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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-09-26, Page 1ENJOYING HIS RIDE — Enjoying one of the children's rides at the midway at the Exeter fair Saturday is Mike Bowerman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Bowerman of Huron Park. T-A photo • - • WITH HER POOCH — Youngsters and animals featured Saturday's parade held in conjunction with the 1979 Exeter Fall Fair. Shown with her dog Toka is Janet Wright, 0'4 :pot. .,•-a\%,1":-;•ttaXt *SHH gets accreditation the facilities and care. The program was entirely hospital is one of the accredited, he says. inspectors or surveyors are voluntary, and that it wasn't smallest to be accredited, "The medical staff of the volunteers from the council a government inspection or Twice before they had hospital are putting out members. In this case, it was anything of that nature received partial ac- much more effort, they're K.M. Kilbourne, medical which might close down the creditation, which meant more involved with hospital director from Kitchener- hospital if it didn't meet that there were still sub- activities," Hudson says. Waterloo Hospital, standards. The inspection is stantial weaknesses to be The accredition system is Because the surveyors are strictly for the betterment of corrected, he added. well recognized, and it may themselves active members the hospital, and the sur- Hudson says that the serve to attract physicians of the medical profession, veyors are prepared to make upgrading to full ac- and nurses, Hudson added, they can't be fooled, Hudson suggestions and help im- creditation was something Hudson noted that the says, prove the hospital, he says. that the staff had worked board of directors was most Hudson stressed that this In 1977, Hudson says that towards for some time. The supportive. "They (the 49 per cent of all hospitals in new addition may have board) provided the man- Canada belonged to the improved some of the date to administration to go accreditation system. facilities he believes. ahead and do what was However, that figure Hudson says that the necessary to get ac- represents 74 per cent of all accreditation means that the creditation," hospital beds in Canada, so it facilities and quality of care The hospital will have to be is obvious that most of the at South Huron Hospital are inspected again in two years larger hospitals are in the as good as any other ac- to see that standards have system. credited hospital. All the been maintained, if not Hudson says that this hospitals in London are improved. South Huron Hospital has come to the hospital and received full accreditation inspect it. The council is for two years from the made up of medical Canadian Council on professionals, nurses and Hospital Accreditation, doctors. Hudson feels that Director Tom Hudson told the accreditation system is the board this good news at good because "a hospital by last week's meeting, itself can't judge its own Accreditation is a quality of care." voluntary program whereby The Council sent the the hospital invites members hospital an extensive of the Canadian Council on questionnaire, and then an Hospital Accreditation to inspector came to look over ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATE yk. — A new certificate in the lobby tells that South Huron Hospital is accredited. Staff members Shirley MacDonald and Audrey Zachar admire the paper. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One hundred and Seventh Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 26, 1979 Price Per Copy 25 Cents A REAL EGG PLANT — One of the most unusual plants shown at the weekend Exeter Fall Fair was one owned by Mrs. Cliff Brock, Exeter, Inspecting the almost real eggs are John Kingma and Alvin Willem. T.-A photo '.415 ItYffi'" C - ;N:..,-,x'a Y-M,..;,.v,,, x .0V FAIR QUEEN — Helen Brand was chosen Queen of the 1979 Exeter Fall Fair Friday night. Above, she is being crowned by last year's winner Tracey Campbell. At the right is first runnerup Cindy Brown and second runnerup Valerie Finkbeiner is at the left .T-A photo Investigate three crashes Police move this week Best weather in years helps make fair success Not paying licences proves to be costly The Exeter police department is on the move again. ' Chief Ted Day said this week he expects the new temporary headquarters to be ready either today or tomorrow. It will be located in a mobile office behind the town hall and will be used until the new office is ready • on Sanders St. Turnip plant lost in flames A Thursday morning fire completely destroyed a newly erected turnip factory owned by Glavin Farms in McGillivray township. The large building valued at close to $200,000 is located on the Glavin homestead, about a mile and a half south of Huron Park. The fire