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Times-Advocate, 1979-07-11, Page 1• RDWARE I t I M.1.V. ft% at Price Per Copy 25 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 11, 1979 One Hundred and Fifth Year .t. dvoc & North Lambton Since 1873 Imes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex Stephen takes over Huron Park arena Meet with Hay, August 8 Hensall closer to annexin WE ARE HAPPY-- Kim teeming, Brent Bell and Tammy Thiel appear to be happy as they hold Mr. Happy at the Henson Vacation Bible School, Friday. T-A photo gets a little difficult eating raisin or cherry pie with both hands behind your back. Athletic types will be in- terestedin the bicycle races at 3 p.m. at the corner of Main and John. Categories are eight and under, 9-12, 12- 16 and over 16. The Exeter Police Athletic Club are sponsoring the second annual "Strongest Man in Exeter Contest" in front of the library at 6:30 p.m. Organizer Kevin Short told the T-A this year's contest is open to anyone who wishes to enter. As well, four categories have been established: 12 and under, 13-16, over 16 (under and over 160 lbs, ) Bench pressing will be the yardstick used to measure the greatest strength. Last year's strongest man managed to press 275 lbs. Stephen Resource Centre. They are doing a good job," continued Malone. Malone added, "We are gradually putting our assets where they belong. The township has already assumed the roads and Canada Avenue. We have a verbal obligation to main- tain the recreation centre for Centralia College until they get their own gym- nasium facilities." • The Huron Park arena was officially opened in 1963 and was named after Group Captain Stanley Randall who was Commanding Of- ficer of RCAF Centralia at that time. It was financed completely by non-public funds. • Stephen reeve Ken Campbell said "the move will allow us to provide better recreation facilities for our residents." Eric Finkbeiner, chair- man of Stephen's recreation committee said township council would be naming an arena board on recommen- dation of the rec committee and an• arena manager would be appointed before the August 31 takeover. The township's present support of the South Huron Rec Centre will not be affected by the acquisition of the Huron Park arena ac- cording to Finkbeiner, He added "There will be no change in our committ- operation of the Huron Park arena once we get it rolling. There is enough land Adia- cent to the arena to build a community hall if that peed arises." Incidents of theft and vandalism continue throughout the area covered by the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Two juveniles have been charged as the result of a bre-akin at the ARC Industries workshop in Dashwood. A lawn mower engine, seven yards .of carpet and two dolly typ.... wheels taken Tuesday have been recovered by police. Constable Bill Osterloo in- vestigated. Again in Dashwood, a girls bike was taken from the property of James Rumball sometime, Wednesday. It was valued at $30. ° During the week a picnic table was removed from the MTC roadside park along Highway 83, east of Farquhar. Constable Tomasik estimated damages of $200 when a window was broken over the week end in the Bank of Montreal building in Zurich. Officers of the local detachment co-operated With the Sebringville detaeh- ment in checking sales barns in the area for two cattle beasts reported stolen in the vicinity of Sebringville. Vandalism continues $140,000 holdback. In his report to the board Smith said pool registrations were down due to Hensall's switch to the pool at Vanastni. iy,Ec,fa said Hensall's move was prompted when the centre failed to reply to a letter from the village rec committee inquiring about rates for this season. On a brighter note, Smith said local registrations were up and that the wading pool had seen increased use due to the playground equipment installed by the Exeter Kinettes in Victoria Park. A request from the Lions Club to hold next years' Peanut Stomp in the arena fell upon deaf ears with Pearce saying the oil from the peanuts and shells could adversely affect the arena floor. Smith said the arena staff washed the floor in the hall six times and applied an acid solution to remove the final reminder of this year's event. The Lions had agreed to apply an extra fee next year for a cleaning but a request this year for a grant from the club had apparently fallen upon deaf ears, he said. Please turn to page 3 Fun for everyone at Sidewalk Days Rec Centre ice rental rates to increase by 10 percent The village of Hensall has moved a step closer to annexation after a special meeting held with Hay Township council, June 25. At Monday's council meeting, it was announced a publig meeting will be held for village and township residents to discuss the village's proposed annexa- tion of Lots 19 and 22, Concession 1 in the Hensall arena, August 8, The 17 householders who live in the area to be annex- ed will receive special notices of the meeting by registered mail. A land sur- veyor will be hired to prepare a plan of the lands to be annexed following the public meeting. The news about annexa- tion however, didn't com- pletely resolve council's feeling that they are still land starved in the village. Reeve Harold Knight ask- ed the clerk to approach the Huron county board of education to see if extra land around Hensall Public School could revert to the village. The reeve said, "We're land starved right now." Council members expressed The contract for con- struction of the John's municipal drain in Usborne township has been let to Lee Jennison and Son of Grand