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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-01-02, Page 1• • Loo :•• • r.1j )v • Jimaary 2 The new year was welcomed by a severe storin which caused power failures in the area That lasted up to eight hours. An Elginfield gas station was held up and the only attendant was locked in the bathroom while the thief got away with the money. All hourly paid staff at Dashwood Industries were laid off with no date being released for recalls. The home of Gib and Barb Dow was judged the winner in the Alpha Phi Sorority's annual holiday home decorating contest. Blenheim won the `A' Title in Ex- eter's first annual atom hockey tour- nament. New Hamburg took the 'B' title. A DIFFERENT SNOWMAN — A caricature snowman can be seen on the front lawn of Ted and Donna Jones on Marlborough street. The creation was the work of their son Randy, a New York city cartoonist. Shown with Randy is his wife Suzanne. T -A photo Detail winners in merchants' contest Forty-eight area residents won Balsdon, Exeter, $25 certificate, prizes in the Christmas draw spon- Ellison Travel; Mrs. E. Chalmers, sored by Exeter merchants. Exeter, $25 certificate, Big V Winners of the draws are as Drugstore; Charles Ford, RR 3 follows: Zurich, Dinner for Two & Two Donna A. Clarke, RR 1 Glasses of Wine, Good TimeA 'Jean Crediton,Wash, Cut & Blovr di'y, E. SlftipSOIT,'Exeter; $25 Cellifleate;" Rumors Unisex Hair Design; Mrs. D. Something Special; Mrs. Harry Adams, Dashwood, $25 certificate, Walper, Exeter, $25 certificate, Decorators Touch Plus; Dorothy Fisher Pro Hardware; Alice Parsons, RR 1 Hensall, Dinner for Two, Three AAA See; Don Kerslake, RR 3 Ex- eter, $25 certificate, Swartman Fashions; Susan 'Fischer, RR 1 Dashwood, $25 certificate, Ellison Travel; Doris Hackney, Exeter, Din- ner for Two, Golden City Canadian & Chinese Food; Thos. Yellow; Exeter, $25 certificate, Valumart. Clayton Kooy, Huron Park; $25 cer- tificate, Brigitte's Fashions; Bever- ly Toohey, RR 3 Lucan, $50 cer- tificate, Country Flowers, Sharon Dale, RR 4 Clinton, $25 certificate, Feather Tick; Gertrude Hamilton, Exeter, $25 certificate, Gentlemens Choice; Gerald E. Smith, Exeter, $25 certificate, Gentlemens Choice; Beatrice Fleming, Brucefield, $25 certificate, Flower Pedlar; Anne Cann, RR 1 Exeter, $25 certificate, Jacqueline's Specialty Fashions; Kel- ly Talbot, Exeter, One Year Subscription- Times Advocate; Ted Snider, Exeter, $25 certificate, Smyths Shoes; Adeline Ford, Exeter, $20 certificate, Little People; Greta Richard, RR 1 Centralia, $25 cer- tificate, Looking Good; Kathy Coolman, Exeter, $25 certificate, Rumors II. Louise Wein, Crediton, $25 cer- tificate, Russell Electric; Mrs. Jean Noels, Exeter, $25 certificate, Exeter Electric; Kim Murray, Exeter, $25 certificate, RSD Sports Den; Erlma Keller, Exeter, $25 certificate, Exeter District Co-op; Mrs. Henry Hyde, RR 1 Hensall, $25 certificate, Darling's IGA; Larry Black, Exeter, $20 cer- tificate. Sweat Chic; Russell Brown, Exeter. $25 certificate, MacLean's; Mrs. Ken MacLean, liensall, $20 cer- tificate, Gen's Knitting & Sewing Cen- tre; Doris Jeffery, Staffa, $50 cer- tificate, Martens Furniture; Clare O'Rourke, Exeter, $20 certificate, G Please turn to page 3 Stephen permits $5 million At the final meeting of the year 1985, Stephen township council heard their annual report from building of- ficial Arnold McCann. McCann issued 71 building permits for the year 1985 with a value of $5,080,428. Fees collected amounted to $8,418. Council decided not to send a delegate to the Ontario Distribution System. Several changes were made regar- ding appointments made earlier to various township boards and cotnmit- tees. Shirley Preszcator and John Stewart have been added go the Crediton Community Centre Board, Maude Hoffman is an addition to the Dashwood Community Centre Board, Allan Turnbull replaces Allan Walper on the