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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-08-01, Page 1Two lose licences Two London men who pleaded guilty to driving motor vehicles while their alcohol content was over 80 mgs. were given identical fines when they appeared in court before Judge W.G. Cochrane, Tuesday. Gary Joseph Daigle and Clarence Everett Williams, were fined $300 or 30 days each and had their licences suspended for three months. Daigle was charged on May 26 and had a breathalizer reading of 1.4 mgs., while Williams was stopped on July 5 and a breathalizer test showed a reading of 1.9 mgs. Williams was given 30 days in which to pay the fine, while Daigle was ordered to pay within 90 days. $ Ad :f f r44 S. One Hundred and Fifth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 1, 1979 Price Per Copy 25 Cents & North Lambton Since 1873 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex After an absence of over three years, the hum of productivity will soon be heard at the former Maple Leaf Mills plant on John St. in Exeter, Sybren DeBoer, a resident of the community for over 10 years, announced plans this week to open a processing plant for knitted filters and he and his son, Andrew, have already started on that project. The knitted filters will be used for swimming pool hoses and spray tanks, but their main use is as a protective coating on the outside of plastic drainage tile. The knitted cover keeps dirt out of the tile in unstable soil conditions where they would otherwise be clogged by fine silt or other con- taminates. DeBoer, who resides at 121 Wellington St., said that about 20 percent of the plastic drainage tile that is used is covered with the knitted material. The fledging firm, which expects to be into a partial prototype production within four weeks, will eventually have between 25 to 30 • machines turning out the material. The two local residents have that many used machines already in the former seed cleaning plant and are busy getting them set up, making some refinements. OPEN PLANT — Sybren DeBoer and his son, Andrew, make adjustments on one of the machines which will soon be tur- ning out knitted covers for plastic drainage tile, Mr. DeBoer has purchased the former Maple Leaf Milling plant on John St. Exeter, and hopes to be in full production in six months. Staff photo FIRM OPENING KNITTING PLANT Local congregation sponsors 'boat-people' Concern for the needs of and acceptance by the of the red tape involved in the "boat-people" has community, the sponsoring refugees, resulted in the membership congregation decided to While he said he didn't of the local Christian sponsor two "extended know when the two families Reformed Church agreeing families." may arrive, he added "the to sponsor two families, An already enthusiastic sooner we get some people The membership had a membership heard tentative out of there, the better we'll special meeting last week to offers of jobs and housing. A like it." discuss their concern and the committee of six families It was indicated that the deacons informed the volunteered to help in set- Christian Reformed Church congregation of its tling at least two families in in Clinton has made responsibilities in spon- the area. arrangements to sponsor one soring refugee families for a Al deHaan, one of the family and have already possible one-year period. It members involved, said rented a home at Vanastra entails providing the arrangements would be for that purpose, essential needs such as jobs, made through a special One of the interesting transportation, housing and committee of the Canadian aspects of sponsoring a insurance. Council of Christian family is that the local It was pointed out that, in Reformed Churches the congregation has no idea general, refugee families secretary of which is the how large that family may become independent well Rev. VanEek, a former be. The "extended family" within the one-year period. pastor of the local description indicates that the After some discussion as to congregation, family unit could contain job and housing availability, The local school teacher grandparents and inlaws. need for assimilation into suggested this would cut a lot DeHaan said they would take whatever came in that regard. Most of the "boat-people" are of Chinese descent and are fleeing Vietnam, The Canada Employment Centre in Goderich expect that they will soon be assuming the responsibility of receiving and resettling unsponsored Small Boat Escapees, Resettlement includes providing financial assistance for food, shelter and basic needs of life as well as adjustment to life in Canada, i,e, employment, schools, community ser- vices, etc. Because of the expected number of Vietnamese refugees scheduled for Huron County, The Canada Employment Centre is welcoming the active par- ticipation of individuals and groups to facilitate the successful resettlement of these newcomers. The financial responsibility of food, rent, etc., will still rest Boyles host Exeter, England pair Individuals or adjust to life in Canada, organizations who wish to please contact Eric J. Smith,. assist these individuals to Canada Empl oym en t EXETER EXCHANGE — A resident of Exeter, England, Torn Rookes, arrived in this comrnuni• ty last week with a letter and an official tie for Mayor Derry Boyle. Boyle reciprocated with a local town plaque and some history books for Rookes and the Mayor of the Dewitt, city. Watching the exchange is clerk Liz Bell, Mayor Boyle