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NuclOar session leaves the big question still unansyrere
The people who filled Helen Caldicott reported that
almost .every seat in the • the bomb dropped on
SHDHS gym -auditorium Hiroshima in 1945 was
Wednesday night left two equivalent to 13,000 tons of
hours later with a painfully TNT and now one hydrogen
heightened awareness of the bomb equals 20 million tons of
awesomely destructive explosive power.
capabilities of nuclear power. She said 30 days after a
A National Film Board film -nuclear exchange 90 percent
"If You Love This Planet" of the world's population
(nominated for an Academy would be dead -vaporized at
Award but labelled alien pro- the moment of explosion, kill-
poganda by the US govern- ed in the following implosion
ment) and a pahel discussion or the widespread fire storm,
provided indisputable or dying later of injuries or
evidellc that, >for the first the effects of radiation.
time since the world 'began, The panel was in agree -
man has the means to destroy ment that only a madman
every living thing, and the would want a nuclear war,
very earth we all bibablt. but panel member Father Joe
The film traced the hifitory Nelligan, pastor of the Mt.
of nuclear weaponry, and Carmel charge, quoted Ad -
showed in technic0lour horror miral Hyman Rickbver,
the aftermath at Hiroshima .father of the atomic -'sub -
and Nagasaki. Narrator Dr. marine, who said humans
have never invented •a'
weapon they haven't used.
Neiligan concluded after wat-
ching the film that the only
thing worse than getting kill-
ed in a nuclear attack was
surviving it.
APARTMENT DAMAGED — One of the units of the
William Street apartments owned by Bob Swartman suf-
fered $2,500 damage inflicted by former occupants.
Pentecostal pastor
precch es farewell
Rev. Keith Gonyou preach- Exeter in May 1979, and assis-
ed his last sermon as minister tant pastor Duane McLean,
of Exeter Pentecostal Sunday who arrived a year later,
night. The service Aoncluded have been called _ to a
with a ceremony in which 21 pastorate at Gospel Temple in
people -were baptized. Essex. (Mrs. McLean is the
former Janet Cowan. Y
Gonyou assumes his new
duties immediately, and
McLean leaves after his last
service on April 3.
New minister Rev. Robert
Donnan, previously pastor of
a church at Norwood for
almost ten years, will be in
the Exeter pulpit the follow-
ing Sunday.
A'crowd of more than 150
then:proceeded to the gym of
Exeter Public School for an
informal farewell for the
popular pastor. During his
time in Exeter, ,the congrega-
tion has grown to fill almost
etgu*js.available seat in the
large church on Main Street.
Both Gonyou, who came to
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LIONS GET DIPLOMA At Tuesday's Lord Baden
Powell banquet at the Legion hall in Exeter, the local
group committee presented the Exeter Lions Club with
a certificate depicting their sponsorship of the scouting
movement in Exeter for 45 years: Above, Ken Baker
makes the presentation to Lions president George God -
bolt. T -A photo
Drinking drivers
get court penalty
Several drivers were given
fines and licence suspensions
after pleading guilty to drink-
ing and driving offences in
Exeter court, Tuesdaj'. Lon-
don Judge 'J. Seneshen
presided.
Mark Wayne Leblanc.
Huron Park, and Christopher
Groot, RR 1 Zurich, paid the
stiffest penalties, fines of $500
,or 30 days in jail.
Both had been involved in.
accidents. Leblanc was
charged with driving with a
blood alcohol content over the
legal limit on January 8 after
being involved in an accident
in Stephen Township in which
damage amounted to $4,000.
He had a previous conviction
for the same offence.
Groot had been charged
following an accident in
Zurich on August 26 and a
breathalizer test gave a
reading of 140 mgs.
A fine of $400 was levied
against Ronald W. Crawford.
Exeter, who pleaded guilty to
driving with a blood alcohol
content over the legal limit on
January 29. A breathalizer
test! gave a reading of 120
mgs.
