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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-10-13, Page 1•AUTY 411111113. Nowird Mr M WkitIngs Phone 235-1964 Want it for rural areas too Move to bring TY Ontarlo to Huron A task force to gather sup- port to have the TV Ontario network beamed directly in- to Huron County homes will be established. On October Tin Goderich, the southwestern Ontario regional council of TV Ontario heard requests for the net- work frotn interested citizens. In Huron, TV Ontario is available only in the urban centres served by a cable TV system. TV Ontario representative Suzanne Grew told those pre- sent that the Ontario cabinet, through order -in -council, decides where installation or transmitters may be located. Cabinet has recently approv- ed transmitters for the Owen.. A MUDDY FALL — Leigh Rose of Hensall Public School lost her footing after emerging from the corn field In Thursday's area elementary school cross country meet in Exeter. Man hurt, deer.dies inn district collisions An area man sustained ma- jor injuries and a deet was killed in two of the seven col- lisions investigated this week by the Exeter OPP. David Lovie, 32, RR 1 Dashwood, suffered head in- juries after he lost control of his vehicle late Saturday afternoon and crashed into a bridge on concession 22, south of sideroad 10-11 in Stephen Township. He was taken to University Hospital. The deerwas killed last Monday when it ran into the path of a vehicle driven by Judith Jennison, Grand Bend, on the Creditg10411: west S sideroad 14-15 of Stephen. Damage to the car was estimated at $1,000. There were two collisions on Tuesday, the first involv- ing a vehicle driven by Percy Bedard, Zurich, which collid- ed with a parked vehicle own- ed by Service Leasing Co. Toronto. That mishap occur- red on the main street . in Zurich and total damage was set at $700. The other Tuesday crash occurred in front of Dashwood Industries Ltd. on Highway -4 and involved vehicles operated by David McFalls, RR 1 Centralia, and Eric Switzer, Clinton. Damage was $750. On Wednesday, vehicles driven by David Shean, RR 1 St. Pauls, and Laura Bender, RR 2 Hensall, collided on Highway 4 .in Hensall with resulting damage of $2,000. Vehicles operated by August Gregus, RR 3 Exeter, and Mitchell Allen, Huron Park, collided on Highway 83 at Huron Road 11 on Satur- day. Damage in tie@►t one was ,set at SLOW. , - The lone collision to mar Thanksgiving day occurred on Highway 4 about three km. north of Exeter. Drivers in- volved included Mary Dougall, RR 3 Exeter; Thomas Savage, Exeter; and Jospeh Deitrich, RR 1 Mildmay, as well as an unknown vehicle which left the scene. Damage to the vehicles was listed at $1,100. REMOTE CONTROL — Ken Baker of Exeter was one of the model boat enthusiasts in action of the Exeter dam, Sunday afternoon. Schwartzentruber photo Saved and Mtnkoka arms. By the new Year, 93 per Fent of the province will have TV On- tario without the aid of a cable system. Regional council chairman George. Briggs of Owen Sound said a grates roots m- paign" was implementeq In his area several years ego Fetters were written to the local members of parliament and the Ontario cabinet. "It paid off; they heard or Two resign organization The Board of Directors of South ' Huron Big Brothers/Big Sisters Associa- tion Chet on October 6. At this meeting, the resignations from the board of John Wuerth and Marshall Dearing were regretfully ac - For many years, both gen emen have contributed generously of their time and energy to the success of the Big Brothers organization In Exeter. ' Two little brothers from Grand Bend were accepted for matching. There is a need of big brothers in Grand Bend; Kirkton, "Dashwood and Zurich. The newsletter, Reaching Out, will be published three times a year - the first weeks of November, February and, June. The board will be using the fine facilities of Arc In- dustries for this purpose. Sandi Bergmann chairs the program committee and with the melilbers of that commit- tee is planning a number of exciting events for the coming months. Cross -gender matching is a topic being considered across Canada. Members discussed the pros and cons at the meeting and the consensus of opinion was that they would permit cross -gender mat- ching in specific cases. Have you ever thought about being a Big Brother or a Big Sister? We are listed in the Exeter section of the. phone book. No insurance pays $500fitie A Zurich area woman was fined 8500 after pleadingguil- ty to a charge of permitting a motor vehicle to be driven without proof of insurance in Exeter court, Tuesday: Barbara E. Charlton, RR 2 Zurich, was given the fine by Justice of the Peace D.W. Wedlake. She was given five months in