HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-07-13, Page 1 (2)Norne nine Ontario scholars dt South Huron
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Doug Scott
... tops grade 12
Deb Webster
... best in 11
The naming-- of nine Heather Little. , Mary
Ontario Scholars and the Warburton, Paul Van
graduation of the largest 19sbroeck and Wes Abbott
grade 12 in history featured were the top grade, 13
the 1977-78 term results .students and will receive
released Friday by 'South academic shields as well as
Huron District High School being Ontario Scholars.
principal J.L. Wooden. Heather Little,' the
The nine grade 13 students daughter 9f_Mr-. & Mrs,. -Lyle
attained marks of 80 percent Little, Exeter and Paul Van
or more and the grade 12 Esbroeck, the son of Mr -Nand
graduation totalled 196. Mrs. Alois Van Esbroeck'
R.R. 1, Howell are eligilzle
to receive the Monc r
Scholarships as the: top,
Permit value female and male students in
the graduating class.
is $2 million Mary Warburton is the
daughter of Mr., and Mrs.
Permits valued at $830.133 William_ Warburton, Iluron
were approved by building Park_ and Wes AbboU is the
inspector Doug-Triebner Iasi • son of Mr. and Mrs. Art
month. . Abbott, R.R. 1 Centralia-.- --
At last week's council The other five top grade 13
meeting, he indicated -the students are Susah Feaver,
value for permits so far this Rene Kirmse, Carolyn
year has gone over the -Perry, Eleanor Salmon and
$2,00,000 mark. Catherine Weido.
Grade 12 students were led
by Doug Scott; son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Scott. • R.R. 2
Lucan. Next in line came
Dave Turnbull, Robin Little
and Catherine Abbott.
Heading -grade 11 students
was Deb Webster. Her
parents, are Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Webster. Exeter.
Completing the top four were
John Kesler, Dorothy Van
Esbroeck and Brenda
MacDonald.
M
Arndt Vermaeten - Paul McAuley
tie for top spot in grade 10 class
Seek to name
strongest .man
There are lots .of people
who say pound for pound,
they're the.strongest around.
At sidewalk sale days in
Exeter next week, they'll get
a chance to find out how
strong they are.
A bench pressing com-
petition sponsored by the
Exeter Police ociation
will be held nex aturday at
1:30 at the PUC building.
according to Kevin Short, an
organizer of the evedt.
The competition is open to
individuals who either. live.
work or go to school in
Exeter and will have two
divisions. under 16 years of
age and over 16. The winners
of each division will receive
trophies.
Short said competitors will
be asked to be at the com-
petition site one half hour
before it starts sed as to
receive instruction irr proper
weight-lyfting techniques.
' The member of the Exeter
;,di=ce force said bench
pressing is 7 very• Safe with'
Short phi's two other
weighlifters present --to
supervise and judge the
competition.
There is no entry fee and
entry forms will -be available
soon at the Exeter police
siation 'and •the Times -
Advocate; •
Cyclist hurt
•
Vevin Glasgow
tops grade 9
Say arson
caused fire
June's list included the
$485,000 addition at South
lfuron Hospital along with
live new homes and the
commercial 4 development
taking place on the lot south
of the former Chainway
store. . .
Permits for new homes
were granted to the
following: Helen Jones, 392
Pryde; Mark Coolman, 298
Andrew: Jan Vanllaarlem,
212 Eastern. J.P. Ducharme
Homes, 17 Kingscourt: and
W.W. Davidson. 71 River-
side.
Other institutional permits
were for the town to renovate
the local library. Caven
Presbyterian Church kitchen
renovations, Exeter PUC re-
ropl--pumping station in
Riverview Park.
Swimming pools were
approved for Gib Dow at 72
Wellington W. and Lloyd
L.indenfield at 240 Marlboro.
Commercial renovations
were okayed for John
Athanasakos, restaurant at
342 Main: John Norris. shop
at•497 Main; Darling's Food A
Market. store'at 414 Main.
• Receiving permits for tool
sheds were Peter Phillips,
108 Devon; Sam DeVries. 24 I1
' • George: Art Broderick. N)
Andrew S.
Residential renovation)
were granted to the
following: Dick Van-
derworp, sundeck at 66
Victoria W.; Bev Rabbets,
•re -shingle at 216 Sanders E.
Doris Dettrner, erect back
porch at 313 Carling: Emery
Pfaff, verandah at 102
Carling; Nelson ' Wells,
renovate house at 179 Main:
Ken Shedden. renovate
porch at 402 Witham: Sam
Qe Vries, finish basement at
24 George; Don Cooper.
erect sure deck at 149 Anne:
Dave Phillips. erect addition
at 54 Mill.
