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Local congregation_ sponsors 'boat -people'
Concern for the needs of
the "boat -people" has
resulted in the membership
of the local Christian
Reformed Church agreeing
to sponsor two families.
The membership had a
special meeting last week to
discuss their concern and the
,deacons informed the
congregation of its
responsibilities in spon-
soring refugee families for a
possible one-year period. It
entails providing the
essential needs such as jobs,
transportation, housing and
insurance.
It was pointed out that, in
general, refugee families
become independent well
within the one-year period.
After some discussion as to
job and housing availability,
need for assimilation into
and acceptance by the
community, the
congregation decided to
sponsor two "extended
families."
An already enthusiastic
membership heard tentative
offers of jobs and housing. A
committee of six families
volunteered to help in set-
tling at least two families in
the area.
• Al deHaan, one of the
members involved, said
arrangements would be
made through a special
committee of the Canadian
Council of Christian
Reformed Churches the
secretary of which is the
Rev. VanEek, a former
pastor of the local
congregation.
The local school teacher
suggested this would cut a lot
OPEN PLANT — Sybren DeBoer and his son, Andrew, make
adjustments on o.,e of the machines which will soon be tur-
ning Kut knitted covers for plastic drainage tile. Mr. DeBoer
has purchased the former Maple Leaf Milling plant on John
St. Exeter, and hopes to be in full production in six
months. Staff photo
FIRM OPENING
KNITTING PLANT
After an absence of over
three nears. the hum of
productivity will soon be
heard at the,form.er Maple -
Leaf Mills plant on John St.
in Exeter.
Sybren DeBoer. a resident
of the community For over 10
years, announced plans this
week to open a processing
plant for knitted filters and
he and his son. Andrew. have
already started on that
project
The knitted filters will be
used for swimming pool
hoses and spray tanks, but
their main use is as a
protective coating on the
outside of plastic drainage
tile.
The knitted cover keeps
dirt out of the Zile in unstable
soil conditions where they
would otherwise be clogged
by fine silt or other con-
taminates.
DeBoer, who resides at 121
Wellington St., said that
about 20 percent of the
plastic drainage tile that is
used is covered with the
knitted material.
The fledging' firm. which
expects to be into a partial
prototype production within
four weeks. will eventually
have between 25 to 30
machines turning out the
material.
The two local residece
havd that. ` daisy'- tistrfr•
machines already in the
former seed cleaning plant
and are busy getting them
set up, making •some
refinement$.
Two lose
licences
Two London men who
pleaded guilty •to driving
motor vehicles while their
a r •..%„tent was over 80
ti `46re 'given- identical •
fines when they appeared in
cant , lest a .
Gary Joseph Daigle and
Clarence Everett Williams,
were fined $300 or 30 days
each and had their licences
suspended for three months.
Daigle was charged on
May 26 and had a
breathalizer reading of •1.4
mgs., while Williams was
stopped on July 5 -and a
breathalizer• r�test showed a
�•i ktatar. EsitI t 9 mgs• .
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Williams gine '19
•days in which to pay the fine,
while Daigle was ordered to
pay within 90 days.
DeBoer, who worked for
Big "0" for 11 years, said
the total number of
machines will gradually be
phased in over the next six
months and he expects one
more employee will be
required to join he and his
son when production is in full
gear.
While he has no definite
markets as yet for the`
finished product, DeBoer
said he will be looking
primarily at the export -field.
Ile said there are present
demands in Europe, New
Zealand alyd the U.S.A.
"There's a good market now
in Canada, but i don't expect
it to be there next year," he
said.
Most of the companies
presently located in Ontario
that produce drainage
plastic tile also produce their
own knitted filters.
DeBoer, who purchased
the John St. plant, said he
would be using only a portion
of it and would hope to rent
some of it to other com-
mercial interests.
of the red tape involved in
sponsoring refugees.
While he said he didn't
know when the two families
may arrive, he added "the
sooner we get some people
out of there. the better we'll
like .it."