Fines of $350 were levied
against Thomas M. Fowler,
Clinton; Paul D. Hesse,
Huron Park; and Martha M.
Penn, Dashwood.
Each pleaded guilty to driv-
ing with a blood alcohol con-
tent over the legal limit.
In addition, Ilesse was fin-
ed $100 for failing to appear in
court when ordered to do so
on January. 25.
A breathalizer test given to
Hesse showed a reading of 260
mgs. •
Randall Glazier, Stratford.
formerly of Grand Bend, was
fined $350 for impaired driv-
ing and another $250 for fail-
ing to remain at the scene of
an accident.
13oth charges arose from a
November 18 incident on
Highway 83 East'.
In other cases heard on
Tuesday's docket, Judge
Seneshen made the following
dispositions:
Joanne Hearn, Iluron Park.
was fined $200 or 30 flays after
pleading guilty to a charge of
common assault 'on
December 3 in Huron Park.
Michael Anthony Porter,
Exeter, was remanded out of
custody for sentencing on
March 22 .on a charge of
mischief, laid • after he
• damaged the windshield on
an OPP cruiser. He pleaded
guilty to the January 29 of-
fence. Ile was ordered to
make restitution in the
amount of $207.32.
The sap's
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running
February's warmer than
average temperatures. have
made the maple trees think of
spring. '
Ivan McClymont, RR 1 Var-
na, was on the mark, getting
set to go in his sugar bush last
week. He had tapped 800
- trees, flushed the lines, and
observed the -heavy initial run
of sap he let flow through to.
take with it -any, residue of
washing solution. He • col-
lected some sap on the
weekend, and will begin boil-
, ingthis week.
• The maple syrup season -is
starting a month earlier than"
usual, which is good news to
the producers. McClymont
said as a rule the earlier you
Start, the better the run. He is
hoping the weather will con-
tinue to cooperate with sunny
days and frosty nights, ideal
conditions for a heavy croP of
that -tasty harbinger of spring.
McClymont's apple orchard,
seems to have come through
the winter unharmed: The
grower's only worry now is a
late frost in May or early
June.
Huron County ag rep Don
Pullen reported that so far the
mild winter and lack of snow
is no cause for concern. The
winter wheat is still looking
good, and ground water
reserves are not suffering
from the lack of snow. His on-
ly worry is the possibility of
future alternate freezes and,
thaws that could play .havoc
with the wheat.
Jim O'Toole, head of the
agronomy division at Cen-
tralia College of Agricultural
Technology, agrees that the
wheat has survived quite
well.It had a good top growth
going into the winter, and
enough snow cover to absorb
the shock of the cold spells.
His major concern is potential
damage from frozen ground
and bitter winds.
The agronomist said the
rain has not caused flooding
because the creeks and rivers
are open. This,plus the lack of
snow has meant less erosion.
The mild winter has done
no harm yet, according to
O'Toole, and he believes if the
weather holds for another
month the farmers should "go
into.the spring in pretty good
shape."
Local wheat producer, l lugh
Rundle, Rit 1 Centralia, is
more concerned about what
happened to last year's wheat
crop than how this one will
fare. Wheat growers are
receiving $80 less 'then the
normal $210 per ton payment '-
for exported grain because of
the vomitoxin in the • wheat.
Producers received no
payments after the initial tme,
which does not repay their
production costs.
Rundle said only ic,e could
affect the growing wheat this
spring. Ile will wait for some
warm,. growing weather.
before judging the potential
for a good 1983 crop.
Dr. Alan Newcombe, who
has worked with the Peace
' Research Institute of Canada
for 20 years, said worldwide
military expenditures in 1980
alone were 455 billion dollars.
If this mind-boggling amount
of money were piled in $1,000
bills, the stack would
measure 54 miles high.
"We are celebrating the
Black Mass of science," he
said ominously. "Deterrence
doesn't work. We don't want
to make love with the Rus-
sians but live with them. If we.
don't, we will certainly die
with them."
