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Times-Advocate, 1978-01-26, Page 1LOOKING THINGS OVER — Tuesday night at South Huron District High was an evening set aside for students engaged in grade eight studies in area public schools to take a look at what the high school has to offer. Walter Fydenchuk, technical director for the school shows an elec­ trical circuit board to Ken Kraft, Dashwood and James and Mrs. Wilmer Rose of Exeter. Want money or philosophy? Hockey broadcaster joins growing list for banquet The list of celebrities planning on attending the fifth annual Exeter Lions club Sportsmen’s dinner continues to grow. The latest confirmation came Tuesday afternoon. In Brian McFarlane attendance will be Brian McFarlane, the commentator on Night in Canada. McFarlane who excellent hockey player in his own right will be coming popular Hockey was an Beans not coming, board is concerned The Ontario Bean Producers’ Marketing Board is edging slowly but surely towards filling forward contracts of 850,000 bags (100 pounds- each), but it still needs farmers’ help, board manager Charles Broadwell said Monday. The board doesn’t expect to be able to fill all contracts, a situation which evolved after the 1977 crop was devastated by unending fall rains, he added. But if farmers who are holding back an estimated 100,000 bags on their farms deliver at least some of the hold-back to elevators, the board can come closer to fulfilling the 850,000-bag commitment and avoid more lawsuits than might otherwise crop up, said Broadwell. “We’re going to start a little campaign to get beans off the farms and into elevators in the next two or three months,” he said. About 60,000 bags hqve been delivered from farms since January 1, but more needed, he added. HEAVE-HO —* This team appears to be hard at work during a tug-of-war test during Thursday's Winter Carnival at Exeter Public School. Members of the team were Tom Raymond, Karen Richard, Karen Rowe, Sean Whiteford, John Osgood, Tim Robinson, Kim Livingstone, TracyMaeDonald, Geoff Rether and Susan Crawford. T-A photo Ivy to Exeter through the courtesy of the Scotia Bank Hockey College. Local branch manager for the Bank of Nova Scotia Arn Laithwaite made the an­ nouncement this week. A veteran of 22 years in television, Brian is best known for his colour com­ mentary and interviews on New judge in charge Judge W.G. Cochrane presided at his first court session in Exeter, Tuesday, but had only one case to han­ dle. The others were set over for future court dates. In that one case which did proceed, Gordon Phillips, RR 1 Hensail, was fined $250 or 25 days and had his licence suspended for three months after pleading guilty to a charge of impaired driv­ ing. The charge had been laid in July when police noted his erratic driving on Highway 4. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 140 mgs. Phillips was. given 60 days in which to pay the fine. It is suspected farmers are holding beans back in fear there won’t be any available this spring for planting. Many contractors have indicated they will accept less than top-quality beans (those that are slightly off- white but have good taste), but a minority won’t accept anything but top-grade white beans, said Broadwell. But to fill the contracts of those who will accept off- white beans, Boardwell said farmers holding back should try to deliver some to the elevators by April to avoid legal problems with con­ tractors. He said the board now has 865,000 bags of beans in in­ ventory, expecting 100,000 to 150,000 bags will not be suitable for customers. There is an additional 25,000 good bags in elevators which farmers haven’t yet released for sale. It is estimated another 100,000 or more bags are being held on farms for seeding purposes, when only about 20,000 are needed to complement the 40,000 bags of pedigree seeds available. Toronto Maple for about ten spent three host of the Canadi ens ’ Hockey Night in Canada. He has covered “ Leaf games years and seasons as Montreal telecasts. He was the first Canadian hockey commentator ever to appear on U.S. network hockey telecasts when he signed with CBS to cover NHL games in 1960. Later, he joined Ted Lindsay and Tim Ryan for a three-year stint as part of the NBC telecast team from 1972 to 1975. While never a professional player, Brian played three years of Jr. A hockey and then attended St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. on a hockey scholarship. There he gained All America honours and was president of his class for three straight years. The dinner will be held at the South Huron Rec Centre on Tuesday February 7. Dinner will begin at 7 p.m. but the special guests will be available an hour earlier to chat with those in at­ tendance. Normie Kwong, former star of the Edmonton Eskimos will be the headline speaker. Also from the football scene will be Glen Weir, John Konihowski, Bill Symons and Dick Shatto. Baseball will be represented by Bob Bailor and Dave Lemanczyk of the Toronto Blue Jays. One of harness horse racing’s top owners, trainers and drivers will be making his second consecutive appearance here. He is Jack Kopas of Ilderton. Appearing with Kopas will be Exeter’s own Jack Darling who last fall was the top Canadian driver at the Buffalo Raceway and is currently doing well at Western Fair and Windsor raceways. Dinner chairman Doug Ellison reported Monday that there is still a good possibility that Toronto Blue Jays manager Roy Hart­ sfield will be able to attend. •The Canadian Olympic scene will be represented by Jill Ross. The master of ceremonies will be CFPL radio’s Open Line show host Bill Brady and he