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RADIO REACT CLUB — Three members of South Huron Regional React check out one of.their mobile 23 -
channel two-way radios. From left are Harold Johns, Ralph Batten, and Don Masnica. The React -club is'to.
Ggive aid to those in .need in emergency situations. -With heocj• offices in Chieaggo,.React is. sponsored by •
eneral Motors and has been part of emergencies in the United States for gnurnber of years. The clubs are
now growing in Canada, qnd the local club is seeking membership.,_ - 'T -A photo'
Watching the Government
April 3,.1975
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Page,3
Aneducation inbeing a page
•The best way to see the . classes, makes ready (paterial
workings of ' the provincial for MPP'S, has -lunch and free
government is to be there while : time: .
the House is sitting. And that is E5oug said his schooling is liken
just what boug.Fletcher.has been care of by a tutor,. who instructs
doing for the 'past three weeks. all the pages in, the basic
Dougis a page in_ the provincial '•-education:they would receive, if
, gpvernment assembly a Queens attending their own. schools. -No
Park, lie is the son. of Mr. and schooling is mussed becetise;of his
Mrs. Robert •Fletcher, 318 Pryde . job.
Boulevard, Exeter. - When not • Although he says;he does- like
. filling his page role in•Toronto, he , .his job, Doug figds,tne part of it'
-atteeds grade seven classes at hot -to his liking as much.
Exeter Public School.' it. gets sort of boring," he
- During the time he has been a
• page, he has -noticed some of the
provincial - members ' of.
parliamenj "Sothe of them are
really terrible," he-satd. Doug
said some of the membbrs speak
4t1,t,
sorne read newspapers, and
in t bang •o.n their desks. But
most of them are fairly nice and
Use has been proven for radi
React club isforming rIoc�lly
Last fall, south of Woodstock, a
pre-school aged boy became lost
-in a cornfield...Late. in the- af-
ternoon, the . parents called the
. OPP. They couldn't find the boy.
The OPP called Woodstock
React. •
The Woodstock React club
cal -led its members on channel'
nine, an emergency citizens'
bandiadio frequency. Wi n the
hour, the cornfield was of
React members front all o er lig
area. . ,
Although the boy was found the
next day,cold, hungry, and
-afraid by an ambulance' at-
tendant, - the React members
were given much thanks for their
help in the rescue. - . •
The need for such a rescue'
Team has been seen in southern
Huron -county, and a local React
team 'has beenformed.
Making up the -club are Ralph
Batten,,EIimyille; Don Masnica,
Centralia; Jim Bridle, Zurich;
Bob Forrest, Hensall, and -Harold
Johns, Crediton. '
Each React team ' covers a -
specific area. The, local' area is
roughly north of the.Mt.Carmel
Road, west of Highway 23, with
Mitchell and the eastern ex-
tremety'And as far.'north as
Bayfield -
According to club..treasurer
Ralph Batten, React is to "react.
to situations that need help."
These situations he said, include
locating lost persons, assisting
police in accidents or natural
disasters and in directing traffic.
An annual event that'brings out
'members of React is Halloweep.
In cars.equipped with 23 channel
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Day care centre no chance
late submission the reason
Exeter's chances of receiving a
day care 'centre have . beep
reduced 'to 'nil, -at .least for the
present time. •-
Rene Brunelle, Ontario's
omm
minister of
t c unity and social
services, -this-week announced
'that his ministry. bas Completed
approvals for the support of new
day care projects throughout the
province in a special $15 -million
program, -
Exeter was=not one .of the 17
• comtnunities•to receive a•grant in
the final list. • .
The announcement gave no
indication Whether another
-program •of grants would • be in-
stituted by the government. '
Exeter 'council had - requested
funds for a day care centre. late
.last •year after .a survey bon -
ducted by • Marilyn Hohner in-
dicated- there was considerable
demand for such a facility in the
community. '
Seniors plan.
Toronto trip
• It had been planned originally
to' seek funds for a new building,
but .this was later altered and
'councilsecured an optiononhh
former- Warehouse. operated, rY
Don and Donna Webster o
Victoria -St: • ' -
Officlala advised ••• Exeter
earlier this year that the chances.
