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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-03-12, Page 1FARM PRINCESS — Patti Down, R.R. 1, Hensall was named Princess of the 1980 Western Ontario Farm Show.T-A photo Forest official icrins. debate School choice not new problem Forest and Exeter music, but Since she was the sportation costs have forced high schools splitting their village in half for years. The issue came up at Grand Bend council recently when it was learned that people living, south of Main Street and west of the Ausable River have to pay $200 a year for their child to continue going to. South Huron District High School in Exeter in the fall, Some council members felt that students prefer the Exeter high school because more courses are available Another reason cited was that Exeter had a football team, while forest did not. Evans said that a full roster of courses can only be offered if there are enough students interested, He said that last fall a Grand Bend girl wanted to take grade 1,3 One Hundred and Seventh Year THROUGH THE HOOP — One of the many competitons at Exeter Public School's winter carnival Friday was the frisbee toss. Aiming at the target was Scott Lovie. ITA photo ,• ' ' - • •••.. . . Price Per Copy 35 Cents Avcom4Y,OVW -0400.01.01600 Two men save several cattle Pick area girl as farm queen Only four cases were heard by Justice of the • Ny,PeaeeeDetiglas?.Wedlake - in Exeter court, Tuesday. He assessed fines of '$104 against two local youths . charged with having liquor while under the legal age. They were Jeffrey Fuller and David Jackson, both of Exeter. Two speeders were also fined in the short session. Paul J. McIntosh, Bayfield, was fined $20.50 for a speed of 94 in an 80 km zone and Daniel Stanley, RR 5 Clinton, was fined $53.75 for a speed of 79 in a 50 km zone. Parsons municipal drains were finally passed subject to Ontario Municipal Board approval. The contract to construct the County road II drain was let to Parker and Parker Ltd. for $4,050 and Hodgins and Hayter Ltd, will con- struct the Parsons drain for $13,335.19. Road superintendent John Batten and road employee Floyd Cooper were given permission to attend the C.S. Anderson road school in Guelph. A bylaw zoning Lot II, Concession 2 as agriculture was passed. A drainage petition for repair of the Johns, Herd- man, Hicks drain was ac- cepted. EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 12, 1980 BARN DESTROYED — Onlookers watch as fire destroys a large barn on the farm of Mrs. Lloyd Campbell in Hay Township early Thursday evening. Loss in the blaze was set at around $100,000. Staff Photo Usborne lets awards Where Grand. Bend students go to tiighschool has. "always been a problem," Accordingto the vice- principal of North Lambton Secondary School in Forest. Steven Evans says that Grand Bend residents have been unhappy . about the dividing line between the Seek more facts on ambulance Hensall council decided this week to get "both sides of the story" before taking action on a suggestion that they should use their municipal influence to assure that ambulance service will still be available from Zurich. Westlake Ambulance Service advised council by letter that they plan to discontinue their service "as soon as is reasonably practicable and can be arranged." In the letter, Keith Westlake said they had negotiated an agreement of sale of the ambulance ser- vice to another operator who planned to continue the service from the Zurich location. However, the Ambulance Services Branch of the ministry of health have refused to date to allow the sale to proceed. Westlake' added that the notice was being provided to Hensall "since it is possible that you may wish to have some input into the provision of this important service to your community." Councillor Harry Klungel said he was sure the people of Hensel] would like to have an ambulance service based in Zurich and noted that if council put some pressure on the ministry it could help the Zurich firm in their sale bid. He said he couldn't see why the ministry would not permit the sale, although he suggested it may be because they think the area is over- serviced with ambulance services in Dashwood and Zurich being so close. Reeve Harold Knight, who said he understood that an ambulance firm in London had been interested in purchasing the Zurich service, suggested that the ministry should be contacted to get their explanation of why the sale !had been refused. Clerk Betty Oke recom- mended that council seek that information through MPP Jack Riddell and council agreed with that suggestion, authorizing the clerk to write a letter to Riddell. L SS Damage has been estimated at around $100,000 in a fire which levelled a barn on the ,Hay Township farm of Mrs. Lloyd Campbell early Thursday evening. The barn, located about a mile