HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-11-23, Page 1 (2). TWO DIljTHREE BADLY HURT.IN AREA COLLISIONS
Two area residents were
killed and three were
seriously injured in violent,
collisions this week.'
Dead are John Vanderlga,
19, of RR 3 " Lucan, and
Arthur Robert Ball, 70,
Crediton.
Mr. Ball was killed in a
collision at the intersection
of County Roads 2 and 4 west
of Crediton at 2:00 p.m.,
-Thursday. He had been
southbound on County Road
2 and'wati hit broadside by a
westbound car driven by
Mrs. Greta Beaver, also of
Ct'editon. as he crossed the
intersection.
Mrs. Beaver dnd Mr.
Ball's wife, Loretta, were
both seriously injured and
were taken to London
hospitals by Hoffman's
Ambulance after being
treated initially at South
Huron Hospital.
FATAL CRASH — John Vanderloo, RR 3, Luton wa' killed early Saturday morning in o'crash
on Highway 4, south of lucan. The Vanderloo vehicle is shown here. T -A photo
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DRIVER DIES Arthur -Robert Ball, Crediton, died when this car he was driving was invojved
in a collision at the intersection of County Roods 2 and 4 west ofCrediton on Thursday Mr.
Ball's wife and the driver of the other vehicle, Mrs. Greta Beaver, also of Crediton, were
seriously injured. Staff photo
Huron pays for education
Will aid palsy victim
The Huron -County Board
of Education agreed -Monday
night -to pick up the tab to
send a five-year-old; han-
dicapped child to the London
and District Crippled
Children's Treatment Centre
from his home in Stephen
township.
The request was made by
the child's mother, Kathy
Bullock, to have her sonc"
transported daily 10 the
London centre for morning
kindergarten; -classes and
afternoon therapy sessions.
The youngster suffers from
cerebal palsy.
Superintendent of
education Don Kenwell told
the board the tuition fees for
the studenlwould amount to
$15 a day but that the board's
share of the cost, 48 percent, -
would amount to $7.20, the
remaining'47.80 a day being
paid by the ministry of
e uca .
Transportation.eosts were•
much heftier according to
Kenwell. He said three
quotes had been received,
-one from Lang Bus Lines had
a daily rate of -460, one from
•Murphy Bus Lones cost $95 a
day and one from Exeter Bus
Lines in a van with other
children. would cost $20 'e
day. The ministry pays 82
percent of the transportation
costs and the board the rest.
Kenwell told the board
Mrs. Bullock had recently
moved to Huron County from
Middlesex County.
Wingham trustee Jack.
Alexander asked Kenwell
why she had moved here
asking if the family was
"renters moving around a
lot." The Wingham trustee,
looking at the report from
Kenw,e11 that outlined the
hefty transportation costs,
suggested that it may be
cheaper for the board to
"buy a house in London and
leave them there"
suggesting it may be less
than what the board will pay
in daily transportation ties.
John Cochrane director of
education told the board that
he was not exactly clear on
the board's responsibilities
ander the education act but
' said that to the best of his
memory the board had a
.esponsibility to pay tuition
fess only for the youngster.
He said the board had the'
option to pay none, a shore
of, or all the costs for
transportation.
Kenwell pointed out that
he was not familiar with the
family but did know that the
father. 'did not move this
time with the family( He
added that the board's share
of the. transporation for
Exeter Coach Lines would be
18 percent., That share
ambunts to $3.60 a day.:
Vice chairman Don
McDonald asked if the child
could be put up in London in
a boarding house.
"He is a bit young," said
Kenwell. -
Board chairman John
Elliott pointer' out .,iter the
meeting that the fees to send
the Bullock child to London
were probably not that much
more than the board pays to
transport mentally retarded
children to the' training
centres operated in some
county elementary schools.
The driver's side of the
Ball vehicle was ripped
apart in the impact and Mr.
Ball waspronounceddead at
the scene by Coroner Dr.
Liam O'Connor, 'Grand
Bend.
OPP Constable Jack
Sttaughan investigated,
assisted by Sgt. Ray Glover.
and Constable Jim • Rogers.
Damage in the accident was
listed at $12,000.
- John Vanderloo was killed
at 1.50 a.m. Saturday when
the vehicle hews driving
was in a dear head-on
collision with a vehicle
driven by 22 year-old Dan
Brinthell of Exeter.
The Vanderloo vehicle was
proceeding south when the
accident occured. on High-,
way 4, 18 kilometers south of
the Lucan village Brit is.
