The Huron Expositor, 1986-12-10, Page 1INDEX
Births i A17
Classified /A14, 15, 16
Dublin /A6
Entertainment 1 A17
Family /A18
Farm /A8
Graduates 1 A18
Hensall /A5
Legion IA17
Obituaries /A18
Sports /A9, 11
Walton I A7
Weddings /A16
Farm mutuols may get ei ial 'fsoting Seg page
McKillop Township endorses resolution See page 47
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SEAFORTH. ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
Serving the communities and
areas of Seaforth, Brussels,
Dublin, Hansell and Walton.
10, 1986
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Coroner's jury is told
trench needed shoring
A labor ministry conatolction safety officer Mr. Melville sustained severe chest injuries
told a coroner's ,jury Thursday that the walls in the cave-in, Ihr. Rodney said.
should have been shored ,.p nu an Egmond- Mr. Melville was buried to his neck and
vine watermain trench that collapsed Sep- co-worker Terry Hudgins, 21, of RR 3,
leather 8: killing Ralph Melville, 26, of Parkhill, to his chest in the trench collapse,
'fhedford and injuring a co-worker. the five -member jury was told. Both *ere
Arthur Goddard of the ministry's London employees of (avis Contracting Co, Ltd, of
office said the walls of a trench that's more Clinton.
Ihun 12 metres )four feet )deep should either lay as construction supervisor Ken Eagle -
he propped or should slope at an angle to Ston of Ill( :3, Parkhill, said he drove Mr.
Prevent collapse. Hodgins and Mr. Melville to Egmondville on
When he inspected the site the day after September 8 and dropped them at the job
the fatality. he testified, he found the walls of site M r NIOville was in chars- of the trench
the trench, which was about 1 8 metres (six work that day, he said.
leeO deep. had been vertical and unshored. Mr. 'Sag lest on testified the trench walls
Ile said he couldn't be sure if some of the elidu't need to be shored and the ground was
earth around the trench had been previously titan.
undermined, but "tor whatever reason, that Ile and Gordon (avis of Clinton, general
see was not safe •• manager of the tinnily rut business, testified
('ironer Kenneth Rodney of Seaforth said that onsite safety discussions have been held
Nis Melville died instantly of massive head with workers
wjunes when the trench at William and \lr lasts said safety regulations are also
Victoria Streets collapsed. posted at locations where employees punch in
"Ile would not have known what hit him their Iism. clocks and that the company has a
and he did not suffer " safety committee to discuss and deal with
Besides the skull fractures that killed him, satelyretate.d issues
Stockbrokerage buys
A subsidiary of stockbrokerage Gordon
('apital Corp is buying the Agnew Surpass
chain of shoe stores and three footwear
manufacturing plants in Canada.
Genesco Inc of Nashville, Tennessee,
announced recently it has agreed to sell most
of its Canadian operations to a company
controlled by Gordon investment Corp and
hisaon ('apital Ltd
Genesco operates more than 300 shoe
stores in Canada under the names Agnew.
Aggres and Ashton Also included in the deal
are shoe factories in Lachine. Quebec. and in
()mann at Cambndge and Seaforth.
In total. these operations employ about
0111) people. a Genesco spokesman said
s esi erday
But the spokesman refused to reveal the
selling pace
Genesco announced in June that 115
retadtng and manufacturing businesses in
('anaclt) were on the selling block
Gordan investment was formed in 1985 as
sant venture between Genstar Corp and
Grattan ('apital Corp At the time• the
companies said Gordon Investment. which
was provided with $100 million in capital.
would make investments in publicly traded
North American companies
!masa) Ltd , having acquired Genstar, two
months ago sold the Genstar interest in
Gordon Investment back to Gorton Invest•
mend
Gordon ('apital, as is its usual practice,
refused yesterday to make any public
comments about its own affairs.
