are turned over The Exeter Kinsmen raised about $950 for Cystic Fibrosis in their recent walkathon from Exeter to Hensall. The money was presented at the district convention held over the past weekend in Niagara Falls. The 80 clubs represented at the event turned $112,000 over to the fund. Attending from the Exeter club were Bob and Wanda Reynolds and Eric and Thelma Finkbeiner. solution to that problem. Miller indicated it was a real problem and predicted many farmers would have weed—and particularly grass—problems in their corn fields this season. While most of the corn planting has been completed, bean planting is just underway. Miller said some farmers have been holding off hoping for rain, while others have put the seed into the ground and hope that it will rain shortly after. This year's hay crop, already damaged by late spring frosts was described as "just fair" by the agricultural official and he said the heat has brought on the alfalfa weevil faster than usual. "They're (weevils) starting to feed now," he said. • Educgtion consumes big portion EXETER TAX RATE UP 22 MILLS Hope to reach voters through their stomachs Lack of moisture becoming serious INSTALL AUXILIARY EXECUTIVE — The executive of the Ladies Aux- iliary to the R, E. Pooley Exeter branch 167 of the Royal Canadian 'Legion was installed Saturday night. Back, left, executive Linda Webber, Peg Hunter-Duvar, Barb Hearn and Shirley Smith and sergeant-at-arms Irene Jackson. Front, vice-presidents [Sown Murray and Elsie McDonald, president Esther Hillman, past president Noel Westlake, secretary Terry Heywood and treasurer Annie 'Lawson. T-A photo LEGION EXECUTIVE INSTALLED — The new executive of the R. E. Pooley Exeter branch 167 of the Royal Canadian Legion was installed Saturday night. Back, left, padre Rev, George Anderson, executive Doug Wedlake, sergeant-at-arms Gerry Campbell, poppy chairman Gerald Skinner, executive Harvey Hillman, membership chairman Bill Lenk, executive Murray Greene and secretary Ed Hearn. Front, treasurer Eric Heywood, service bureau Reg McDonald and R. E. Pooley, past president Graham Mason, president Roy Hunter and vice- presidents Eldon Heywood and Lee Webber, T-A photo • •