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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-10-07, Page 1Had f,jn, but no b� winners a t have in most centres. Norman Morris who is On- tario Lottery Corporation president and in charge of four lotteries said the response, Wintario gets In smaller Ontario com- munities is very gratifying. Faye Dance and Greg Beresford were the televi- sion announcers for the live show and drawing. They were assisted in pushing the button to put the machines into motion by a number of Exeter and area residents including John Stephens who was chairman of the overall committee responsible for the erection of the South Huron Rec Centre. Morris told the T -A, "It's certainly nice to come back More than 1,100 pp��oott�sss attended. the 216th drawing of Wintarlo at the South Huron Rec Centre in El(eter Thursday night. While no one in the large and enthusiastic crowd Won any large prizes everyone had a good time and spon- soring officials were more than happy with the crowd. Lossy Fuller who was chairman for the joint com- mittee made up of members of the Exeter Lioness club and the South Huron Rec Centre board said her group was very happy with the event. Mrs. Fuller added, "The attendance was more than ,we had hoped for. Spectators came from all over. The whole area supported the venture." The committee had 750 •t. f, r, BOOTS WERE A MUST - Audrey Scott and Janet Heaman of the Lucan area demonstrate that boots were a necessity at the International Plowing Match at Barrie Friday afternoon. SS board won't allow fund raising In an 8-4 vote, the Huron Perth Separate School Board moved to have the schools in its system withdraw tem porarily from the UNICEF program at Hallowe'en. The motion was approved by the board at its Sep- tember 28 meeting, following discussion amongst the trustees. A memorandum from director of education William Eckert will be sent to the principals of the Huron -Perth separate schools, notifying them of the position taken by the board. Mr. Eckert reminded trustees the issue was raised at the board's last meeting after direction was requested by the principals. The approval means the children in the Huron -Perth System will not be carrying UNICEF boxes on Hallowe'en. The withdrawal is on a temporary basis for this year. At the previous meeting of the board, it decided it would waft until the September 28 meeting before making a decision. It was anticipated that Bishop John Michael Sherlock of the London diocese would make an announcement regarding the UNICEF boxes but the announcement was not made. Trustee Jeannette Eyvergen suggested the students could collect money for some mission. She said the children felt they were doing something when they collected the money in the UNICEF boxes. She added that people thought a lot more of the children who carried UNICEF boxes on Hallowe'en. Trustee William Klnahan said he agreed with Trustee Eybergen and said maybe a choice could be offered to the students. Board chairman Ronald Murray said the board's purpose is to educate children, not to collect money on Hallowe'en. "Personally, I don't like to see our kids going out with the boxes," said chairman Murray. Turustee Ernest Van- derschot said the board should leave the question of the UNICEF boxes the way it is. (Previously the decision to allow the UNICEF boxes to be distributed among the schoolchildren was left up to the individual principal.) He said the board was not 1 familiar with how bad the needs of the third world countries are. (UNICEF money aids in the third world) . Wintario tickets for sale at the door and they were all gone long before the televi- sion program started. One Ontario Lottery Cor- poration official said the amount of tickets sold In Ex- eter was larger than they Want bill revised Exeter council this week posed a resolution calling on the provincial govern- ment to table the con- troversial Bill 7, which is an act to revise and extend protection of human rights In Ontario. The resolution, which had been drafted by Councillor Jay Campbell, noted that Exeter strongly supports the principle of the bill which assists in assuring all citizens equal rights, but that some of the clauses of the bill appear to deny such basic rights as representation by legal counsel, search and seizure requiring a warrant and trial by judge and jury. The resolution asks that the bill be tabled until it can be re -written to ensure protection of the basic rights noted above. The action was taken following a letter from local Businessman