Ii was indicated that the,
Christian Reformed- Church
in Clinton has made
arrangements to sponsor one
family and have already
rented a home at Vanastra
for that purpose.
One of the interesting
aspects of sponsoring a
family is that the local
congregation has no idea
how large that family may
be. The "extended family"
description indicates that the
family unit could contain
grandparents and inlaws.
DeHaan said they would
Dashwood
plans for fun
Fun and entertainment
will be available for this
weekend's annual Fried-
sburg Days in Dashwood.
The event opens at 6 p.m.
Friday when the popular
sausage and sauerkraut
dinners will go on sale and
continue until late Saturday
night.
Friday's program features
a talent show and crowning
of Miss Friedsburg 1979.
Talent show convener Nancy
Rader expects to have about
16 numbers of local talent on
the program. -
At 11 p.m. last year's
Friedsburg Queen Darryl
Webber, R.R. 1 Exeter will
be on hand to crown the new
winner. Donna Hoffman is in
charge of the beauty contest.
The 1979 Friedsburg Days
parade will be saluting the
International Year of the
Child with the theme
"Child's Fantasy."
Judging of the parade
participants will start at 1
p.m. Saturday at the sports
field at the south end of
Dashwood and actually get
underway an hour later.
• Anyone wishing to take
part in the parade should
contact Ruthann Merner at
237-3314.
At 4 p.m. Saturday
youngsters of all ages will be
able to display their favorite
animals in the annual pet
show. The categories include
training. obedience.
grooming, costume, most
unique and pet -master look -
Sports convener John
Becker is again in charge of
the tug-of-war and arm
wrestling contests.
Preliminary arm wrestling
will start at 3.39,,and tug -of -
war at 5 p.m. Finals in both
events will go at 7 p.m.
Any late entrants in either
tug-of-war and arm
wrestling whether it be male
or female may contact John
Becker at 237-3628.
The Bavarian Garden will
open at 6 p.m. Friday with
music by Bob McIntosh and
will continue from noon
Saturday with continuous
entertainment. The
Bavarian Polka Kings will
provide music for dancing at
9 p.m. Saturday.
All proceeds from the two
day event will be going to the
community park fund. Don
Bender is again the overajl
Friedsburg Days chairman.
take whatever came in that
regard.
Most of the "boat -people"
are of Chinese descent And
are fleeing Vietnam.
The Canada Employment
Centre in Goderich expect
that they will soon be
assuming the responsibility
of receiving andresettling
unsponsored Small Boat
Escapees. Resettlement.
includes- providing financial
assistance for food, shelter
and basic needs of life as
well as adjustment to life in
Canada, i.e. employment,
schools, community ser-
vices, etc.
Because of the expected
number of Vietnamese
refugees scheduled for
Huron County, The Canada
Employment Centre is..
welcoming the active par-
ticipation of individuals and
groups to facilitate the
successful resettlement of
these newcomers. The
financial responsibility of
food, rent, etc., will still rest
with the CEC and will`be
administered by qts
Immigrant Resettlement
Counsellor Eric J. Smith,
524-8342.
The supporting role of
volunteer groups would be
the collection of furnitu}'e,
household effects,- clothing,
groceries and setting up
accommodation: ' Transp--
oration of people and
belongings: registering
children in school. helping to
open bank accounts, shop-
ping for groceries, obtaining
telephone, how to use a
stove, do laundry and what
to do with garbage: assisting
with initial employment
interviews and medical
appointments: helping with
the process of seeking ac:
commodation and signing
leases: providing friendship.
It is very important to allow
as much independence and
self-sufficiency as possible
and to encourage them to
deal with some problems on
their own.
Individuals or
organizations who wish to
assist these individuals to
adjust to life in Canada,
please contact Eric J. Smith,
Canada Employment
Centre, Goderich
Gillespie,
Employment
or John
Canada
Centre,
Goderich or Canada
Employment Centre,
Exeter.
THE OLD FASHIONED WAY – Ken Duncan with his team of horses demonstrated how a binder was used in the good old
days to cut grain. The demonstration sponsored by the Kirkton-Woodham Optimist club was held Saturday on the Kirkton area
farm of Ross McCurdy.