is sure to keep the program rilling with his own style of humour. Tickets at $25 for adults and $15 for elementary and high school students are available from any member of the Exeter Lions club. A special attempt is being made this year to get more ladies to attend. Some members of Exeter council expressed surprise Wednesday after reading in the London Free Press that a meeting scheduled for last night was being planned to discuss the town providing a grant toward renovation of the old town hall. “That’s news to me,’’ commented Councillor Harold Patterson. He, along with other members of council who were questioned on the matter, said they hadn’t heard that a request for grant assistance would be made during their meeting One Hundred and Fifth Year Stephen seeking animal controls A SUSPENDER SNAPPER — For Thursday’s special ’50’s day at Stephen Central School Allan Cottel wore old fashioned suspenders. Above, teacher Fred Negrijn tests the elasticity of the suspenders. T-A photo Stephen township council is advertising for an animal control officer for the municipality which includes TO SEE SLIDES Those attending Friday’s annual meeting of the Ex­ eter Agriculture Society will have the opportunity to see activities of the Exeter Fall Fair for the past 25 years. Slides and pictures taken by the late A.J. “Jake” Sweitzer will be shown at Friday’s meeting which will get underway at 8 p.m. at the South Huron District High School library. These memories of at least the last quarter cen­ tury are being made available by Mrs. Sweitzer. with the Ontario Heritage Foundation. They were* advised of the meeting at their last regular council session when Mayor Bruce Shaw said officials from the ministry of recreation and culture wanted to talk with them about council’s philosophy on heritage buildings and what sense of direction they have in that regard. Shaw made no mention then of the grant request, although he said in an in­ terview with the Free Press that the foundation is seeking between $5,000 and imes - Advocate Serving South Huron, North Middlesex •x: & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 26, 1978 three some time this before the third of the bylaw is Huron Park and the police villages of Centralia, Crediton and Dashwood. The position became vacant late last year when the London Humane Society cancelled its contract. Clerk Wilmar Wein reported that 1978 dog tags are now available and may be secured at the office on Main street in Crediton. On the same theme Wein was authorized by council to make arrangements with the Exeter Animal Hospital to provide an animal pound. Huron County planner George Penfold attended the latest council meeting and several minor changes were approved in the township’s secondary plan which is now under consideration. A new draft of the proposed plan is being prepared and township residents will be able to have a final look at it at a public meeting summer reading given. Council approved an in­ crease in salaries of five percent for all township employees. At the same time the salaries of the reeve, deputy-reeve and councillors were left at last year’s figures. Two changes were made in benefits to employees. Those on staff for eight continuous years or more will have, their annual holidays increased from three to four weeks and the car allowance rate was raised to 21 cents per mile. A proposal for wage ad­ justments for members of the Huron Park fire department was tabled until a review of the Crediton department is carried out. Applications are now out for a person to service the township’s publicly owned water system. $15,000 from council for the town hail restoration project. The Mayor was quoted as saying that the foundation believes council has a responsibility toward the project and that’s why they’ve requested the meeting. The meeting was closed to the public at the request of the ministry personnel. Councillor Derry Boyle said he was “shocked” to read that the meeting was planned to present a grant request. He noted that he was under the impression it Price Per Copy 25 Cents Annual police report notes accidents down, but costs up Despite the fact the total number of accidents in Ex­ eter increased by only two from 1976 to 1977, there was a jump of over 50 percent in property damage in those crashes according to the an­ nual report recently com­ piled by Police Chief Ted Day. The total number of motor vehicle collisions in­ vestigated in 1977 was 169 with total property damage being $142,766.60. The year before, property damage amounted to $91,343.10 in two more crashes. Turn down bail request A 25-year-old Huron Park man, Milton Terris Park, was denied bail and remand­ ed in custody for one week when he appeared in provin­ cial court in Goderich, Mon- day, charged with attempted murder and rape. Park was charged January 12 after two Exeter OPP constables found an Exeter woman on a side street in Huron Park with severe lacerations to her throat and hands. The woman, a mother of three, was treated at South Huron Hospital and released on Monday. was received its charter this week. From the left are T-A photo BROTHERS GET CHARTER — The South Huron Big Brothers organization directors Rob Grant and Marshall Dearing, Rev. Glen Wright and directors Bruce Shaw and Jim Chapman. Cars collide, pedestrian hit by one Students in bus crash unhurt Twenty-five area students escaped unharmed Friday after the school bus in which they were riding was in collision with a car at the in­ tersection of Highways 4 and 83 in Exeter. The car, driven by Douglas Weiler, 50 Barwood Gres., Kitchener, failed to get stopped on the ice as it approached