Jim Ross who suggested the bill was a serious erosion of rights. He has termed the bill "legistation of terror". The bill has also been attacked from many other sources, even members of the provincial government. A copy of the town's resolution will be sent to MPP Jack Riddell, Premier William Davis and labor minister Bob Elgie who drafted the legislation. Project still little short The committee in charge of the Exeter community park redevelopment project needs another $17,500 to reach the break-even point on the work undertaken to date. "We're not doing too badly," commented chair- man Don Cameron in outlin- ing the project to date, ad- ding that he remains op- timistic that the balance of funds will be raised. He explained that the pro- ject to date has cost $111,500 and revenue has reached $63,000 in donations and grants received and another $31,000 in grants is expected when the final bills are sub- mitted. The work completed in- cludes the erection of the new agricultural building, two new ball diamonds, lights for one of the new diamonds, drainage of the grounds and removal of the old grandstand. Cameron said the com- mittee would now evaluate their position to determine where they go from here. Work that has been includ- ed in the current phase and not yet undertaken includes drainage of the area south of the old grandstand, con- struction of a concession booth and washroom facili- ty, renovations to the tennis court and the establishment of a soccer pitch east of the tennis court. Cameron indicated that a ist of donors would be published in the next week or two. WE'LL BE LATE Due to Thanksgiving, Mon- day, The Exeter Times - Advocate will be published one day later than usual next week. It will be printed Wednesday night for Thurs- day morning delivery. Advertising deadlines will be extended to Tuesday. The display advertising deadline will be 2 p.m. and the deadline for classified advertisements will be 4:00 p.m. "I will not vote for the motion," said Trustee Va ndersc hot. Trustee John O'Leary asked it if was left up to the principals would It be mandatory for the children to take the UNICEF boxes. "Not now, not ever," said director of education Eckert. He said the decision had been left up to the individual child. to a facility that has been partially funded by Wintario funds." About a half million dollars came from Wintario to assist in building the Rec Centre. The•e-television enter- tainmel$ provided by local talent as enjoyed by the large crowd. Father Joe Nelligan of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church was the master of ceremonies and kept the crowd on their toes with his wit and humour. Featured were Julie Easterbrook, John A. Wurm and the Country Caravan, Nancy Van Bruwaene and Jane Pollock, the Country Cowgirls and the Whiskey - Jack Music Company. The entertainers provided their talent free of charge. Mr. Morris of Wintario presented a plaque to the Exeter committee. It was accepted by Lossy Fuller and Jerry MacLean, chair- man of the Rec Centre board. Marion Knowles is president of the Lioness club. The proceeds from the sale of admission tickets will be split between the Lioness club and Rec Centre board. Committee treasurer Carolyn Merner said Mon- day that returns from area outlets had not yet been received. The committee also gets eight cents for each Wintario ticket sold at the door. WINTARIO PRESENTS PLAQUE - At Thursday's Wintario draw in Exeter atthe_Soou_hh t Huron Rec Centre, Ontario Lottery Corporation president Norman Morris presented a Win- tario plaque to lioness lossy Fuller whc was chairman of the local committee and South Huron Rec Centre board chairman Jerry Maclean. T -A photo • Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex S. vocat & North Lambton Since 1873 One Hundred and Ninth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 7, 1981 Six others escape uninjured in Elimville incident Lucan youth drowns A popular Lucan area athlete, Bradley DeGraw, drowned in a freak accident in Usborne Township around 8:30 p.m., Thursday. The 17 -year-old was driving a car with six other young people from the Lucan area, when the vehicle went out of control on concession 6-7 just north of Elimville and rolled over onto its roof in a creek. The other six people managed to get out of the ILDERTON PAIR OFFICIALS - Following Saturday's official opening of the Ilderton Fair. president Dr. Lloyd Hall chats with Queen Annette Straatman and ladies president Lois Douglas. T -A photo Set priorities for road and sewer programs Exeter Council