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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-07-28, Page 1•Ja again arty class went to the Classic City Cloggers square dancers, Strat- ford. Julie and Paul Greenwood, Mitchell. danced the "Clog, Jig and Reel" to win second place specialty class. Third place specialty went to Christine Gibbens, Granton, for her recitation "Missing". Approximately 90 children competed at a preliminary con- test June 3 to determine the 16 contestants to appear at the gar- den party. The amateur par- ticipants came from Kirkton, Granton, Lucan, St. Marys, Stratford. Mitchell, Seaforth and London. Chairman Ken Blackler said the attendance figures for this year's party were lower than previous years because of the heat and the wheat harvest. The Kirkton garden party has traditionally drawn crowds of over 5,000. cZ he exeferZinesaitwocafe One Hundred and Fourth Year Big '0' to move subsidiaries into new facility in Exeter EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 28, 1977 Price Per Copy 2$ Cents ADDED INCENTIVE — The tug-of-war competitors had plenty of incentive in Saturday's contest. The centre line Was this wheelbarrow load of manure which John Dinney is about to dump. Judy Savoy turns up her nose at the thought, while Chief Ted Day no doubt was pleased he was only coaching the police team and not a competitor. Two subsidiaries of Big "0" Drain, Tile Limited, London, will move to Exeter according to Big "0" vice president marketing and sales Doug Riddell. Laser Plane Limited and Kraft Machinery Limited, Grand Bend., will move to a six and a half acre lot located on Highway 83 east across from Kongskilde Limited. The new Exeter plant will become the head office for Big "0", currently centred in Lon- don. Office space will comprise 6,000 square feet of the 15,000 total square feet in the plant. Riddell said Big "0" met with the Exeter committee of ad- justment on July 7 and set a 21- day waiting period for local residents to submit written ob- jections to the proposed location of the plant, The waiting period ends today and Big "0" should have a certified deed for the land by July 29, said Riddell. Riddell said they are hoping construction will begin within two weeks of July 29 and be com- pleted for occupancy for the first two weeks in December. There had been two earlier attempts to move Kraft Machinery Limited out of Grand Bend but the options were turned down by township land severance committees, saidRiddell. The two sites in Stephen and Hay township were zoned agricultural but the land pur- chased in Exeter is zoned for industrial development. "We've outgrown our premises in Grand Bend", he said. Thirty people will be employed initially by Kraft Machinery and Laser Plane to manufacture and distribute drainage-related products, said Riddell. Kraft Machinery manufactures drainage installation plows and distributes drainage equipment manufactured in United States and Norway, Laser Plane Limited distributes, repairs, and services a laser plane grade control system for drainage and eon- struction contractors. The laser system maintains accurate grade levels and automatically controls laying of drainage pipes on a predetermined grade, 1 Canners and union settle on agreement FANCY FOOTWORK — Fireman Bill Hirtzel does some pulled into the manure pile in Saturday's tug-of-'war. Leste!: Heywocid, Woyne Pearce, Bill Smith and hidden fanCy work as he comes dangerously Members of the tearn.behind him at the end is GabbrMal. near to being are George Pratt, ear decision on !Rieman arena project design, cost Workers and management at Canadian Canners, Exeter, negotiated a contract Wednesday following eight days of discussion. Pays $600 on UlA count A Huron Park man has been fined a total of $600 or 60 days after pleading guilty to making false statements under the Unemployment Insurance Act. Gary Crossan, 34, appeared before His Honour Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. He had been charged with making three false statements during the months of April and May and had subsequently received an overpayment of $506 in: unemployment benefits, He was fined $200 On each of the counts. Crossan was given until Sep- tember 15 to pay the penalties. Tuesday's docket, Herbert Broom, 45, of Exeter, was fined $100 or 10 days on a charge of cruelty to animals. The court was told that a dog owned by Broom had been unable to gain shelter because snow had piled up in front of the animal's kennel. He was given one month to pay the fine. Just filled a pickup As the result of a two-month investigation by Exeter OPP Constable Bill McIntyre, some 350 marijuana plants were seized on Thursday from an isolated area in Usborne township. The plants had an estimated street value of $15,000 and chorges of cultivating a narcotic are pending as a result of the investigation. The plants were uprooted by Constables McIntyre, Jack Straughan, Larry Christiaen and Al Quinn and were subsequently burned et the Exeter clump. It was the second time that a major haul has been made in the The final cost of Hensall arena should be $690,315, according to Reeve Harold Knight. Hensall building committee passed a motion of intent area. A large quantity was previously found growing in Hay Swamp and it too was destroyed by police officers. Thursday's crop filled the rear of a pickup truck and there was an indication that some of the leaves had already been cut off a few of the plants. Tuesday to have Logan Con- struction, Lucan, plan the arena construction for the $690,315, cost but the plans •have to be approved by engineering firm C. C. Parker, London, and the department of labour, said Knight. There is a $24,000 option in the tender which could be deleted by council "but to take full ad- vantage of Wintario grants, out of the $24,000 we would only cut our fund-raising objective by $8,000 and Wintario saves $16,000", said Knight, Knight said the council could cut an option on the arena roofing "but there's no point in having a good building without a good roof and good foundation", The arena construction would begin by mid-August and be completed by mid-February, said Knight. "We hope to sign a contract by next week and hope to be digging by mid-August", he said. Knight estimated the $690,315 No injuries in collisions No injuries—at least to humans—were reported in the three accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. On Thursday, a vehicle driven by Janell