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The Citizen, 1986-09-03, Page 125th Huron Thresher Reunion starts Friday The Huron Pioneer Thresher and Hobby Association Reunion celebrates a milestone this week­ end with its 25th annual edition of the reunion. Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. Showing real leadership in Saturday's Blyth Festival car rally was this team that called itself “The Dire Straits Racing Team.’’ The team handed out business cars saying “Don’t follow us, we’ll follow you”. Members of the team were [left to right] David Sparling, Kevin Scrimgeour and John Liebold. The car rally was a special fundraising event for the Festival and took participants on a tour of northern Huron including Brussels. VOL. 2 NO. 36 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986.40 CENTS Teacher's aides, secretaries could strike Teacher’s aides and school secretaries across Huron County have been in a legal strike position since August 31, and could walk out as early as this Friday, according to a statement issued by the School Board office in Clinton. Holiday weekend quiet, OPP report The long Labour Day weekend was quiet in the area patrolled by the Wingham detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police, a spokesmansaidTuesday morning. Good weather helps bean harvest Thanks to the excellent weather over the past few days, Huron county farmers have been able to start pulling white beans in most areas of the county, with a few fields reported combined already. Brian Hall of the Clinton office of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture reports that the White Bean Board predicts higher than normal yields of white beans are expected, with The reunion will have its biggest presence ever in downtown Blyth with a parade Saturday at noon up Dinsley Street and down Queen Street to Wellington where it will Gino Giannandrea, personnel relations administrator for the Huron County Board of Education, said Tuesday that members of his board and representatives of Local 1428 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will go Only one minor accident involv­ ing an injury was reported, a single vehicle accident in Howick Twp. early Sunday morning. A 1969 Chev pick-up, driven by yields up to 15 hundredweight per acre. Normal yield for Huron is estimated at 13 hundredweight/ acre. Mr. Hall reports that both corn and soybeans in all areas of the county are looking excellent, with higher than normal yields expect­ ed for both. Barley, winter wheat and spring canola yields were disappointingly turn and enter the fair grounds (for exact parade route information see the special section included in this paper). The show itself opens at 1:30 on into mediation tomorrow (Thurs­ day) with officials of the Ontario Labour Relations Board in London to try to seek a solution. “We have agreed to no strike or lock out until after mediation, ’ ’ Mr. Giannandrea said, but added Lorna Koebel, 29, of RR 1, Gorrie, skidded on loose gravel on Conces­ sion 10-11, just west of County Road 30. The truck left the road, hitting a bridge abuttment, result- low, though, with figures far down from the record yields of last year. Barley averaged only 40-50 bush­ els per acre, down considerably from 1985’s 70-80 bushel level; wheat yielded 40-75 bu./acre, far down from the record levels of 80-100 bu. last year; while canola cameinatonly 18-33 bu., down Continued on page 17 Friday afternoon and at 9a.m. both Saturday and Sunday. There are many things to do and see besides the old steam engines and threshing machines. The craft that he was not prepared to discuss the matter any further at this time. Seventy-seven teacher’s aides and school secretaries in Huron are members of CUPE Local 1428, in both elementary and secondary schools across the County. ing in minor injuries to the driver and her passenger, Gerald Koebel, 30. Both were taken to the Wingham Hospital by a friend. Damage to the truck is estimated at $1,000. No charges were laid. Sgt. John McKee also reported three 12-hour licence suspensions, and two charges of impaired driving. He said traffic was normal for a holiday weekend, and feels that drivers were possibly more alert because of a widely-advertis­ ed provincial crackdown on driving violations over the holiday. At the Wingham detachment, both radar and alert screening devices were in use on main highways, although Sgt. McKee reports only the usual number of officers on duty. show in the arena has had every available inch booked up. There will be entertainment by the Clinton Legion Pipe Band and the Mount Forest Cameron Highland­ ers band on Sunday. Friday night will see an Old Tyme Fiddler’s Jamboree in the arena auditorium and there will be a dance to the Heritage Fiddlers Saturday night. An old tyme fiddler’s competi­ tion will take place Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and a stepdancing competi­ tion Sunday at 2. Even breakfast will be a busy time as the Blyth Firemen serve a pancake breakfast at the firehall from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. both Saturday and Sunday morning. Postal service suffers again Postal service to Blyth, Auburn, Londesboro and Walton, already deteriorating, suffered more cut­ backs beginning Tuesday of this week. A Post office official explained the new truck route will mean that mail is picked up from these communities for delivery to the outside world only once a day now. Under the old system Clinton was a central point for mail delivery to these communities as well as areas south of Clinton such as Bayfield, Varna and Brucefield. Under the new system all communities north of Clinton will be served by a truck from Stratford which will make two round trips a day. Blyth post office hopes to be able to process mail up until about 4:15 each day. This mail will be picked up in the evening and taken to Stratford for shipment to further points. Mail deposited in the post office by the 4:15 mailing deadline each afternoon should still reach the destination in the same time but mail deposited in the box after 4:15 may take longer to reach its destination. Mail to Clinton and other points south could especially suffer under the system. The Citizen which is mailed at night has depended on the mail service only for delivery to Auburn and Clinton. Drivers already de­ liver the mail to post offices in Clinton, Walton, Londesboro and Wingham as well as Blyth and Brussels. Our mail route will be expanded to ensure that Auburn readers receive their paper on time. Former Blyth clerk remanded Former Blyth clerk-treasurer Larry B. Walsh made a brief appearance in provincial court in Wingham on August 27, but was given a remand to September 24 at the request of his lawyer, David Smith of Smith and Smith in Guelph. It is expected his plea will be heard at that time. Mr. Walsh has been charged with obtaining by theft and fraud $94,905.27by divertingfunds from the Village of Blyth to himself between 1980 and 1986. Mr. Walsh served as village clerk for 13 years, before resigning his job May 29 in the face of an investigation by Ontario Provincial Police into the affairs of the Blyth Village administration.