The Brintnell vehicle was
heading north. The crash
took place In the southbound
lane.
A passenger in the Van-
derloo car, Mary Lenders of
RR 2, Ilderton suffered
minor injuries and was taken
to St. Joseph's Hospital,
London for treatment'
Vanderloo was pronounced
dead at the scene by Coroner
Dr. Robin Shearer of Lon-
don. Constable W. R. Risher
of • the Lucan Ontario
Provincial Police detach-
ment investigated. Both
vehicles were demolished.
Total loss was set at $6,000.
Another area resident,
David Mitton, Crediton, was -
seriously injured in a one -
vehicle accident on Satur-
day. He is a patient in
University Hospital, London.
Mitton was a passenger in
a vehicle driven by Margaret
Foster, Huron Park, which trees on County Road 2, west j xeter OPP Constable
struck a -sign post and two of concession 4-5 of Stephen. Don Mason investigated and
set property damage at
$4.000 in that collision.
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FATAL CRASH SCENE -- A 7t) -year-old Crediton man was killed and two women seriously injured in o collision of the in-
tersection of the Creditors Rood, and County Rood 2 Thursday afternoon. The car in the foreground was being driven west by
Greta Beaver and it was -in collision with a southbound car driven by -Arthur Robert Ball, who died. His vehicle -is shown at the
right. OPP Sgt. Ray Glover and Constable Jock Stroughon are shown talking to Coroner Dr! born O'Connor, Grand Bend,
right. - Staff photo
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
Imes
One Hundred and Fifth Year
VOC
& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 23, 1978
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
May keep buses going
to help financial woes
The Huron County Board
of Education may attempt to
.. squeeze,a few more miles out
of board owned school buses
to alleviate financial
pressures that are cramping
the board's capital ex-
penditures and equipment
replacement programs.
Board chairman John
Elliott told the board at its
final session Monday night
the practice of automatically
renewing six board owned
buses every year may be
unnecessary, pointing •out
that some of the money spent
6n -new- vehicles could be
funneled into other areas.
The suggestion was Made
when the board was asked by
'John Cochrane, director of
education. to approve a five
year capital expense
forecast. Cochrane ex-
plained -to the,board that the
five year program -is
required by the ministry of
education , for Ontario to
permit the province to set
down a provincial spending
forecast:
Tlie director said the
A SPECIAL GRADUATION •— Former Hensoll reeve Minnie
Noakes received 'her grade 13 diploma at SHDHS
Commencement Fridoy night. Moking the presentation is her
son Dr. David Noakes. T•A photo
Business°as usual
at Canners' plant
Proceedings for the
merger between Del Monte
Corporation and R J.
Reynolds Industries. Inc..
are continuing. but the move
is not expected_to have any
noticeable effect on 'the
Canadian ' Canners Limited
plant in Exeter.
. Canadian Canners is own-
- ed by Del Monte Corporation
of San Francisco.
L H. Johnston. president
of Canadian Canners. toy
the T -A from his Hamilton
office this week that the
firm was carrying on.
business as usual- "and we
expect to continue to do so". ;
-'2-Del Monte will continue
after the merger to operate
as- a separate entity. under
'its present name and with
its headquarters in San .
Francisco." Mr. Johnston
said in a letter circulated to
employees.
R.G. Landis. chairman of
the board and chief ex-
ecutive officer of Del Monte
and J Paul Sticht. president
and chief executive officer
of R.J. Reynolds. 'had
previously announced that
the two corporations had
sigrfed a definitive agree-
ment providing for the
merger_of Del Monte into,a
wholly-owned subsidiary 1!
Reynolds.
The latter is a major
tobacco company with head
offices in Winston-Salem.
The merger is subject to
receippt of a tax ruling fiom
the U.S internal revenue
service. approval by - the
vete of the holders of tato-
tkjrds of . the • Del Monte
shoes and other customary
conditions.
"Assuming timely receipt
of the necessary approvals.
the two corporations expect
that the merger could he
completed *in February."
, Mr. Johnston reported.
province has met the
requirements of the Huron
board with' the exception of
one major area, additional
home economics and in-
dustrial arts facilities in
elementary schools.
Cochram told. the board
that considering the
ministry's record of ignoring
Huron county's request for
funds to establish industrial
arts and home ec centres at
Turnberry, Hullett and
Exeter Public Schools the
board could consider not
asking any more. -
Cochrane said the futility
of the request indicated that
perhaps • the board should
just -ask for the money for the
continuance of replacing six
board owned buses each
year. The bus . replacing
practice is done due to
ministry guidelines that
totally depreciate school
buses over seven years.