Cahill, Stratford, struck a cattle beast on Highway 83, about two and a half miles east of Dashwood. Damage to the vehicle was listed at $200 by Constable Al Quinn. Vehicles driven by Ann Dearing, RR 1 Exeter, and Raymond Delcorro, Brantford, collided on Highway 83 about half a mile west of Exeter on Thur- sday. Constable Jack Straughan investigated and set damage at $900. The other accident occurred on Sunday, also on Highway 83, just east of DashwOod. Drivers in- volved were Ninia Kraft, ER 2 Grand Bend, and Robert Ham. mond, RR 5 Stratford. Damage was set at $450 by Constable Prank Giffin. During the week, the local detachment officers charged 60 people under the Highway Traffic Act and two under the Liquor Licence Act. Start drive for town hail restorations Restoration of Exeter Town hall is under way but raising funds for the project is just beginning according to Exeter and District Heritage president Doug Gould. "What we're going to do now is gear up. a fund-raising drive for the next three months and, I think, with the evidence that the building is being restored, it will be easier for us to get donations in", said Gould. The Heritage group is currently seeking signatures for $2,500 bank notes to finance the town hall restoration but a fund raising drive to repay the notes will be conducted in the near future. The total amount to be raised locally is between $40,000 and 160,000 but Gould would not release the' number of notes that had been signed. "What I'm afraid of is that people will say that they've got a loan from the bank so they've got the money", said Gould. Gould, VanBoxmeer Con- struction, and architect Bryan Garrat met Tuesday to discuss the final details of the 'building and establish the total cost of the project at $121,000. "Originally we decided against the air conditioning but we found out that, for a figure of ap- proximately $5,000, we could go ahead and have it", he said. "By doing it we should be able to get a portion paid by Wintario". Gould said the interior walls had been stripped, the police office cleared, and the old fur- nace removed by Tuesday af- ternoon. The Heritage group will have a booth at the Exeter Rodeo August 6 and 7 to raise money for the town hall restoration, cost of the arena would raise the local fund raising objective to $175,000 from the current $150,000 objective. "We're probably looking at raising the objective another $25,000", he said. The original fund raising ob- jective was based on an estimated total cost of $600,000 for construction of the arena. Firemen called for 36th time The Exeter area fire depart- ment answered their 36th call of the year, Sunday. A 1968 Chev owned by Clarence Knight, Usborne township, was gutted by fire around 5:30 a.m, The car was not insured and was used for driving around the farm only. It was the third straight automobile fire call for the brigade. Last week, two cars in the Riverview Park area sustained minor damage in separate fires. The motor fires were both extinguished before firemen arrived on the scene. "Our main concern was the contract expiry date and joint negotiations, which we did achieve", said union represen- tative Tony Mattucci. The union' contract expired January 24, 1977, but the new settlement establishes March 1, 1979, as a new expiry date. The new expiry date is uniform for the seven Ontario Canadian Canners factories, said Mattucci. Mattucci said negotiation between management and the unions of the seven plants, on a joint basis, was another concern which the agreement fulfills. Canadian Canners manager Jack Urquhart said management negotiated "on a separate basis for this location with some clauses being common". Urquhart noted that wage figures vary between the canning plants but would not release the wage figure negotiated for the Exeter factory. Mattucci said the _Merman- duna 'adeement was ratified by about 90 percent of the union members atln meeting Sunday. The memorandum agreement, signed by Union representatives and management, must be written into a full contract and signed by both parties before the agreement reached last week is final, said Urquhart. The Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher Workmen of North America union represents 41 workers at the Exeter canning factory. VALUABLE LOAD — It only partially filled a pickup truck, but this marijuana uprooted by Exeter OPP on Thursday had an estimated street value of $15,000. Constable Bill McIntyre, left, has had the crop under in- vestigation for the past two months and enlisted the assistance of Constables Al Quinn, Larry Christiaen and Jack Straughan to pull it up. At the right is Exeter Constable Kevin Short who assisted the OPP in taking the load to burn it at the Exeter dump. Uproot 15,000 drug crop A JUMPING DAVE — Skateboard champion Dave Underwood put on an impromptu display of his talents after winning the event, Satur- day. He started on a skateboard back at the crosswalk and then THE WINNERS — The police crew who won Saturday's tug-of-war were the recipients of a trophy and some liquid refreshments. Making the presentation is Jon Dinney, right. Members of the team from the left are: Al Quinn, Stefan Orenczuk, Larry Christiaen, Kevin Short, Dale Lamont and Jim Barnes. TOO LATE WITH HOSE — Exeter fireman Norm Tait was a few seconds late with the water hose in Saturday's tug-of-war. He was hop- ing to throw the policemen off stride with his spray of water, but they had already won the contest. However, they still got a soaking for their efforts, as did a few specators. Pack 'em in at Kkkton's More than four thousand peo- ple attended the 33rd annual Kirkton garden party and en- joyed the excellent amateur and professional entertainment. Michael Brine, St. Marys, won first prize in the vocal amateur class with his solo "Feudin' and Fightin"', Second in the vocal class was Lori Noyes i.f Lucan with her rendition of "Chattanooga Choo- Choo", Piny Vecchio, London, placed third with her guitar- vocal solo "Ob-la di, Ob-la da". Tony Wilhelm and Linda Knetchel, Stratford, took first place instrumental with their piano duet "In Folk Style". Cindy Taziar of Granton played an accordion solo "Grand Old Medley" to finish second in the instrumental class and the McQuaid Family, Seaforth, finished third. First place in the specialty jumped up onto another board located on the ramp and smoothly sail- ed down the other side. To prove it was no fluke, he duplicated Me ef- fort without a flow, much to the delight of the crowd.