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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-12-24, Page 13VIEWS LOSS - Lucan area auctioneer James "Bud" McIver stands amid the fire damaged items in a building behind Agricultural Information Services on Thames Road W. Fire badly damaged the building and contents early Friday morning before being brought under control by the Exeter_and area fire •, department. e Government guarantees $200;000 Genera/ Homes baked After a recent --series of dramatic downs and ups. the General Home Systems plant in Hensall Will step confidently. into the new _year facing the prospect of a secure future with the'joint announcement by jack Rid- dell Atirftster of Agriculture and Food. and MPP for Huron Middlesex. and•Industry. Trade and Technology Minister Hugh P. O'Neil that the On— tario_ Development .Corporation has approved a guarantee of $200.000 tor the important village industry. A consortium of 12 customer - dealers organized by general manager. Doug Holmes. had put the plant back in business on October 23 under new ownership after it was forced to close and lay off 130 produc- tion workers when the parent L'S WELL BE LATE Due to the NeW Year's holiday. the Times -Advocate - will arrive at readers' homes one,day later than usual next week. - All deadlines. however, will remain me. The issue will be•printed on ay. December :31 and will be •ered on Thursday, January 2. company ' went into voluntary bankruptcy -and an unsecured creditor had the Hensall facility declared bankrupt at a hearing in London on September 20. "The guarantee will enable the new owners of General Home Systems to secure appropriate bank funding and ensure continuation of the manufac- •turing process in Hensall," said O'Neil The company is•a maior manufac- tures of transportable modular hous- ing units and employs approximate- ly 130 people on average. Information on all financial assistance programs is available from the Ontario Development Cor- poration's Lopdon office at 195 Duf- ferin Avenue. telephone `433-2871. Long distance calls may be made toll free from within the 519 calling area by dialing,1-800-265:4746. Driver fined 5500 over third offence An Exeter area man with two. previous convictions -was fined $500 when he appeared for the third time on a charge of driving when his license was under suspension, Tuesday. Howard. Joseph Kramer. RR 1 Ex- eter, pleaded guilty to the charge before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter court. Kramer was charged .on June 26 SUNSHINY SANTA School Wednesday Brandy Hern. ..4 Santa Claus visited the Sunshine Kids Nursery morning and it shown with Cherisse Knip and T -A photo Ron Denham wins Perth warden seat It look only one secret ballot at an "informal gathering" to decide that Blanshard Reeve Ron Denham would be warden of Perth County'. A month ago. both Warden Denham and Mitchell Reeve Jim Spence declared their intentions to run for the coveted post of warden. However. at the gathering of coun- cillors prior to the official inaugural meeting of county council which No injuries in collisions No injuries were reported in either of the two collisions investigated by the Exeter OPP this week. On Tuesday. vehicles operated by Ronald Snelgrove. RR 1 Lucknow. and Heather Clemens. Kincardine. collided on llighw•ai- -1 in the llensall area Damage was 52.000. The following day: vehicles driven by Joseph Kenda. Zurich. and Debra Chappel RR 1 Woodham. collided On the Kirkton Road. Damage In that one was $1.700. The Exeter OPP remind area residents that holiday driving could pose special problems and remind everyone of the need to drive defen- sively. Among the hazards on the roads are weather conditions and the possibility of drinking drivers The Exeter OPP extend season's greetings to all started at 2 p.m. on December 11. Downie Reeve Calvin Innes said he also wanted to be warden. The Downie reeve said he had only made the decision to run earlier in the week. 