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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-12-24, Page 1THREE PLEASED PEOPLE — Thursday was a special day for the Sunshine Kids nursery which operates out of Exeter United Church. Showing Santa some affection were Jeri-Lee Davis and Melissa Brock. Staff photo Hold Christmas draw The winners are... Prize per copy 35 Cents OFF TO MUSEUM — The oldest truck belonging to the Exeter fire department has moved to a new home at the Huron County Museum in Goderich; Above, Huron Museum curator is at the wheel ready for the trip to Goderich while Exeter fire chief Gary Middleton says goodbye to the 1944 model, T-A photo High school graduates laud local teaching staff KITTEN GETS PROTECTION — More than 500 small animals were immunized at Tuesday's rabies clinic in Exeter. Above, Dr. Gary Balsdon gives a shot to Romper being held by Janice Spurn, T-A photo Area county reps get appointments There is just ask Troc The Schrader faintly will he celebrating an extra special Christmas this year. Having daughter Tracy with them for their 1.980.. Christ- mas festivities is alrnest a miracle, Last March, nine year old Tracy ,was a very sick little girl, But she Was able to overcome her battle with Reyes SYndrerne, and now she MS she's feeling just fine, • Her Schrader, says that she is "right back to•nermar. He says that doctors "were well pleasedwith her" at her last check-up, and she's the same now as she always was. Tracy lives with her parents Wayne and Margaret and two little brothers, Seen and•Dwaylle, on their farm about three miles north-east of Staffa. Tracy's grandparefits are Ivan and Marie Brock of Winchelsea, Mrs. Brock proddly describes Tracy as "our special girl", Reyes Syndrorn was in the , news frequently last winter afterseveral children died of the disease at Toronto's Sick Children's Hospital. War Memorial Children's Hospital in London dealt with three cases of Reyes Syndrome, There was one death, but Tracy and another patient recovered. Tracy's mother said that TraCY was sick with the 'flu "on and off" for most of the month of February. When she became dehydrated and was feeling worse in March, she was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in London,' where she was in intensive care for a week, After that she-spent a month recovering at War Memorial. Doctors say that Reyes Syndrome is an extremely rare disease and its cause is not known, It usually follows another viral disease such as influenza or chicken pox. Doctors speculate that it may have something to do with contact with toxins such as pesticides, and it is af- fected by genetic factors, U is not contagious. In Reyes Syndrome,, the liver fails for a period of time, This causes poisons to be released into the blood stream, which:in turn causes the brain to swell. The child will have severe headaches, accompanied by vomiting. As the brain, starts to swell, there will be personality changes in the child -- he or she will become agitated, delirious or lethargic, Doctors have,not yet found a cure for Reyes Syndrome, but they have found that it can be treated by controlling the swelling in the brain, To do this doctors induced a coma by giving Tracy various drugs. Tracy was in a coma for,about a week, Her hair was shaved off the top of her head, and a monitor was put in her head to measure the pressure on her brain. . She was fed intraveniously. Eventually the poisons were removed from her system, and her liver started functioning again. On March 31, she was able to return home. She left the hospital a celebrity, with reporters and cameramen crowding around her. Now, doctors say, she is completely recovered. And she appears not to have suffered any brain damage, as can happen when someone is in a coma for a long period of time, Her father says that she had. to catch up on school work when she first went back, "hut now she's right up with the rest". "There's nothing wrong that we know of", he adds. Tracy herself says she is doing "olt" in school, and she's enjoying all physical