and his wife entertained the Rookes cou- ple and gave them a tour of this community. Staff photo Dashwood plans for fun Fun and entertainment will be available for this weekend's annual Fried- sburg Days in Dashwood. The event opens at 6 p.m. Friday when the popular sausage and sauerkraut dinners will go on sale and continue until late Saturday night. Friday's program features a talent show and crowning of Miss Friedsburg 1979. Talent show convener Nancy Rader expects to have about 16 numbers of local talent on the program: At 11 p.m. last year's Friedsburg Queen Darryl Webber, R.R. 1 Exeter will be on hand to crown the new winner, Donna Hoffman is in charge of the beauty contest. The 1979 Friedsburg Days parade will be saluting the International Year of the Child with the theme "Child's Fantasy." Judging of the parade participants will start at 1 p.m. Saturday at the sports field at the south end of Dashwood and actually get underway an hour later. Anyone wishing to take part in the parade should contact Ruthann Merner at 237-3314. At 4 p.m. Saturday youngsters of all ages will be able to display their favorite animals in the annual pet show. The categories include training, obedience, grooming, costume, most unique and pet-master look- a-like. Sports convener John Becker is again in charge of the tug-of-war and arm wrestling contests. Preliminary arm wrestling will start at 3.30 and tug-of - war at 5 p.m. Finals in both events will go at 7 p.m. Any late entrants in either tug-of-war and arm wrestling whether it be male or female may contact John Becker at 237-3628. The Bavarian Garden will open at 6 p.m. Friday with music by Bob McIntosh and will continue from noon Saturday with continuous entertainment. The Bavarian Polka Kings will provide music for dancing,at 9 p.m. Saturday. All proceeds from the two day event will be going to the community park fund. Don Bender is again the overall Friedsburg Days chairman. While Mayor Derry Boyle is one of the staunchest supporters of his com- munity, there were times this week when he may have thought life would be more pleasant in another Exeter. Wednesday afternoon, he and his wife played host to two Exeter, England residents, Tom and Audrey Rookes, and Boyle was most interested in the status of his counterpart in this com- munity's mamesake. Mayor Richard J. VanOppen sent the local mayor a letter of greeting through the touring couple and enclosed an official City of Exeter tie "as a small token of my best wishes". Among the things Boyle learned to wet his appetite for his counterpart's post was the fact he is chauf- feured to official functions in a Rolls Royce, although he is putting a halt to that practice due to the high fuel cost involved. Offsetting that advantage, however, was the fact the Mayor of Exeter in England does not receive an annual stipend. He is reimbursed only for his expenses. Rookes, who decided to visit Canadian relatives in the St. Catharines area, contacted local officials here earlier in the week when he found he was close to his home namesake. the couple travelled by car to London, where Boyle picked them up and brought them to Exeter for a tour and visit. WE'LL BE LATE Due to the Civic holiday, The Exeter Times-Advocate will be published one day later than usual next week. It will be printed Wednesday night for Thursday morning delivery. Advertising deadlines will be extended to Tuesday. The display advertising deadline will be 2:00 p.m. and the deadline for classified ad- vertisements will be 4:00 p.m. Area drivers experienced their worst week of the summer as the Exeter OPP investigated nine accidents, with damage amounting to almost $25,000. There were six injuries, although for- tunately most were not of a serious nature. The rash of crashes started, on Tuesday when two were reported. The first involved a vehicle driven by William Butts, London, which went out of control on Highway 81 just north of the 0 A , As may be expected, the Mayor's first stop was at the local rec centre, his pride and joy. Rookes reported that his Exeter does not have a facility to compare with the local structure. The city of 100,000 has "too many party politics" he explained, adding that a lottery that the city had staged to raise funds for a • recreation facility had ended up losing money and was discontinued. Members of the city council represent the Labor and Conservative parties and the two have never been able to get together to agree on recreation facilities. The parties take turns in having one of their members elected as mayor, the current office holder being a Conservative who will serve for one year. Rookes is a carpet agent and has lived in Exeter since 1938. His father was a member of the Devonshire Regiment and had served in Malta and India, returning to Centre, Goderich or John Gillespie, Canada Employment Centre Crediton Road and went into the ditch and collided with a fence. A tire blew out on the car, causing the driver to lose control. Damage was estimated at $850 by Constable Al 47ffrin and Butts sustained minor injuries. The other Tuesday crash involved vehicles driven by Harry Towle, R.R. 1 Fullerton, and Ethel Nevels, St Thomas. They collided on Highway 23 just north of Fish Creek and damage was set at e Exeter in 1938 when the threat of war loomed on the horizon. His only previous contact with this Exeter was many years ago when he wrote the mayor at that time to get a pen pal. That resulted in a communication with Janet MacDonald, whose identity