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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-01-22, Page 3i Two area nienget.11 sat.ne.s . Judge Hunter said he was sentenc- ing the accused to jail because of his extensive record of break and enters. At Tuesday's court session, it was revealed that McNair had repaid the Exeter firm for $107 in damage caus- ed to their building and that he is abs- taining from alcohol consumption which has been a problem for him in the past. It was also explained he was assisting in the support of his sister and her two children. Horner received a 21 -day jail term after pleading guilty to a charge of impaired driving laid on November 8 after a policeman spotted his pickup Two jail sentences and four $500 fines were handed out by Judge Gary Hunter in Exeter court, Tuesday. Given the jail sentences were John Dayid McNair, 307 Algonquin Drive, Huron Park, and Michael William Homier, 11 King St., Crediton. McNair, who appeared for senten- cing after previously pleading to a break and enter at Smith Peat Roof- ing op October 25, was given nine months in jail. The court learned that the 30 -year- old had served several jail sentences in the past for a variety of offences, many of them break and enters. being driven in an erratic manner on the Crediton Road around 2:00 a.m. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 270 mgs. The court was told the 30 -year-old man had two previous convictions on drinking and driving offences, the most recent being April 23 of this year for which he was fined $1,000 or three months. Judge Hunter ruled that Horner could serve the jail term on an inter- mittent basis from 9:00 p.m. on Fri- day through to 7:00 a.m. on Monday. The $500 fines, or 25 days in jail, were handed out to four men who ap- S- VETERAN FAIR OFFICIAL SPEAKS — Hugh Filson of Ilderton, a former president of Western Fair in London was the guest speaker at Friday's Exeter Agricultural Society annual meeting. From the left are Filson, District eight homecraft president Alieda Murray, Dolores Shapton, second vice-president of the Homecraft section of the Ontario Society and local president Ray Cann. T -A photo Agriculture Society told to get youth involved "New ideas each year and the in- flux of young people in your organiza- tion will help in making your fair more successful each year. Juniors will build your fair." Those were the words of Ilderton area auctioneer and fall fair official Hugh Filson as guest speaker at Fri- day's annual meeting of the Exeter Agriculture Society. Filson, a former president of the Western Fair Association continued, "Many fairs do not bring young 4-H people in quickly enough. To these young people I say, take hold of the opportunity, but, also listen to your elders." He compared fair work to riding a bicycle saying, "If you stop pedalling, Middlesex officials quit Three senior administrators of the Middlesex County Board of Education will retire when the present school year ends on June 30. They are David McIntosh and Jack Roper, both of whom are Superintendents of Schools, and Carl Young, who is Superinten- dent of Personnel. Before corning to Middlesex Coun- ty in 1969 as an Area Superintendent, McIntosh was a Master at Stratford Teachers' College. He was appointed Superintendent of Schools in 1977. Before coming to Middlesex Coun- ty in 1969 as Superintendent of In- struction, Roper was Principal of Grantham High School at St. Catharines. Ile was appointed Superintendent of Schools in 1977. Referring to the pending retirements, Education Director Stewart praised the contributions of the three supervisory officers. "Their leaving will result in a tremendous loss to the system, especially when the retirements all occur at one time," said Toll. Board chairman Gerald Reycraft; in extending appreciation to the retirees, commented on the dedica- tion and commitment of the three senior employees. "They will be miss- ed," he said, adding that the Board is "facing a major task in selecting wor- thy successors." 1 you don't go anywhere. It's as simple as that. You must keep pedalling to get the work done." Talking about fair prize lists, Filson said, "We are all guilty of this of not keeping our prizes in line with the economy. It costs two or three dollars to make a pie and we offer prizes as low as one dollar. We should take a close look at our prize List generally." Pet shows at the Western and Ilder- ton fairs are very popular and Filson .said attractions such as these are im- portant in attracting the urban visitor to the fair. Filson said he credits his success in life to his start in 4-H work and the help he received from then Middlesex Ag Rep, the late W. K. Riddell. In closing, Filson said "Thanks to the people of Huron for' re-electing Jack Riddell as your member of the legislature. As Minister of Agriculture he is doing an excellent job in trying to getting the business of farming back on even basis." Also speaking were Aleida Murray, District eight Homecraft represen- tative and Dolores Shapton, second vice-president of the Homecraft Divi- sion for the Ontario Agricultural Societies. *Mrs. Murray urged ladies from the Exeter society to attend a homecraft symposium on April 12 at the Crystal Palace in Mitchell. She said the symposium is open to present and future judges and ex- hibitors and anyone interested in fall fairs. Mrs. Shapton talked about the up - LIBRARY FACTS • In 1983, more than 8.6 -million On- •ttario residents were served by 1,710 public library service points, in- cluding libraries, bookmobile stations and deposit stations. • The Ontario Public Library net- work circulated nearly 65 -million books and materials in 1983, approx- imately 7.5 items for each man, woman and child in the province. • More than one million 'new volumes were added to the Ontario Public I,ihrary network in 1983, bring- ing the total number of volumes to 2.3.8 -million. or approximately three books for each Ontarian. coming Ontario convention which will be held in Toronto on February 19 and 20. She reported on the convention theme of "Sharing Our