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Area accidents injure six;
damages exceed $25,000
Area drivers experienced
their worst week of the
summer as the -Exeter OPP
investigated nine accidents.
with damage amounting to
almost $25.000. There were
six injuries. although for-
tunately most were not of a
serious' nature
-The rash of crashes
started on Tuesday when two
were reported The first
involved a vehicle driven by
William Butts. London.
which went out of control on
Highway 81 just north of the
Crediton Road and went into
the ditch and collided with. a
fence. A tire blew out on the
car. causing the driver to
lose control.
Damage was estimated at
$850 by Constable Al Olin
and Butts sustained minor
injuries.
The other Tuesday crash
involved vehicles driven by
Harry Towle. R.R. 1
Fullarton, and Ethel Nevels,
St Thomas. %bey collided on
Highway 23 just north of Fish
Creek and damage was set at
More delay
on decision
of police hall
The engineering firm of
B.M. Ross and Associates,
Goderich, have been
engaged to do a study on the
structural safety of the
Exeter police office which
was gutted by fire two weeks
ago.
Deputy -Reeve • Don
MacGregor said it may be
two weeks before the firm
has an opportunity to make
- their report.
it had been expected that
council may be able to make
a decision at their meeting
this coming Monday. but
that now appears highly
unlikely.
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BOAT TIP — Damoge was estimated at over 510,000 when this von hauling a boot and trailer upped into the ditch on
Kirkton.Road east of Winchelsea Friday afternoon The driver of the von escaped un.injugsti He hod been enroute from
BoVel host Exeter, England pair
Mayor likes Rolls Royce idea
While Mayor Derry Boyle
is one of the staunchest
supporters of his com-
munity, there were times
this week when he may have
thought life would be more
pleasant in another Exeter.
Wednesday afternoon, he
and his wife played host to'
two Exeter, England? found he was close to his
•=mojAE R 4 Trna �. `ti' •.:amesak - .
RooKes, and Royle was most' fhe couple travelled by
inter sled in the status of his car to London, where Bo
illfi etperM114►.i#'Cfl: ' 1 't!+
munitv's mamesake. , them to Exeter for ajour and
Mayor of Exeter in England
does not receive an annual
stipend He is reimbursed
only for his expenses
Rooke,, who decided to
visit Canadian relatives in
the St Catharines area,
contacted local officials here
earlier in the week when he
EXETER EXCHANGE A resident of Exeter, England, Tom Rookes, arrived in this communi-
Wteferwteti4P4vIth officiaftie for Mayor Derry Boyle. Boyle reciprocated with o
local town plaque and some fiisl jr"&fllifiri ltu.,,$ t aqnd•�the Mayor of the Devon city.
Watching the exchange is clerk Liz Bell. Mayor Boy e o it1'lTtfWifilieentlgrfpjne e. cokes coo
pie and gave them a tour of this community.
e
May oto: Richard J.
VanOppen sent the local
mayor a letter of greeting
through the touring couple
and enclosed an official City
of Exeter tie "as a small
- token of my best wishes".
Among the things Boyle
learned to wet his appetite
for his counterpart's post
was the .fact he is chauf-
feured to'official fu
a Rolls Royce. although
putting a halt to that
Pu g
due to the high fuel cost
involved.
Offsetting that advantage,
visit.
WE'LL BE LATE
As may he expected. the
Mayor's first 'stop was at the
local Pec centre. his pride
and j2iy,. Rookes reported
that hit Eteter does not have
a facility' to `compare with
the local structure
The city of 100.000 has "ton
many party politics" he
explained; _ adding that a
lottery that the city had
staged to raise funds for a
e tion lac'it - had ended
'and was
discontinued
Members of the city
council represent the Labor
and- Conservative' parties
$and the two have never been
Due to the Civic holiday. able to get together to agree
The Exeter Times -Advocate on recreation facilities.