Rev. Bernard De Jonge,
Exeter Christian Reformed
Church, said he was certain
everyone in the audience was
for peace, and the elimination
of war, but described what he
saw as a Catch 22 situation -
sometimes war is necessary
to preserve peace. He said
"the state must not be depriv-
ed of the sword" to preserve
law and order within, and de-
fend itself from the hostile
acts of another country.
De Joege agreed that any
war which would destroy the
earth, or "destroy all the ma-
jor cultural, technological and
spiritual treasures of
mankind and annihilate tite
human race or leave alive a
maimed remnant, is a morgl-
ly impermissable war." 'He
believes it is our moral duty
to pray and work for an initial
freeze on all nuclear arms,
followed by a cutback on ex-
isting ones, and eventual
outlawing of all such
weapons.
lie acknowledged the dif-
ficulties of implementlitbg
such a policy, and said he was
more afraid of radicals like
Khadafi than the super-
powers. He advocates the
retention of nuclear weapons
as a deterrent.
Student Stuart Hodgins, co-
editor of the $IIDHS
newspaper, described disar-
mament as a motherhood,
issue, apd said we can't
"unitWvent" the nuclear tomb.
He suggested Russian
techtpology lags behind that of
the 1, ; the Russians have the
megatonnage and the
Americans have- the ac-
curacy, but in the event of a
nuclear war -to country ,n
Porth would be safe.
Rev, Barbara Laing,
minister of Dashwood and
Zurich United Churches,
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NUCLEAR AWARENESS-- Taking part in a panel discuilloh on the ilangers of nuclear weaponry of o ?lubtik
meeting at South Huron District High School were Dr. Tom Mayberry, (left) Ingersoll, spokesman for Physicians
for Social Responsibility, Rev. Barbara Laing, mini;ter of bashwood and Zurich United Churches, student Stuart
Hodgins, co-editor of the school newspaper;•chairman Bill Johnston, history teacher, Rev. Bernard AeJonge,•
Christian Reformed Church, Dr, Alan Newcombe, Peace Researth lnstityte, Dundas, and Father Joe Nelligan,
Mount Carmel Catholic Church,
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EXETER, ONTARIO, March 2, 1983
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LETS EAT CAKE The ARC Industries bakeshop has 3,000 pounds of coke on hand
which it must sell or risk closing the shop. Herb Verbeek, president.of the South
Huron and District Association for the Mentally Handico ped, accepts one -pound
' fruit cakes. from bakeshop employee Barbaro Mills (left) and vocational supervi-
sor Marilyn Smithers while Don Appleby, director of vocational services, looks
on approvingly.
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ARC bakers, hope you will
Let them eat cake!
The ARC Industries
bakeshop at Dashwood would
like to let you in on a piece of
the action - a one pound piece
of light or dark fruit cake,
that is. The bakeshop may
Varna lady
dies in crash
An 86 -year-old Varna area
woman was killed Thursday
night in a head-on crash ,on
Highway 8 about half -way
between Stratford .and
Sebringville.
Je •sic' Keyes was . a
passenger in an eastbound
car driven by George Keyes.
Driver of the westbound car
was Elizabeth - Beatty,
Sebringville.
Sebringville OPP reported
that a third vehicle was pull-
ing out, of a driveway,
resulting in the Sebringville
woman swerving into the path
of the Varna vehicle.
The accident occurred
about 7:00 p.m.
J • N FORCE -- Area exaco distributor b Rowe
assists Murdieno Glover In pumping gas at the Save U
Gas Bar, Friday afternoon. The services of Rowe, coach
of the Exeter Hawks were purchased by Mrs. Glover
in the recent Hawks slave auction.
have to close if 3,000 pounds of
unsold cake baked for the
Christmas market , and
representing a capital invest-
ment of $12,000 are not sold by
April 30.
Last year a decision was
made to switch the major
share of the shop's production
from bakery items sold in
area grocery stores to a first-
time experiment making fruit
cakes to be sold on the
premises and through district
schools. ;
A series of unforeseen
events combined to create the
present unfortunate situation.