Elliott suggested that the
board's habit of replacing six
buses a year may not, be
necdssary. The chairman
said some_ of the buses
Shaw gets support
for Maclean's battle
Exeter Mayor Shaw
reported this week he has
had ':dozens of calls" in sur
port of his contention that
Maclean's magazine erred
in not printinga story on
censorship in teir October 2
issue circulated in.Huron
The story appeared only in
the Toronto issues and-
refer•s to the Huron County
hoard of education's con-
troversial decision to ban
Margaret f.aurence's book
The Diviners from the high,
school literature course,
because it was considered to
containobscene language
Shaw. who is principal at
Seaforth ltigh School and a
former English'ilepartmcnt
head at South Huron. said
most of the callers felt
Huron residents should have.
been given the opportunity
to read what the Maclean's
article said about them
The calls came from
citizens throughout the
county he reported .
Maclean's managing
editor Kevin Doyle has turn-
ed down a request from
Shaw that, the article be
reprinted in a future edition
circulated in this area
Doyle said he didn't think
thearticle was worth reprin-
ting and he had no intentidn
of asking people inToronto to
read it all over agatn -
The publishing firm did in-
dicate they would send
copies of the Toronto edition
of October 2 to any st
scribers in Huron requestin
it ..
As a result of the issue.
Goderieh Councillor Elsa
Haydon. said she plans to
look ito forming a HumeCount chapter of tt -
}ntellec Freedom Cona
mittee.' an affiliate of the
Ontario i.ibraries Assoai-• •
tion' to fight the banning ut
other books. -
.She said she has spoken
with several people who
share her concern for in-
tellectual freedom and is
trying to, orgganiz.e a
meeting "This article' tin
Maclean's+ has really got
me in a fighting mood." she
was quoted as saving this
week
She -said if Maclean's
wants to portray itself as a
national magazine it should
indicate there are4164ferent
editions. as newspapers do
GOOD NEWS
Santa does
plan a visit
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Frowns will probably turn
to smiles this week for area
youngsters with the an-
nouncement that Santa
Claus will vIsit Exeter after
all.
Last week. it was in-
dicated that there would be
no Santa Claus parade. and
while that news was basical-
h•.correct. it was the type of
news that sparked some peo-
ple into action • • .
The Exeter Lions decided
Ito take on the challenge and
will be assisted by some
local citizens who had also
decided to ensure that Santa
would make his annual visit
His visit will be scheduled
for aturday. December 16
for
p m and letters have
ne out this week to area
businesses and groups seek-
ing their support. , •
Jack t'nderwood, whe is
helping with the project.
said a rbinimui rof twobands
will he on hand
The committee still has to .
finalize some of the details:
but it is expected that the
event could also include free'
skating ' or even movies at
the rec centre.
Chairman of the parade
will ; be Mike Williamson
Peofile interested may con-
tact him at Snell Bros. or
they could atso call Shirley
Hart or Jay Campbell.
The Downtown Business
Improvement Area board
will finance the event.
replaced may be worthy of
more mileage and that the
board could attempt to keep
the vehicles on the road
using the money saved Ad
establish . the home
economic -industrial arts
classrooms.
• Brussels trustee Donald
McDonald -noted that it may
not be possible for the board
to transfer that capital as
easily as. that. He said the
ministry might simply keep
the money1f.and-give the
Huron board. only egough for
five buses.
Wingham trustee Jack
Alexander said it appeared
as though the six buses due
-for_ replacement , were "let
go" by. the board's tran-
sportation department so
that by the time they are due
to be taken off the road they
are "shot." Alexander
suggested that by taking
better care of the vehicles
the board may get more
_mileage from them. . .
Elliott said that some of
the- buses may indeed be
scrap but felt sure some
should not be replaced. He
said there may be four buses
due for replacement and two
that could be kept on the job,
saving the board the cost of
two new vehicles:He said in
the past two years three of
the buses the board has
replaced have been put back
into service. by bus con-
tractors.
The board tenders for the
sale of the vehicles. a con-
,Wctor buys them and keeps
1Tlem on the road to transport
students under a contract
with the board.
The chairman said two
years age. two of the six
buses the board sold were
put back on the road'by
contractoQrs and this year one
of the Mises was put back in
service He- suggested that
the board consider the policy
before it automatically
agrees to it. .
