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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-02-20, Page 18 (2)Gobble up 975 breakfasts Chalet weekend is successful About 3,000 persons turned out to the sixth annual Pineridge Chalet sponsored Crippled Children's, weekend. It is hoped that the financial returns from the weekend will be as optimistic. Last year's funds amounted to $2,860. There were 975 breakfasts of pancakes and sausages served. The chief cooks were CFPL's Bill Brady, Ralph Duffus, Bob Baker, Lucille Beer and Russ Tiernan. "The breakfast went like clock- work," according to secretary - treasurer Shirley Mousseau. They served from 8:15 a.m to 1 p.m. Sunday. Okay data processing course for Huron secondary schools Computer data proccessing equipment is being purchased by the Huron Board of Education and will be installed at South Huron District High School in Exeter. Cost of the equipment is es- timated at $65.000 with grants of 95 percent available. Trustee Molly Kunder, chair- man of the education committee presented a report recommen- ding the purchase. The equip- ment will be used for data processing courses and for use by all Huron secondary schools for report cards and time tables. t'p to the present time. com- puter work is being done in Lon- don and the arrangements are being handled by Willard Long. a teacher at South Huron. In answer to a question from Dorothy Wallace. Mrs. Kunder said South Huron was chosen because Mr Long seems to be the most knowledgable on the subject JOHN ARTHUR HODGINS John Arthur Hodgins. passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital. London on Thursday February 13. in,his 68th year. A resident of McGillivray Township he was the husband of Olive Irene (Eagleson, Hodgins, father of Irene Mrs. Harold Scott) and Joseph Hodgins. both of McGillivray Township. He was also the brother of Cora (Mrs. Stewart Weir). London. and William Hodgins of Ilderton. Also surviving are two grandchildren. Funeral services for the late Mr. Hodgins were conducted from the M. Box and Son Funeral Home. Parkhill on Sunday February 16. conducted by Rev W. Mills of The Grace Anglican Church. Greenway Interment followed in St. Marys Cemetery Brinsley. GRACE V. SCHRAM Grace V. Schram passed away ata the Green Gables Nursing Home. Parkhill on Wednesday February 12. She was the wife of the late William Schram. and mother of Myrtle ( Mrs. Foster Pepper ' of Arkona. Wilma (Mrs. William Bullock ) of McGillivray Township. She was predeceased by Kathleene Mrs Ken Morley in 1973 The late Mrs. Schram was also the sister of Jessie ( Mrs. John Ryan Kathleen (Mrs. Thomas Breen 1. both- of Green Gables Nursing Home. Kenneth McLeod. Gordon McLeod Sr., both of McGillivray Township. and by 14 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the M Box and Son Funeral Home. Parkhill on Friday. February 14. Interment was in Parkhill Cemetery. WILLIAM JAMES DAVIDSON William .James Davidson passed away in South Huron Hospital. Exeter on Wednesday. February 12 in his 81st year He was the husband of May Stelck, and brother of Mrs. Julia Dickie. London Funeral services for the late Mr Davidson were held on Saturday February 15 from the Westlake Funeral Home. Zurich. under the direction of Rev A C Blackwell Temporary en- tombment will be followed by burial in St. Peter's Lutheran Cemetery Zurich. ANNIE LECOMPTE Annie Victoria Lecompte. died at Annapolis Maryland. recent- ly She was a former Saintsbury resident and has man.• relatives still in the community She is survived by her husband. Stuart Leconte four sisters and one brother Huron Director of Education, D.J Cochrane replied on the same question, "this equipment is not being purchased primarily for administrative work but for a computer science course. Typing is a requisite for this subject." Marian Zinn said she had some misgivings on the subject. "How many students will go on to use their talents. Are we here just to give a taste in a subject or should we concentrate on more subjects needed in everyday life?" she asked. Cochrane answered with, "We have to either get in or out and quit playing around." Cayley Hill gave a brief outline on the use of computers in in- dustry today_ He said computers provide means for rapid analysis_ As a business grows data can't be sorted manually In- dustry is really forced into faster means of compiling information. Reverse meeting procedure As the result of recent changes in the Schools Administration Act Huron Board meetings will be held the first Monday of each month instead of the third Mon- day as has been the practice in the past. The Act now states "the meetings of a school board ex- cept meetings of a committee of the board including a