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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-08-03, Page 1 (2).--Cassidy visits Fleck gin,: but most action is in courts • For the first time in over two months - there were more than just the feet of striking Fleck workers who pounded the pavement in the__ area around"and adjacent to the strike bound plant as provincial NDP, leader Michael Cassidy paid a brief visit to the Huron park plant Friday morning. Cassidy was welcomed by a group of about 30 strikers and two cars fro the Ontario Provincial Police. Following his arrival, - Cassidy went on the now traditional walk around the plant with about 15 strike supporters. In an address to the gathering, Cassidy said. the "eyes of Ontario are onyou" and what the striking workers are doing here is aiding the cause of labour aeross the province.- The New Democratic leader said the decision of the Ontario labour relations board to allow . the prosecution of Fleck. vice- president Grant Turner, MPP Jack Riddell and OPP Corporal William Mclntryre was an acKnowledgement that a mistake was made in using the OPP - to •control labour. While he expressed - pleasure over the decision of the- board, Cassidy said he was disappointed that it took the board four months to come down with its decision. With regards to the public's attitudes towards the_51riJters ('pssirty stated "the climate has changed since March." He said Nie Huron Park UAW local now enjoys widespread support across the province and that the Picnic tables are missing Exeter police aren't certain if the -disappearance of 11 picnic tables from Riverview Park is part of the recent rash of picnic) table and patio furniture thefts in the area recently. or whether the tables were merely borrowed by someone and riot returned. At - any rate, they are asking local citizens -for- any information which may lead to the return of the tables. Chief Ted Day .said it would take someone with a truck to remove that 'many tables and he hopes someone may have some information to enable police to locate them. Seven of the tables were the -small six-footers and the other four were green eight - footers. Rains came in time for most area crops Recent rains-- have -put Huron County crops on the road to recovery, according to..area mill managers. "The rain turned the situation .around. We' were losing yield potential. in the 'dry weather, but most of -the crops have comeback to an almost. average year," said Wes Petch, marketing manager at Cook's in Hensall. • Petch said the malting barley. which is currently being harvested. is of very good quality- in general. ,There have been a few ex- ceptions, he said. The - corn crop is quite uneven in the area. and both the corn and bean crops have been slowed up by the dry weather. An early frost could cause severe damage to both crops, Petch said. Archie Cooper of the Hensall Co-op said this year's harvest looks to be about average. - "The rain we have got will increase yields for corn and beans to about 'average.,:' he said. Lloyd Whitesell, assistant manager at W. G. Thomp- son, said the dry weather had taken its toll. His mill 'found the malting barley crop to be low on weight and plumpness. "Half of it may ehd up in the feed tank," he said. Whitesell- Said there may be a 20percentgeneral drop in yields this year. attitudes towards then have changed for the good, in this area. Lay charges . Charges of breaching the Ontario Labor Relations Act were filed at the courthouse Friday by the United Auto Workers against Huron - Middlesex MPP Jack Rid- dell. OPP Constable Bi11 McIntyre, Fleck Manufacturing Ltd. and its vice-president, Grant Turner. Harold Rolph, a lawyer who filed the charges with Karen Sturdy, a justice of the -peace, said it is the first time in Ontario labor history that a member of the provincial legislature and an- OPP officer have,_ been charged- with breaching the act. The charges against all four parties carry a fine of up to $1,000 for an individual and $10,000 for a corporation or trade union convicted of violating the .act. All four are charged under a section of the act which . states that no one will "in- terfere• with the formation, selection or administration of a trade union or the representation of employees by a trade union." Fleck Manufacturing and Turner. face an additional charge under another sec- tion which forbids the