Seaforth trustee John
Henderson felt that' a delay
could put the board in a
financialdilemma it faces in
other areas. Henderson said
if the board "lays off a. year
or two it may be facing the
same problem it is in
replacing equipment in
technical classrooms in the
county high schools." He
said the board could not
afford to "keep up to the
situation to avoid facing a
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HATS ARE FUN - Students of'the Hensall nursery school visited the Hensoll fire haii'Thurs-
doYry'n Trying on fire hats with the help of fireman Gary.•Maxwell are Thomas Scotchmer, Garry
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lmanse and Mervyn Gass ,
Centre committees
set final accolades
The final public
acknowledgement was given
the various area residents
who served on the corn-
►nittees responsible for the
completion of the South
Huron ret centre. Monday '
They were guests of thy
councils of Exeter. Stephen
and Usborne at a banquet rn
the rer centre. •an event
Which also included 'Exeter
council's annual fete for the
residents who serve on
various boards ;and tom
mit tees inthe c•Aiimunify
\o one can deny t.w the
energy':and enthusiasm you
gave to make this building a
reality commented Ex-
eter \layor Bruce Shaw
chairman for the evening
He said the completion of
the facility rook the effort of
i great matt- hut the 24 peo-
ple who were recognized at
the banquet deser:v-e
special credit.' .
':This is a final thank you
to :all those who took part
and it includes everyone in
this building and also all the
residents of Exeter.
t"shorne,and Stephen.'" said
the rec. centre committee
chairman John Stephens
Each,of the 24 w .1, oven a
framed replica of the plaque
which hears their names and
is located in the foyer of the
tee centre The cost of the
awards was unde.written hr
Dashwood (ndustrie- the
Major contributors to the
Crash victim
paralyzed
A careless driving charge
against an. itt-rear-old St
Thomas woman was with-
drawn in Exeter court this
week in view of the fact skti
is still in University Hospital
and totally paralyze J '
Cheryl A Williams was
driving a small car north on
Highway 4 on September 2
when it went out of control
and caught fire in the west
ditch.
. Three Other passengers
were injured and the Exeter
fire department assisted. in
extinguishing the flames
Ms. Williams was tossed
frotn the wreckage and
ended up in a nearby field
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OIL HONORS WORKERS -- the 24 area residents who served on the various committees in-
volved in the erection of the South Huron rec centre were honored at a municipal b iquen
staged by Exeter, Usborne and Stephen at the rec centre, Monday. Dashwood lndustfibs, the
top donors for the fund. donated speciol plaques to the committee members and Dil vice-
president Gerry Parsons is shown presenting one to general choirmon John Stephens, right,.
while Mayor Bruce Show looks on. Stoll photo
rec centre financial' cam
pawn Stephens acknowkedg'
ed
them as ,good corporate
r -it i/e11`..
Ile thanked the three
r„unr al<• for their coopera-
tion and motel that when the
ti,''k• were being chosen to
�n 111e carious cpm-
•ce's those Contacted
.1. ee•nerallY ihr busiest
:rt'o,Ie in town -
'tephens who said he at
found himself getting
,"on, and crust during .
t he con: wgrk.�
•u i i'- Ind he had probahly
.,••,,h- s,,m' e•nen.ies .and 1
h„pr• the wounds have
1 knew that not everyone.
in aasor of the ret cen-
t r'• ',ui*1 holly they all are
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ens who rei•eived a
Plaque from 1)11.
1 ,err- Par-
- ., c,i tai as the
'.sin i . ,tone in the
Oa. c (ruction
1 1 wa' ever asked to
haat another committee of
tin natura . I would select
the ,;tris.+ndiytduals.`
�tcp.hen. replied
In:aclrlitnm to the plaques
?ram DB ?he' committee
members each received a
spe, Lal plaque from the
(Oise cnntributing
municipalities .and these
were presented by Exeter
Deputy -Reeve Don
\last:recur t shorne Reeve
Ball \lrarles and Stephen
Peeve r ecil 1)esjardine
"those recognized were:
.Iohp 'tephens • Clarence
Kine . Micl)onald. Jim
Chapman Murray Dawsiin.
Gerald Dearing. Doug
• Ellison .lack Miller. Arn
\lathers .tack' Tinnev. Ron
}Bogart ('arf ('ann. ,Joanne
Dinner Don (;afser. Frank
(Tiffin. Alberta Gregson:
Louise I'incombe. Lorne
Preszcator. ilob Grant. Bill
• flatten. ,Lim Beckett. John
'tnsler. ,Lim McKinlay. Jack
Underwood and Alvin
Willer(
McKinlay. now an official
with Wintario' was corn -
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