LJttle is known about Elusion Capital. but a
Genesco spokesman said that current man-
agement at Gt'nesco's ('nnadian operations
are "associated" with the buyers
The sale to Gordan and Fusion. expected to
close in mid-January, is conditional on
Genesee) successfully fighting a court manic -
firm
ncfirm against the sale being sought by a
company owned by private investor M ahacl
(:rare
Mr Gram Is seeking a court order
enjoining Genesco from disposing of 11a
('anadian openitons
Mr Graye is also seeking a overt decision
forcing Genesee lo follow through on a sale
agreement it says it had with Mr Grays or. in
the alternates,. paying $50 million in
damages
• The Genesco spokesman said that his firm,
which bought Agnew Surpass Shoe Stores
Since the fatal accident, he said, the
company has distributed safety rules and
regltlatinns with employees' pay cheques.
Mr. Hodgins, who was treated. for chest
injuries after the cave-in, said he and Mr.
Melville were smoothing a shallow layer of
sand at the bottom of the trench in
prenatal ion for laying the wed erpipe when he
heard another employee shouting, He was
able to lune slight ly, he said, but M r. Melville
didn't have time to move,
W hen the cave-in was over, "1 looked aver
at Ralph inn i knew he was dead." ,
The jury's recommendations focussed on
more training and instruction i'orconstruction
worker's on safely regulations, with verbal
reminders about specific job site potential
hazards and formal, annual safety education
nivel ings
Safely committees with worker and man-
agement members should meet regularly to
discuss regulations and possible hazards and
all wnrkersshould have copies of construction
regulations in the Occupational Health and
Safely Act, the jun' said
Genesco
I1d in 1962, decided to sell the business
because it was "not generating the same
tat union investment as the same thing in this
country would have "
In the year endecj January 31, 1986,
(;enema).s Canadian fcletwear operations had
retail sales Ito "unaffiliated" customers) of
$70 :l million Ili S t. while the wholesale and
munufucturing side had -sines of S14.8
minis.
Fact finder has
submitted report
Marion Vincent
is recipient
of performance
excellence award
Marlen K. Vincent of Vincent Farm
Equipment Ltd., the Case iH dealer in
Seaforth, has been honored in the 1915 ('ase
111 'Excellence in Performance Award ho -
gram.
Mr. Vincent was among 100 dealer
principals in North Amens% to receive the
award. Warren Vincent and Douglas Vincent
who manage the Ayr and Woodstock
locations also were among the award
winners,
Selected hon the Case IH Dealer Network
of 11100, the award winning dealers were
chosen for distinguishing themselves in five
ureas of business operations: general man-
agement, marketing, parts, service and
training,
Pale ihmatres. the last finder appointed by
Ihr Educmti00 Relations Comnussinn in the
negotiations between the secondary teachers
and the trusters of Ilse Huron ('aunty Board
of Education his submitted a report In the
('ainmtssmm
As required under Section 26 'Iof the
School liner's and Teachers Collective
Negottaltnns Act. Revised Statutes of Onlar-
ta. I !UM. the tca.chens and 'notices now have a
period of 15 days for further negotiations on
the bases of this repast Their is a provision
for an additional five days under Section 26
'1' of the Act if troth the trustees and the
teachers ague and the Commission ape
pm:'es
0 al the end of this time the parties have
not made or renewed an agreement, then the
Educatinn Relations ('omrnissmn will make
the fact finder's repeal public Copies of the
report will he send to you if you will supply
your name to the information Officer.
SANTA CLAUS ARRIVED In town In time to participate In the annual Chrletmas parade. Mr,
Claus and his local elves rode the parade route In Santa's sleigh, which was mounted atop
one of the fire engines. The reindeer took the afternoon off. (Mcllwralth photo)
AFTER THE PARADE Santa Claus visited the nursing and rent homes In the area. before
settling down 91 the McLaughlin Chase -Olds building, where ha was visited by a number of
Local children, wishing to telt him what they wanted for Chrlstr'nae. One such child who took
time out to veal with the Jolly Old Man himself was Brett Leonhardt. (Mcilwralth photo)
Township optimistic about plant
Thr „„cess of Ihr Vanastra plan' wet
fltekeesmith Township is optimistic about
the spin offs which could result from the
location of a Ranger Fkigineering Incorpor-
ated plant in Vanastra
Reeve Rabert Bell commenled on the
industry's potential In provide jobs to local
workers, when the township officially wel-
comed the industry with a municipal
reception December 1
Ranger Engineering Inc . originally known
in (979 as Storringlnn industries began by
disttibuling cnmp)4,5Ors. equipment uses!
primarily to cnmpress air Originally housed
in Markham. the company moved to
Pickering in 1913:3 Currently there are two
Pickering plants. laking op approximately
22.000 square feel of space Al these plants
30 to 35 people are employed.