-of securing a grant were tpinimal
because the.local application was
late in being submitted add rngst
of the funds had --already been
appropriated.
i wo-way citizens. hand radios;
.mombers :relay- to their' -base
station any•ineidents:
The person manning 'the has
station will in turn notify .the:.
proper 'police, 'whether QPP or'
town police; who Will- thereact on •
the situation
• The •club's 'resent equipment
includes four mobile radios.
Batten -estimated that it would
cost about $200 to start, in citizens'
band radio ''CB►. He indicated -
the 'price Would_.inelttde a - 23
channel tw°o-u•ay . radio, .and
et•erything • needed' to make
communications. • •
He said ,channel nine is the
world-wide emergency. channel
of HELP + Highway Emergency: •
Locating Plaid, and channel one '
is the club's "working channel:'.
He also sajd_channel 23 is only for •
government •use. OpstS 'of mere -
' equiptnenn may go to $1,000 -
•c aSlly. ' • •
New members area welcomed,
said-fiatien.but hehopesthe club •
tent hate a maximum of 25
nierhers, He said membership
is $i3 annually.' -
• • To help,in i aisingmorefunds for
the club, a raffle
will beheld in the nea
fund raising -dance
also aS'
O
p s rbtlity
• "we'd love,
us going. • -
• The CB -radio • is presently
yidel'used, said •Batten, and it Is
hoped• to be more. used .in the
future. He said the 10 -code
'similar to the one used' by police,
is used in CB. radio, but not to a
great extent. • ' -
A React'rescue;vehicle would.
be • equipped with a- revolving
amber light, flares. first aid kit,
and a two-way. radio .The club
hopes that like the London React
Club, a snowmobile will be used
in the future for .winter rescues:
According to•Batten: it was the
Loudon React club that got the
South Huron RegionalReact club
goitig'.. .. :
Other centers in - Southern.
Ontario with a:Reactcl ib include
Woodstock, which, according t�
I3atten is the only one he knows of
that has handled a real:
emergency, - Sarnia, Chatham,
Kitchener and Windsor. •
. ;The. to al group hopes to be
hclppigg outwith traffic situations
at the "aninual Exeter rodeo and
fair. •-
. Those seeking ' more in -
format kill -may contactan3' of the
club's nienihers. or write to South'
Huron Regional React. Zurieh;
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Pinery policemen '
investigate- thefts
Tw;o break-ins. at Port. Franks
were 'investigated this week by
officers of the'Ontario Provincial
. Police detachment at the 'Pinery
Park: - ,
- Sunday.. -Constable F=. . A ,
• •Garfiiner reported, property,
valued at $35 stolen from a Port
Franks cottage:. -
Somotime Thursday - a'' water
pump valued at $400 was taken
from the Sailfish inn on Highway
21 -near Northville. Constable it .
- J. Kotwa investigated.
During. the ,week detachment
officers investigated atotal of 17
occurrences and laid 10 charges'
under the Liquor Control Act -and
six persons were charged for
Highway Traffic Act offence,.
• The first program sponsored by
-the Well -Come Inn senior citizens •
-will be a bus trip to the -Home
Show • in Toronto on Wednesday
April 9. - .
'The members of the Well -Come
'Inn group are presently 'out
"drumming up names" for those
• wishing to -go on the trip, ac-
cording to • recreation director
Jim McKinlay. He said .the cost
for the bus will be - $5.50 per
person return. The 'only other
costs involved will be for - ••
food.Admission to the show for
the seniors is free.
On the return trip, a stop will be
made for supper and a visit to the - -
Waterloo Adult Recreation
Centre. While there, the senior
citizens of the Waterloo centre
will provide a program for the
Exeter seniors.
The bus will be leaving Exeter
for Toronto at 8 a.m. on April 9
from the Legion parking lot. The
return time will be between 10
and 11 p.m.
A second. bus trip for the
seniors will be to the Community
Centre complex in Tillsonburg,
but no date has been set as yet.
The buildng houses an area for
senior citizen activities.
Those requesting more in-
formation on the bus trips, or to
purchase tickets for the Toronto
Home Show trip, may call
Murray Neil at 235-0734, or- the
recreation office at 235-0391.
CB radio
future. A.
the fall is -
often -added
tions to help get
There are
some things
your tailor
can't do for you.
PaRfll/ParnOn
Retest. In wur heart you brow Ws right.
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are' fairly 'nice to each other."
