HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-08-11, Page 1An estimated 5,000 fans attend-
ed the 14th Annual Exeter
Midwestern Rodeo Saturday and
Sunday but the event's future is
still up in th6slir, according to
rodeo committee secretary Jack
Malone,
The committee will make a
final decision whether the rodeo
Should be held next year when
receipts for the two-day event
have been tallied, he said.
"It's a probability (that the
rodeo committee will vote
against a rodeo for next year)
but I wouldn't say that is going to
happen", said Malone.
The committee decided not to
hold a rodeo last year but in-
terest shown by the South Huron
Recreation Centre board of
management persuaded the com-
mittee to reverse its decision,
"They (the rec centre board)
told us that, if we would donate
the money to buying furnishings
(for the rec centre), then they
would give us all the support they
could,"
The rodeo committee did not
receive the support from the rec
centre board, said Malone. "I
never saw them out at a meeting
and they had been notified", he
said.
Malone also cited the future of
Exeter Community Park as a
major concern for the rodeo
committee. A condemned
grandstand or another move of
rodeo facilities "might be the
thing to break the camel's
back".
A lack of "new blood" in-
terested in the rodeo is another
reason the rodeo is in jeopardy,
said Malone. "The number of
local rodeo fans seems to be
diminishing".
Malone dyes see some hope for
the rodeo, however, and "by next
September or October, when we
have another general meeting,
things may have changed
again".
"I think we're all a little tired
and a little less than enthusiastic
but it becomes a labour of love",
Malone said,
Rodeo producer Mel
Wakefield, RR 3, Norwood, was
pleased with the rodeo atten-
dance and will return next year
"if everything isn't torn down",
Wakefield, responsible for
presenting the rodeo, said com-
petitor turnout was good with
over one hundred riders par-
ticipating in the rodeo.
Among the winning riders
were Brian Doner, Pefferlaw,
who won first prize in the
bareback bronc and calf-roping
competition while brother Ken
Doner won the bull riding class.
BUCKIN1 BRONCO — Don Sarasin held on for his life during the bare
back bronc-busting competition at the annual Exeter Midwestern
Rodeo, Saturday. Over 100 riders competed in the two-day event.
photo
Mayor and councillor
agree to 'bury hatchet'
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PIREMEN DONATE -The Crediton volunteer fire department recently donated4500 to the Cre•iton r
Boor& The money is to be used to build a tohtrete floor to be used ivr,raller skating and suitable for
flooding in the winter. Above, fire thief Charlie Browning and firemehlohn Pritchard and Ken McCann
make the presentation to Ken Campbell and Eleanor Roestler , T-A photo
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About 5,000 at rodeo, • , future remains -up in air-
Officials judge the competition
according te' Ontario Riding
Association standards, The
riders competed for $3,500 10
prize money and accumulate
points from 10 shows in the On-
tario rodeo circuit. The 10 top
point winners compete in the
finals held at Whitby later this
year.
BRONC RIDER — One of the action events at the weekend rodeo was
saddle bronc riding. One of the participants is shown above. T-A photo
The bull-dogging event went to
pat Koehn, Brantford, and Lor-
na Aylatte, Oshawa, won the
girl's barrel race. Ed Prozer,
New York, won first in the sad-
dle Prone competition.
Jane O'Neill, Toronto took the
ladies goat tying contest and Ken
Philips, New York, won best
junior steer.
LITTLE BRITCHES RIDE — One of the features of the weekend Exeter rodeo was the Little Britches calf
riding event. Above, one of the contestants hangs on for 'dear life', A number of local boys and girls
participated. I T-A photo
Stephen okays flood map,
accepts road building tender
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One Hundred and Fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 11, 1977 Price Per COpy 25 Cent*.
One quarter school students use drugs
Stephen township council has
approved the recently completed
flood line , mapping program of
the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority with one excep-
tion,
Council members will be ask-
ing for one change of the fill line
in an area on Ausable Concession
in the south-west portion of the
township.
Hole-in-one
at Ironwood
Ed Cosman, 13, shot a hole-ie
one at Ironwood golf course this
week. Ed took the perfect swing
on the fourth hole and sent the
ball 144 yards straight on target.