will be published one day The parties take turns in
later than usual next week. it haying one of their members
will be printed Wednesday elected as mayor. the
night for Thursday morning current office holder being a
delivery. Conservative whowill serve
functions m Advertising deadlines will for one year.
he is be extended to Tuesdax. The Rooker is a carpet, agent
tacticslivedExeter since
display advertising 'and has in
P dtsp ay adve iritis deadline
will be 2:00• p.m. and the 1938. His father was a
deadline for classified ad -member of the Devonshire
vertisements :ill be 4:00 Regiment and had served in
�4•E•ack`' the tact the
p.m, • Malta and India, returning to
w>Ra4x atryy j� .
rtr�,
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Kd�IrMf yay ; mrr'ry Z:4,.4 a :w
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Exeter in 1938 when the
threat of war loomed on the
horizon
His only previous contact
with this Exeter was many
years ago when -he wrote the
mayor at that time to get a
pen pal That resulted in a
communication with Janet
MacDonald. whose' identity
Please turn to page 3
$1.035 by Constable Bill
Osterloo.
Three collisions were
reported on Friday, one of
which resulted in injuries to
two people. Drivers involved
in that one were Frances
Kuntz. R.R. 2 Bayfield. and
Peter Klungel. Hensall.•Thev
collided at the junction of
Highway 4 and 84 in Hensalt.
Klungel and a passenger in
the Kuntz vehicle, Janna
Middr1, Clinton. were in-
jured Damage was set at
81,100 by Constable Ed
Wilcox.
A vehicle driven by
Thomas Fancy. Stratford.
struck a deer on Highway 83
Just west of the Perth -Huron
boundary Damage to the
vehilce was set at 8600 by
Constable Wally Tomasik.
The other crash on Friday -
occurred mid-afternoon and
resulted in a large sail boat
ending up in the ditch on the
Kirkton road. just east of
concession 10-11 in Usborne.
Charles Jones. •Stratford,
was driving a van hauling a
large craft from Hughes
Boat Works in Huron Park
when the trailer carrying the
boat swerved and the load
shifted. causing the boat and
the van to roll over in the
ditch.
Jones escaped unhurt and
total damage was listed at
$5.100 by Constable Frank
Giffin Employees from the
Huron Park plant managed
to reload the boat and haul it
back. Jones was eastbound.
enroute to Toronto.
Al 6 30 a.m. Saturday. a
car driven by Leroy
Harrison. Centralia, went
nut of control on the Crediton
Road west of concession 14-
15 of Stephen it rolled over
to the ditch
Juries ano-., r. •a•a: t
at $5.000 by Constable Wally
Tomasik
The final three crashes of
the week occurred' on Sun-
day. one of them resulting in
injuries to 'two Sarnia
residents Mary Ann Ennett.
Sarnia, %vas in the process of
making a left turn at the
Highway 4 and Crediton
Road intersc tion when her
vehicle was-jn colhsinn-with
another northbound vehicle.
driven by Carson Kraoter.
London
Mrs Ennett and het
husband. Gregory. • were
. injured and Constable Giffin
'1�'' o rs`A c i4kwow, sm
The Exeter fire depart-
ment was called out Monday
morning to a grass fire in an
area west of Marlborough
street, north of Anne street
but their services were not
required.
The fife started by
chilAren playing withlit
mches_was first spotted by
Al Flynn. a Marlborough
street resident.
Flynn grabbed a pail of
water and with similar help
from Dave Robinson and
Bob Wragg had the blaze
doused by the time firemen -
arrived.
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He investigated another - '
Sunday crash when a vehicle
driven by Gary Vanderhoek,
R.R 1 Lucan. struck a
bridge on sideroad 5-6 of
Stephen during a fog.
Damage was set at 53,000.
in the other collision.
damage amounted to_$2,000
when vehicles driven by
Donald Coleman, Ottawa,
and Gerard Ducharme, R.R.
2 Zurich collided on con-__,.
cession
8-9
of Hay at .t.6.t.6t
Stanley -Hay line.
Constable - Don Mason
estimated total damage at
82,000. ,