HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-09-15, Page 1EXPERIENCED WITH WATER — The Huron Park
day, A number of the firemen are shown in action.
fire department held a very successful car wash Satur-
T.A photo.
INSTITUTE CELEBRATES — Members of the Kirkton Women's Institute posed as Olympic ehampions.in
Saturday's Kirkton Fair parade. From the left are Marion Jaques, Laurel Francis, Elaine Stephen, Phyllis
Rodd and Butsy Parkinson,
First female president
Kirkton fair has lady's touch
Staff photo.
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A TINY CLOWN One of the youngest clowns taking part in Satur-
day's Xirkton Fair parade was Connie Wilhelm. She won second prize
far youngsters On tricylees, Staff photo.
11 arena and
The contract for construction of
Hensall's new arena and com-
munity centre has been awarded
to Logan Construction of Strat-
ford,
Estimated cost now stands at
$694,000 - somewhat higher than
the very early estimate of
$600,000.
Final cost will likely be in-
fluenced by the community's
choice of options. C.C. Parker
and Associates of London are
engineering consultants,
A sod-turning ceremony was
held last ThurSday. The site is
now ready for construction to
begin.
The new building will seat 470.
With standing room, it will ac-
commodate a crowd of between
500 and 600.
One of its special features is a
raised heated viewing area
with access by ramp for people in
wheel-chairs or unable to climb
Stairs.
Upstairs there will be a small
auditorium seating about $0. It
will he used for meetings, such as
those of the curling club and
agricultural society. A small
The
kitchen mainwill b ea buudii lttour
auditorium
a i rosn,
tothoe
,
ground floor, with its own
separate entrance, will ac-
commodate between 400 and 500,
This will be used for dances and
banquets. It will be served by a
large kitchen.
Besides washrooms, the
building will have showers and
dressing rooms.
It is hoped that liquor licenses
can be obtained for both halls.
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One Hundred and Fifth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 15, 1977
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
Stephen appoints committee
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PROSPECTIVE PAINTERS — Trying out their painting skills at Friday's Open House of the Lucan Nursery
School were Lee Wilson and Blair Fraser. Watching are Pat Wilson and Jeff and Bernice Fraser. T-A photo
The Crediton fire department
and the Crediton Parks Board
were given permission to proceed
with.plans to construct a cement
pad at the Crediton park to allow
roller 'skating and ice skating.
A grant of $3,000 was made to
the Huron Park Minor Hockey
Association to cover part of the
cost of the 1977-78 minor hockey
program.
A land severance application
from Gordon Finkbeiner for part
of Lot 20, Concession 8 was given
approval.
Building permits were ap-
proved for Harry Hayter to erect
a livestock barn at Lot 25, North
Boundary and Cook's Gerbr.o for
two fertilizer and chemical
storage buildings at their Cen-
tralia location.
Drainage inspector Lorne
Dietrich was authorized to repair
the open portion of the Keller
township recreation
municipal drain at Lots 16 and 17,
Concession 12,
Final readings were given to
five, municipal drains and con-
tracts let on same,
Robert Nicholson Construction
of Sebringville was awarded the
contracts on the Prout and
Shapton drains. The bids, the
lowest of four in each instance
were $5,470 and $4,125, respec-
tively.
Birnam Excavating of Forest
will construct the Dietrich drain
for $4,999 and L. H. Turnbull and
Son of Grand Bend the Simmons
drain for $4,385. The Stanlake
drain contract was let to Hayter
and Hodgins for $2,749.
Mrs. Linda Oliver of Huron
Park has been added to the
township office staff to replace
Sharon Baker who recently
resigned to assume the position of
clerk for the village of Zurich.
"Pornography is like a cancer
and we've got to start somewhere
to stamp it out."
' These were chairman Mickey
Vere's words at Monday night's
meeting of the Huron-Perth
County, Roman Catholic School
Board.
Vere was referring to a letter,
which was sent to all the boards
of education in the country, from
the Periodical Distributors of
Canada. The letter suggests that
the issue of availability of por-
nographic material to children
should be left in the hands of the
courts and that the boards should
not interfere. Director of
Education, Bill Eckert said that
the letter is a public relations
document that is full of con-
tradictions and accusations.
The availability of por-
nography is an issue which has
raised much discussion at recent
0.S.T.C. meetings, The Huron-
Perth Separate School Board also
received a inernoraaliikri from
the executive director of the
Ontario School Trustee's Connell
concerning pornography. The
memorandum says that "as
educators we must be concerned
at the pouring of millions of
dollars into publications for
marketing, which give a
distorted impression of social
acceptability and normalcy of
sexual deviation" and the
availability of these publications
to children, '
Trustee Authur Haid said "Its
not only magazines and written
Board airs concern
over pornography .