was completely out of control when the fire department arrived. As Lucan-Biddulph volunteer one firemen commented, "All we could do is stand by and watch it burn and keep the family home watered down so it didn't catch fire." Called in for backup • protection were the Stephen township departments from Huron Park and Crediton. Several vehicles and about 1,500 bushels of turnips were lost in the blaze. The fire was first spotted shortly before 7 a,m, by a neighbour Tony Conlin. The building was covered by insurance and it is ex- pected the firth will rebuild later in the year. The best weather con- ditions for many years blessed the 1979 Exeter Fall Fair and visitors responded with excellent attendance. Secretary Garnet Hicks reported the crowd for Friday night's show at 1,300 and Saturday's attendance at about 2,500, Friday's portion of the show was featured by the crowning of Helen Brand as the 1979 Fair Queen. She was sponsored by the Junction. The new Queen was crowned by •last year's winner Tracey Campbell. Second was: Miss Bank of Montreal Cindy Brown and V Pl 19,0,ej n U representing Livingstone's Stationery was third. One of the best parades in many years started the Saturday events. Secretary Hicks said 75 units par- ticipated in the parade. Three area schools took part in the parade, First prize went to Exeter Public No injuries in accidents For the first time in several weeks, no injuries were reported from ac- cidents on area roads. There were only two crashes this week, although property damage was comparatively high in both. On Thursday, vehicles driven by Lawrence Bedard, Zurich, and Andrew Wieckowski, RR 3 Dash- wood, collided on concession 10-11 of Stephen at the junc- tion of sideroad 20. Damage was listed at $2,200 by Constable Don Mason. The other crash was reported on Friday when a vehicle driven by Peter Sandilands, Grand Bend, skidded on loose gravel on concession 4-5 of Stephen south of sideroad 15-16. The vehicle went into the ditch and struck a hydro pole with resulting damage of $1,500. Constable Larry Christiaen investigated. School with "The Year of the Child" theme, Stephen tentral's cheerleaders were second and Usborne Central Municipalities within the watershed of the Ausable- Bayfi el d Conservation Authority aren't too con- cerned about a revised mandate for conservation authorities across the province if the turnout at a meeting Thursday is any indication, Only 10 out of the 32 municipalities were represented at a workshop held at the Authority's Exeter office, Resources manager with more than 100 students marching wa.; third, Prizes for the best decorated tricycles went to William Mungall attributed the small turnout to this being a busy season of the year and general satisfac- tion with the Authority's performance. Mungall said the basic premise behind the document was to confirm that authorities do have a wide mandate in the terms of the preservation and enhancement of natural resources other than minerals. The document stressed that the province would be placing a greater emphasis on local initiative. What emerged from the workshop was a need for the local authority to decide the priorities for the future. To this end, Mungall said a watershed plan will be conducted, the first since the local authority was formed thirty years ago. The Authority has an image problem of only building conservation areas, the workshop stated, Mungall agreed and said it should place a greater emphasis on serving the needs of the rural areas with programs such as soil and Stream bank erosion control programs on private property. At the meeting vice- chairman Bob Austin said a report from the local authority should carry considerable weight in Toronto considering it would be from the first con- servation authority formed in the province. Mark Brintnell and Kevin Bender and the best decorated bicycles were entered by Allan Penning, Mark Coward and Chris Chapman. Comic float prizes went to Carl Tyler, Jack and Marg's Fina and the Ironwood golf club. Other prizes for under 14 years of age went to Brenda Balsdon, Darren and Harlen Tinney and Janet Wright. The best municipal floats were entered by the Rebekahs and Oddfellows and the Exeter fire depart- ment and club float prizes went to the Exeter senior citizens, Kirkton Women's Institute and the- Exeter Legion. Best with business floats were Don Haines of Mobile Home Express, George Sereda and Pioneer Seeds and Graham Arthur Motors. Tops with decorated cars were Murray Greene, Stedman's and Exeter Electric. Judged the best antique cars were Emerson Anderson, Harold -Cudmore and the T-A panel truck while Bill Morley, Steve Cann and Ed Hunter-Duvar won in classic cars. The best dressed rider and horse prizes went to Pronto Auto van and Tanya Allen, Staffa and best horse drawn