Ed was playing with Wayne
Parsons August 2 when the
perfect shot was made.
The serious differences of opi-
nion between Exeter mayor
Bruce Shaw and councillor Ken
Ottewell which arose from the
August 2 meeting of council have
been settled,
In a joint interview with the
T-A, the two agreed Ottewell had
not questioned the credibility,
competence and integrity Of
Shaw as reported in last week's
issue of the T-A.
The mayor said, "I want the
public to know that ken is not
questioning my credibility and
integrity. We have resolved our
differences."
Shaw continued, "I have
apologized to Ken for what I con-
sider a misunderstanding and
possibly inefficiency in one of the
four matters discussed at last
week's meeting. As a result of
this inefficiency, Ken was abus-
ed by the public."
"I want to set the record
straight with regard to the
allegations made by Ken. There
Were some weaknesses in his
charges! I have attended
Meetings and I do support the
police chief. I May have let ken
-down in another Matter and I
have apologized if I mitt-
At the latest meeting, council
members discussed the new
building bylaw for the police
village of Dashwood with the
trustees.
Former village trustee Irvin
Rader was named building in-
spector for Dashwood.
A number of tenders and con-
tracts were accepted at the same
meeting.
Lee Jennison of Grand Bend
was the successful bidder on the
gravel and clay contract for
rebuilding portions of two
township roads.
The Jennison firm will load
and haul B gravel to the two sites
on Concessions 6-7 and 10-11 for
85 cents per cubic yard and
receive 25 cents per yard for
loading the township truck,
Under the same contract, clay
will be supplied and hauled for 67
cents per cubic yard. Jennison
submitted the lowest of four
tenders.
understood his request," he con-
tinued.
Shaw was referring to the re-
cent statement by Ottewell that
the mayor did not notify the
Heritage Foundation that the
former council chamber table
was being taken to the new police
station.
The mayor added, "I really do
not remember being told to tell
the Heritage people but I
probably was."
Ottewell Said this week, "At no
time during the August 2 meeting
of council did I question Bruee's
Integrity and credibility. The
only time those Words were used
was when I read a prepared
statement and said my integrity
and credibility was probably be-
ing questioned."
The councillor continued, "I
feel satisfied with Bruce's
apology regarding the table and
want the record set Straiglit and
the matter closed. I refused to
make a statement to the London
Free Press and I consider the
disagreement settled."
Both men agreed there were
more important Matters of town
business to be dealt With in the
near future.
Dave Morrissey Paints
Limited submitted the lowest of
three bids at $552 to sandblast
and paint the township shed
located in Crediton.
Dave Siddall of Denfield will
supply a bulldozer and operator
for cover filling at the township
dump located on Concession 14,
near the south boundary of the
municipality.
The Denfield firm will receive
$30 per hour for the work which
will be necessary at least once a
week.
A Volkswagen used by the
Huron Park division of the
Stephen township fire depart-
ment was sold to Daniel Tra-
, quair for $75. It was the only
tender. .„
Road superintendent Frank
Mclsaac was instructed to con-
struct 191 feet of sidewalk in
several locations on Main street
of Crediton.
Three tile drain loan
.applications totalling $52,000
were approved, subject to the
funds being available.
Biddulph okays
new official plan
Biddulph township council has
given final approval to the
Official Plan for the municipality
and clerk Austin Hodgins has
been instructed to forward 42
copies to the Ontario Ministry of
Housing.
Also at the regular August
meeting of council, the fill line
mapping proposals presented by
the Ausable-Bayfield Con-
servation Authority were ac-
cepted.
The user rate for water in the
police village of Granton was set
at $102 per year, subject to ap-
proval by the Ontario Municipal
Board.
The engineer's report on the
Haskett-Van Geel municipal
drain was provisionally adopted
and court of revision was set for
September 6.
The following building permit
applications were approved:
David Willacy, Lot 5, Con. 3,
electronic shop; Don Gahwiler,
Lot 31, Con. 8, house addition;
David Nuttall, Lot 10, SLR,
house; Alvin Johnson, Lot 29,
Con, 13, house; Peter De Gruyter,
Lot 17, N.B., a barn; Michael
Sim, Lot 20, Con. 11, a bard and
Conrad De Cort, Lot 6, N.B1, a
shed.