activities, too. Art is her favourite subject, and she likes volleyball. She says she's been ice skating a few times, "but I can't skate', she giggles, She's eagerly looking forward to Christmas. She has put ina request for some modelling clay, and hopes Santa will remember her. father, Wayne WHO SHOT SC — Diane Willis and Scott Baptist as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Claus (Allan Pym) at Wednesday's concert at Usborne Central School. Watson investigate the shooting of Santa T-A photo One Hundred and Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 24,1980 Serving South Huron, North Middlesex & North Lambton Since 1873 $tt Three Exeter residents were joint winners in the Ex- eter Lions Club 1980 Grey Cup draw. Draw chairman Joe Dart- , ing announced Monday that Annie Lawson, Norm Whiting and Al Levier would split the top prize of $500 and will each receive $166.67 The winning ticket of 48.10 for the Edmonton Eskimos was not sold resulting in the prizes being split among the persons holding the next nearest score. The tickets which were finally declared the winners were Annie Lawson 49-10; Norm Whiting 47-10 and Al Levier 48-11. The 48-9 ticket was not sold. The other three winners for partial game scores were Nina Knee, Huron Park $25; Gerry Broderick, Exeter $50 and Mikal MacDougall, Ex- eter $75, DISCUSS NEXT YEAR — Seven -former SHDHS students now In college and university were hock at the school Friday to talk about post-secondary education. From the left are student touncil pretident Doug ,Raymond, ex-students Sue Chapman, 'Paul Wareing, Rob Pryde, Joe-Ann Ondrejicka, Kerry Bedard, Randy ParstinS• and Sue Ann Becker, head of Guidance Ken lowton and Dave Cox, of the Guidance deportment, t-A 'photo Only one case on court docket- Only one conviction was registered in Exeter court, Tuesday, by Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake. Russell B. MacDonald, Exeter, was fined $78 for driving while his licence was under suspension. His licence was suspended for a further one month and he was given 30 days in which to pay the fine, MacDonald pleaded guilty to the charge, which was laid on November .11. Man dies after fall A 45-year-old Dashwood man died in University Hospital, Saturday, as a result of injuries sustained When he fell down the cellar steps at his home about a week earlier. Howard Karl Fischer fell down the steps on December 13 and was taken to hospital the following day for treat- ment of head injuries.. Exeter OPP Constable Jack Straughan investigated the death. It was indicated by witnesses that Fischer had been in the cellar changing his clothes and when he started up the steps, fell backwards and struck his head. Annie Morenz, RR2, Dash- wood, $20 cosmetic cer- tificate from Exeter Pharmacy; Aileen Knight, Exeter, $25 merchandise certificate from, the Flower Pedlar,; Iva Latta, Grand Bend, a $50 merchandise certificate from The Junc- tion. Beatrice Fleming, Brucefield, a chicken cordon bleu dinner for two from the 4-Way Restaurant; Brenda Miller, RR 1, Granton, a one- year subscription to the Times-Advocate; Marie Brunzlow, Exeter an $80 merchandise certificate from Earl Campbell Jeweller; Eleanor Thomson, RR 2, Kippen, $25 mer- chandise certificate from the Feather Tick, Dianne Sims, Exeter, a large family size pizza, four hamburgers and fries and a submarine and beverage from The Pizza Train; Russell Brown, Exeter, a $25 cleaning certificate from GrandBendCleaners; Donna Prout,' RR 1, Centralia, afghan kit ($19 value) from Audrey's Crafts. John E. Pepper, Exeter, a $25 merchandise certificate from Exeter District Co-Op; Art Hutchinson, Parkhill, a $20 merchandise certificate from Russell Electric; Marilyn Hern, Huron Park, nine portion quiche and surprise dessert from Mediterranean Cafe. Anne Oke, RR 1, Kirkton, $25 merchandise certificate from Gunn Home Hardware; Mrs, S. Bower, Exeter, a $20 merchandise certificate from Spinning jenny; Joyce Kirkby , Huron Park, a certificate for two free haircutsiand blow dries from Rumors. Mrs, Bev Skihner, Exeter, a $50 