Pinery Cemetery Board Al Hartford will replace Ian Russell on the Stephen Recreation Committee. K.L. MacLean of the Exeter law firm of Raymond and MacLean was named township solicitor. No objection was voiced to a zoning amendment presented by the township of McGillivray. It allows the designation of part of Lot 24, North Boundary Concession to be changed from restricted agriculture to residential. Council will support a resolution from the township of London which calls for the Workmen's Compensa- tion Board to cover volunteer firemen who suffer heart attacks due to stress resulting from fire calls. r. • oc • • r Exeter. lawyer, Peter Raymond, was among those appointed Queen's; Council. January 1 John Remkes, formerly of Exeter, a teacher at Fanshawe College,, was fined $20u tor assault. He was charg- ed with hitting Terry Lewis during t} scuffle nn the picket lines at the college. Business was brisk at lottery outlets in the area as hopefuls purchased tickets fur a chance to win the $10.4 million Lotto 6/49 jackpot. The Grand Valley Harvesters &punt home first prize for the third straight year , from the annual Exeter Hawk. - Tournament. Roy McMurty, a hopeful for the Conservative Party leadership, visited Exeter to meet with delegates from Huron County. The Exeter T -A took on a new ap- pearance as it was changed from a nine column format to a narrower six. Organizers of the Kirkton Garden Party announced the event would not be held after 40 successful years due.° to a lack of getting help for the event. Union employees at Dashwood In- dustries agreed to take areduction in pay. • ' February 13 Sports celebrities at the 12th annual Exeter Sportsman's dinner included pulp racer Jacques Villeneuve, Mike Pahnateer, and Brian Bradley and fJim Sandlak of the London Knights. Cheri Spence was crowned 1985 1 Kirkton-Woodham Snow Queen at the stomal carnival. • Damage totalled $25,000 in ten area • collisions two minor injuries we pCouncil approved a new fast food ,,restaurant for HensaU. The new Sig V Drug Store and the Flower Pedlar were officially opened in Exeter. All eight double and 18 single apart- ; tjtents were officially occupied at the • ;new Grand Bend senior citizen building. . Grand Bend council voted that e year that was not be held this summer. • February 20 Mark Hartman, 33, Bayfield, was killed when he was struck by a vehi- cle on Highway 84 while he was stan- ding by his disabled pickup truck. The accident occurred during heavy snowfall and drifting causing poor visibility. Four area structures collapsed under the weight of rain -soaked snow. These included the roof of the General Coach shed in. Hensen. Kerry Schmidt was crowned queen and Charlene Townsend a princess at a Valentine dance to help celebrate Tuckersmith's 150th birthday. Gordon Johnston was named chair- man of the Ausable-Bayfield Conser- vation Authority replacing John Tinny. The HensaU Post Office took first prize in a contest set up to inform customers of the new Priority Post service. Large crowds attended the Space Odyssey skating carnival sponsored by the Exeter figure sktaing club. February 27 Several Pryde Boulevard residents bad flooded basements caused by the melting of heavy snow buildups. Road budgets for snow removal in the area were quickly used up after heavy snowfalls in January and February. Bill Glover was named the most valuable player in the northern divi- sion of the Western Junior 'D' hockey league. The Exeteer Curling Club Please turn to page 3 imes dvoca Serving South Huron, North Middksex & North lanrbton Since 1173 �a.