Usborne township council haS
completed an agreement with the
Ontario Ministry of the
Environment to improve the
municipality's waste disposal
site.
Under the agreement the
township will receive $1,000 from
the provincial body to make
improvements,
Talc collector Harry Strang
reported that $174,764, being e2
percent el the 1977 interim tax
levy has been collected.
Council was advised that the
township of Stephen has
provisionally adopted the Prout
municipal drain report,
Ratepayers of both
Municipalities are assessed,
One quarter of all students in
Ontario schools have used can-
nabis (marijuana or hashish) at
least once in the past 12 months,
according to a recent study
presented to the Huron County
Board of Education, Monday, A
total of 81.9 per cent had used
-The Huron County Board of
Education defeated a motion
Monday calling for the removal
of two English texts from the
county secondary school system.
Trustee John Henderson put
forward the motion when a list of
13 English literature texts came
before the Board for approval. He
said the books "A Taste of
Honey", which was on the list,
and "The Diviners" which was
not, should not be approved.
"These are books that
shouldn't be allowed in the
schools," he said, He did not
elaborate.
Two mishaps
for town force
Two accidents were in-
vestigated this week by officers
of the Exeter town police
department.
Thursday, vehicles driven by
Verval McIntosh, Kitchener and
James Warwick, Exeter collided
at the intersection of Highways 4
and 83, Constable Brad Sadler
investigated.
The second mishap occurred
Friday and involved vehicles'
driven by Terrance Cox, Exeter
and Gerald Cottle, R,R, 1,
Woodham, Constable Jim Barnes
was the investigating officer.
A police news release this week
asks parents to inform their
children of the seriousness of
causing damage to town
property,
Police this week warned a
group of youths aged 11 to 15
years in this regard and charges
could be laid for a recurrence of
this mischief,
The township has signed an
agreement for a supply of gravel
with the executors of the Cann
Estate.
Council learned that road
department employee Floyd
Cooper had successfully com-
pleted the second year at the J.D.
Mahony Road Seheol and had
received a certificate,
A building permit application
from Ronald Heywood to con-
struct a paint storage and
workshop building on the north
half of lot 17,concessiOn 4 was
approved,
Council accepted the fill line
mapping plan as prepared and
presented by the AuSable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority,
alcoholin the same period,
The Provincial study of alcohol
and drug use among Ontario
students in 1977, which included
Huron County; said 25.1 per cent
of students in grades 7 to 13 had
used cannabis in the last year.
The study which involved 104
Superintendent of Education,
James Coulter told the Board
that the list of Grade 13 literature
books had already been in use in
the school system for a long
period. He said their use had not
been approved by the Huron
Board of Education because they
were already in use before the
County system was set up.
"I don't think we should be
taking books out that are already
in use," Trustee Alex Corrigan
said.
After the defeat of Mr. Hen-
derson's motion for removal of
the books, Trustee Dorothy
Wallace introduced a motion
calling for the text list to be
approved. The motion was
carried.
Later in the meeting, Trustee
Eugene Frayne asked Mr.
Coulter if the teachers were
abiding by the rules set down by
the Board which stipulate books
with "questionable language"
should not be introduced into the
school system.
Mr. Coulter said the teachers
were following the guidelines.
"The books on the list are not new
books in the system," he said.
Two men fined for
assault, disturbing
Two Ailsa Craig area men were
fined in Exeter court Tuesday by
His Honour Judge Glenn Hays as
the result of an incident at the
Stardust Drivein at Crediton,
February 15.
Joseph Ryan, H.R. 3, Ailsa
Craig paid a fine of $300 on a
charge of assault causing bodily
harm. He pleaded not guilty.
Ryan was accused of picking up a
stool spindle and throwing it at a
waitress after he claimed he
found a hair in a sandwich, The
waitress suffered a bad bump on
her head,
Donald Dietrich, also of R,R, 3,
Ailsa Craig was fined $200 for
causing a disturbance during the
same incident,
An impaired driving charge
brought a fine of $200 to Robert
W. Norton, RR. 3, Ailsa Craig.
Nor ton was observed by
Constable Bill Lewis of the
Exeter OPP detachment driving
in an erratic manner on
November 30, 1976, north of
Exeter.