The fire last September caus-
ed a delay in contacting the
schools, and some were by
then already ,committed to
chocolate bar, cheese, or
citrus fruits and similar
campaigns.
One school which ordered
1,000 pounds sold half that
number, and returned 500
cakes.
Don Cam'pbell, executive
director of the South Huron
and District Association for
No inquest
into fatality
No inquest is planned into
the death of Elias Muilwyk
who died last Monday night in
an industrial accident at the
Centralia plant of Cook's Divi-
sion ofGerbroCorp
:
The 39 -year-old Kirkton
man was caught between a
conveyor -type lift and the
edge of a floor platform after
losing his balance and falling
backwards as he stepped off
the lift.
An autopsy report perform-
ed in Stratford showed the
victim died of asphyxiation
due to pressure on the chest
while he was pinned against
the floor edge.
The accident was in-
vestigated by the Exeter OPP
and the ministry of consumer
and commercial relations.
the Mentally Handicapped, is
hoping the public will come to
the rescue.
The bakeshop, the most
cost effective program at
ARC Industries according to
Campbell, is not funded by
the government,'but operates
under the sponsorship of the
SHDAMH. It was set up five
years ago to employ and train
six handicapped adults and
relies on community support,
through its sales, to carry on
this worthwhile purpose.
"If the cakes are not sold,
this would cause financial
hardship to our organization,
and it's doubtful we could Con-
tinue this operation. Six
adults would lose their jobs.
We feel that would be a ma-
jor step in the wrong direc-
tion,” Campbell said.
There is now a list of 39 han-
dicapped adults aged from 18
to 35 waiting for a slot at ARC.
This does not include those
living at the Blur vater Cen-
tre at Goderich whr, will need
residences and daytime cen
tres if and when that facility
closes.
Campbell believe$ enough
people in this community who
could benefit from ARC's pro-
grams could mean a doubling
of the 52 employed, in the
various enterprises plus
another 12 in the life skills
programs.
"We should be adding on,
not taking away," Campbell
said.
Individuals and service
clubs can do their part in
keeping the bakeshop open by
buying some of the cake,
which should taste even bet-
ter now than it did at
Christmas time, as aging im-
proves the flavour, and the
cakes have been stored under
temperature -controlled .con-
ditions. The cakes are for sale
at the Dashwood shop.
Marie Antoinette supposed-
ly never did say "Let them
eat cake." Campbell would
not mind having the quote at-
tributed to himself.
Indications are that the
long wait by former
employees of Hughes Colum-
bia Inc. could soon be over
and that they will not only
receive a settlement for por-
tions of back wages and vaca-
tion pay, but some may get
their jobs back.
There has been new interest
in The Huron Park yacht
building 'firm and founder
Howard Hughes told the T -A
from his Orangeville home
yesterday that he expects the
firm will be sold within the
next few weeks. ,
Hughes said four corpora-
tions have been negotiating
with the receivers and fie has
"considerable" optimism that,
a deal will be trans acted and
the firm will be sold as a go-
ing concern.
He said the deal would in-
clude settlement of • the
employees' suit for back
wages -and vacation pay.
Hughes said negotiations
were "very delicate" and he
did not wish to expound on
them. Hughes has been in-
volved in the negotiations and
has been at the Huron Park
plant frequently to talk with
the prospective buyers. •
That some new interest had
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'.been shown in the firm was
reported by former employee
Jack O'Neill on Monday;
"We're still holding our
breath," he said. ,
Noting that new prospects
had come forth, O'Neill said
it looked good that one of
them would work out, but cau-
tioned that optimism had
been expressed previously
and had not been followed by
the results hoped for by the
employees.
He explained the employees
have been in "a holding pat-
tern" for some time and were
in the delicate position of wan-
ting to settle t -heir suit, blit at
the same time not wanting to
jeopardize any deals.
