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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-08-01, Page 1 (2)• • • • • 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• . � 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. Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Fifth Year 5 e T -A dvocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 1, 1979 photo Price Per Copy 25 Cents 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. VAN, the `Hughes Boot Works in Huron Park to Toronto Staff photo r; 04 -�z<tI • rs 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�, *If Kd�IrMf yay ; mrr'ry Z:4,.4 a :w • 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. • 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. ,