DOWN IT COMES...IN A HURRY — When a truck pulled into the Bill Case yard about three miles west of
Exeter on Tuesday and three men got out, onlookers expected it would take them a long time to remove the
barn slated for demolition. However, shortly after a bus pulled in and out scrambled between 50 and 60
Mennonite farmers and the barn started coming down quicker than most people would think possible. By
late afternoon the salvagable materials had been loaded onto the truck, the men got back on the bus and
off they went with the lob completed. The barn is on property owned by Arnold and Lawrence Becker
behind the Case home and the picture above shows some of the Mennonites in action. It was taken less than
two hours after they had arrived. T-A photo
The Exeter OPP investigated
three accidents this week,
resulting in minor injuries to two
people,
Both those occurred in an
accident on Friday when vehicles
driven by Randy Somerville,
Huron Park, and John Dayman,
Exeter, collided on Highway 83 at
the junction of Usborne con-
cesSion 2-3.
Somerville and his passenger,
Elizabeth • Giffin, Exeter,
received minor injuries.
Damage was estimated at
Area accidents investigated
Two hurt in collision
$1,020 by Constable Jack
Straughan,
A Saturday collision resulted in
damage of $2,000 to vehicles
driven by Dennis Charrette,
Ilensall, and William Page, RR 2
Grand Bend.
They collided at the in-
tersection of the Crediton Road
and Stephen 2,
Constable Dale Lamont in-
vestigated.
The other accident occurred on
Sunday when vehicles driven by
Ray Glanville, RR 1 Ilensall, and
Bradley Barnes, Exeter, collided
on County Road 21 south of the
Crediton 'Road.
Damage was listed at $550 by
Constable Frank Giffin,
During the week, the local
detachment officers charged 13
people under the Highway Traffic
Act and another four under the
Liquor Licence Act.
The police advise that they still
have a man's 10-speed bicycle in
their possession. It was found in
July east of Exeter and the owner
May claim it at the office.
Stephen township recently
appointed a committee to handle
all recreation in the minicipality.
Formation of a recreation
committee was the top priority in
a recently completed survey of
recreation in Stephen. It was
sponsored by the Ontario
Ministry of Recreation and.
4/County and was carried out by
Culture and the County of Huron'
former Exeter rec director Jim
McKinlay,
All areas of the township are
represented on the committee
which includes two councillors
Ralph Weber and Doug Russell.
Other members are Tom Tomes,,
Jack O'Neill„ Eric Finkbeiner,
Don Finkbeiner, Fred Bowers,
Harvey Ratz, Jack Schade, Dave
McClure and John Hotson,
During its latest meeting,
council supported a resolution
from the township of Delhi which
calls for implementation 'of the
Drainage Act to allow payment of
subsidies for drain maintenance.
Current regulations allow
grants only for construction and
repair of municipal drains.
The Centralia Centennial
Centre committee was given
permission to apply for the
grants on recent improvements
to the Centralia hall which in-
cluded new wiring, lowered
ceiling and new windows.
Ron Watt presented a petition
to council from 9 group of Shipka
residents asking to be included in
the Lake Huron water pipeline
system.
Council agreed in principle and
authorized Watt to obtain ad-
ditional information pertaining to
costs.
Official plan
hearings set
Exeter residents will have their
first opportunity to express views
on the town's new official plan
and zoning bylaw on October 20,
That's the date set for the first
public hearing into the new
documents prepared Lby the
Huron county planning depart-
ment and the Ontario ministry of
housing.
They took over the work when
Council terminated the services
of Toronto planners Dallas &
Smith.
One of the most contentious
issues in the new plan will be the
designation of land north and east
of the Highway 4 and 83 in-
terSection,
Last year, council had ap-
proved suggestions that this be
designated as commercial land,
but this Brought considerable
protest from some downtown
Merchants who feared that this
would open the way for a shOp•
ping plaza Of some nature.
Developers have already ex.
pressed an interest in some
commercial building in that area,
The new documents were
viewed by council and the
planning board last Wednesday
and county planner Gary
Davidson indicated there Were no
Serious objections raised.
material but movies and
television also go uncensored and
are available to children," Haid
went on to say, "There's nothing
that takes a hold of a childs mind
like that T,V. set,"
Chairman Vere suggested that
trustees write their local
aldermen, members of the
legislature, and member of
parliament."If they get enough
letters they'll have to take action
on the issue or we won't put them
back in."
According to Vere, letters from
organizations which contain a list
of names don't hold any punch
anymore. "We must write the
politicians individually ex-
pressing our concerns on the
subject."
The matter was referred to the
next meeting of the board to
allow the trustees to consider the
issue and be ready to decide what
is to be done. One suggestion, to
form a special committee to deal
with the issue, was forwarded to
the September 26 meeting of the
board.
THREE BITTEN
Three area youths sustained
dog bites this week.
On Saturday, a stray dog bit
Victor Thatcher at Huron Park.
He was treated at South Huron
Hospital for wounds on his right
wrist and left forearm.