"1 .best like Jack Riddell: He's
my MIP:''saki Dong. .
Healsosaidthe MRP s•are.nice
to the -pages, of which there ars
pagescome from all parts ;of
the ince. The job of a page is
to get glasses of water, paper; or
anything a -member wants.
"They snap -their fingers; and -we
go to them,".Doug added. There
are, 117'members to attend to...
The house sits for 'four' hours
Cacti day, Monday to Friday,
.from -2 to 6'11).m: During thefest of
.the • time, he • attends school
Race postponed
• The annual Bunny Bundle
canoe race down the . Thames
..River has been postponed.
Originally slated for April 6, the
event will now be held April 13.
Ice conditions on -Fanshawe
lake are the cause of the delay'.
It has been: reported that there
are 100,entries so far, with'?So:to
300 expected to enter
Entries have been received
Mom all over Ontario. - •
Stephen council
--Continued from front page •
engineer. C. P: Corbett for a.
survey plan and report: They
include closing in, .the balance of
-the Shipka drain 'at Lot --10 Con-
cession 17'and construction of an
extension to the Kuhn drain at
Lots 9, 10 and 11• -Concession 12.
' Approved a grant of $40 to the
llensall Spring Fair in addition to
-$5 for each Calf shown
by town=
ship boys and girls. • -
Named councillor Allan *Wolper
tote .:Grand Bend and area
cemetery committee.
Di§posed of the township weed
sprayer by tender: The highest
bidderwas Wilbert Lewis at $410.
Car found first.- -
•
missed later. on• .
Thanks in the alertness of an
officer of (he Lucanlietachment
of the Ontario Provincial Police a
car stblen in London was
recovered before the owner
realized it was missing. ' .
Shortly after 4 a.m. "Tuesday
('onstbWe W. R. _Fisher , was
Checking- a property in Arva
when he observed a vehicle
heading north. on Highway 4 -at a
high -rate of speed. -
The constable, took pursuit and
stopped'. the vehicle north' of
Concession -8 in London `township.
'Uponquestioning .the two oc•
c•upants admitted the car Was
stolen only a few minutes earlier
in London.' '
Charged with theft by London
city police were Jame% George'
tiles and Jonnie-Edward Morrow
both of London.
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WHERE IS THE CHAMPAGNE? -- The ship Trojan was launched from Grand Bend Wednesday. While a
goodly accumulation of snow was evident, there was no champagne being broken over the bow. The boot is
the property of Thompson -Warner Marina, Grand Bend. lifting the vessel from the truck is the crane of C. R.
Stewer Equipment ltd. of London. It took over one hour for the men involved to secure the crane lines
around the boat and lift it into the water. T -A photo
Doug Fletcher
.,May seeking
rec members
Third 'reading has been given
the 'bylaw 'for. a recreation
committee in Nay Township. The
reading cattle • at the. council's
regular , monthly meeting
Tuesday; •'
- According to- Township .clerk
Wayne Horner ail that remains
is to seek five persons. from the
township who:will•serve tin the
committee. He said council is
now attempting to find the five
people. Two members from
-council will be added when the
- five .are known. - .•-
Atter the • seven -man com-
mittee is formed, the first
meetipg will be held,•Mr. Horner
said, .hopefully -in May. -' • '
A• tender was awarded to Lee
• Jennison of Grand Bend for liquid
calcit5r rhlorjde for ,the roads.
The tender was for $74.52 per,
flake ton equivalent:
Two.tile
drain loan applications
. Were approved by council, for a -
total of $14,000:
Council also- bpprdved rale
incl'easesfortaking a dog to the
South Huron Veterinary Clinic
pound. The former rate was $1.25
per day for board. with ba
minimum of five,days. The rate
-was increases] to $3 per day,and a
new minimum of three days: The
bdaw• conies under the Animals
for Research Act. The bylaw
excludes holidays as days'
counted. - . -
(AN(EB
<RUSAOEM
sand: "We have to stand'quite-a
bit, . but -1'm -getting used to.
now." The 20 Pages take turq¢in .
sitting, but theparliamentary
procedures 'are quite lengthy. .
• He also expressed concern rivet
the long time it takes a bill to
become law, and the number of --
bills
bills that die before becoming.