which to pay the fine. The woman had been charged on September 19. William E. MacKenzie, Agincourt, was fined 828 after being found guilty on a charge of following another vehicle too closely on October 3. The vehicle he was following on that date was driven by an OPP Constable. Mr. Wedlake reserved his decision on the only other case heard in Tuesday's ses- sion. Jody G. Durand, RR 2 Zurich, was charged with careless driving on August 1 after hitting a hydro pole. In this week's court, presid- ed over by Judge W.G. Cochrane, an Exeter man was fined 8300 or 30 days after. pleading guilty to driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit of 80 mg. Loyd R. Schwartzen- truber pleaded guilty to the charge laid on September 29. He had been stopped by police for driving with only one headlight and a breathalizer test. showed a reading of 200 mg. Whelan says Iong.term outlook remains bright The long term outlook for Canadian agriculture is bright according to federal Minister of Agriculture Eugene Whelan. Whelan speaking at the of- ficial opening of the New Life Mills plant at Denfield said by the year 2000 world population will be up by about 50 percent to six billion. He Continued, "We in the agriculture industry will be facing our biggest challenge ever to feed this increased population. The effective de- mand is also rising along with higher per -capita income especially in the oil rich and hewly industrialized countries. Right now there are prime opportunities to export more Canadian agri-food products to oil rich nations, to the EEC, Japan, China and South Korea. Let's try to keep that bright future in mind as we look at the immediate pro- blem we face with over- production and depressed prices for coarse grains and oilseeds. Huge crops, large car- ryovers and a weak interna- tional market caused by depressed economics all add up to difficulties for the pro- ducer. Some people say it could take as long as three years before the supply - demand equation improved." Whelan predicted for the coming crop year an average Chatham corn price of $103 to 8113 per tonne, down from last year's average of 8116. The agriculture minister suggested soybean production would maintain its, momen- tum next year as growers will take a less beating in 1982 as they will on corn. Whelan went on to say, "On the demand side, overall utilization of feed will in- crease slightly for poultry and beef, but I expect a big in- crease in the number of hogs that are going to be produced in 1983. Right now the hog -corn ratio is up around the 30 to one mark, compared with twenty to one a year ago. Anything over 25 is quite profitable. Middlesex county which in- creased hog production by 86 percent in the past five years will certainly cash in on some of these profits. I must say that I've got mixed feelings about this. Our hog production stayed up when Amercian production dropped, and we are reaping the benefits of that now. But Please turn to page 3 voices," staid Briggs. Huron Board of Education trustee Bert Morin of WJngham said that as tax- payers, the citizens of Huron have a right to see the net- work's , programs. Another Huron resident said she "felt cheated" because she couldn't get TV Ontario. When asked how much It would cost to have a transmit- ter put in Huron County, Ms. Grew ,estimated the, cost at one to two million dollars. This figure would include the cost o purchasing the land, buying and installing the equipment. She also sug- gested transmitter of Emitter installed outsidwould have a 30 -mile radius. Ms. Grew. pointed out that no engineering study has been done in the county and this would have to be done before the transmitter is installed. Coun. Elsie Hayden of Goderich suggested Bruce McCaffrey, minister of Citizenship and Culture, be petitioned. Regional coun- cillor for Huron County, Dave Bieman of Exeter told Coun. Hayden that she could write a letter to Mr. McCaffrey. Mr. Briggs noted that personal letters from individuals and organizations Are given more consideration by government than petitions. The idea of a task force was suggested by Mr. Bieman. Chief librarian of the Huron County library system William Partridge, offered the use of the libraries to house the petitions. The task force will be seek- ing interested persons to assist its campaign. Letters will be written to Huron - Bruce MPP Murray Elston and to Huron Middlesex MPP Jack Kiddel indicating people in Huron want TV Ontario. Letters will also be sent to Mr. McCaffrey and the Ontario cabinet. Stephen reeve quits, deputy seeking .post There will be at least one new face on Stephen township council after municipal elec- tions this fall. • Doug Russell who has com- pleted two years as reeve has announced his