Daniel J, Quigley, RR 1 Grand
Bend, attempted to separate two
dogs fighting at his home on
Friday night and sustained a bite
for his efforts.
The other victim was Mary
Elizabeth Warden, RR 2 Dash-
wood. She was bitten while riding
her bicvcle and sustained an
injury to her left leg.
NAME CURATOR
Lambton County council has
appointed Robert Tremain of
Hamilton director-curator of the
planned Lambton Heritage
Museum to be located south of
Grand Bend.
Tremain, whose appointment is
effective October 3, will receive
an annual salary of $15,400.
The library is being built at a
cost of $500,000 to house farm
implements and other artifacts
from early life in Lambton
County. It is expected to be ready
early next year.
Many of the exhibits will be
from the collection of the late
Peter Eisenbach.
Two scares
in one week
No damage resulted in the lone
fire call answered by the Exeter
area fire brigade this week, ,
Shortly after 1:00 a.m,, Sun-
day, they were called to The
Times-Advocate when the up-
stairs portion of the building was
found to be full of smoke by
maintenance worker John
Varley.
An unused piece of equipment
had been inadvertently turned on
and the belt started to smoke.
The firemen exhausted the
smoke from the building,
That wasn't the only "scare"
received at the newspaper office
this week. A bill from the Exeter
Public Utilities Commission
arrived showing the T-A owed
$19,659,50 for electricity used in
the past month.
However, the PUC office staff
picked up the error even befoi.e
the bill arrived and notified the
firm that the computer had erred
and the amount was slightly over
what was actually owed — by
about $19,300.
Business manager Dick
Jongkind posted the over-sized
bill en the plant bulletin board
with the comment "we simply
must turn the lights Out at night".
Other float awards went to the
Kirkton Swimming Pool, the
Kirkton Women's Institute and
the Blanshard pee wee ball team.
Sandra Williams rode the best
decorated bicycle. ,Next came
Deanna Copeland and Beth
Williams. Scott Brintnell won as
the best horse and rider.
In the 4-H club livestock
competition, Bob Simpson
exhibited the top senior calf in the
dairy class and John Heard was
the runnerup. In the junior
division, Joan Heard was first
with Patty Willis in second spot.
Jim Snarling showed the best
Jersey calf.
In the 4-H beef class Norman
Bilyea showed the best steer calf
with Murray Switzer in second
spot and a heifer calf owned by
Aubrey Ross was best in that
division with Bruce Ross the
runnerup.
In the grains and seeds comb
petition, Allan Bern, RR
Woodham was the top exhibitor
with first prizes in fall wheat,
sweet corn, cob corn, ensilage
and first and second cuts of baled
hay.
Close competition existed in
roots and vegetables between
Mrs. Thomas Hem and Mrs.
Harry Burgin, Mrs. Hern
compiled eight red ribbons and
seven second prizes while Mrs.
Burgin scored the same number
of firsts but only two blue ribbons
and one third place award.
Mrs. Joe Coddington was
named the top baking exhibitor
with 11 first prizes, including
three specials while Mrs. Harry
Burgin was back to dominate in
the mth* section with red
ribbons.
Irish Gunton picked up eight
red ribbons to take the knitting
and -crochet classes in the ladies
work and Mrs, Ray Morrison was
best in needlepoint. Mary Lou
Thomson was best in teen age
sewing,
The weatherman provided
extremely cool weather for the
fair but master of ceremonies
Lee Paul managed to keep all
competitors and the visitors
warm with an afternoon filled
with activities which included
tug-of-war, sheep shearing
demonstrations by Gerald
Dearing and skate board eventa,
Fall fairs in Western Ontario
continue each year to try and
come up with something new and
different.
Saturday's Eirkton Fair came
up with a first. The 108th edition
of the Fair was in charge of a
lady president for the very first
time. She was Rosemary
Schaefer who assisted a number •
of area policitians in the,official
opening.
On the platform with Mrs.
Schaefer were Perth Warden Don
Simpson, Perth MP Bill Jarvis
and MPP's Jack Riddell of
Huron-Middlesex and Hugh
Edighoffer from the Perth riding.
With the fairgrounds located on
the Huron side of Highway 23,
Jack Riddell jokingly welcomed
the three politicians from "the
second best county in Ontario to
the best."
The fair opened with a parade
led by the Legion band and the
Dorchester Lions majorettes.
Joining were a large number of
Kirkton-Woodham area residents
in a 'variety of vehicles and
costumes. '
Judged the best clown in the
parade were Sandra and Steven
'Coward with Blake and Todd ,
Robinson placing second and
Glenn Copeland third.
Dale Switzer won first prize for
the best decorated tricycle* and
Connie Wilhelm was the run-
nerup.
Riding the best comic vehicle
were Paul and Mike Tazier and
family float prizes went to the
Gerald Poet family and Ulch and
MacNaughton.