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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-07-13, Page 1coHuron• Lxposito 70 cents plus 5 cents G.S.T. (75 cents) EDUCATION Coverage of graduation success continues this issue. see pages thxee, live Briefly Two police officers threatened with knives The professional conduct of two Seaforth police officers contained a dangerous situation on June 4, said Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus. The two police officers were threatened with knives after answering a domestic violence complaint, said Claus in his June Chief's report. The man was finally arrested after a police gun was drawn. The man was taken into custody, lodged in the police cell and a Justice of the Peace remanded the suspect to the Stratford Jail. The man was charged with assault with a weapon, a danger- ous weapons offence, breach of probation and 'fail to comply with an undertaking.' A police Use of Force form was filed. "It was the professional con- duct of constables Akey and Maydell that brought this whole dangerous incident under control without anyone getting shot or injured," said Claus in his report. Chickens die in McKillop barn fire A barn was totally destroyed by fire at concession 5, lot 23 in McKillop Township late Sunday night. The Seaforth Volunteer Fire Department answered the call at about 11:38 p.m. Thg3 fire department's water tanker was at the fire for about three hours as the firefighters made sure the fire did not spread to other structures such as the house. An undetermined number of chickens died in the fire. The cause of the fire and the esti- mated cost of damage were not known, Fire Chief George Garrick said Monday afternoon. Singers in international competition Members of the 'Dukes of Harmony' barbershop chorus featuring Seaforth's Dave Campbell, are in Pittsburgh this week, putting polish on their musical presentation for Saturday's competition at the International Barbershop Cham- pionships. The chorus has won the competition twice in its forty year history and is now crewed to go after it again. The chorus will be judged not only on sing- ing quality but on presentation, choreography, barbershop style, and their overall entertainment quality. This year the ninety -man chorus will have to contend with competition from nineteen other choruses from U.S. and Europe who have each won their own regional championships giving them a birth at 'The Interna- tional.' INDEX Sports...page six. Weddings...page 13. Obituaries...page two. Entertainment... pages 12,13 "Your community newspaper since 1860.. serving Seaforth, Dublin, Hensall, Walton, Brussels and surrounding MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED SEAFORTH 522-0608 • Pesticides & Custom Spraying • Spraying Equipment & Parts • Nutrite Premium Fertilizer • Ventilation & Livestock Equipment l• r PURINA FEEDS 1�• & PET FOODS HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1994. AGRICULTURE The Western Ontario judging Competition for dairy cattle came to Seaforth last week...the first time in Huron in 15 years. see page two. Your Full Line Dealer z FORD MERCURY Sales - Service - Selection 1 MERCURY USED CARS . -The Frbndly DOOM With The life Hurt' REMEMBRANCE Photos accompany, a local veteran's story of some of those who served before 0 -Lay. see front page, pages 7, 14. Impaired Giant yard sale successufl driver charged - ---- — �- after crashing into house BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Staff Everything including the kitchen sink was up for grabs at Seaforth's first town -wide yard and sidewalk sale on Saturday. And judging by the crowds on the streets, the pro- motion by the Seaforth BIA (Busi- ness Improvement Association) was a big success. Cathy Garrick, Economic Devel- opment Coordinator for Seaforth, had people from as far away as Toronto, Sarnia and Woodstock stop in at her yard sale on Jarvis St. on Saturday. "People from Sarnia said they came all the way here just for the yardsale...I've never seen so many people on our street," she said. Garrick also heard of a Toronto - area family on the way to their cottage who made a detour to Seaforth after hearing an ad on the radio about the giant yardsale. They arrived in town at 8:30 a.m. and were here until 5 p.m. shopping. Having people drive through the streets of Seaforth to stop at the many different sales also might also have some future spin-off benefits if out-of-town people decide they like the houses and neighbourhoods and want to move here, said Garrick. Even people who had never been to Seaforth before were driving through town and walking down the