Ranger decided to locate in Vanastra
because of the resources and facilities
available to them at a reasonable rate, and
because of a positive 'image of the community
put forth by Doug Smith. of Vanastra Custom
UP A NOTCH - A numberf - eek
of Tweenfes offlclally received the ranking of Browh% I1itt w
When they had their FIY Up cerem`o'ny. Samantha Lanelrlk Writ one of severe) Who received
the symbolic grov(rnte scarf froth leader, Ruth Hildebrand. (Mcllwralth iihoto)
Fabricator's. and a Hanger customer 01 the
'.lie IMr Smith) was verycnthustastrc depend a lot no the progress
about the community and the facilities." manufacturing of compressors, the most
ihnid dim. President of (Langer F}igineering common of which. is the type found al ga-
ins . noted mai lofts and used In pump air into tires
"We had already started a plan for a plant "We have Ihr potential for. 1 can ser
in Mitering !hal would have been 40.000 rasdy. its many empioy-ees as Pickering. 3o to
square feet but because the elect of building 35 people in a year or a year and a half "
in Toronto skyrocketed, and bemuse of the dr dim explained they 'Ranger' would
rrvwrts and facilities here. ire derided to like to he under full steam manufacturing to
come to Vanastra.' he added horse power compressors by the end of
At the Vanastra plant in Ihr nM GCI January. and he hnpes.hy the end of July loo
building Ranger will have appmxirhaiely horse power earnprc'csnrs will he coming off
29.000 square feel to work with Al present the line regularly
their are eight openings at the Vanastra plant Ile explained while Ranger is not a fast
far local WM/Wrs. and that. according In Mr greasing company, at has had steady gmwth
1 iii shnuldl increase to one dozen primarily iemuse it is a mechanical, not lige.
"To a large extent a -c will he hong local 'sail company The relocation to Vanasira. hr
people." he said. adding only four families added. should no have an adverse affect 00
will he moving in the company
"We think it will be good for the "We're very lean. and for That reason
community. We are very communityorient• we're very adaptable We can change fast.'
ed '• he said
School board preparing value program
RV WI1S4A OKE
Thr trustees of 11re Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate School Board
watched a 12 to 15 minute promotional video
tape of the board's first secondary sehn'ol in
Stratford made by the staff and pupils.
Si Michael Secondary School opened the
first of September and houses three classes --
Grades'), 8 and 9 in two distinct units.
The trustees listened to the students tell
about their school and what is hoped to be
achieved in ('atholic education The import-
ance of feamspirit is impressed on the pupils.
The students were shown involved in team
sports. at work in their classrooms, in their
religious classes.
The hoard will have the film shown in
schools in Per"Bi County this week to give
pupils and patients a chance (0 see What St.
Michael School has to offer and to encourage
enrolment. b
The board is now preparing a program to
carry to Huron County parents and children
fn show them the value of ('athohc children
at lending is Catholic high schnn'1.One of which
the Board hopes to build in Huron ('nunly ac
soon as enough will agree to aitend.
The hoard approved the report of the
nnm1na1 1(8 t, n1,111,11(5. wln(7r Das (8fl))Irt(-(I
wi1tc-h Inister is on each of the four standing
commuters and Ihr eight ad hoe committees
11 'sas also spelled 081 hrwM desrriplinns of
committee respnns4hilifies
The next meeting of Ihr hoard will he help
on January 12
200 pigs die in barn fire
A minor barn fire has resulted in
approximately $20.000 damage for one area
farmer
Seaforth and area firefighters were called
to the 1.014. Concession 6 McKillop Township
property of Ron Murray al 6:20 a.in- Priday.
When they arrived they found the barn filled
with smoke.
Fire ('href George Carrick said there was
little damage done to the bank. but added
approximately 200 pigs died as a result of
smoke inhalation. Some straw was lost as
The exact ruiSe of the fire is still under
investigation