merchandise cer- tificate from Conklin Herne Centre; Dave Stephen, RR 1, Woodham, a $20 mer- chandise certificate froni Please turn to page 3A together and are like one big family." She continued, "In our course there is a lot of pressure to get things done. Time management is im- portant. The competition is unbelievable." Rob Pryde noted the great difference in size from South Huron to the University of Guelph. He said, "It's something to go from 1,000 students to 10,000. For awhile you are really in awe." Paul Wareing in his second year in electronic engineering at Fanshawe said he had no problems in adjusting. He added, "Once you get to know your way around, it's just like high school all over again. My class has dropped from 45 to 15 making for a good relationship with the teacher." Kerry Bedard at St. Clair College in Windsor said most of his classes had 30 students and adjusting was not dif- ficult. The seventh panelist Sue Anne Becker in her first year at Erindale College in Toronto said she didn't have any problems in adjusting. All agreed there was more adjustment needed as far as living away from home was concerned. Sue Chapman said, "1 never realized what it took to cook, clean and wash clothes. My first year I was in art apartment, now I'm in residence." Other comments were: Paul Wareing "You can get Please turn to page 3A Members of the Exeter police department were kept busy, Friday, as five ac- ,, eidents were investigated throughout the day. The rash of crashes started when a vehicle driven by Harry Evans, Four hurt in collisions Four area residents sustained minor injuries and damage amounted to $7,700 in the four accidents in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week. Four of the injuries resulted from a collision last Monday when a vehicle driven by Robert DeKoker, Exeter, went into the ditch on concession 18-19 of Stephen Township. DeKoker, as well as three passengers, Debbie Jeffery, R.R. 2, Zurich, Paul Cooper, Exeter, and Julie Pergel, R.R. 2, Zurich, sustained minor injuries. Constable Bob Whiteford investigated and set damage at $600. There were two accidents, Saturday, the first involving vehicles operated by Margaret Cook, Centralia, and Linda Waters, R.R. 5, Parkhill. They collided on Huron County Road 21 when the Waters vehicle was tur- ning onto the County Road from Algonquin Drive in Huron Park and collided with the front end of the Cook vehicle. Damage was estimated at $1,000 by Constable Don Ma son. The other collision in- volved a Vehicle driven by Bevan Shapton, R.R. 1, Ex- eter. Ir struck a hydro pole on concession 2-3 of Stephen. Damage was set at $2,100 by Constable Jack Straughan. The final collision was reported on Sunday and in- volved vehicles operated by David Bogart and Henry Camus, both of Exeter. The Bogart vehicle was not damaged but the Carnes vehicle sustained $4,000 damage when it struck a tree. Camus was treated for in- juries at South Huron Hospital and `released, Constable Wally Tomasik investigated. COMING EARLY The next edition of The Times-Advocate will be printed on Monday evening, December 29 for delivery on Tuesday. The deadline for all news and advertising'is 11:00 a.m. on Decereber 29. Exeter, was in collision with one driven by Douglas Keys, RR 1 Varna. It occurred on Sanders at Main. Constable Brad Sadler investigated and listed damage at $200. He also investigated later on when a vehicle driven by Mary Ann Bilcke, Exeter, collided with a parked vehicle on Andrew St. The latter was owned by Karl Ortman, RR 3 Exeter. Damage was set at' $1,500 Heron County Council held its first meeting of the 1981- 82 term Wednesday and adopted the striking com- mittee report organizing the 10 committees of the 31- member council. The following are the members of the 10 com- mittees with the first person named as chairman: Road Committee; Lloyd Mousseau, Reeve of Hay; R.M. Williamson, Joseph Kerr, Harold Robinson and William Bogie. Huronview; D.C. Russell, Reeve of Stephen; Murray Dawson, B.W. McBurney and 3.C.Krauter. Health; Paul Steckle, Reeve Of