side streets. "People were saying what a nice place Seaforth is," said Heather McLean of Coleman St., who participated in the giant yard sale on Saturday. Although the sale officially began at 8 a.m. on Saturday, many resi- dents had customers showing up between 6:30-7:30 a.m. when they were still setting up their displays: - Most residents running yard sales reported brisk sales, especially in the morning. Items for sale around town included books, bikes, furni- ture, clothing, appliances, sports cards, paintings, picture frames, toys, sports equipment, baby sup- plies and just about everything - DAVID SCOTT PHOTO YARD SALE TREASURES - David and Darryl Guetter of Clinton check out an uncut factory sheet of hockey cards at Audrey and Laverne Robson's yard sale on Goderich St. It was just one of dozens of sales that made up Seaforth's first Giant Yard Sale held on Saturday along with sidewalk sales. including kitchen sinks available at the Canadian Tire parking lot sale. "I'm very happy with how it worked out," said Garrick, who added the town will definitely con- sider having another giant yard sale in the future. "We want input on when to have the next one. The beginning of July works because a lot of out-of-town travellers are passing through on vacation." The combination of radio and newspaper advertisements for the sale worked well. "People driving in their car heard the ads and made a detour to Seaforth. All the local people read the newspaper ads and knew about it," said Garrick. Although 39 residents officially registered their yard sales, Garrick estimates there were probably an additional 30 or more operating. The business owners were happy with the increased traffic down Main St. on Saturday from the yard sales. Many businesses participated in the sidewalk sales all weekend. "It worked very well," said Dave Deighton, owner of Stedman on Main Street, Seaforth. "It brought a Local veterans served BY FRANK PHILLIPS Recently the media highlighted the contribution of those veterans who fought in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day...but long before D -Day area people were serving overseas. Local veteran Frank Phillips recalls some of them in the following article. Approximately 350 men and women from Seaforth joined military service from 1940 on. Some served on the home front in Canada, some on the home front in England. The ones who were ordered to stay on both home fronts did their duty as instructors, radio and radar mechanics, ground crew, ship wrights, fitters, factory workers, farmers and all the trades or skills it takes to fight a war. They received no medals, no awards, no mention but without them the planes could not fly, the ships could not sail, the army could not fight. They were the backbone of the fighting forces. We remember some of the area veterans who served in the war before D -Day: •1940 Dunkirk: •Peter Malcolm was captured prisoner of war for five years, and he was forced to work in German coal mines. •Jim Watson Sr. escaped from Dunkirk. •Bob Watson Sr. served in India and North Africa. .1942 Dieppe: •Lt. Colonel MacTavish was killed. •James Burdge escaped from Di •Bob Dalrymple was captured at Dieppe as a P.O.W. IN THE NAVY "Don MacLean and Wilben lot of out-of-town people into town. Next year it should even be better." Heather McLean had so many customers at her house at one point they had to line up to pay. "We had people from Walkerton and Lucan. We're very pleased. We sold some big things," she said. Many Seaforth residents have attended Hensall's annual town - wide yard sale at the end of May and thought it was a great idea for Seaforth to follow suit and get the entire town involved. The Seaforth BIA's annual Moonlight Madness is on July 22. The following is a report from Seaforth Police Chief Hal Claus: This past weekend Seaforth Police charged two local motorists with Impaired Driving. At approximately 9:30 p.m. last Thursday, a motorist left the Commercial Hotel parking lot, drove east onto Victoria St., crossed a lawn at 92 Victoria St. striking the house at that location. There was minor damage to the house, no damage to the automo- bile. Driver of the auto was charged with "Impaired Driving" and "Fail- ing to Provide a Breath Sample." On Friday, July 8, at approxi- mately 8:40 p.m., a second motorist was stopped by police on Main St. North and the driver was found to be impaired. The driver was arrested and charged with "Impaired Driving" and "Driving a motor vehicle with over 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood." Victoria Park Complaints Lately Seaforth Police have received numerous complaints