have ap- proved in principle the priority for road and storm drain projects for 1982, but it won't be known until budget time next year how much of the work will actually be un- dertaken. Given top priority was a bridge on Marlborough St. just south of John. Itis re- quired to set the stage for the next two items on the list. reconstruction of Marlborough from Wellington to Victoria and from Huron to Ann. Total cost of the bridge, which is an extension of the culvert now in existence, is $30.000. while the two por- tions slated for reconstruc- tion have been estimated at $84.714. Next on the list is a storm drain on Huron St. and Mill St. west of the CNR tracks. Estimated cost of that is $100.000. CREDITON UONS OET CHARTER -The newly formed Crediton Lions club received its charter Saturday night. From the left are past president Earl Wagner of the sponsoring Exeter Lions, past district Governor Warren Wicks, district Governor Jim Baird, Crediton Lions president-elect Norm Eveland and charter nioht chairman Charles Browning Sr. T -A photo Seven streets have been tagged for a topping of asphalt at a total estimate of $52.000. These include John from Andrew to Edward, James from Andrew to Albert. Albert from John to Sanders. Edward from James to Huron, Simcoe Says hike too much Exeter Councillor Gaylen Josephson this week questioned the amount of in- crease that has been ap- proved by the South Huron rec centre board of manage- ment for the ice time rented by minor sports groups. Josephson said the 22 per- cent increase in ice rates "is possibly a bit much". He said he hoped the in- crease was not related to a suggestion that ad- ministrator I)on Gravett had been hired on the basis of getting paid a bonus if the rec centre showed less deficit this year than previously. Mayor Bruce Shaw said the suggestion of Gravett getting a bonus for cutting the deficit was neither here nor there in the matter of ice rental rates as those were set by the hoard. He also advised that ice rental rates had not been in- creased for minor sports in recent years and Josephson said that was inaccurate and listed (he increases that had been made in each of the past four years, starting from a figure of $18 per hour. The current rate is $27.50. Shaw said the board's ac - frons Main to Edward and Victoria from Carling to the Co -Op. Works committee chair- man Don MacGregor also advised there would be a special effort made to replace about three times as much sidewalk next year as has been the case in recent years Council learned from Councillor Tom Humphreys that there are 27 miles of sidewalk in town and works superintendent Glenn Kells noted that in the past. less than one mile has been replaced in most years and this is setting the stage for a situation where the pace of replacement of sidewalk is far below the life expectancy of that sidewalk. Kells. in reply to a ques- tion from finance chairman Bill Mickle. noted that all the road and storm drain projects would be eligible for grants of 50 percent from the ministry of transporta- tion and communication. with the exception of the Marlborough St. bridge. it would he eligible for a grant of 80 percent. He predicted that the ministry will probably grant up to $100.000 to Exeter next year. and that any work over the grant total, would have to be paid entirely from town finances. The roads committee also recommended that the ministry be advised that a portion of Main St. should be e-surfacednext year under he connecting link agree- ment. The portion listed is rom Waterloo to Huron and MacGregor explained this iece of the road had been one four or five years efore the balance of the treet and it was in poor hape. Please turn to page 3 r p d tual cost for maintaining ice b at the centre is $48 per hour s and minor sports were being s subsidized the difference. cam Price Per Copy 40 cents in car crash vehicle without injury. Damage was listed at $1,000. An autopsy performed at Stratford General Hospital revealed that DeGraw drowned and coroner Dr. Charles Wallace, Zurich, has indicated there will probably not be an inquest. Escaping the accident without injury were Peter Zierhofer , RR 4 Denfield; Ken Noddle, RR 2 Ailsa Craig; Darryl Denomme, RR 1 Arva; Terry Horne, London; David Husson, London; and Frank Quinn, Lucan. An obituary notice for DeGraw appears elsewhere. He was a member of the Medway High School football team and the game scheduled for the squad on Friday was postponed in view of the tragedy. DeGraw also played for the Lucan Irish junior hockey team. The