Stanley; Alvin Epp, G.H. Stirling, T.W. Cronin, and William Morley, Provincial representative, Library; R.M. Bell, Reeve of Tuckersrnith; Ernest Brown J.D. Durnin, Noreen t4nay, 11. Elliott and E. Thompson. and' Ms. Bilcke sustained minor injuries. Vehicles operated by Eunice Aikenhead, Hensall, and William Walters, Exeter, collided at the in- tersection of Sanders and Andrew St., with damage in that one being set at $675 by Constable Dan Kierstead. The fourth collision oc- curred at the intersection of Highways 4 and 83 and in- volved vehicles driven by Please turn to page 3A Property; Bob Bell, Reeve of Tuckersmith; Ernest Brown, J.D. Durnin and P.H. Neilalnds. Planning; William Elston, Reeet of Morris; Don MacGregor, George Fellows and Ara Walper. Development; ThoMas Cunningham, Reeve of Hullett; W.J. Dale, Don Wheeler and Lionel Wilder. Social Services; Bob Allen, deputy-reeve of Goderich; Warren Zinn, Harvey Craig and Simon Hallahan. Executive; Fred Haberer, Huron County Warden; Bob Allen, R.M. Bell, Thomas Cunningham, William Elston, Lloyd Mousseau, D.C. Russell and Paul Steckle. Land Division; Jack McCutcheon, J. Miller, C. Desjardine, Gerry Ginn and Allan Campbell. The next full meeting of Huron County Council Will be January, 1981. merchandise certificate from Toys Plus, Clifford Brintnell, Exeter, a $10 merchandise cer-' tificate from G & G Discowtt; Viola Slavin, Exeter, a' decorated cake ($15 value) from Country Bakery; Edna. Snider, Exeter, a $15 merchandise certificate from Little People; Dawn Murray, Exeter, a $25 merchandise certificate from Stedmans. Chuck Ford, RR 3, Dash- wood wins a free dinner for two from Golden City Canadian and Chinese Food; Erima Keller, Exeter, $25 merchandise certificate from Something Special; Joe Hogan, Exeter; a Black and 'Decker %" drill from Saveway Lumber; Frances Ayotte, RR 1, Hay, free dinner for two from Three AAA See Restaurant. Finally get cup wanner Five crashes in one day Busy day in town The calibre of education being offered at South Huron District High School was complimented Friday by seven former students participating in a panel discussion on post-secondary education. Sue Chapman in her second year of a nursing course at the University of Western Ontario, said, "Thank God, I came from South Huron. You may think the teachers are tough, but, it's worth it." She went on to say, "I was one of the last accepted in my course, but, finished in the top half. That's a tribute to South Huron. You are two steps ahead right now." Rob Pryde in his first year at the University of Guelph agreed saying, "I have to thank Mr. Murray for my English. I was one of only four out of 220 students who were exempted from an English test." Randy Parsons, a second year student at UWO was of the same opinion saying, "You're coming from a great school. I had a roommate who was an Ontario Scholar and I had higher marks in math at university than he did. I had 58 percent going into Wally's (Webster) last math test at South Huron." On the subject of adjusting to larger schools, Jo-Ann Ondrejicka in radio broadcasting at Fanshawe College said, "There are only 30 in my class. We work 12e re4 Forty-one winners have, been selected from thousands of entries in Exeter's annual Christmas draw. Prize winners are as follows: Irene Lawson, Exeter, $25 merchandise certificate from A&H Superior Market; Brenda Thompson, Exeter, $50 merchandise certificate from Gerrard's; C. Ver- berne, RR 1, Woodham, $20 in merchandise coupons from Canadiart Tire. Thos. Yellow, Exeter, $20 merchandise certificate from Jerry MacLean and Son; Mrs. H. Finlay, Exeter, $25 merchandise certificate from Zehrs; Jack Under- wood, Exeter, $25 mer- chandise certificate from Bob Swartman Men's Shoppe; Bonnie Schenk, Zurich, a one-year sub- scription to the Times- Advocate. Kelly Talbot, Exeter, a $25 merchandise certificate from Fisher Pro Hardware; Patty Webber, Exeter, a $25 gift basket from The Sugar 'N Spice of Exeter; Linda Weber, Exeter, a $25 mer- chandise certificate from Anita's Ladies Wear; Kathy Coolman, Exeter, a $20