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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1978
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PLANT DESTROYED — A turnip processing plant owned by Peter Oud of RR 3, Kippen was completely destroyed by fire early
Saturday morning. The building which was valued at $250,000 was partially covered by insurance. Staff photo
Excellent weather, crowds add up
to a successful Friedsburg Days
The annual Dashwood
Friedsburg Days held over
the weekend proved to be
bigger -and better than ever.
Days chairman Don
Bender said he was very
pleased with the attendance
and all of the activities.
Bender added, "The` crowd
was about the same as last
year in the neighbourhood of
3,000, but, I hope the overall
profit will be a bit higher
than last years' figure of
$5,800. Our great success is
due to the great co-operation
of the community and the
many volunteers."
Friedsburg Days are
sponsored by the Dashwood
volunteer fire department
with the help of a host of
volunteers. Profits are used
for community betterment,
Visitors to Dashwood
consumed about a half ton of
sausages and 250 pounds of
sauerkraut according to food
chairman Ron Merner.
Merner said the volume of
complete dinners was down
but more people consumed
sausage on a bun.
A long parade Saturday
afternoon took more than a
half hour to pass any given
point. Leading the march
were Huron -Middlesex MP
Bob McKinley, Huron -
Middlesex MPP Jack Rid-
dell, Stephen township reeve
Cecil Desjardine and Hay
reeve Jack `Pinney along
with the Dashwood-Seaforth
band and a pipe band from
the Forest Legion.
The theme of the parade
was Great Moments in
History. Taking first place in
the theme category was the
Hoffman's float depicting
the progress of the Canadian
telephone system along with
Otis Sawyer as Alexander
Graham Bell.
Second place went to Arc
Industries with their
adaption of the Fathers of
Confederation. Third was
Julius Caesar and his court
sponsored by Merner Meats.
Winners in the small
machine category were
Mickey Mouse and his 50th
birthday celebration entered
OPP reports several
area thefts,break-ins
Several thefts and one act
of vandalism are under
investigation by the Exeter
OPP this week.
Over the weekend, the
Centralia Community hall
was broken into and damage
amounting to $250 was
reported.
The vandals tossed coffee
and hot chocolate about the
building, ripped out the
telephone and turned the
water on, resulting in the
kitchen floor being flooded.
Constable Bill McIntyre is
investigating.
During the same period,
thieves broke into the home
of James Fletcher in Cen-
tralia and stole $225 in cMsh.
That is being investigated by
Constable Bill Osterloo.
Ray Ruby, RR 3 Dash-
wood, reported that his
summer residence had been
entered and a cooler and
quantity of beer stolen. The
value of the stolen items was
$30.
An Exeter man, Harry
Dougherty, reported the
theft of a sideview mirror
from his vehicle while it was
parked on County Road 2. It
was valued at $40.
A car was stolen from the
property of Wolfgang
Slawik, Huron Park, but it
was- later recovered at a
nearby variety store.
Six-year-old Scott Simp-
son, Usborne, was treated at
South Huron Hospital after
being bitten on the face by a
dog owned by Isabel Park,
RR 1 Kirkton.
by McCann Construction and
a mobile still featuring the
Tieman's and Bob McIntosh.
Bob Merner and family won
the horse drawn category,
.,__Carl Tyler and Myron
Oestreicher were the top
horse riders and Stacey
Rader .was the youngest
competi tor.
In the Saturday tug-of-war
events, Mt. Carmel won the
men's division and Dash-
wood was the winner in the
ladies section.
Stefan Orenchuk of Exeter
was the overall arm
wrestling champion with
Paul Ritchie, Knud Bovtrup
and Larry Skinner. Eleanor
Weigand was the women's
champion.
Arena fund
at $155,000
As the official opening for
the new Hensall and district
community centre nears, the
fund raising committee
reports that it is less than
$20,000 away from reaching
its goal of $175,000.
The latest tally shows that
$155,982 has been collected.