`::cSak::b'L')-:±r:L:::'.'6�tiCw'Y.Cal2k�N.:'aeYas.2a»:oou�mu% o EXETER, ONTARIO, January 2, 1986 January 22 The two-storey portion of the Darl- • ing's IGA building was demolished. Playhouse mna er finds g vice the new store. Russia land of contrasts Tuckersmith Township started celebrations for their 150th birthday with a curling bonspiel at the Vanastra Curling Club. Approval was given by the Ontario Ministry of Health for plans to build a nursing home in Exeter. The North overpowered the South in the annual Junior 'D' all-star game, 11-2. The Exeter Hawks were represented by Pete Dearing, Bill Glover, Steve Prout and Jeff Rowe. Zurich skater, Lisa Bedard, cap- tured a bronze medal and Cathy Merner placed sixth at a competition in Windsor. Case dealers in Zurich and Brucefield lost their franchises Ina re -organization of the parent company. January 23 A severe snowstorm, which lasted over 48 hours was responsiblefor stranding 70 motorists in Exeter, clos- ing area highways for two days as well as cancelling school and church services in the area. The snowstorm stranded Jill Westman in her Granton home where she gave birth to her son, Matthew Nelson George. Bayfield Boat Yard Ltd; was tt victim of a fire which caused hun- dreds of thousands of dollars in - •rY� . _ Gee n $Ilinchette was iromoted' from principal of St. Boniface pctiatil to implement Huron -Perth Serate School Board's French Immersion program. r ~" Madeline Dalton, RR 2 Grand Bend, was the winner of $100,000 in a Wintario draw. Kirkton area residents, Stanley and Gerald Francis and their wives, Joan and Helen, were given a VIP visit to Ottawa after being robbed during an earlier visit. January 30 The 12th annual Exeter Sport- smen's Dinner neared sell-out this week. A limited number of tickets were still available at this time. A home owned by the Flemings from London was damaged by fire in Southcott Pines, Grand Bend. A balcony to seat 105 people was added to the Huron County Playhouse. Huron Tractor, Exeter, celebrated 25 years in business. The Exeter Pee Wees advanced to the first round of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association playoffs with a win over Lambeth. Gary Birmingham was named ac- ' ting principal of St. Boniface school in Zurich. The bubble used at Dashwood In- dustries for storage of merchafhdise collapsed under heavy snowfall. February 6 The Exeter Pee Wees advanced to the,jjhird round of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association playoffs. An 11 -year old Exeter youth was in- jured after he was knocked down by a huge, falling icicle that weighed almost 70 pounds. The 1985 Heart Fund campaign got underway with a goal of $39,000. Over 100 attended a meeting in Ex- eter to voice opposition to extending the core commercial area. CFPI, farm editor Ross Daily was the guest speaker at a Hensall BIA dinner. 43 'v CLEAN DRIVEWAYS Joining forces to clear driveways on William street Sunday afternoon were Jeff Kerr, Jodi Inson, Scott Inson, Teri Kerr and•Chod Monteith. T -A photo • t No facial or toilet tissue. Magnifi- cent art treasures. No neon signs, no billboards, no outdoor advertising ex- cept for a few Communist slogans. The past lovingly preserved. No fresh fruit. Intense awareness, apprecia- tion and support of national culture. No private homes in a city where a population of over 10,000,000 is hous- ed in flats. Heather Redick is still sorting and sifting myriad impressions and ex- periences into a meaningful montage of a week spent in Moscow and Len- ingrad as a guest of the Russian government. She was one of three • RUSSIAN DOLLS — Heather Redick holds two of the dolls she brought back from Russia after attending a theatre symposium in the USSR. Seven vehicles in area chain reaction Seven vehicles were involved in one of the four collision investigated by the Exeter OPP over the Christmas holiday period. The seven -vehicle pileup occurred on Highway 4 just south of Exeter during a whiteout around 2:00 p.m., Friday. -All the vehicles were south- bound at the time. Drivers involved included Brenda Allen, RR 2 Dashwood; Daniel Bristow, London; Peter Robinson, London; Ronald Hepburn, Wiarton; Robert Love, RR 1 Dorchester; Lorne Kirk -Patrick, London; and Darlene