intentions to retire. ' Present deputy -reeve Allan Walper will be moving up and will be nominated for the reeve's -position. The three current coun- cillors have indicated they will be stadding for re- election, but, have not said for which position. They are Ken- neth McCann, Ralph Weber and Tom Tomes. Township office personnel said Friday afternoon that nomination papers had been obtained by Tony Martens who is a resident of Lot 8, Con- cession 13. It is also expected one representativefor couticiludll be forthcoming from Grand Coves Estates which in located in Stephen at the nor- therly edge of Grand Bend. ' E STALK JACK CLIMBED — Jack and his famousfairy tale bean stalk do not have much on Trudy Von Wieren and her fast growing castor beans. Mrs. Van Wieren of RR 1, Hensall is shown with her eight foot plant. T -A photo One Hundred and Tenth Year voca & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETEit, OhiTARIO, October 13,1982 Price Per Copy 50 Cants Dashwood amalgamates Dashwood Industrie: has announced the completion of an agreement to merge its British Columbian wood win- dow operations with Kayline Industries of Vancouver. M.G. Shurety, president of Dashwood, said the merged operations will trade through a new company called Dashwood-Kayline Induetries ,leld:. sW ... :„ Shurety explained the merger affects Dashwood's B.C. wood window and door operations only. Dashwood's B.C. Wescraft aluminum operations and Dashwood's operations in other provinces will continue to operate separately. Prior to the merger, Dashwood was the largest manufacturer of wood win- dows and doors in B.C. and Kayline was the second largest. Thus the combination of the two operations creates an ex- ceptionally well equipped manufacturer with the advan- tage of larger production runs, a wide range of well established products and a strong sales force and . distribution network. The merger provides a means of sharing costs and overheads during the present depressed market conditions and also offers tremendous growth prospects when the housing market recovers. Shurety said the merger agreement was signed on Oc- tober 1 and the integration of people and facilities will take place over the coming weeks and be epmpleted by January 1. Victor Stusiak of Kayline will be president and chief ex- ecutive officer of Dashwood- Kayline and liaison with Dashwood's other operations will be handled by Tom Duf- fy, vice-president of Dashwood Industries. Duffy previously lived in Hensall. A PARADE WINNER — Matthew Johnson was a second prize winner in the horse and rider category in Saturday's Ilderton Fair parade. Holding his prized animal is his mother Barbarba. ' T -A photo No tampering here Tylenol not on shelves Local reaction to the Extra Strength Tylenol horror story in the U.S., where seven peo- ple have died after unknow- ingly taking tablets of the pain killer that some mad- man had laced with cyanide, has been muted. Speaking from the Exeter Pharmacy, Bill Huntley said one customer had returned a bottle and requested that it be destroyed. A few phone calls had also been received. The Exeter pharmacists have assured customers that all Extra Strength Tylenol sold in Canada is manufactured in Stouffville, Ontario, and is not out on the shelf where so- meone could tamper with it. Almost two years ago On- tario passed a law requiring that Tylenol, and many other products, be kept behind the counter, available only on request. W. McLaren at Harwood Pharmacy in Grand Bend said several packages of Tylenol had been sold in that store since the tragic events south of the border. He was surprised the manufacturers, Johnson and Johnson, seem- ed unaware of the Ontario law when they issued a Canada - wide call requesting Phar- , macies to remove the drug from open shelves. McLaren said the regula- tions stipulated any product OPEN DENFIELD MILL - Canada's Minister of Agriculture Eugene Whelan opened the New Life Mills plant at Denfield, Thursday afternoon. Shown above with Whelan are Parish and Heimbecker president Herb Heimbecker, New life president Cec Mayer and London township reeve Fred Lewis. which could cause harm if taken improperly must be re- quested at the drug counter, to enable the pharmacist to explain how it should be used. Other medications containing fluoride, some vitamins and backache remedies, and sinutabs are included. This protects the consumer, and precludes any possibility of unauthorized access. Sam Mirza, proprietor of Radcliffe Pharmacy in Lucan, said he had not sold any Tylenol since the story appeared in the papers, but had had little reaction otherwise. Still negotiating for Hughes assets There's still some hope that the assets of Hughes Colu2n- bia Inc. will be purchased in total by investors interested in carrying on the boat building firm's business in Huron Park. "It's a slow process," com- mented Tim Geary of Yale & Partners, the Toronto firm -r!