accident was one of seven investigated this week by the Exeter OPP and all but one involved only one vehicle. On Monday, a vehicle driven by Thomas Ducharme, Exeter, and a Charterways school bus operated by Aldeen Skinner, RR 2, Centralia, collided near the Usborne Central School. There were no school children on the bus at the time and damage was estimated at 83,000. There were two collisions on Tuesday, the first oc- curring when a vehicle driven by Roger McKnight, RR 6 Goderich, struck Don's Food Market in Hensall and a guard rail on Highway 84. Damage was listed at 82,300. In the second Tuesday collision, a vehicle driven by Ronald Masse, Zurich, went into the ditch four miles south of Exeter, with the driver sustaining minor injuries. On Saturday, a vehicle driven by Steven Francis, RR 1, Kirkton, went out of control on concession 10-11 of Usborne west of Highway 83 and struck a fence and ditch. The driver suffered minor injuries and damage was listed at $2,100. There were two collisions on Sunday, the first oc- curring when a vehicle operated by Scott Darling, RR 3 Dashwood, went out of control on Highway 81 west of Middlesex Road 5, hit a culvert and slid into a storage shed in a field. Damage to his 1974 Cor- vette was set at $8,000 and there was 81,000 damage to the building owned by Orval Truemner, RR 3 Parkhill. The final collision was on Highway 81 south-east of Grand Bend. A vehicle driven by David Smith, London, went out of control on a curve and ended up in the ditch. Damage was $400. Stop, look, listen Most prudent drivers stop at railway crossings when a train is approaching. However. motorists in Ex- eter may have to stop even if there is no train as they ap- proach the CNR crossing at Huron St. W. The town's roads corn- mittee this week recommended that stop signs be erected at the cross- ing. although no one could answer a question from Councillor Gaylan Josephson if the plan was to slow traf- fic in general on Huron St. or to actually stop to look for trains. He said if it was a matter of stopping to look for ap- proaching trains. he was in disagreement with the philosophy. Deputy -Reeve Alvin Epp said he made the suggestion of the stop signs after a trip to B.C. this summer when he noted that there were stop signs at all level crossings on concession roads. The matter was finally returned to the committee for further study with Coun- cillor Bill Mickle noting it may not even be legal under existing provincial law. GETS WINTARIO AUTOGRAPH • Andy lerikos wos one of the many Exeter and area youngsters getting autographs from Faye Donce and Greg Beresford following Thursday's Wintario draw in Exeter. T•A photo Municipalities must pay Okay four instalments The education requisition for the Huron County Board of Education will be collected in four instalments from the municipalities effective January 1, 1982. In a recommendation from the administration and approved by the board, the monies will be collected in the following manner, 25 percent of the total 1981 education levy for each municipality will be due on March 31, 1982, 50 percent of the 1982 education levy, decreased by the amount paid on March 31, will be due on June 30, 1982, 25 percent of the 1982 education levy will be due on September 30, 1982, and 25 percent of the 1982 amount will be due on December 15, 1982• Each municipality in the county will be notified of the change from two in- stallments per year to four payments per year, before October 31. In director of education John Cochrane's report, projected savings of $80,217.20 could be realized through quarterly payments. Trustee Murray Mulvey representing the Townships of Howick and Turnberry and the Town of Wingham said the taxpayers will still have to pay, whether the school hoard pays less or the municipalities pay less. He said it would be a hardship on the rural municipalities. Trustee Dr. J.C. Goddard of the Township of Hay and the Villages of Hensall and Zurich said as school trustees it is their duty to run the school board economically. The topic of quarterly payments versus semi- annual payments had been discussed earlier in the year by the board, and at that time it was suggested it be considered again in the fall. in other business, the board: Approved implementing a special education advisory committee consisting of Trustees Goddard, Jean Adams, and Dennis Rau, and non-members of the board from the Goderich, South Huron, and Wingham Associationsfor the Mentally Retarded and the Huron - Perth Association for Parents of Handicapped Children.