and a half north of the Exeter cemetery, was completely engulfed in flames when the Exeter fire brigade arrived shortly after 8:00 p.m. Fire chief Gary Middleton said the blaze apparently started due to ,a short in the electrical panel box. Mrs. Campbell said two of her, nine ,Sons_Wbe ,h ell), she and her daughter operate the farm, were at home at the time. Wayne and Laverne managed to untie about 20 dairy cows, one bull and 12 te, 14 fat cattle and got them out into the yard. Neighbors who arrived quickly on the scene assisted in keeping the animals from going back into the barn. Man takes lady's purse An Exeter woman was the victim of a purse-snatching incident Friday afternoon. Mrs. Irma Bourne was walking south alongAndrew Street when a youth ran up behind her and snatched her purse. The youth then ran off towards Main Street. The local woman described the youth as being about 21 years of age, having black hair, dark brown skin and being about 5'2". Police did not reveal the amount of money stolen in the incident. Seek bigger gas feed Hensall Reeve Harold Knight advised council this week that Union Gas would be making application to the Energy Board for approval to build a larger pipeline to feed into Hen.sall. At the present time, the gas supply is not sufficient to meet all the demands and at times the mills have to shut down their dryers or switch to oil due to the limited supply. Knight said the new line would be brought in from Seaforth and this would serve also to loop the line from Stratford to London, It was reported that the dryers at the mills are rated at 30,000,000 btu and Knight noted this 'was almost enough to heat the rest of Hensall. In comparison he said an average house gas furnace had a rating of 80,000 btu. One of the mills has an oil- fired dryer that uses over 5,000 gallons of fuel oil in less than 24 hours, and when the gas supply is diminished, the firm has to continually truck fuel oil from London to meet their needs. A previous request from Union Gas to increase the line size was turned down by the Energy Board. The two men were able to get a tractor, grinder and uni-loader out of the barn as well. • "I don't think I've ever seen anyone move so fast," Mrs. Campbell said this week in reference to the quick work of her two sons in getting animals and equipment out of the burning SIREN STUCK There was only one fire call for the 'Exeter fire brigade, Thursday evening, although the sirens made some people flunk otherWise. Fire chief GOry Middleton indicated there was a malfunction in the lines and the sirens blasted away for Almost 10 minutes shortly after the brigade had been called to a barn fire at the farm of Mrs. Lloyd Campbell in Hay Township. Middleton said he was afraid the sirens would burn out before firemen could get them disconnected, but that was prevented. Three tender contracts were approved at the March meeting of Usborne township council. The tender from Dave Moore Fuels for the supply of a variety of fuels for a three year term was accepted. Included will be diesel fuel 22.5 cents per litre; gasoline 23.84 cents per litre; furnace fuel 15.96 cents per litre. Ray Ireland Litnited will fulfill the township's 1980 gravelling contract for $1.67 per cubic yard for crushing and delivery and 95 cents per yard for stockpiling, Pollard Bros. Ltd, will supply calcium choloride for $118.25 per flaked ton. Road superintendent John Batten was instructed to call tenders for road construction tile Lambten County board of education has probably been unable to look into the situation in Grand Bend because they are concerned about the teacher strike, He said the while the strike is on, students can come into the school, They have been supplied with books and structure. Lost in the blaze were two cows, one of which had been out but ran back into the barn, 12 calves, eight pigs and seven rabbits. Also for this year with tenders to be in by April 1. The 1980 road program as outlined by road superin- tendent Batten was ap- proved. It calls for ex- penditures of $233.800 with provincial subsidies of $111,180. Building inspector Her- man Van Wieren reported two building permits issued in February with an estimated value of $43,500, one demolition permit and 11 inspections made. Insurance coverage on the township hall at Elimville was increased to $20,000 with the Osborne and Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company. As the result of no appeals the County road II and was to have been used to build a new shed. Firemen managed to save a nearby steel shed that contained several pieces of 'farm machinery. Winter driving conditions returned to the area, Saturday, with the Exeter OPP investigating four collisions. Several other drivers ended up in ditches, but with no damage. However, there were no injuries in any of the ac- cidents, The first of