"By pushing or forcing it,
we eottIttjeo fze jobs," hi
said, adding he is optimistic
that ,the forrher employees
, will get half, their back pay
and vacation pay as had been
agreed.
The receivers had original-
ly set a deadline of the end of
February for lisposing of the
firm's assets, but that
-deadline has now been
extended. '
The Huron Park firm went
into receivership last June.
throwing 8.5 employees out of
hes
work, although some were
subsequently recalled by the
receivers, Yale & Partners. to
.complete•work on boats that
had been in progress.
The employees filed claim
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Two hurt
in crashes
Minor injuries were
reported in the -two collisions
investigated this week by the
Exeter OPP.
On Tuesday, vehicles
driven by Margaret Carroll,
RR 1 Centralia, and Philip
Bradley, Clinton, collided on
coneess 3 of. Usborne at
sideroad one. `
Damage was listed at $1,709
and the Centralia woman suf-
fered minor injuries.
The following day, a vehicle
driven by Terrence Thomp-
son; Edmonton, failed - to
• negotiate a curve on the
Kirkton Road west of Kirkton
and struck a hydro pole.
A passenger in the vehicle,
Jack Williams, Parkhill, suf-
fered minor injuries.
Damage was esti fated at
$3,000.
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WINNERS OF NEW AWARD — The first winners of the new Evelyn Lebedeau award
were honoured at Tuesday's Scout and Cub banquet at the Legion hall- Above, Mrs.
Lebedeau makes the presentations to David Schwindt, Chris Chapman and Jason
Wein. The Exeter group committee has inaugurated the Lebedeau award honour-
ing the local leader for 25 years of dedicated service. T -A photo
Announce special award
to honor veteran leader
The most outstanding
Beaver, Cub and Scout in the
Exeter organizations will
receive a special award
which was originated at Tues-
day's Scouting group banquet
at the Exeter Lcgron Hall.
The award honours Evelyn
Lebedeau who has been in-
volved as a leader for past 25
years in London and Exeter.
The first recipients are Jason
Wein, David Schwindt and
Chris Chapman.
The award was made to
Mrs. Lebedeau by group com-
mittee members Mike Cregan
and Dorothy Chapman.
In a response Mrs.
Lebedeau snid she had a true
love for children and being a
leader gave her a sense of
pride in the uniform she wore
and the ideals it stood for.
Cub leader Ken Baker
presented a framed cer-
tificate to Exeter Lions presi-
dent George Godbolt
recognizing the efforts of the
club in sponsoring the
scouting movemeet in Exeter
for 45 years.
Scout leader Dennis l Lockey
said his boys were very eager
in earning their badges and
leaders Ed' Nethercott, Ben •
Farwell and PaUl Chapman
were the backbone of the Ex-
eter group.
Hockey ad led that deliver-
ing of CTC catalogues was a
big part of the year's fund
raising and he was threaten-
ing to have a winter campoul.
Cub leaddt Ken Baker said
the boys Had taken great
strides during 1982 with
several neW activities. These
included a Sleop-out and par-
ticipation in 0 recent Kub Kar
rally In Wean in which
Bradley Chambers placed .
second.
The other Cub leaders are
Tom Siep, Bob Spears, Soren
Petersen, and Elaine Kestle,
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He asked for some
volunteer parents for the Ben -
miller camp set for June 3,4
and 5.
In talking about her ex-
perience as a Beaver leader
Dorothy Spears said, "Just
remember all the things that
happened with your first child
and multiply it by 27. You
drink you know all about
parenting until the second
child comes along. That's
what leading Beavers is like."
Other Beaver leaders are
4ay Alblas, Joanne Bowen
and Joyce Klages.
Exeter mayor Bruce Shaw
was the guest speaker and he
pointed out six areas in which
the young boys can be
directed to become good
citizens.
The six points were like and
respect yourself, like others,
enjoy each moment, learn to
know the world and places,
find your own limits and give
service to your community.
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