'it's an hdnor to be chosen warden." said Reeve Denham in his inauguarl address. The 62 -year-old man plans on being a custodial warden. looking after the county business for a year. but with no list of specific actions. ' "1 am certain we will carry along." he commented, "As far as priorities. i haven't set up any list of these." Ile did say the restoraton of the county court house in downtown Stratford would continue. The refur- bishing of the court house is gearing up for 1987, which will be the 100th an- niversary of the building. The three past wardens for Blan- shard were mentioned by the most re- cent addition to that list. There was John Stephens in 1954, David White in 1964 and Donald Simpson in 1977. He was presented with the warden's chain of office by past warden Oliver McIntosh of Fullarton Township. "111 be as good as a warden as it is possible for me to be," said Warden Denham. Past warden McIntosh was presented with ,a pin from Ormond Pridham- of the past warden's association. Mr. Pridham is former- ly a reeve of F'ullarton. after being stopped in Stephen Township during a- routine police check at 10:00 pm. He was unable to produce a drilyer's license or proof of: insurance for the vehicle, He admitted knowing the licen0 was under suspension for unpaid fines. His two previous convictions were on May 1 and May 25 of last year. He was given four months in which to pay the fine and had his license suspended for a further six months in addition to any current suspension. Robert Ridgewell, 103 James St., Clinton, pleaded guilty to the same charge and was fined $250. It was his 'first offence. He was given three months in which to 'pay and also received a further six-month suspension. The accused told the court he was driving because the owner of the vehi- cle was too drunk to drive. A fine of $189 was levied against Robert J. Docherty, Cambridge, who was tried in absentia for a speeding charge on August 31. He was convicted on the charge of driving his Corvette at a speed of 142 in an 80 km. zone in Usborne Township. ' ' Michael Westelaken, RR 1 Hensall, was fined $125 on a speeding charge from an incident on December?. The court learned that the vehicle driven by the accused -entered the radar zone at 153 km. and slowed to 135. ` Westelaken told the court that the gas pedal stuck on his vehicle as he was overtaking another -vehicle and he had to turn off the engine to get slowed down. - - In the only other case on Tuesday's docket, Jeff William Hoffman, RR 2 Dashwood. was fined $53on a charge. of having liquor while under the legal age. Hoffman, who did not appear, was charged on. August 8 in Stephen Township when a vehicle in which he was a passenger was stopped by Police in a spot check. Ten bottles of beer were found in a cooler in the trunk of the vehicle art_d the accus- ed admitted ownership. He was given 30 days in •which to pay the fine. SNOWMOBILES BANNED A reduction in use of snowmobiles in Pinery Provincial Park over the past five years, as well as budgetary considerations has eliminated the program for the 1985-86 season accor- ding to Park Superintendent Ray Bonenberg. "Only an average of IAO permits were sold to snowmobilers during the entire last three years. This shows minimal demand for the activity." Bonenberg said. "Snowmobiles were usually allowed to use the trails when there was 15 cm or more of snow. The variable snow depth and uncertain trail conditions has historically caus- ed the closure of the park to snowmobiling most of the time anyway.' "The snowmobiles have conflicted with the large number of cross coun- try skiers that use Pinery". said -Park Naturalist Terry Crabe. "Skiing has become extremely popular and at limes ski trails are rim. upon by snowmobiles." Ames dvoc Serving South Huron. North Middlesex December 24, -1985 1 North lambton Since 1173 PagelA THREE BLAZES KEEP LOCAL FIREMEN -BUSY The Exeter and area fire depart- ment had three calls during the past wee(c, two stemming from chimney fires and the other in a storage building in Exeter. The fire -in the storage building own- ed by Agricultural information Ser- vices on Thames Road W. was discovered shortly after 7:00 a.m. on Friday. • Ron Caldwell. Dashwood, mechanic at Exeter Produce and Storage, smelled smoke after arriv- ing at work and on investigation. saw smoke coming from the building. He phoned the fire department and brigade members saved much of the building, although it was heavily damaged on the inside. Clandeboye area auctioneer and antique dealer James "Bud" Mciver hadbeen renting the building for stor age of used furniture. He was unable to put an estimate on the loss of the contents and Fire Chief Gary Middleton did not- have a loss figure on the building. The latter said the building will probably be torn down. Neither -the building nor the contents were insured. Causeof, the blaze is still under investigation. Around 3:00 a.m., Saturday, a chimney fire was -extinguished at the 10 Sherwood Crescent homed Wayne and Sou Chong. Middleton said damage to the house was around $8.000 and included the chimney and some panelling and insulation that had to bepulled down by the firemen to get at the blaze. The other chimney fire was on Wednesday morning at the Osborne residence of Lloyd McCurdy, RR 1 Kirkton. No damage was reported in that fire, which broke out around 8:00 a.m.