Please turn to page 3 NO DAMAGE The Exeter fire depart- ment was called out Monday morning to a grass fire in an area west of Marlborough street, north of Anne street but their services were not required. The fire started by children playing with matches was first spotted by Al Flynn, a Marlborough Street resident. Flynn grabbed a pail of water and with similar help from Dave Robinson and I3ob Wragg had the blaze doused by the time firemen arrived. Goderich or Canada Employment Centre, Exeter. photo $1,035 by Constable Bill Osterloo. Three collisions were reported on Friday, one of which resulted in injuries to two people. Drivers involved in that one were Frances Kuntz, R.R. 2 Bayfield, and Peter Klungel, Hensall. They collided at the junction of Highway 4 and 84 in Hensall. Kiungel and a passenger in the Kuntz vehicle, Janna Middel, -Clinton, Were in- jured. Damage was set at $1,100 by Constable Ed Wilcox. A vehicle driven by Thomas Fancy, Stratford, struck a deer on Highway 83 just west of the Perth-Huron boundary. Damage to the vehilce was set at $600 by Constable Wally Tomasik. The other crash on Friday occurred mid-afternoon and resulted in a large sail boat ending up in the ditch.on the Kirkton road, just east of concession 10-11 in Usborne. Charles Jones, Stratford, was driving a van hauling a large craft from Hughes Boat Works in Huron Park when the trailer carrying the boat swerved and the load shifted, causing the boat and the van to roll over in the ditch, Jones escaped unhurt and total damage was listed at $5,100 by Constable Frank Giffin. Employees from the Huron Park plant managed to reload the boat and haul it back. Jones was eastbound, enroute to Toronto. At 6.30 a.m. Saturday, a car driven by Leroy Harrison, Centralia, went out of control on the Crediton Road west of concession 14- 15 of Stephen. It rolled over in the ditch, Harrison sustained in- juries and damage was listed at $5,000 by Constable Wally Tomasik. The final three crashes of the week occurred on Sun- day, one of them resulting in injuries to two Sarnia residents. Mary Ann Ennett, Sarnia, was in the process of making a left turn at the Highway 4 and Crediton Road intersection when her vehicle was in collision with another northbound vehicle driven by Carson Kramer, London. Mrs. Ennett and her husband, Gregory, were injured and Constable Giffin set total damage at $6,000, He investigated another Sunday crash when a vehicle driven by Gary Vanderhoek, R,R. 1 Lucan, struck a bridge on sideroad 5-6 of Stephen during a fog, Damage was set at $3,000. In the other collision, damage amounted to $2,000 when vehicles driven by Donald Coleman, Ottawa, and Gerard Ducharme, R.R. 2 Zurich collided on con- cession 13.9 of Hay at the Stanley-Hay line. Constable Don Mason estimated total damage at $2,000. DeBoer, who worked for Big "0" for 11 years, said the total number of machines will gradually be phased in over the next six months and he expects one more employee will be required to join he and his son when production is in full gear. While he has no definite markets as yet for the finished product, DeBoer said he will be looking primarily at the export field, He said there are present demands in Europe, New Zealand and the U.S.A. "There's a good market now in Canada, but I don't expect it to be there next year," he said. Most of the companies presently located in Ontario that produce drainage plastic tile also produce their own knitted filters. DeBoer, who purchased the John St. plant, said he would be using only a portion of it and would hope to rent some of it to other com- mercial interests. More delay on decision of police hall The engineering firm of B.M. Ross and Associates, Goderich, have been engaged to do a study on the structural safety of the Exeter police office which was gutted by fire two weeks ago. Deputy-Reeve Don MacGregor said it may be two weeks before the firm has an opportunity to make their report. It had been expected that council may be able to make a decision at their meeting this coming Monday, but that now appears highly unlikely. with the CEC and will be administered by the Immigrant Resettlement Counsellor Eric J. Smith, 524-8342. The supporting role of volunteer groups would be the collection of furniture, household effects, clothing, groceries and setting up accommodation: Transp- oration of people and belongings: registering children in school, helping to open bank accounts, shop- ping for groceries, obtaining telephone, how to use a stove, do laundry and what to do with garbage: assisting with initial employment interviews and medical appointments: helping with the process of seeking ac- commodation and signing leases: providing friendship, It is very important to allow as much independence and self-sufficiency as possible and to encourage them to deal with some problems on their own. -44toy,,,v VAN, BOAT TIP — Damage was estimated at over $10,000 when this van hauling a boat and trailer tipped into the ditch on the Kirkton Road east of Winchelsea Friday afternoon. The driver of the van escaped uninjured. He had been enroute from Hughes Boat Works in Huron Park to Toronto. Staff photo Mayor likes Rolls Royce idea THE OLD FASHIONED WAY — Ken Duncan with his team of horses demonstrated how a binder was used in the good old days to cut grain. The demonstration sponsored by the Kirkton-Woodham Optimist club was held Saturday on the Kirkton area farm of Ross McCurdy. T-A Area accidents injure six; damages exceed '25,000