Faber, London Property damage amounted to $12,800 and three of the people involv- ed sustained minor injuries. Around noon on Friday, vehicles driven by Douglas Cooper, RR 3 Ex- eter, and Steven Coates, RR 1 Cen- tralia, collided at the junction of Highway 4 and the Kirkton Road. Damage was listed at $1,400 in that one. The other two collisions occurred on Christmas day, the first at 1:50 p.m., when cars driven by Edward Mac- Donald, RR 3 Goderich, and Song In, Strathroy, collided on Ilighway 4 just south of Exeter. Damage was $5;500. At 6:15 p.m., a vehicle driven by Troy Stewart, Huron•Park, collided with a parked car owned by Denise Tapp, London. It occurred on the Mt. Carmel Road and damage was set at $300. Stewart sustained minor injuries. During the past week, the local detachment officers responded to 36 general occurrences, including five domestic disputes, three thefts involv- ing $900 worth of stolen property, one stolen vehicle, one disturbance in a licensed establishment, one narcotics seizure and issued two 12 -hour license suspensions to drinking drivers. Motorists are remihded that the spat -check program will be in effect over the upcoming New Year's holi- day period. Canadians invited to attend an inter- national theatre symposium in the USSR. The manager of theHuron Country Playhouse joined author -playwright - broadcaster Erica Ritter and the Bar- rie theatre's artistic director James Douglas at Meribel Airport on November 25 for a nine -hour Aerflot flight to Moscow. The three were part of a group of 35 theatre -connected people representing Canada, Spain, Austria and Germany who met with their Ruussian counterparts for for- mal exchanges and discussions, in- terspersed with arranged excursions to famous sites in the two Russian cities. From the time the three stepped out, into a snowy, blowy, -14 Celsius Moscow morning and a warm greeting from a translator and a representative of the Friendship Society until they boarded the first available flight out *seek later, the Canadian trio was'` treated "like royalty". They were ushered through customs like diplomats and driven in a waiting car to the Ukrainia Hotel, preserved like a fly in amber in 1930's plendor. Heather noted that in architectural history is valued and cared for. Byzantine domes and Gothic spires, Doric columns and Vic- torian facades are a graphic record of the many influences that have come and gone over the centuries. "In Russia,historical buildings are prized and preserved; in Canada we tear them down," she said. The formal two-day sy • ium session held in a well -equip • • • con- ference room was very structured, Heather reported. She was one of three women delegates- the third was a Spanish actress -and the only female theatre manager. "I was amazed at how important a person I was," Heather said with a self -mocking laugh. (In the other countries represented, a theatre manageer is given much more authority, and the attendant prestige.) The delegates also toured theatres, met directors and sat in on rehearsals. Theatre in Russia is subsidized by - the state. A child who shows talent is encouraged and assisted in develop- ying it. Training by the best teachers is free. . • - After visiting a number of theatres, Please turn to page 3 TRIAL DATE SET Jpnuary 27 has beet set for the trial of Cornelius Verkerk, 97 Andrew St. N. He will appear in Goderich on that date on a charge of attempting to murder his 73 -year-old wife, Gerrig- je Verkerk. The 77- year-old Exeter man was charged following an incident on Ju- ly 13 when his wife was severely beaten. Verkerk has been released on his own recognizance and has been a pa- • tient in Alexander General and Marine Hospital in Goderich and at Penetanguishene Psychiatric Hospital. t -14 READY TO SLIDE - Getting set to slide down the hills of Morrison Dam Sunday afternoon were Jeff Burton, Tim von Dom and Jamie Cornish. T -A photo r 4