committee of the whole board shall be open to the public. - On the motion of Cayley Hill the board decided to hold the March meeting on Monday, March 3 at 2 p.m. Hill continued "This will be the reverse procedure on everything with all matters coming to the board first and then passed on to the proper committee. Charles Thomas said. "I would like to think our meetings should be public. I think feedback from the public is good before we make our final decisions. In the same vein feedback from our own board members would be helpful " Mrs. Wallace suggested going back to the two meetings per month system To this another member commented "anything is better than two meetings a month " Exeter trustee Clarence McDonald suggested the chair- man have the right to put closure on any discussion. "I went through the old times with long sessions" added McDonald. The board approved an expen- diture of about $1.500 to send a physical education teacher to Russia in May to take part in an in-depth study of the Soviet system of physical education. The course is three weeks in length and will examine the physical education curricula in primary, secondary and post- secondary institutions for male and female students. The application to make the trip came from Bill Weber a staff member at Central Huron in Clinton and he will probably represent Huron In discussion Cayley Hill said Holiday Tuesday Elementary schools will be closed on February 25 throughout Huron County The day has been authorized as a Professional Development Day and activities for the elementary teachers and teachers at the three schools for the trainable retarded in Huron have been planned by a joint committee of Representatives from the Women's and Men's Teacher Federation Activities have been planned for four centres in the county Seaforth Public School. Exeter Public School. Wingham Public School. and Robertson Public School in Goderich. "I support the idea but I'm a lit- tle concerned about who should go. No casting any aspersions on Mr. Weber. I would leave the decision up to the board. I con- gratulate him for the idea." During the discussion Marian Zinn said. "Isn't this the sort of thing we want our teachers to do ?" In his presentation Weber said the Russian Seminar provides a rare opportunity to look at an en- tirely different system. At the present we are over -exposed to a flood of American ideas." Burkley seeks complete licence The Burkley Restaurant will now be applying for a liquor permit for their entire facility, and not merely 60 seats as originally planned. Monday night, Exeter council agreed to support the application to the LLBO as long as the restaurant adheres to the zoning bylaw regarding parking facilities. However, there appears to be some confusion as to what that entails. Originally. the Burkley was refused a permit because they did not have adequate parking. However, council then leased the town hall parking lot to owner John Tiavaras so he could apply for a permit to cover the 60 seats. s Now it appears that with the extra parking, he will have adequate space to licence the entire establishment under the local zoning bylaw. Reeve Derry Boyle felt one portion of the restaurant should be left for family use so people would not have to sit next to people "slopping beer" and eating sandwiches. He was also critical of the fact Tzavaras had indicated originally he had no plans for a liquor licence and then made a request foronly a portion of the restaurant to be licenced. Councillor Ted Wright also stated that Tzavaras should realize that the arrangement regarding the town hall parking facility could not go on forever and that he should be looking for alternate parking. There was also reported to be a good turnout of families from the London Crippled Children's Treatment Centre. The crippled kids were given free snowmobile rides by members of the Pineridge Snowmobile Club. "We are pleased with the co- operation of the club members and friends', said Mrs. Mousseau. The snowmobile club has a membership of 150 families from the area. Along with the pancake break- fast, there were some contests held. Winners from the poker rally on Saturday were Ken C'leghorn, Windsor; Frank Mousseau, Hensall; Ann Jorgensen, Hensall; Mike Petz, London and Rita Pitre, Belle River. The Sunday poker rally win- ners were Bill Shaddick, London; Mike Petz, London; Gordon Parsons, John Dixon, Hensall and Hon Wareing, Hensall. In snowmobile races, the ladies open stock was won by Janet Gaunt in a time of 2.33. In the under 16 race, Dave Cooper won in a time of 2:18. Barry Arm- strong won the FIA in 2:09 and the under 16 340 race was taken by Bill Ball in 2:14. The open 340 race was topped by Bruce Walz in 2:14, and Bill