the intersection and skidded into the side of the bus, One occupant in the car, was to discuss council’s philosophy about heritage buildings in the community and also to answer council members’ questions about their position with the town hall if the local heritage foundation should disband. Mayor Shaw said there was no reason for not mentioning the grant request when he advised council about the requested meeting with the ministry. He said he really didn’t know what topics would be covered in the closed session. Members of the Exeter In 1977 there were two people killed when a snow­ mobile crashed into the rear of a car. There were 28 in­ juries reported. The police laid a total of 216 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 504. Seventy youngsters were cautioned about their bicycle riding habits. In his report, Chief Day notes that 75 percent of the accidents occur on Main St. between Huron and Thames Road and the majority happen between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. The most accidents recorded at one intersection was 12, that being at the Highway 4 and 83 intersec­ tion. Several serious injuries resulted from those collisions' and helped prompt the ministry of transportation and com­ munications to order the in­ stallation of traffic lights. Those lights are to be in­ stalled this year. There were 26 hit and run accidents, four of which were cleared when the per­ sons responsible were ap­ prehended and charged. The annual report shows a decrease in the number of occurrences under the Li­ quor Licence Act. There were 55 charges laid in 1977, compared with 101 in the previous year. Four people were charged Janet Joseph. Kitchener, received minor injuries. Driver of the bus was Jack Cockwill, RR 3 Dashwood. Constable Brad Sadler in­ vestigated and set total damage at $2,800. It was the second accident at the intersection on Fri­ day. Earlier in the day, vehicles driven by Michael Denomme, St. Clements, and John Rose Pryde Blvd., Exeter, collided at the cor­ ner. and District Heritage Society have been preparing members of council for the meeting, apparently. All councillors have been invited to inspect the town hall during the past couple of weeks. There has been a suggestion that the restoration project has gone over its estimated cost, but president Doug Gould has refused to say how much the town hall project is over budget. Some figures were men­ tioned by Mayor Shaw in Wednesday’s Free Press story, but he told the T-A that with impaired driving and another six were warned and the keys of their vehicles taken from them for safety purposes. Chief Day comments in the report that there will probably be an increase in the number of impaired drivers charged in the current year as the local of­ ficers will be able to have breathalizer tests done at the Exeter OPP office. Previously, it was necessary to take suspects to Goderich. In 1977 the police respond­ ed to a total of 2,891 oc­ currences. an increase of 565 over the previous year. There were 79 thefts in­ vestigated, with total loot of Start course choice Close to 300 grade eight students from area elemen­ tary schools will be atten­ ding South Huron District High School next year and many of them, accompanied by their parents, visited the school Monday night for an orientation period. The session was designed primarily to give the students and their parents some final information before they choose course selections for grade nine classes. their their There were no injuries in that mishap and damage was set at $700 There was one accident on Thursday, it occurring at the intersection of Main and Simcoe St. and involved vehicles driven by Eric Hussey, RR 1 Belgrave, and Ronald Harrett, Granton. Constable Short set total damage at $600. The only other accident of the week occurred on Mon­ day at the intersection of they were not the figures he supplied. The story quoted him as saying the restoration project was costing $189,000, whereas Shaw said the correct figure was $129,000. About $20,000 of that has been received from public donations and pledges, while the Ontario Heritage Foundation and Wintario have agreed to supply a total of $69,000. While last night’s meeting was closed to the public, Shaw said that any decision by council on a grant to the project would be conducted at a public session. $ § $16,884, plus another $3,341 stolen in break and enters. Some of that loss was recovered and 18 people were charged as a result. There were nine in­ vestigations and three charges under the Narcotic Control Act, 20 mischief in­ vestigations, seven wilful damage complaints and two fraud incidents. During the year the police issued 201 parking tickets, fourid 98 places of businesses insecure, sold 388 bike licences and answered 64 animal complaints. There were four dog bite incidents and seven animals were picked up by police and taken to the local pound. Principal J.L. Wooden ex­ plained that the students were being asked to make their choices so the time tables and teacher re­ quirements could be deter­ mined at the high school. The various options were outlined and the students also had an opportunity to visit several classrooms and talk to teachers about the courses. Guidance department head Ken Lawton also spoke briefly to the students. Main and Sanders St. It in­ volved two vehicles and a pedestrian. The vehicles involved were driven by John Stephens and Joe Darling, both of Exeter. Following the impact, one of the vehicles spun around and struck a pedestrian, Percy Wright, Kippen. He sustained minor injuries. Total damage in the crash was listed at $1,350 by Constable Short,