of youths gathering in Victoria Park. Groups of boys and girls ranging in age from 12 to 16 years old are congregating in the park usually between tbe--hours 'Of' 7 `p.m: -fnd midnight or later. These are all unsupervised local youths. Lately these young people have caused considerable damage to the picnic tables, the band shell and the landscaping around the ceno- taph. The police have discussed the situation with some of the park neighbours. The neighbours are very concerned and disgusted with the language used by these people. Many of these young people are very polite when one meets them individually. However when 20 to 30 get together things can get out of hand. The park neighbours and police have promised to work together to stop and if necessary charge those responsible for vandalism. A better solution would be for parents to know where their children are at night. before_D-Day Cec Adams Maloney served with the 462 Motor Torpeda Flotilla in the English channel and North Sea hunting German E -boats and subs, rescuing downed airmen, etc. •Aubrey Baker served on the aircraft carrier "The Puncher". •Jack Cleary served on a Destroyer. •A1 Nicholson served on the Frigate "Lenurk". • Harry Nesbitt served on II.M.C.S. destroyer, Ottawa. • Gus Boussey H.M.C.S. "Medford Mines", captured a German sub. ' •Jim Sallows, Claire Haney, Buzz Finnegan, Lt. Nelson Cardno, Harvey Nott, Morley Wright, Michael McGrath, Gordon Beuttenmiller, Lt. Glen Hays, Betty Smith, Li Helen McKercher, Bill Durst all served in the Atlantic theatre of war, some on land but mast at sea. 'John Neilson, Mel Merriam, Cec Adams and Glen Smith all served in the Pacific theatre of war before D -Day. } Frank Archibald, Military Cross IN E AIR • Bomber Command and fighter command F/Lt. Leslie Beattie D.F.C. was shot down over France and escaped through Portugal back to England and back on operations. •Tom Melady and Clayton Looby served with the air force in North Africa. •Sgt. Bill O'Shea, was a gunner on a pathfinder squadron and took 30 trips over enemy territory. •Aldie Eckert, F/O navigator on a Mosquito righter, shot down two enemy planes. • P/O James Broadfoot was shot down over Germany on a raid to Berlin. He was buried at Limmer British Cemetery, Hanover, Ger- F/Lt. Van Bell's mosquito fighter crashed after a raid to Germany. He was buried in Adagen, Belgium. • Sgt. James Southgate was gunner on Lancasters over enemy territory. •P/O Frank Devereaux was shot down over Belgium. He was buried in Bradant, Belgium. Aubrey Baker •W.O. 2 Frank Phillips, tail gunner in a Wellington, was shot up by Ack Ack flak over Caen, France. He crashed in Southern England. Three survived out of a crew of six. •P/O Jake Cornish was shot down over Holland. He was a prisoner of war for two years. Since then, through German records and sources Jake has a picture of the pilot who shot him down (Jakc was the only survivor). Later, the Ger- man pilot was shot down by a Spitfire over France. •WO2 Sam Habkirk was shot down over Danzia Bay, North Sea. He was a prisoner of war for more than three years. •P/0 Frank Casson was shot down over the Indian Ocean. He died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp and is buried in British Cemetery Madros India. •P/0 Harold Free and George Kruse flew coastal command around Brit- ish Isles. •P/O Bruce Wright flew medium bomber 'Bostons' over enemy 4 territory. • F/Lt. Lloyd Rowat flew Wellingtons and Dakotas based in Yemcm, Saudia Arabia flying sup- plies and personal fighting in North Africa. •F/Lt. Ed Daly also served. • Sgt. Frank Sills was radar special- ist in North Africa. •Tom Wilbec served in sub -zero weather in Iceland maintaining the planes for sub patrol. 'Pearson Chesney and Sgt. Jack Cheoros were ground crew for Typhon Squadron went into France. •Glen Hildebrand was in Bombay, India. IN ITALY Serving in the army in Italy were John Cleary, wounded; Russell Miller, Charles Wood; Leslie Ritchie, one of four brothers in the service wounded on D -Day. Bill Barber and Ferg Feeney served in Italy as well as 'Doc Cameron, Andy Calder, Sgt. Bob Venus, wounded; Capt. Basil Duncan, Angelo Phillips, Norman Young, Vern Hoff, Terrance Hussey, wounded; Jack McNabb, Johnny Mero (who upon his return to Seaforth could talk Italian to Tom Phillips better than his own sons); John MacKay, killed; John Longstaff, wounded; Cpl. Norman McQuaid, killed after Rome fell June 7. Capt. Capt. Frank Archibald was awarded the Military Cross. The army in Italy was transferred to France and all these men fought through France, Holland, and Germany. Now to our Seaforth residents: continued on page seven i