Ball took the 3:40 race in 2:27. The pick up contest was won by Bruce Walz in 2:05, the egg race by John Walls in record time, and the bale race winner was Grant Skinner in 2:13. "Timmy" Danny Altan, of London won the celebrity race. In lucky draws, the string art ship was won by Clara Beer of Forest. the miniture furniture by Betty Holmes of Windsor and by Pat Noakes of Hensall. The floral wall plaque was taken by Keith Volland of Hen - sail. and the dress went to Lorna Gilmour of London. The blanket was won by Ivan Luther of Grand Bend, and two tickets for Jack Riddell night were won by Laurie Pepper of Hensall. A year of cheer from McDonald's drive-in was won by Ray McClinchey of Goderich. In the children's free draw, the valentine chocolates went to Darell Keller of Exeter, the holly hobby to Brenda Gaynor of Centralia. Cases of pop were won by Janet Simmons, Exeter, Wendy Lee, of Huron Park, Eunice Batkin, of Clinton, Mike Muckley of Waterloo, Jeff Caldwell of Hensall, and by Johnny Verhollandof London. A hockey shirt was won by Rick Lee of Huron Park. Records were taken home by Bob Sweeney of London, Jason Goodhew of Mitchell, Raymond Neves of Mt. Brydges, Mark Alden of London. Suzanne Finkbeiner of Crediton. Jane Pollock of Hensall, Leeanne Hurley of Guelph and by Debbie Bragg of St. Marys. Dear Mr. Editor: Fire: That call may be as frightening to most of us as any other call we are likely to hear in this world. Nevertheless we forget so quickly the efforts of people who work hard, very hard. to see that call is not heard. The Huron Park Fire Depart- ment under the leadership of Robbie Robichaud has a record of preventive fire protection. Because that Department is so good, because it has been able to keep the residents of Huron Park aware of the dangers of fire so they don't hear that ominous fire call, they are being disbanded. I believe there is more to fire protection than putting out fires. I believe the efforts of Robbie Robichaud and his department may soon be recognized but only when a serious fire results and many dollars of damage, possibly lives, is the outcome. To Robbie and his department I say "thank you for doing your job so well". To their replacements 1 say "Good luck". Don Cameron. 135 Wellington Crescent. Huron Park, Ontario. ALIGNMENT $1i98 1 SPECIAL.l, By Appointment Only 10% OFFR ON ALL LPARTnS REPLACEMENT aim= TIRE (IlflADIIlfl TIRE ASSOCIATE 5 1 1 R E Exeter 235-0160 3 SERVICE BAYS AND 3 TECHNICIANS Dear Sir, 1 I have just learned from your edition of January 30th, 1975, the value of a human life - it's $53.00' In this case a young man driving a commercial vehicle failed to yield the right of way. As a result. another young man. a husband and father of three small children, was killed. If the first driver had killed a cow or even a pig, he would have been ordered to pay the value of the animal - up into the hundreds of dollars - but - he only killed a human being, and so only pays $53.00. Does this, I wonder, include the 16 percent rise in inflation? What kind of justice is this^ In urban areas like my own, he would at least have had his licence suspended. It seems to me that our laws or the interpretation of them . need serious study and much more consideration should be given to the interests of the victim. and less to the perpetrators of such irresponsible actions. Yours truly Margaret Parker, Mississauga. Ontario. VALENTINE BANQUET — The first, of what is hoped to be on annual affair, took the form of a Valentine Banquet Saturday at Exeter Pentecostal Tabernacle. From left above, are Rev. and Mrs. Bryan Colbourne, of that church; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Johnston; Tannis Bishop, social convener of the young peoples' group and David Hall, young peoples' president. Mr. Johnston was the guest speaker at the meeting. Special music was provided on the weekend and during the past week by The People of the Way. The banquet was attended by 55 persons. T -A photo Tricycle, snowmobile stolen, four charged on other thefts Four persons have been arrested and charged for break, enter and theft and attempted theft following an incident Monday. The four appeared Tuesday in Exeter Provincial Court, charged with break, enter and theft at Exeter Ford Equipment Sales, 151 Thames Road, Exeter, and attempted theft of gasoline, valued at under $200 from Algoma Tire, 242 Main St., Exeter. .All will reappear in court on March 4 to enter a plea. Const. James McMeekin is in charge of the investigation. Two vehicles stolen over the weekend are being sought by police. One is a tricycle. Mathew Muller, RR 1 Crediton reported to Exeter Police that a Huron MP 'down under' R.E. McKinley, MP (Huron - Middlesex 1, Conservative chief