The accused claimed the
erratic driving was caused by his
efforts to remove his coat while
the vehicle was in motion. He
said he was trying to hold the
steering wheel steady with his
knees.
schools said the users of most
drugs used them infrequently in
the previous year.
"The majority of users of glue,
solvents, heroin, speed,
psychoactive drugs and illicit
drugs reported using them only
once or twice. However, use of
•alcohol, cannabis and tobacco
was much more frequent among
users," the report prepared by
the Addiction Research Foun-
dation.
Alcohol was drunk at least once
a week or more by 17.9 percent of
the students, cannabis was used
10 or more times by 11.9 percent
of all students. About 16 percent
had been drunk and 23 percent
had had at least five drinks on
some occasion in the preceeding
month.
An Exeter area youth was
killed as the result of an
automobile accident in Stephen
township early Friday morning.
James Frederick Learn, 18, of
RR 3, Exeter was pronounced
dead at the scene by Coroner Dr.
Ray Flowers of Clinton.
Learn was a passenger in a
vehicle driven by Terry
Stephenson, 4 Louisa Street in
Seaforth, The Stephenson vehicle
southbound on Huron County
road 21 collided with a ditch bank
at the intersection of County road
4 (Crediton Road),
No other vehicles were in-
volved. Stephenson suffered only
minor injuries. Damages to the
vehicle were listed at $1,000.
Corporal Bill Freeth of the
Exeter detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police who assisted
Constable Don Mason in the in-
vestigation said charges are
In most cases there was a
higher drug use among male
students, except in the case of
tobacco. According to the sample
52.1 percent of female students
smoke compared to 28.5 percent
of the males.
The study found drug use was
"significantly and positively"
related to age, with most
frequent drug use occurringin the
16 and 17 year old age group.
An inverse relationship was
found between drug use and
grade average. As drug use in-
creased grade average
decreased. In the case of can-
nabis, 12.1 percent of the students
with the highest grade average
reported use, but 40,2 percent of
those with the lowest grades
reported cannabis use.
being laid.
James Learn is survived by his
parents Max and Gloria Learn,
RR 3, Exeter, a sister Mrs. Jerry
( Deborah) Dillon, Seaforth; a
brother Beverly Mac Learn Jr. at
home; grandparents Lois and
Lee Learn, Exeter and Mrs.
Freida Keller, Dashwood and an
uncle Brian Dillon, Seaforth.
The funeral was held Monday
from the Hooper-Hockey Funeral
Home with Rev. Nelson of-
ficiating, Interment in Exeter
Cemetery.
As a result of further in-
vestigation by Constable Bill
McIntyre, a Zurich youth has
been charged with the July 1
breakin at the Tasty-Nu bakery
in Zurich.
The youth has been charged
with possession of a narcotic and
will appear in Exeter court,
August 16.
Alcohol consumption was also
related to grade average with
frequent drinkers having lower
averages.
Students in northern Ontario
reported more use of alcohol,
tobacco, cannabis, LSD and other
hallucinogens. The Midwestern
region most often had the lowest
rates of drug use.
The study notes that surveys of
alcohol and drug ,use typically
"under-report" such use as
compared to estimates derived
from official records and other
sources.
Councillor
to resign
Councillor Barb Bell indicated
this week she will probably
tender her resignation at Exeter
council's next session.
She and her husband, Elmer,
plan to move to Listowel and she
said the distance would be too far
to travel to council sessions.
The sale of their Exeter
property has not been finalized
as vet, she said, but when it is
they will move to the Perth com-
munity.
Mrs, Bell has been a member
of council for the past two and a
half years.
Her husband is currently
chairman of the Ontario Police
Commission. He expects to
retire from that position in Oc-
tober, after serving for five
years.
He expects to join a law firm in
Listowel on a part-time basis,
Mr. Bell grew up in the
Harriston-Listowel area and his
brother is manager of the
Listowel
Mrs, Bell said she would miss
her work on Exeter council. "It's
been enjoyable to me, despite the
ups and downs," she said, adding
that it provided work to occupy
her mind and exercise her in-
tellect,
Usborne signs pact
on waste disposal site
School board rejects
removal of text books
Youth killed in crash
on Huron County road