use of "intimidation or coercion to compel any person to become or refrain from becoming a member of a trade union." Rolph said the union is also charging Fleck with bargaining in bad faith. Mrs. Stuffly said that Stephen ask county help Stephen township -council has asked the executive. committee of Huron county for any assistance which may be required if an- nexation' proceedings_ are started by the village of Grand Bend. Grand Bend council is expecting to receive a consultants report on an- nexation in the very near future. After Grand Bepd called for the consultants report, the townships of Bosanquet and Stephen offered to amalgmate with the summer resort village as an alter- native to annexation. Stephen reeve' Cecil Desjardine said this week that his council and Bosanquet had agreed a few weeks ago to join forces.if Grand Bend made any . at- tempt for annexation or adjustment of boundaries. The Stephen reeve com- mented. - "There doesn't seem to.be any point in split- ting up a municipality. but. I don't see anything wrong with joining tip." He coptinued, "If Grand Bend doEsiapply for annexa- tion, we and Bosanquet are prepared to join forces to defend our territory." A few weeks/ago, Bosan- "'quet reeve John MacDonald called a meeting of the coun- cils of his municipality and Grand Bend to talk about adjustment or amalgama- tion. Desjardine was invited - as an observer. According to Desjardine Bosanquet stands to lose about one t -pillion dollars in assessment f( Grand Bend is allowed to annex the properties in question. He continued, "i don't know exactly what they were proposing in Stephen. but, it will likely be quite considerable as far • as assessment is concerned. it would likely be all of both sides of Highway 21, north of Grand Bend, part of Conces- sion A and some near the south-easterly border of Grand Bend including the proposed Walden sub- division." in conclusion Desjardine said, "it's up to Grand Bent, to make the next move. We have thrown the ball back to them." The recent letter from Bosanquet said amalgama- tion would be satisfactory if the boundary adjustment proposals were not in the best interests of the residents of the township. Grand Bend reeve Bob Sharen has said he would withhold any comment until- -- a consultPants report- on -- annexation is received. It is expected to be completed,in a few weeks. ° - The area Grand Bend is considering for annexation would increase the village population and more than double its assessment A MIGHTY SWING — Neil Frosts fakes a mighty swing dur- ing a softball practice as part of a Lucan summer school ac- tivity Monday morning. T -A photo • Policing cost idea • debated by reeves An Ontario Government proposal for towns receiving policing from the Ontario Provincial Police to foot the bill hasn't 'brought any cries of outrage - from area municipalities. Both the reeves of Grand Bend and Lucan said the idea was realistic but required more study. "If we were going to start paying them, we would expect to have some say in what they do. An agreement would have to be worked out between the police force and the village," said Lucan reeve Ivan Hearn. At present the village has no say over how the village is policed by the . Ontario Provincial Police. Lucan has a bylaw control officer to enforce the village's bylaws. "It may be just someone's idea that will be kicked around but never followed up," said Hearn. Hearn has received- no official correspondence from the Ontario Government on the proposal. The proposal is contained in a confidential list of possible cuts cir- culating among government ministries. Grand Bend reeve Bob Shaven said the proposal was "not unrealistic." But more than —just policing urban areas should be looked at, he said. "It would have .to be charged to the rural areas as well as the urban. They get as much police protection as urban areas do," he said. "Bight now municipalities can keep asking for more police services and not pay for it. it is easy to keep asking for it when you are not paying," he said:- Srraren said the proposal would be difficult to apply to the village M Grand Bend because the populatiop fluctuates widely between winter and summer. , "The idea bears a lot of looking at before going. ahead," he said subpoenas have not been-' sent out because it is not. known yet whether the cases will bo heard in provincial court—Pr—II-oder-fen— or