Bend. The Jennison bid at $850 the lowest of five submitted was accepted by council at the regular July meeting. Building inspector Her- man Van Wieren reported that 10 building permits with an estimated value of $65,000 were issued in June and 36 inspections were made. Treasurer Harry Strang reported the collection of $163,215 in interim tapes due June 30, The total interim amount was $228,471.25. Road superintendent John Batten was instructed to advise the Exeter Public • Utilities Commission that council feels it is not UsbOrne's responsibility to relocate the Waterline when concern that the long grass around the schoolyard was proving an eyesore. Members expressed the feeling that if the board of education didn't want the excess land, then the village could use it for a park. Reeve Knight said giving the excess land back to Hen- sel] "would be to their benefit, since they (the board of education) won't have to cut the grass." Council proceedings took on a lighter character when clerk Betty Oke informed council members,the village had received a letter from Solicitor General Roy McMurtry regarding emergency preparedness for road maintenance requires it. The township building bylaw has been amended to require that all manure tanks constructed hereafter The 1979 pea harvest which started Thursday in this area is expected to be above average. Jack Urquhart, manager of the Exeter branch of Canadian Canners told the T-A "The early peas are yielding well and last week's rain helped the later ones and overall it should be a heavy crop." Urquhart said the rains slowed maturing of the crop and the factory was inactive over the week end, but, was back in business Monday, morning, must have a cover or be at least 12 feet high. J.W. Gardiner who asked council for a clean-out of the upper portion of the Gar- diner municipal drain was He indicated double shifts would likely start this week allowing for more em- ployment. Urquhart added, "We have hdd lots of help, but, if anyone is still looking for work we will take their applications." The local manager said the corn crop has been affected by the weather, He went on to say, "The cool, damp weather is excellent for peas, but not good for corn, We should really have two kinds of weather for the two crops." The township of Stephen will be taking over ownership and operation of the Huron Park arena as of August 31 of this year. The announcement was made Monday for the On- tario Development Corpora- tion by Huron Industrial Park manager Jack Malone. Malone said he would be delivering the signed agree- ment of sale this week to Stephen reeve Ken Campbell. The turnover will become official on Tuesday, July 24 when Ontario Minister of In- dystry and Tourism the Hon. Larry Grossman QC will hand the keys over to the township officials. Included in the sale which was completed for a nominal fee of $5 will be a parcel of land to the north of the arena and all equipment inside the building. This in- cludes the Zamboni ice .machine and timer. The ODC manager said it was possible the arena would have been . closed if the township did not agree to take over. Malone explained the tur- nover, "We at ODC are not in the business of recrea- tion. Our prifne role is to provide employment. I'm sure the township can do a Come this fall, groups using the ice surface at the South Huron Rec Centre will see the rates go up ten percent. The South Huron Rec Centre Board approved ,the "rate 'increase at their' monthly meeting Monday. advised to try and get sup- port from Hibbert township and other owners involved. Goderich engineering firm Burns Ross and Co. will be authorized to bring in an appraisal of the Etherington bridge. A petition for a municipal drain in the Eden Asia was accepted and referred to engineer A.J. DeVos for a survey, plan and report. PORK DOWN Pork fell Monday. No, it wasn't the price. A 100 pound pig was found on Usborne township Concession 2-3 just south of Huron street Monday morning, The animal apparently fell from a passing truck. It was taken to thepound at the Exeter Animal Hospital by Exeter OPP officers. better job of running the arena." "A good example is the takeover this year of our s wi m ming pool by the Plenty of fun for everyone is the theme of this year's annual Sidewalk Days and Fun Days slated for Thur- sday and Friday, July 19 and 20. Sponsored by the Exeter Central Business Improvement Association, the event always attracts hundreds of bargain hunters to town. As well as the usual values .from most of the Mainway stores several fun events have been scheduled for Friday. A mutt show will be held in front of Pat's Pets at 10 a.m. Organizer Harold Patterson said any mutt is eligible to enter. A pie eating contest in front of Exeter' bakery at 2 p.m. may be more appealing to those who always won- dered just how much they really could eat. Of course it All roads will lead to the Kirkton fairgrounds on Wednesday night, July 18 when the Kirkton Com- munity Association presents the 35th annual Garden Party. The theme of the garden party this year is "The stars will shine in '79." Upwards of 4,000 persons Two of the three accidents investigated this week by officers of the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were of the hit and run variety. Tuesday an unknown vehicle struck a mail box and culvert on the property- of Hubert Cooper at Lot 18, Concession 3 of Stephen township. Constable Don Mason set damages at $40. A vehicle owned by Ann Marie Bertrand, Huron Park Businessmen meet Thursday The regular meeting of the Exeter Central Business Improvement Area is scheduled for Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Council Chambers. The meeting date was advanced a week to avoid conflicting with the annual Fun Days and Sidewalk 'Sale-- July 19 and 20. Issue 10 building permits the re-entry of American spaceship, the Skylab. „ Reeve Knight said - he's been waiting for the letter with "baited breath" and added in addition to the three page letter mailed to council, he had received a similar letter at his home. He told council all the three page letter did was to in- form him if Skylab falls on Hensall, then he can turn the provincial government for assistance. In other business, council considered the tenders of applicants for the position of village works superinten- dent, but decided to hold a special meeting before reaching a decision. The former , works superinten- dent, Gary Maxwell, has submitted his resignation. Building official Herman Van Wieren reported he issued three building per- mits to Hensall residents. Edgar McClinchey of King Street was issued a $2,000 permit to renovate his home, Donald Tomton of Mill Street was issued a $1,- 000 permit to close in a porch and Glenn Harburn of Brock" Street -vavissued -a" Please turn to page 3 eight year-old is shown on "I'm A High Hope" while his mother Nancy mops the horse's brow. Pea harvest on TENDER CARE — Todd Deeks, of Lucan was one of the youngest competit&s at Saturday's horse show at Huron Park. The T-A photo Usborne lets drain contract Groups from outside Stephen, Exeter or Usborne using the arena ice see their rates go from $30 to $33 per hour. Minor hockey and figure skating Will...PaYVotber tYv° dollars for a total of $22 Per hour. Groups from within the area will pay $28 rather than $25 per hour. Another change approved by the board is the moving up of the payment date for the first of minor hockeys' and figure skating's in- stallments from December 31 to November 1. Rec administrator, Ian Smith said it did little good for the centre to receive the funds that late in their budget year and that the groups concerned did have the funds available in November. When Usborne rep Bob Down mentioned that the figure skating club might have some problems making the payment at that date, Smith countered it was better to know at an earlier date if either organization was encountering some financial difficulty. Smith told the board a review of other arena rates in the area showed the South Huron centre to be about in the middle of what is charged for ice time. Exeter representative Jerry MacLean thought Smith "was in the right direction" referring to the increased fees. Bob Smith and Wayne Pearce expressed con- fidence that minor hockey would go along with the revised rate structure although Mayor Derry Boyle who is also a member of the minor hockey executive told the board the minor association lost about $6,000 this past season. In a related move, the .board passed a motion which stated if the minor hockey season exceeds the 20 week period as specified in the contract between the association and the board, payment for ice time is to be based on a 6040 split of the playoff games played in Exeter. In return, minor hockey will receive free practice time during that period. Once again the problem of deficiencies in the building came up with Smith in- forming the board that he will seek prices on the ex- terior rerpainting of the east Wail of the rec centre, Smith said Northside Construction of London had refused to perform any more renovations on the building until they received a cheque fol.' $2,600 which was the amount of interest which the town accumulated on the ment to pay a share of any deficit incurred by the Cen- tre in Exeter." Finkbeiner continued, "We are optimistic that we can at least break even in AROUND THE BARREL — Barb Parsons guides her horse around one of the obstacles during a barrel race at Satur- day's horse show at Huron Park. T-A photo VANDALS HIT MERCHANT AWNINGS — Downtown Exeter Merchants were the target of vandals this past weekend when several canvass awnings were slashed. Pointing to one of the three slashes in the Country Flowers awning is employee Penny Watson. T-A photo Let's go to Kirkton have been enjoying the three-fold program over the years. First comes a snappy ball game followed by the "Little Stars" and finally the "Big Stars." Eileen Baldwin will be the adjudicator for the juvenile program with 17 different numbers. A preliminary contest was held in May to pare down the was damaged to the extent of $300 when it was struck by an unknown vehicle at 3 p.m. Saturday on Hay township road 20-21 near Poplar Beach, just off Highway 21. Constable Wally Tomasik was the investigating officer. Vehicles driven by James Enos Farr, R.R. 4, Duffield and John Crowe, London were in collision Sunday at 1:15 p.m. on Highway 4 near Centralia. Constable Tomasik listed damages at $600. original 90 contestants for the bi;„ show, A number of area youngsters were suc- cessful. These include Joanne Sawyer, Michelle Harris and Shirley Miller from Staffa; Joanne Verlinde, Hensall and two Granton numbers from Linda Bryan and Leanne and Susanne Sleeper. Also selected were two former area youngsters. They are Carolyn Galloway from Listowel and Scott Triebner from Forest. Chris Lovett will be back as the musical director for the professional program. The top notch artists include Elma Santa and the redheads, Scottish en- tertainer Peter Glen, circus performers the Amazing Arlise; the Xem-Glo Williams Bros. television commercial girl Maureen Duncan, the Williams Bros. acrobatic team and Kirkton's all-time favourite Bill Meek. Hit, run crashes