vehicle prizes went to McLachlans, Kippen; Mobile Home Express and Jerry Thiel, RR 2, Zurich. In the Earl Campbell Jeweller draw Friday night, George Noyes, Lucan won $50 and $25 each went to Pearl Petzke, Exeter and Keith Selves, RR 1, St. Marys. In the lucky draw spon- sored by the fair board, Martha Pfaff, RR 3, Dash- wood won a quarter of beef, a half of pork went to Bev Bierling, Exeter; Herm Dettmer, Exeter won a lamb, Backmane, Sarnia won a case of oil; Cheryl Stewart, Kirkton won a turkey and a bushel of apples went to Bob Jones Exeter . In the ladies division draw, Jean Coward and Suzanne Mathers won quilts and a cushion went to Marion McCarter. In addition to the crowning of the Fair Queen Friday night, five other Queens and Princesses were named. Josie Ryckman won the flower queen crown and Ila Love was second. Beatrice Thomson of Kippen was the baking queen for the second consecutive year. She bested runner-up Dorothy Balsdon by only one point. The senior sewing championship was won by Liz Selves and Olive Thomson was second. Lynn Clarke also repeated as junior sewing princess with Corry Wynja placing second, The junior baking princess was Sarah McClure. The runner-up was Joan Cooper. A feature of the Saturday afternoon events was the judging and sale of the fair's feeder calf club animals. A calf owned by Joe Gower was judged the best finished calf and was purchased by Darling's IGA for 91 cents per pound. A Huron Park man found out this week that the financial consequences of not buying a dog licence can be greater than the cost of that licence. Murray Spicher was fined $53 or five days on each of two charges of failing to obtain a licence for his two dogs when he appeared in court before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake, Evidence indicated that Stephen Township Clerk Wilmer D. Wein went to the home of Spicher to sell him two dog licences, but the owner refused and did not show up when given time to appear at the clerk's office to obtain the necessary licences. The stiffest penalty handed out in Tuesday's court session went to Donald Gerald Kenney, RR 2 Crediton who was fined $153 or 15 days for failing to provide proof of insurance for his motor vehicle. He was also fined $28 or three days for operating a motor vehicle with a permit that was not validated. He was given 90 days in which to pay. Fines of $104 or 10 days were levied against of- fenders under the Liquor Licence Act. Edward R. Chappel, RR 2 Staffa, was fined that amount for having liquor while under the legal age, as was Bonnie P. Westlake, RR 1, Hensall. Paying similar amounts for having liquor readily available in their vehicles were David Michael Arnold, London and Kenneth E. McIntyre, Hamilton. Michael L. Craven RR 1, Hensall was fined $43 or four days for failing to report damage to property, His car sustained damage of over $500 on August 11 when he hit two pallets of sod on Wellington St. in Exeter. The vehicle was found aban- doned at the local canning factory. Other fines levied by Mr. Wedlake were as follows: Paul Maxwell MeClinchey, Hensall, $103 or 10 days for creating unnecessary noise with his vehicle on August 12; William L. Stoutley, Toronto $21.75 for a speed of 95 in an 89 km zone; Joseph Peter Waechter, Clinton, $28 or two days for being drunk in a public place; Paul A. McInnis, RR 3, Dashwood, $76 Or eight days for creating unnecessary noise with his vehicle on April 28. The phone numbers remain the same of course. The emergency number is 235-1235, while the ad- ministration number is 235- 1236. The local department investigated three accidents and two thefts this week. On Wednesday, vehicles driven by, Edwin Cosman, RR 1 Exeter, and Elmer Sanderson, RR 1 Blyth, collided on Sanders St. Damage was set at $375 by Constable Kevin Short. There was one accident on Saturday, it occurring on Wellington St. and involving vehicles driven by Janice Baker, Hensall, and Mrs. G. Hamilton, Exeter. Damage in that one was estimated at $800 by Constable George Robertson. The other crash was on Monday involving vehicles driven by Susan Trembly, London, and Donald Stephen, Exeter. They collided on Main St. and damage was set at $200 by Constable Jim Barnes. Jim Scott, 120 Sanders W. reported that his son's dirt bike was stolen on Friday, while the premises at Smith Peat Roofing was entered on Thursday and a quantity of gasoline taken. FIRE DESTROYS TURN P PLANT* A Thursday morning fire caused about 1200,000 in damages to the Glavin turnip plant located in McGillivray township, just South Of Centralia, T-A photo A CAKE TASTER — One of the most interesting chores for mayor Derry Boyle at this year's Exeter Fair was judging of the men's cake baking contest. The mayor is shown above enjoying his job. T-A photo Conservation event turnout very poor