United Church manse.
instal. new steps at 231
Pryde: Carl Wieberg,•re-roof
garage. at 260 Andrew:
Margaret. Lawson. instal
steps at 89 John W.: Doug
Robbins, repair deck at 244
Main: 't m. Poulton. erect
• garage al 75 Thames Road
W.: A. Va?ldecworp. instal
g at 66. Victoria W. Ed
,Var. stetter. renovate house
• at 8 Main; ()g Webber.
.
renovate holt at 499 Albert.
Deadlocked- for the top
spot in grade 10 were Arndt
Vermaeten anti Paul
McAuley. They are the sone
of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Ver-
maeten and •Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald McAuley. respec-
tively. Next came Mary- Ann
-Hogan. Barbara Rader and
Liz Scott.
Kevin Glasgow. son of Mr.
and Mrs. JimGlasgow,
Exeter -Was -the -Veit student
in grade nine followed by
Brenda Riddell. Judith
Mellecke and Kim Geiser.
See page 3 for full
list of grads and
award winners
Rene Kirmse
Carolyn Perry
Heather Little
Catherine Weida
Eleanor Salmon
Susan Feaver
Ames
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Fifth Year
Exeter OPP Constable Bill
McIntyre is investigating an
arson attempt which
damaged a former
blacksmith shop on the farm
of Allan Finkbt'iner, a mile
and a• quarte» west of
Crediton. .
The fire was discovered by
a passing neighbor around
11 ASO p.m., Saturday. and
quick work by the Stephen
Township fire brigade from
Crediton kept damage to a.
minimum
McIntyre-. said that
gasoline had been poured
around the base of the entire
budding and some was
splashed.on one wall. A trail
of gasoline led to an area
where it had been ignited.
The building is used for
in collision storage and is maintained
for sentimental reasons by
,} 16 -year ;old area youth the owner. it having1ieen
injured in a van -bicycle used by high his father and
accident on Saturday af• grandfather.
ternoon is listed- ih
satisfactory condttion in
University Hospital n '
Martin Traquair. R.R. 3
Exeter, 'sustained head in-
juries when the bicycle he
was riding was in collision
With a vehicle driven to
,Dennis Passmore, .R.11. 1
Centralia: --
Both vehicles had been
westbound on .the Kirkton
Road -when the collision
occurred near concession 6-7
Usborne in late afternoon.
Property damage in th
b
Bb
Whiteford
Wes Abbott
Mary Warburton
Paul Van Esbroeck
vocate
& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 13, 1978
Price Per Copy 25 Cents •
ccept one sewer tender
turn down other request
At a special meeting
Monday afternoon. • Exeter
taxmen aptIroved a tender
for the construction of
sanitary sewers in the north,
end of town
The job. which entails
installation of sewer lines on
both William and Carting
streets between_ Alexander
and Highway 83. and also on
Alexander between William
and Carling. was awarded to
Jack Tanner i'onstruttion.
Stratford
The firm submitted the
lower of two bids with a•price
01 $61).'902.55
The only, other. bid
received was from (.'.A.
McDowell Ltd. and it was
only $648.io higher than that
submitted by the Stratford
contractor.
Several members noting
the small difference,
questioned the pias'sibility of
giving the contt<Ict to the
local firm. "Is there any way
we cyan'!" asked Reeve Si
Simmons. saying he would
like to see the µor give
the local contractor
Engineer B.M. Ross, who
was in attendance to check
the bids. said he never
recommended the practice
•n a ntracts to other
of guy i g
Jail area woman;
$500f
than the low bidder. He said
doing otherwise could
jeopardize bids for future
jobs because contractors,
would be reluctant to bid if
they thought they may not
Please turn to page 3
ine for thefts
A Huron Park.weman was
sentenced to 15 days in jail
when she pleaded guilty to
unpaired driving before
Judge W. G Cochrane in
Exeter court. Tuesday.
The court learned that
Shirley May Dawe had a
previous com•It•tion. It was
also indicated the woman
. had been experiencing
domestic difficulties and was
involved in the Fleck
situation, which had con-
tributed to her upset con-
? -
She had been cha ged on
March 14 after polis noticed
• her erratic driving. A
hyeathalizer reading showed one year and ordered . -to
13o mgs. make restitution totalling A HARD SWING --- This youngsfec put all her energy behi
William Jaseph Sterling. $225 to the property owners the swing while playing T Bail Hensall tvesday night h
involved. ,
Two Zurich area men were
Investigate each fined a total of $136 or 14
days after pleading guilty to
Meat target
for thieves
:A number. of thefts were
reported in the area this
week. including.$130 worth of
meat from the freezer of
Ryan Hodgins. R.K. 3
Thedford. . • . ,
The -meat was reported
stolen on tilonday.