Saturday's crashes was on Highway 83, two km east of Highway 21 where a vehicle driven by Lois McCallum, RR 1 Hensall, struck a tree. Constable Frank Giffin investigated and listed damage at $2,000. Vehicles operated by Janet Humphrey, London, and Daryl Keys, Stratford, collided on Highway 4 north of Exeter and damage in that one was set at $650 by Constable Giffin. Later in the afternoon, vehicles driven by Tammy Schenk, Crediton, and Jeffrey Dawe, London, collided on the Mt. Carmel Road with damage amounting to $900. Constable Don Mason investigated. The final Saturday crash involved vehicles driven by William Pfaff, Crediton, and Kenneth Govers, RR 1 Exeter. They collided on the Crediton Road and damage was listed at $1,800 by Constable Jim Rogers. There were two other accidents during the week, Mrs. Campbell said the building and its contents were partially covered by insurance and the family planned to rebuild a replacement structure. both occurring on Thursday and both involving only one vehicle. A vehicle driven by Patricia Shapton, RR 1 Exeter, struck a bridge on Highway 83 jugt west of Exeter with damage being estimated at $1,250 by Constable Al Quinn. The other involved a vehicle driven by Dougals Marshal, RR2 Ailsa Craig. It went out of control and struck a hydro pole on concession 2-3 of Stephen north of the Mt. Carmel Road. Constable Giffin listed total damage at $3,150. The way it really is! Who pays for make-work schemes? That question was posed at Hensall council's meeting, Monday and the answer came through 'bud and clear. The discussion arose over a notice that applications were being solicited for the Summer Youth Employment Program, "Who pays, the federal government?" asked Councillor Paul Neilands. "You do on your income tax," clerk Betty Oke quickly replied. Patti Down, a grade 13 student at South. Huron District 'High School in Ex- eter was named Western On- tario Farm Show Princess in London, Tuesday night, Patti is 18 years of age and the oldest of four daughters of Bob and Pat Down, RR 1, Hensall. Short day • for court After being crowned Tues- day night, Patti was at the Farm Show for the next three days in her official capacity as Princess in addi- tion to writing exams at the local h igh school, Competing in the Princess contest were 18 other young ladies from Western On- tario. All were sponsored by farm oriented organization. Patti was sponsored by the South Huron Junior farmers. Judging involved around an impromptu speech, tests, essays and interviews. Patti Down's impromptu speech was on "What changes would-yee.make you were a farm bride?" In the prize department, Patti received a set of luggage and 18 carnations. All girls competing also received a corsage and an Identification bracelet. The next official engage- ment for Patti as Farm Show Princess will be at the Western Fair in London in September. Patti hopes to cbntinue her education this fall with a political science course at the University of Waterloo. destroyed were 2,000 bales of hay, one ton of fertilizer, a considerable amount of straw, one wagon, a new milking machine and about $2,000 worth of lumber that LANDS BIG ONE — Betty DeBlock, 6 Sherwood Crescent, is pictured with the 50-pound sailfish she landed while fishing in Florida recently. The fish has been entered in the Metropolitan South• Plorida fishing tournament unlimited division. She fished Out of Miami Beach. M only one that wanted it, the school boards to cut back on course couldn't be given, As many sports. He said that a rEevsaltssabdernwiettnetOttohaStiNDESSS. dropping football in the some schools may be does not have theatre arts future because of the ex- classes, but he stressed that pense, and also because of they do have a very active the recent concern over drama club. Contrary to football injuries, cwoh4ante il s ommeem bGerr sa d thought B e nd, Evans said that at present Evans said that they offer all shop courses, including drafting, electricity, motor Mechanics, woodworking, machine shop. and metal lathe. "Even girls are taking drafting and electricity," he paid. Evans said that NIBS does not have football teams, class work wherever "There hasn't been the in- possible, Evans added, Some terest," he , said, Now it grade 13 students are would be too expensive to set meeting to work together in up a team, he added, He said the basement of a Forest that equipment and tran- church, he said. Serving South Huron, North Middlesex For fuel, gravel, calcium 100,000 in barn fire Winter conditions plague area drivers SAVE SHED — Exeter firemen managed to save the steel im- plement shed shown at the far left when fire destroyed a large barn and contents at the Hay Township farm of Mrs. Lloyd Campbell, Thursday. Firemen hose down the shed as part of the north-west corner of the barn crumbles in front of. them. Staff photo