. -law:
Dtjug•also said jhat when 8 hill
is -made . law, the -Lieutenant
Goverhor simply comes in, lits
and the bill is read to-hel'. She just
nods her head 'add it is passed.
Bu on-. the whole; Doug says '
'it's a e9d,job." .
Doug will remain :a. page .for ..
one session of •parliament, then'
return to school -in Exeter.'After
high -school he woulfi like to
become a lawyer: •
Asked if -he would -then go ntp.
politics, Doug said "Ir might 'be
(Oh. It would be•agood job; I like - -
lay� . .
Two collisions
for town police. •
Two ' accidents- ..were, in-
vestigated this week -by officers
of the Exeter police department.
• The first occurred Sunday
• 'when.a vehicle driven by Norina
, Jones, 90-•Victoria_Stteet, Exeter
• slid on'the .icy road at the corner
of- Main • and 'James Streets and
strucR the building: at 412' Main.
Constable Jim McMeekin ' set
damages at- $200. • --
-Constable Alex 13atazs listed
'damages at $800•.Sundav when'a •
vehicle. *driven • by. Paul.
Brintnell; 126 Huron Street,
Exeter was• in collision with a
,parked vehicle owned by William
Fairbairn; 148' Sanders •West,
Exeter. The mishap occurred on -
Senior Street.
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Obittiff""'"'"""'":":
ANNA LOUISE MEIDINGER •
:Anna Louise C.nrriveau
-Meidinger. passed away in South
Minim Hospital\ Exeter on
Tuesday -April 1 in her 78th year.
She was the wife of Alex S.
Meidinger .
She -is -the mother •of Mrs.
Geraldine • Sopha. Lavonia.
Michigan, ISidonia) Mrs. Orville
:Auhin. Bresleau. Ont., Mrs.
Veronica.Bannon. London: sister
of Dennis Corriveau, Stratford.
Willard.' London. Rudolph:
Zurich: Franklin. Windsor and
Mrs. Leona Masse. Detroit.
She is also survived by 22
Krandchrldren and eight great-
grandchildren.
Three sons predeceased her.
Anthony 'in 1937. Delmer. in 1974
and Michael in 1941.
Funeral services were held
from the Westlake Funeral
Home. Zurich. Thursday April 3,
officiated by Rev. Fr. Sullivan. of
SI Boniface R.C. Church. Zurich
interment is in St. Peter's
Cemetery. SI. Joseph's.
WESLEY LOOMIS
Wesley Loomis, of McGillivray
Township, passed away at
Strathroy Middlesex General
Hospital on Friday March 28 in
his 90th year. He was the husband
of Jean (Schran► Loomis.
He was the father of Walter
Loomis of - RR 4, Parkhill, and .
(Gertrude) Mrs. Douglas
Feagan, of RR 2, Clinton; brother
of Orrin and Olive Loomis of
Parkhill. He is also survived by
five grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
ducted from the M-. Box Funeral
Home. Parkhill on Monday
March 31 with interment in
Parkhill Cemetery.
Vanastra hires -
aquatic director. •
The: Vanastra: Recreation
Committee this'week- announced •
Abe appointment ,of Hareld M.
Whitlock_as aquatic director: ..
• Mrs. VW'hitlock haspeedinvolved •
,in swimrriing •as a competitor, ..
teacher. and program •' director
for many".years.. .
He- • was a Canadian swot ' •
champion and record holder; a '
rnember of Provincial and:
National 'swim teams: and -a
member of . junlor, intermediate
and senior Canadian water polo
championship teams.
Mr. Whitlock. was most •
recently Executive Director of
the Stratford YM -YWCA and•also -
:field the position- •of -.'•aquatic
director and was responsible for
the development of special
programming. .
The committee have been very
pleased oath the response for.the
aquatic pl'ograms. •' Adult
_programs have. beers in most
cases Over subscribed and extra
classes will have to be set up
Childrens classes and the Red
Cross classes still' have space
available. and registrations are
still being accepted. '
• Every effort is being -made to
..provide excellent instructors for
the aquatic programs and along
with a heated indoor pool that
alloy s you to swim regardless of
weathttr conditions, recreational
and instructional swims should
be art enjoyable experience..
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BUS
SERVICE
to the London
BINGO
Games
Every Monday and
Wednesday
BUS DEPARTS AS FOIIOwS
Dashwood
Exeter ..
Huron Pork
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