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The Citizen, 1986-08-27, Page 1VOL. 2 NO. 35 Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1986.40 CENTS 5 injured in spectacular accident Five people were injured, two seriously in a spectacular two-car crash at Auburn Saturday after­ noon that almost miraculously didn’t take any lives. It was raining heavily when a car driven by Alex Gulutzen, 41, RR 3, Blyth, wentoutofcontrol on the curve heading west out of Auburn. The car skidded sideways with the front end of the car going into the eastbound lane of the highway. The car collided with a station- wagon containing four members of the Garth Walden Family of RR 3, Blythwho were returning home from a shopping trip to Goderich. The impact drove the Walden car backward and completely tore the Gulutzen car in half, leaving the engine and front wheels near the Walden vehicle but sending the rest of the car spinning down the highway toward the bridge over the Maitland River. The passenger compartment of the car, almost untouchedby the collision, came to rest more than 100 feet from the scene of the collision. The accident brought both the Blyth and Goderich fire depart­ ments to the scene as well as several ambulances and police cars. Traffic was backed up for nearly an hour as the accident blocked east west traffic on County Road 25 and southbound traffic on county road 8. Garth Walden, 43; Dianne Wal­ den, 41 and their daughter Jill, 7 and Mr. Gulutzen were all quickly removed from the vehicles and rushed to hospital. Blyth firemen had to use the jaws of life to free Tim Walden, 16, the driver of the Walden vehicle. He was trapped in the car when the driver’s side was pushed back by the collision. Firemen were hampered in their work by large crowds of spectators who had to be shooed away several times while the rescue equipment was in operation. Mr. Gulutzen is currently in Wingham and District Hospital recovering from a broken pelvic bone. He will be in hospital for several weeks for the bone to heal and to get rehabilitation. He also suffered a sore left knee and several other cuts and bruises. Tim Walden was transferred to hospital in London for treatment of a broken leg. He was in traction early this week to get the bone of hislegbackin place before setting. Dianne Walden has been releas­ ed from hospital. Garth and Jill Walden are out of intensive care but still in Goderich hospital. Mr. Walden was asleep in the rear seat of the stationwagon and his head hit the side window causing an injury from the broken glass that nearly cost him the sight of his eye. Jill was badly shaken up and doctors were concerned about severe internal bruising. For Blyth firemen, it was the second emergency call in 24 hours. Thisoneended up considerably happier than the tragedy of Friday night. Bly th and District fire brigade members talk with police at the scene of a spectacular automobile accident at Auburn Saturday afternoon. In the foreground is the front part of a car driven by Alex Gullutzen, RR 3, Biyth that went out of control and collided with a car driven by Tint Walden of RR 3, Blyth in the background. The main section of the Gullutzen vehicle continued down Huron County Road 25 and came to rest more than 100 feet from the scene of the collision. Mr. Gullutzen suffered a broken pelvic bone and is currently in Wingham and District Hospital. Brussels boom continues as new store opens The surge of growth on Brussels’ main street continues this week when a new ladies’ wear store opens. Some Thing Special opens Thursday in the store between Oldfield Pro Hardware and George’s on the west side of Turnberry Street. The shop is the It’s the third new business on main street in 1986. Earlier in the year Radford Auto, Farm and Industrial Parts opened a new Brussels outlet at the other end of the Turnberry Street business section. In June the major new EMA food store opened on the site of the former Queen’s Hotel. proud project of Wilma Rathwell and Nel la Blake. It will feature a full line of ladies’ clothing from petite to full figure as well as Tender Tootsie shoes. The store will fill a gap in the Brussels business section in more than one way, being the first full-line women’s wear store. Crash kills Toronto woman A freak accident west of Walton Friday night took the life of a Toronto woman. Yolanda Van Bork, 22 of 360 Bloor St. East, Toronto was travelling west on county road 25, about 9:15 p.m. when her 1986 Toyota collided with two horses in the westbound lane. The car went out of control and ended up in the south ditch of the road and came to rest in a corn field. Blyth firemen were called to help extricate Ms. Van Bork and she was rushed to hospital in London but she died Saturday. Blyth firemen described it as a grisly scene with the two horses killed. Wingham Ontario Provin­ cial Police said one of the horses was pregnant and gave birth to a foal that died as well. The horses belonged to Don Weirsma of RR 1, Blyth. The car was demolished at a loss of $20,000. Witnesses said the roof was torn off. The horses were valued at $1,400. A memorial service was to be held for Ms. Van Bork on Tuesday in Willowdale. Holiday hours for Citizen Monday is the annual Labour Day holiday, the last holiday before school resumes. As a result there will be some changes in the hours of the Citizen. While production of next week’s Citizen will continue as usual on Monday, we recommend all news and advertising be brought to our offices on Friday. The Blyth office will keep regular hours on Monday with deadlines for news and advertising at 4 p.m. as usual. The Brussels office will be open from noon to 2 p.m. on Monday to receive news or advertising. Ad­ vertising can be phoned in to the Brussels number, however, until 4 p.m. A reminder also that next week the Citizen will include a special issue to commemorate the 25th Blyth Thresher Reunion. Anyone wanting information in this issue should have it in by Thursday morning. Police destroy pot Police last week destroyed a marijuana crop found in afield near Wroxeter with a street value of $2 million. The crop was found by police growing near a vacant barn hidden from a concession by a large stand of corn. Police discovered the marijuana when it grew taller than the corn. Police had staked out the field for some time hoping some­ one would show up to harvest it but finally decided to destroy the crop after no one showed up. Police hired a nearby farmer to come in with his combine and destroy the crop. The marijuana outnumbered the corn in the plantation by a ratio of about four to one, police said. Because of the thick growth it took about six hours to harvest the 15-acre field. The result was a messy residue of mixed up corn, milkweed, pigweed, twitchgrass and mari­ juana, police said.