whip is among 16 members of the Abbott commission on parliamentary facilities which left Ottawa Tuesday for a 12 -day visit to Australia. The commission is led by Douglas Abbott, a cabinet minister in the King and St. Laurent governments and later a member of the Supreme Court of Canada. He is retired and living in Ottawa. The commission is assigned to make recommendations on future requirements for parliamentary facilities in Ottawa. Its recommendations are expected to have some effect on redevelopment of Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill, a three -block stretch of property recently acquired by the government. Hensall area men face theft charges Two thefts were reported in the Hensall area this week, with recovery being made by police in both instances. A motor vehicle was stolen from Hensall Motors and later recovered. A Hensall area man faces theft charges. A battery valued at $70 was stolen from Hyde Bros. and it too was recovered with another Hensall man facing charges as a result. An attempt was 'made at breaking into the Co -Op in Zurich, but was unsuccessful. Police report that a pry bar had apparently been used in the at- tempt to gain entry to the building. homemade tricycle, with go-cart type wheels and extended front forks, painted black, had been stolen, Muller toldpolice that the tricycle had been used at South Huron District High School's winter carnival in some races. The tricycle was taken from the back of a pickup truck parked on the high school lot. Stolen from a parking lot on Main St. was a snowmobile owned by Calvin Rohde of RR 1 Woodham. The machine, a Skiroule, is green, licence BV 723. The incident is under the in- vestigation of Constable George Robertson. Windows were broken last Friday on three vehicles. George Dobbs, of Dobbs Motors, 141 Main St., Exeter, reported to police that two vehicles on the used car parking lot had been damaged. A Chevrolet pickup truck had a window in the passenger side broken and a car had the two passenger side windows broken. Damage estimated by in- vestigating officer Joe O'Driscoll was set at $143. A pickup truck owned by Edwin Kerslake, RR 3 Exeter, parked on a lot on Main St. received damage to a side window. Con- stable O'Driscoll estimated this damage at $40. On Thursday, February 13 a motor vehicle driven by Brian Veale of 300 Sanders St., Exeter, was involved in a collision at the intersection of highways 4 and 83. The other vehicle involved was driven by Heinrich Becker. 555 Pond Mills Road, London. Constable O'Driscoll estimated damage at $100. On Sunday, February 16, a motor vehicle driven by Peter Sereda, RR 1 Centralia, was involved in collision with a hydro pole, near the corner of William St. and Gidley St. Damage was estimated at $300. Constable Alex Balazs investigated. Last weekend the Exeter Huron Hope at Olympics 6' For the third year, pupils of Huron Hope School at Huron Park joined with competitors from 17 other Southwestern Ontario schools to participate in the annual Winter Olympics held at the University of Western Ontario. Eight students got up early Saturday morning in order to meet the bus carrying their friends from the Golden Circle School, Wingham and Queen Elizabeth School, Goderich. Accompanied by their principal, Eleanor Sc-ott they travelled down to the University where 500 people were gathered inside Thames Hall for the official opening ceremonies. Chaperones from the Physical Education department were paired off with the pupils. These University students took the pupils to the various events scheduled throughout the day. The children competed in skating, tobogganing and cross- country skiing and when not competing were able to try out a variety of outdoor sports. Cindy Weston and Susan Hemmingway each won a third place medal for skating. A noon meal was provided as well as a snack of hot chocolate G and donuts prior to the departure of the buses at 4 o'clock. The children all received crests showing that they had par- ticipated in the 1975 Winter Olympics. As an added treat each child came home with a U.W.O. cap. Police charged seven persons under the Liquor Control Act. These were mainly minors, consuming liquor, and having liquor in other than a residence. NOTICE Village of Grand Bend Council is proposing charges for collection of gar- bage in the village Residential $ 15 per year Light Commercial $ 50 per year Medium Commercial $100 per year Heavy Commercial $200 per year A list of the categories for businesses is posted in the clerk's office Business, ,gperators are asked to check thi3 list before 5 p.m. March 3, 1975. Robert Sharen Reeve Louise Clipperton Clerk We'll Do the Job Right... 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