Two eight -track tapes
valued at $ib were stolen
from a car owned by Doug
Mason. which had been
parked • near the Dufferin
Ifotel. Centralia. while Terry
• Robichaud. Huron Park.
reported the loss of speakers
and tapes from his car. The
. items were valued at $165.
Hubcaps_ valued at $300
were stolen from a new car
at the liensall ,Motors lot.
The greenkeeper at Oak-
wood Golf Course reported
damage of $I00 to sod at the
course and • damage
'estimated at 530 was done to
the home of Kenneth Car-
nochan. Usborne Township.
o
Wallaceburg. was fined a
totat oLlSO0 or 50 days in jail_
•on three -charges of break.
enter and theft. The charges -
stemmed from breakins at
three cottages at Cedar Bank
on May 24.
' A quantity of liquor and
beer was taken from one of
the cottages and all were.
damaged.
The court was told that the
accused and some friends
'had been consuming liquor
and drugs and when the
supply ran out. they broke.
into the cottages..
.In addition to the fines, he
was placed on probation for
• 6!
•�j
r.fal ,
•
identical charges of creating
..ill he presented
vehicles on July 1
flay -about Fleck
two crashes ,unnecessary noise with chert
8 .and. for
- ���t ranKe•
d
('nuncil
e on the noise charges rep rehev.e road c extra
•
mishap was set at $30 y
titles. •pf being drainage
f 3• On Thursday a motor Ralph G. 11alhonia. RR 3 (Wiled Auto workers o[ • :111 r connection with ,.r Ir.' ommissumer He advised
Exeter' OPP Lothrowe o ► :f n linden h
On
driven by Ronald .Zurich. RR 3RLu Zurich. John
T n r1 i ri said Tuesday
o r k c,h n p appear on the line She well Council he did npt
Its Henn. KR 1 e .Productions Theatre well he • irrnnicr.
.ISI -belt rn J tithe to look after o J
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it was one of three ac -
this week with total damages
assembly..
nd
oto
Usborne plan
.nears approval
At their regular 'July
meeting. 1 -stat a council
learned drat approval -of
their seconc r• plan by the
ministry o horsing is close
;Oland
, -
Reer c Bill Morley
s•ugge ted that council -
arran e a special meeting
with count% planner Gary
Da idson concerning
al ndmeats to the plan
•
lis tsu gevtinn was ap-
oved and a meeting will be
Fined $100 and costs each Al Seymour. international
Park wa- rcmanded.ou. S+, superinte_ enc
h were resentalivc with. the custodywnthe charge. laid +n robe Batten of his
estimated at $1800. •
c n t have the
his bike. it was thrown from Centralia. was ffmvke• tl court on .lily 31a ft both 'obs.
bike.
involved in a collision with a tine for the seatalong ' the 'clerk was Anatructed
imolai vehicle' driven
fraction
rThe enc dents took place in un present titcwer in t of July
tle 128, others cht,�rgcdttatter �e earlier
to advertese.for a person for .
relents investigated Eby the FAMILY TRADITION —former Exeter council member, Steve Pfaff, centre, followed the Audrey. Fairbarrfr of day-old strike incidents the position. r
local detachment officers fori,ily tradition when he was named -postmaster of the Rodney post office last month. He's • Si Exeter Damages in -the Exeter. jnothfrbusiness.cnunctf
accident on 11:un Sl. Exetyer Sc'ymocrr said the imam Plc ke;s charged: "with
this week. shown receiving the keys for -the building from assistant postmaster Pot Lewis, while Ed Trim -hopes to parscthe rausinK a disturbance oil Thee f' drainage bylaws providing
Betts. Sunday at 4:00 p.my t St. Thomas area supervisor looks on. The son of Exeter postmaster Harvey Pfaff, Stever hos were estimated at 580.. hopese company to dtage thee picket line often aren't ,frit a herhip-rear hank loan to
vehicles operated by Gary ken up residence in Rodney. A vehicle driven by Donald Seuforth officer. `kit o provincial police allowed to return to the line. fund $44.0(10 of the purchase Burlington, and Brian , Hill. London was in by glass offi etc Fleck executives hut the, Crown agreed Mix price of the new 1977 _
collision with a vehicle injured and strikers in from d
collision on Highway 21� et of interest - Verne
St. Friday Exeter Police were called auto -wiring
north of Grand Bend.o Mrs Pie
Exeter' � �'a. of the Webber farm and the
Webb, London, were rfl ' atot the Piercey could return R •AIt('(1 motor grader:
Both Frequent conflict
driven by Verne Smith of plant during the Het lawyer, toter -the -court
cavil providing for the purchase •
N refer onh Seaforth Police day when non -strikers are . t
had been northbound and
-:-Bette was slowing for traffic
when his car was hit from
night Damages were set at to assist the
stabilizing factor" on the ,I.. ua
$1 Department with an irate working p
behind.