PT -- Exeter. - 'l'he UAW's decision to lay the charges follows a decision by the Ontario Labor Relations Board granting the union consent to prosecute in court. Given remands Twenty-nine" people charged with 52 incidents in connection with distur- bances at the picket line at Fleck Manufacturing in Huron Park have been remanded until September 11. when trial dates will be set Barrie Chercover of Toronto._ ij*wyeL .nr— United Auto Workers (UAW) appeared in provincial court in Goderich Monday on behalf of the 29 people. The followingpersonswere charged dating' back to the beginning of the strike in March: Ricky Abbott, 54 Woolley St., Cambridge; Walter N. Armstrong, 10 Wellington SI., Kitchener; tat Barrett, K It. 1 Crediton; Paul Emile• f'eautine, 71i Brubacher St., Xitchener; Richard Bar- trand, R.R. 3 Delaware: — Please turn to Pays 2 NDP LEADER RETURNS TO FLECK — Provincial NDP leader Michael Cassidy returned to the site of Fleck Manufacturing in Huron Park on Friday. Prior to giving a brief address, Cassidy continued the custom started by/other strike sympathizers and marched around the almost deserted plant with striking Fleck workers. T -A photo • imes Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Fifth Year dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 3, 1978 Price Per Copy 25 Cents MODEL PLANE WINNERS — Two Exeter brothers were winners in the recent annual competi- tion of the National Model Aeronautics Association in Winnipeg. Shown above are Mark and Paul Perry who were third and second, respectively in the junior division. They are the sons of Mr: and Mrs. Bruce Perry, Edward street. v T -A photo ore Stephen residents want Lake Huron water Residents from two areas in Stephen township have approached counc& sking to obtain water from rfie Lake Huron pipeline. - Bill Regier representing a number of farmers north of Mt. Carmel was told to do a survey of the interested owners and :submit same to , council. . A similar survey was returned by Ross BrQwn for (hose property owners in- terested in getting water in the Highway 81 itrea norlh of Greenway. Brown was told to obtain costs of the proposed water installations while council checks with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment Fairly quiet for GB police Incidents of crime and liquor infractions are down sharply in Grand Bend this summer. according to Ontario Provincial Police. "We've been very pleased with the activities this summer," said Sergeant Ted Boon. "There have been no incidents of gang activity at all." The number of liquor in- fractions are only half of last Year's total for this time of the year.• General oc- currences have dropped by one-quarter, said Boon. Grand Bend has been very busy this summer, but there . have been more families visiting the resort village thaw-usual-•t3oon attributed • the peaceful summer to- this change. Traffic accidents and occurrences were the only, area which increased over previous years. There have been about 25 percent more occurrences but nolle has been serious, said Bonn to determine a proper connection location. Huron courtly planner asked and received approval from council for an amend- ment to the county official plan Status of the Jand to be ase(1 in the proposed Wden subdivision near Grand Rend will be changed from agriculture to residential. Contracts were let for two municipal drains and the supply of culvert pipe. Hodgins and Hayter of Parkhill will (10 the open and closed work on the De Block drain for a•eombined total of '$10.:359. The same firm will receive $1.5:17.50 to do the open work on the Khiva drain while the tile portion was awarded to Robinson Farni Drainage for S5,282. Council appointed C. P. Corbett as the engineer to prepare a report on repair of the Palmer drain at Lot 32. LRE concession in Hal township. - Koppers International Canada was awarded the contract 16- supply culvert pipe for work on sideroad 20, concession 10 for $4,764. Land severances were granted to Roy Sweitzer, Lot 15. ('on -16: Mabel Guenther. Only orie,case at Exeter court Only one case was dealt with in Exeter Justice of the Peace Court Tuesday morning by Mr. Werris. Nine other _charges...were either w•ithdraWtl o remanded to .a future date. . in -the only decision made, Wayne V. Smith of Alliston was fined $28 for failing to stop for tlntamber light at the intersection of Highways 4 and 83 on June 21. He was driving a tractor -trailer. (01 10. ('vin Iti and Fred "[licks. Lot 35. S K Con :1 request 1rimi the \tinistrs 01 the Environment to comer! to the metric s} -stem tor. the township's waters'. stent by April 1. 