• SPOTTED BLAZE — Ron Caldwell, right, shows where he saw smoke coming from the building behind AIS•ofi Friday morning. The mechanic of Exeter Produce 8 Storage called the fire department after in- ;vestigoting the odor of smoke he noticed after arriving for workin the neighborhood. Supreme Court rules roup homes are okay The Hon. Mr. Justice O'Brien. in an Ontario Supreme Court hearing. Tuesday. ruled that a proposed group home in the north-east sectiein of Ex- eter does not contradict the town's zoning bylaw, He was presiding at a hearing in London initiated by; 60 residents of Ex- eter who had applied to the court for an interpretation of town bylaw No. 30-1978 and for an injunction restrain- ing the town, from -issuing a budding permit for the construction.of a group home in an institutionally zoned area. The Ilon. Mr. O'Brien ruled that the application for an injunction against the issuing of a building permit was premature and the applicants had presumed too. much. James LeBer - of Lerner & Associates represented the ap- plicants. while Mike Mitchell represented the corporation. ' The court ruled that the cost of the proceedings would .be paid by the applicants. The affidavit presented•to the court was signed onbehalf of the north end residents by' Len Veri, Residents listed as applicants in ad- dition to Veri included: Noel Veri. C. Turner. Pal Turner. Cathy Mugford. Jim Mugford. E.A. Swart man. Larry Wein, W. Davidson, Doris Bell. Art Bell. Bonita Zawalski. Lee Dobbs. George Dobbs. Liz Stephens. Pam DeJong. Tony . DeJong, Marjorie Guenther. Irvin Guenther, Debbie ,.I ;..Ea111111111,"• Sadler. Brad Sadler, Dc!;1'assi ore, David Robinson. Beverly Robinson, Tom Murch. Susan Murch. Dorothy Quinn. James Quinn. Al Horton, Clara . DeVries. Sam DeVries. J. Black. Col- lette Elder. Ellen Trott: Doreen. Raters. Sue Ann Rasenberg. Doreen Prance. Earl Reichert. Faye Reichert. Durk Bakker. Ray f' rayne. Helen Frayne. Paulin 'B. Simmons. W.E. Simmons. Norma ('ockwill, Tom Donohue. J. Eberle, E.Eberle, Dorothy F'inkbeiner.. Lillian Guen- ther. Kathleen Green. William Green. - F'red Hudson. E-velyn Hudson, Margaret Hughes. 'Sebin Kallomadyil. Karen Davison, Murray Davison. Barbara 11'hite. and Trevor Wilson. dik �� .t 1 YOUNGSTERS SEE SANTA The handicapped students at the McCurdy=Huron Hope School enjoyed o Friday visit from Santo and members of the Grand Bend Alhambra Caravan. Students with Santa ore Brion King, Brendon Walker, Becky Pickering and Theresa Brown. At the bock are Alhambra members Martin Stokkemans• Phil Walker, Jim Dalton. Ted Relouw and Cor Vandenberk and school principal Pat Soldan. T -A photo Hay officials pleased - .• Line grana is Hay Township has received a very welcome pre -Christmas gift from the provincial government. A phone call from environment minister Jim Bradley's office officially informed clerk Joan Duchatme that a grant of $770.000 is being provided to financial- ly assist in the building of a pipeline to bring potable from the waterworks at Grand Bend along highway 21 to Drysdale. • The sum represents 74.23 percent of the estimated'1,037.000 cost to build the main trunk line. Ducharme was informed this conforms to govern - $770,000 ment policy pertaining to recreational areas. whereby help is available for main lines. hut not for distribution systems. The estimated total cost of the main trunk and the distribution systems is $2.038.000: Speaking in the absence of Reeve Lionel Wilder. Deputy Reeve Claire Deichert expressed Hay Township ci►uncil's pleasure on receiving the good news. Ile pointed out the fact a water system would attract more year-round residents to the township. provide a broader tax base. and make up for the loss of assessment .when unoccupied houses and unused barns have been torn down ,'Hopefully the line will go ahead without loo much opposition Deichert said. adding that each subdivision will be responsbile for pulling in its own lines. and people presently supplying water through private distribution systems may continue to do so. Area MPI' Jack Riddell. who work- ed hard bothin opposition. and in of- fice for government assistance for the water line. said he was -very happy" about the accomplishment.