}BIIled aslvej Wtlen fu -m went I,q n receivers p early this summer. He said negotiations were continuing with interested parties and hoped there may be some news in the next cou- ple of weeks. The receivers have phased out all but one of the 20 former employees who were recalled to complete yachts in pro- gress. That person is serving as a receptionist -bookkeeper at the plant. No date has yet been set ac- cording to Geary for the ap- plication by the former employees to get the back pay, holiday pay and ' severance' pay they claim is owing them. Action has been commenc- ed in the Supreme Court of Ontario by Robert A. Bec- carea, lawyer for the employees. • He is acting for John Ed- ward O'Neill, Lynn Olmsted, Nancy Schwartz, Kelly O'Connor, John Feltham and Darryl Raymond "in their own right and on behalf of all the other employees of Hughes -Columbia •Inc. Named as defendants are Howard Hughes. Mary Hughes and Kathleen Tait. The plaintiffs have issued a claim fora total of 876,143.17 for unpaid wages and ser- vices and the total sum of 860,579.32 for unpaidvacation pay. The writ says "theplaintiffs state there may be further sums owing to them and the other employees but that they have been unable .to obtain from the Receiver -Manager the exact amounts and beg leave to claim further sums owing as they become available." The plaintiffs state that there are four secured creditors, namely, The Tgl o 1 o4Tipit?n Bank ''he Ontario Development Cor- poration, the Whittaker Cor- poration and Outboard Marine Corporation of Canada Limited which are owed the sums of 8808,000, $350,000, -$100,000 and 810,000 respectively. Hold line on stipends Huron County Board of Education trustees will receive 8400 a month for the next three years. At its October 4 meeting. the board decided to keep the honorarium at the' rate set back in February of this year. The executive committee unanimously approved recommending to the board that. the trustee stipend re- main at the $400 level with the chairman receiving 8600 a month. In discussing the recom- mendation the executive com- mittee considered comments made by trustees at the board's September meeting. At that time trustees in- dicated the amount should re- main at the present level. The board also approved a payment of $25 per meeting and expenses for non -board members who are appointed to committees. Director of education John Cochrane said the board currently has only two committees which have non -board members on it. Bean producers say outlook remains dark The outlook for this year's white bean crop is not the brightest, according to Gor- don Hill, chairman of the On- tario White Bean Marketing Board. "We've had some good years, 1982 will not be one of them. The quality of the Ori- tario harvest is not on a par with our US competition". Hill said, explaining the quali- ty of beans in Michigan, Min- nesota and North Dakota is as. good as their 1981 harvest. The Americans did not have the wet weather that has plagued local growers. and though frost in Minnesota and North Dakota lowered the yield. the quantity in much higher this year because of a marked increase in acreage in 1982. Hill went on to say returns for Ontario beans are down dramatically this year. a drop from 848 per bag lastyearto 819 at present. Growers can expect the final payment for last year's crop in late Oc- tober or early November. The records are still being audited, but Hill expects a net return of around 830 per hundredweight. With most of the white leans in Huron now harvested. the marketing hoard faces a dilemma. Although cost of production has riseil, the market is soft, with very few sales to date. The longer the board stores the beans. the more money is lost on storage and interest charges. Hensall Co-op manager Earl Wagner confirmed Hill's statements. Prices are bad; by the time expenses are deducted from the 818.50 ex- port price. producers could net less than 813 per bag under present market condi- tions, Wagner prophesied. There is a . possibility the 811.80 initial payment may also be the one and only payment. Cooks' spokesman Bill Harvey estimates about 95 percent of white beans in Huron have been harvested. The quality is better than last year, with very little colour problem, "just an insignifi- cant amount in the early crop." Harvey estimates On- tario will produce 1.6 million bags in 1982. Lloyd Whitesell at Thomp- sons said the quality of beans has been generally excellent, with few pickers. He mention- ed that for the past few years. the colour has not been the Please turn to page 3 1\