Phyllis Betts, Burlington,
suffered a minor. injury in : Exeter council this week
the accident. - which was tabled a motion calling for a
investigated by Constable change in their solicitors.
Bill Osterloo. Damage was Raymond, McLean & Gray
sal at 590. presently r act . in that
The other accident tic-. capacity and the motion was
--curred at 9:20 p.m., Sunday, to name the other local law
involving vehicles driven by firm,. Deane & Laughton.
Charles Ortmanns, R.R. 3 The motion was presented
Exeter. and Randy by Reeve' Si Simmons and
Harrigan; R.R. t Centralia. Deputy -Re e,v'e D on
Oth ones was ay 4edandd caGr gghatter in -
e mater had been
north on Highway
Harrigariwas in the process discussed by a few members
of crossing east on County of , council on an informal
Road 21. basis,
TlSlirl damage was Main reason for the
s , estimated it $1,200 by propoaed change appears to
be the 'fact that Raymonds -
Muychangelaw firms
f '
Two area youths were prisoner ,early Saturday Seymour ofthebout 11 theatre picket line
ss nee of debentures for
the purpose _ Also passed
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• involved in a tight nn Gilley morning.
member, were bylaws for two-year
w en i •E' •
day night Apparently Constable Burgess r f the company. )i f. n esented nth (the bank loans tot the Brock
McLean & Gray have been •
unable to act for the town in
several matters due" to a
conflict of interest with other
clients. The firm represents
local developer Len Veri and
council have had to retain
the services of Deane Si"'
Laughton to act on matters
pertaining to the developer..
A Stratfot'tlaw firm has also -
been used on.sevefal oc-
casions in the past three.
years.
ClerkkLiz Hell questioned
the need for the change. She
said the other local law firm
would•prohably also run into
cases where they would have
Constable Don Mason: .
f1 f interest' h �ht the tight started because Seaforth Police Dopa tm nt k t
i mer Toronto
PLAN SAIF EVENT ('reek dr{lin 1$24.001» and
a c•on ict n in eros ase one
came to m bei roth ween e
theft other clitntg. of fhc .youths was driving was transpon Ontario , tux• 4 rrker.� rw 11 nifcr$2.0l0 their Exeter ' s M a i n w• a y' the Allen draM card from illi buildipg
600)
town and
Councillorsuggested
that Boyleany improperly They will ap- to the Exeterins C((0 that hl • permits -
new
any pear in court at a tater date Provincial Police office for a services free. :Admission is bu�n� 1Ceschhj� TdnDay to �a been issued• during the
then dekiting
change be delayed until the charged with causing a breathalizer test when the • free too. -he said o sed •
the Acs rict their out oor� g month. with an' estimated
Ielected this disturbance. prisoner kicked out the If the>'.tage' f 4 nit no oil
the theSeaforth plant caul- be arced Age a to the Arseik• value of $10/1.300 four • i 1
new coiner is
.
fall. He also suggested the .''The Exeter, I'otjce have windows -m- the radicle n wit{' bei} int%the street as had • en ".Approved e,
executive committee study received, s.1, :"oumber of, ` Cruiser -p Q practice in previous •drainage applications in the
the }natter' in more detail, • complaints from citizen}g Constable Barnes of the presented at some area the
sales days. total loan amount of 511.200.-
par
11.200.
particularly any retainer fee living in `the vicinity of the Exeter Police Department community centre. Were advised by the tax
treated at South N'ur.dn negotiator for the striking not he closed to through collector that $15,Y
•and what services would be 'Recreation ('entre regarding assisted Burgess, who was Meanwhile,. the chief This year the street will been collected
d d through that noise from cars squealing t H 't 1 BO Ms ,F1 ck workers swill beehle to traffic. No parking will be undertake in Glenn. drain Gray. on and to ask Aibbert Township
prove e C
charge!' , tires. d noise from people F)rstnc t ospr a .
Tins presently pays a leave ,the' centr aanfter from his eve. glass removed 'return ngothappearanoe in during the sale becattseMainrthe fe im axe. fo
$ Tuesday ,._e.:.,.: anor•rs will he rowed •repairs op. the
Raymond. to pay Half the cost.
until August meeting. jesponsrble, the pollee •say. jail by •
$50 -per -month resumer to dances
dynamo• ter wa & tabled prehF area an te per ons tranpor ed to the Stratford provincial
damage charge. off` t form a pedestrian.
The matter was •p the Seaforth officer. Fran Piercey, 33.
of Huron walk*ay.'
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