Three area firms con-
tributed a - total of over
$11,000 with Tuckey
Beverages contributing
$2,900 and the two plants. of
Bendix Home systems
making a donation of over
$8,000.
A release from the fund
raising committee asks that
area residents who have not
contributed, please do so and
residents and firms who
have already made a con-
tribution are more than
welcomed to make another
donation.
If you wish to make a
donation, please forward it
to the Bank of Montreal or
contact the following
committee members: Carl
McMahon, John Baker, Bob
Caldwell, Butch Hoffman,
Harry Klungel, Doug
Shirray, Doug Mock, or Eric
Luther.
The Saturday afternoon
pet show generated a lot of
interest with Judy Crown's
Grover the Goose and
Duncan the goat taking the
spotlight. Grover is owned
by Brian Hoggarth and was
shown by Steve Dettmer.
The animal grooming
contest winners were pets
owned by Glenda Morenz,.
Julie Anne Rader and Randy
Marriage. The training and
obedience prize went to
Duffy owned by Sharon
Kimmal.
Costume prizes went to
Michelle Zimmer and
Sandra Datars and Kim
Kipfer won the master
look-alike award with her
dog Buster.
Fire levels Hensall
area turnip plant
A fire which destroyed a
turnip processing plant
valued at $250,000 west of
Hensall early Saturday
morning is under in-
vestigation by the Ontario
fire marshal's office.
The two year old building
which was owned by Peter
Oud of RR 3, Kippen was
completely destroyed along
with three trucks, the plant's
machinery, plus records and
an amount of cash.
The blaze broke out -at
around 5 a.m. Saturday
morning ' with neighbor
Richard Willert hearing an
explosion and notifying the
fire department.
By the time the Hensall
fire department reached the
scene, the building was
engulfedin flames with only
one wall left standing, ac-
cording to assistant fire
chief Bruce Moir.
Moir said there was very
little his men could do aside
from watching two storage
buildings that were adjacent
to the processing plant. -
Firemen remained on the
scene till about 12 o'clock,
Moir said.
Oud said "We just don't
know what happened" with
regards to the 6,000 square
foot structure.
He, said the building was
one of the most modern
turnip processing plants in
the area with the structure
being constructed with fire
proof materials.
The farmer who has been
in the turnip business for 17
years said he had left the
plant at 10 p.m. Friday with
"everything in 'perfect
condition".
Oud who lives three miles
from the plant's location,
said that by the time he
appeared at the plant
Saturday morning "There
was nothing left."
The intense heat of the
burning building which
contained wax and various
chemical s caused the safe to
melt, he said.
The plant which employed
12 workers• and which was
partially covered by in-
surance will be rebuilt, he
said.
Investigators from the fire
marshal's office were
scheduled to be on the scene
Friday.
ains result
in new policy
By Alice Gibb
This year, the Ontario
Bean Producers Marketing
Board won't be selling any
white beans until they have
them in hand.
Bob Allen, a Huron county
director of the board, told
members of the Huron
County Federation of
Agriculture at their monthly
meeting in Crediton that the
board won't be able to make
any advance sales of the 1978
bean crop.
In the past, the Ontario
Bean Producers Marketing
Board have. made advance
commitments to supply
dealers with 25 percent of the
year's expected harvest of
No. 1 Ontario white beans.
Last year, heavy rains in
September created problems
for growers trying to harvest
their beans, and much of the
crop was lost.
When the poor weather
wiped out much of Ontario's
bean crop, the board was
able to supply the dealers
with only about one-quarter
of the 800,000 bags of No. 1
white beans they had
promised to deliver.
The dealers in turn had to
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FREIEDSBURG QUEEN AND ATTENDENTS — The 1978 Queen for Dashwood's Friedsburg
Days was Daryl Webber of RR 1, Exeter, representing the Dashwood Tigers. Second runnerup
was Debbie Towers of Hensall, representing Dashwood Industries while Lisa Hamather also of
Hensall and representing Jim Becker construction was first runner-up. Staff photo