1979 will he adhered to Five injured in collisions, all involve only one driver A Zurich woman started a chain -reaction when she lost control of. her vehicle while turning intoa lane at the new senior citizens' apartments m the' village Tuesday morning. A vehicle driven by Madeline Rau struck a parked vicehicle owned by Robert 1. Reynolds. Huron. - Park The latter vehicle was then pushed into a fence and st ruck a not her ve hic le owned b; William Zile.r. Zurich. which in turn rammed another parked vehicle owned ht' Elmer t;eibold. zit .of Zurich. investigating officer ('unstable Bill. Osterloo set total damage at $1.650 to the tour vehicles and the fence 11 was One of five accidents insestgated by the Exeter i)PP this week. all involving 0111% one driver (ine of the others resulted u► nia.lor injuries for a London man. - Ralph Thonisen. despite the fact his vehicle sustained damage of only $511. The car rammed foto a tree at the Ilighlands til subdivision along Lake Huron on Saturday at W15 p'rtr Constable ,lack Straughan investigated Two of the other accidents were, reported on lted- nesdap.-the first at 4:3n 8.111 . when a car driven by Dennis pow ell. Goderic•h. went out, rat. 73 iotrol on ,Highway ' 23 near Kirkton and hit a hydro pole I'he driver— and his passenger John McIntyre. also, n1--(nderich. suffered minor injuries • The driver said he fell asleep Damage to the vehicle was listed at $1.500 by' Constable Al. Quinn and $425 to the hydro pole The other- accident was reported at.9:30 a m wheri a (•ruck driven by ,Joseph Varlet'. Crediton. was in- volved in _a collision at the junction of concession 2-:3 and the Crediton Road in Stephen Township. Varlet' was driving a truck. owned hy Quality- Produce and when he was unable to stop at the intersection. pulled off onto the shoulder and the truck rolled over in. the south ditch Vantage was listed at $500 by' Constable Osterloo. 'file other accident of the week was reported on Sunday . involving a vehicle driven by Ernest Rohner. Main Street. Exeter. He told pi gc•e he swerred to avoid- a small dog on sideroad 20 near concession 10-11 in Stephen and his vehicle then went into the ditch, hit a tree stump and carne to rest on its side • Bohner and a passenger, Thomas Mc Veeney. Ailsa Craig. suffered minor in- juries and damage was estimated at $2.100 by Constable Don Mason No inquest planned in area man's death No inquest is planned into , the death of 22 -year-old Eton Kirk. Dashwood. who was killed early last Tuesday when he tell from a tractor while drawing hat' on a farm just south of the village Kirk was standing on a tow- bar hooking a converted pickup truck box to the tractor when the tractor hit a hump and he fell against the lender of the machine The fender then caught in the tractor tire lugs and Kirk -lost his balance and was run over by the tractor. An aultaps y report - revealed he died Irom multiple internal injtirieF - Ile was rushed to 1 ruse r>ils Hospital. but was dead nn arrival The mishap occurred -hortiy helore S tut p.m. The coroner was Dr. E.S. ,leffery. London • Funeral service for Kirk was held from the C. Haskett and Son funeral home in Lucan on Friday The dead man is. survived by' - his .- me her. Florence Irene rk. H.R. 2 Seaforth; rot hers Stephen. R.R. 2 - Lucan and ,lin. R.R. 3 Ailsa ('rang. three sisters. Connie and Cathie and Mary Ann; all of K it 2 Seatorth interment- was in St. .lances Cemetery. Clan- dehoye, LEARN HEART SAVER TECHNIQUE Several area swimming instructors, medical personnel arid Red Cross officials attend- ed o program at Grand Bend, Thursday, in which Corollary Pulmonary Rescuscitotion was demonstrated lnstt-actor Paul McPherson; London, helps Exeter pool supervisor Det? Wooden position her hands on the r1 e i +or the teaching program which call enable lay people to assist victims f cardiac arrest beforr tsrofnsar - Exeter pool instructors and members of the hron7C (1t►ss, from. +f,e i,•c+ {trt,h olr r. Campbell, Patti Shopton, Mary Helen linsdell, Scott Botten'ond Dianne BOVISM I. I courage people to enrol in the short CPR courses available. "glia on ire other • , t0,,,. q,f Leslie insigned to en - Staff photo •