Successes" and would be chaired by Norma Thompson, president of the Homecraft Division and the first woman to handle that position. Queens representing 120 fall fairs in Ontario will also compete at the convention. Cheryl DeBoer, Exeter Fair Queen for 1985 attended the meeting and said she was looking forward to the con- vention and competing against the other local queens. A letter was read from Huron Family Services director John Penn thanking the local fair board for the donation of proceeds from the baking and eggs sale at the fair which were donated to the Hurem -ChristmaS Bureau. He said more than 3Q0 families across the country received assistance at Christmas time. Ray Cann is the new president replacing Gordon Jones who has just completed a two year term. Vice- presidents are Adriaan Brand and Allan Powe. Gwen Coward continues as secretary -treasurer. The directors in addition to the aforementioned ex- ecutive are Barb Passmore, Jan Hayward, Donald Dearing, Bill Dickey, Robert Hern, Tom Hern, Bob Heywood, Helen Hodgert, Elson Lynn, Gordon Jones, John Morgan, Cliff Pepper, Roy Pepper, Doris Weigand and Bob Tindall. - Junior directors are Elaine Pym, Cheryl Stewart, Cliff Hicks, Rob Essery and Allan Kenning. Barb Passmore is president of the Homecraft Division, formerly known as the ladies section. Vice-presidents are Cathy Seip and Linda Johns and Maxine Sereda is secretary. Doris Weigand will head up the school divi- sion as president and Ruth Ann Negri- jn is vice-president. Following tradition of recent years, the 1986 Exeter Fall Fair scheduled for September 19, 20 and 21 will be featured by a "Focus on Beans". Special competitions and special classes will be provided for beans of any kind, whether they be white, red, kidney, string, soya or any other variety. ANNOUNCEMENT The Partners of KIME, DITCHFIELD, MILLS, a. DUNLOP Chartered Accountants are pleased to announce the opening of their professional office at 347 Main Street Exeter, Ontario NOM 1S0 (519) 235-0345 Kime, Ditchfield, Mills & Dunlop, Chartered Accountants pro- vide to individuals and small and medium sized businesses the following professional services. Auditing and Accounting Tax and Estate Planning Personal Financial Planning Farm Accounting and Budgeting Municipal Auditing and Accounting Computer Acquisition and Installation Management Consulting Services Budgeting and Cash Management The firm has been practicing in London since 1934. 312 Queens Ave. 347 Main Street London, Ontario Exeter, Ontario (519)679-8550 (519)235-0345 Liberal task force coming The federal Liberal's agriculture task force will be in Iluron County on Thursday, January 30 for a morning session. Headed up by MP Maurice Foster ( Algoma ), the federal Liberal caucus spokesman for agriculture, the task force will hear presentations from the general public from 9:30 a.m. until noon at the Legion Hall in Wingham. The Wingham stop is one of 10 places across Ontario that the task force will visit the last week in .January. The group will start in Finch, Monday morning and end up in Renfrew on the Friday night. "Our task force held a series of very successful meetings in the four western provinces during November. The presentations made to the task force by approximately 100 witnesses will help our caucus members in the (louse of Commons as well as con- tribute valuable insight to our policy building process," said Dr. Foster. Persons or organizations wishing to make a presentation should contact Bruce McDonald of Mildmay. The members of the task force are MI' Charles Caccia (Davenport), MP Raymond Garneau (Laval des Rapides), MP Don Boudria 4 Glengarry -Prescott -Russel ►, MI' Len Hopkins ( Renfrew-Nipissing- Pemhroke) and Senator Dan Hays of Alberta. Times -Advocate, January 22, 19136 Pbge 3 peared on •drinking and driving charges. They will also receive automatic license suspensions of three months as all the charges stemmed fsom incidents prior to December 21 when lengthier suspen- sions were appy*ved. Entering guilty pleas on the charges were Murray B. Blancher, Parkhill; Joseph M. , Feeney, RR 2 Dublin; Jeffrey D. Oesch, RR 2 Zurich; and Leo Joseph Creces, 46 Goshen St. N., Zurich. Blancher was charged on November 22 after an officer in- vestigated complaints from two motorists about the erratic manner in which a van was being driven in the Crediton area. The van was located around 10:28 p.m. in a parking lot with the accused sleeping behind the steering wheel. A breathalizer gave a reading of 200 mgs. The charge against Feeney arose from an incident on November 23 when he was found sleeping behind the steering wheel of his vehicle in Hensall around 3:00 a.m. A breathalizer gave a reading of 130 mgs. Desch 'was charged on October 15 after his vehicle was spotted weaving through Zurich by a patrolling policeman. He had difficulty walking and a breathalizer test gave a reading of 200 mgs. Creces was charged at 10:45 a.m. on December 6 in Zurich after his vehicle was noticed travelling at a high rate of speed on Highway 84. The accused, who admitted to having an alcohol problem for which he is seek- ing assistance, required three at- tempts to get into his driveway. On the first, the officer reported, the ac- cused almost hit a tree and on the se- cond he almost collided with the police cruiser. Creces admitted to having consum- ed alcohol and a breathalizer test showed a reading of 280 mgs, over three times the legal limit of 80 mgs. The unemployed welder who has five children, was given 90 days in which to pay the fine. A fine of $300 or 15 days was hand- ed out to Earl R. Pfaff, 39 Andrew St., EYceter, who pleaded guilty to the Ju- ly 21 theft of a stereo from a car park- ed in Exeter. He was apprehended at 2:25 a.m. when police arrived to find him at the scene. He told the court he regretted his action and asked for six months in which to pay the fine. However, he was only given 90 days. Charles K. Mallette; 74 Richmond • St. S., Hensall, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving and was fined $128. 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