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• This wInter's most serious storm so far
closed area schools on Monday and resulted
in the Goderich 0 P L temporarily closing
Seaforth area highways. Many township
roads. were closed or reclneect.to,a one lane
track most of Monday.
But despite bad driving conditions, With
high winds, blowing °so4 and poor
yisibility, there wasn't a drastic increase in
accidents in this immediate area.
Constable Jim McLeod, of the. Seaforth
0.P.P. reported he didn't investigate any
accidents on Monday and only two minor •,
ones on Sunday. The wo accidents he
investigated took place on Fivvy, #4 and Hwy.
#8. "People stayed at home: he said
approvingly.
• A spokesman from the Ministry of
Transport and Communications office 'in
Stratford said the main problem with the
roads on both Sunday and Monday .was
visibility. °
He said area roads were closed off and on
both days due to accidents caused by
visibility conditions
He said one problem was, that people in
town "were led to, believe everything is
dandy"' until they got outside of town, and
hit the first snowdrift and blowing snow:
The spokesman said a nine car pileup was
reported outside of Guelph in an area where
accidents have never been a problem before.
-- Three: men -manned -the- telephones -on-
. Sunday to report On road conditions and fiVe..
staff people • ansWered. requests for
informatin on Monday..
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The' spokesman Said they ireceived so
'man calls "The_ bo,ysnegg band aids on
their ears.'17
He also said while more people are-",„
call ,ing in for road information, `if only ,
• they'd heed what You, tell thern." . '
Constable McLeod Said none of the roads
• inthe immediate area were officially closed
during the two day. storm. However,Hwy. #8
between rClinton and Goderich was closed
twice on Monday once in the morning and
-again at noon. '
GOING.GOING-GONE--One of Seaforth' S older homes was demo! shed
last week to make way for the new senior citizens' apartment' building
which will be built on the. site, John H. McLiwain Construction
demolished the building, on Thursday morning. The home was once the
kitchen of the hotel which was iticated' where the Royal, AOartrnent
Building now stands. The house was moved to John Street In 1869 and
Used as a residence."until the and was purthased for the senior Oitizent
on1 pie*. (Expositor pith from $20,
A spokesinan for the Goderich 0.E. F. said
the road was closed and cars turned back at ,
Clinton and Goderich duo to a •series of
accidents and poor visibility.
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4h#t,14tfrtirco ti:EI:geiFprheanQi ;11.1voal:si
Monday due to accidents.
The Exeter G.F.E. also investigated an,
Occident on Hwy, iM south of the town, and
teirnetictioiroanr.ily loseti the highat
way in th
d
Howeverdespite the poor cOnclitions. the
Exeter 0.P.P. investigated only the one
arleitclIdeany.tsv,hich oecure'd in a white-out on
In Scaforth tseIf police investigated two
rear.end :collisions on Monday, which
Constable 'Dave Dale said were due to icy
road Conditions.
The first aceident, which took place during
the.noon hour« involved a ear driveri by .„
Raymond K. Marshall of 170 Warren Street.
-• Got:fetid;•
'An unknown tractor• trailer unit was
proceeding west on Goderich Street West,
after being stopped at the traffic Mr.
Marshall's vehicle slid -into the rear -end of
the tractor, causing approximtaely S600 in
damages. The tractor trailer driver, likely
• not aware of the accident, didn't stop his
• COWstahle Vie said the intersection was
icy and there were " very bad road conditions
• at the time (of the accident. )"
At 4:15 p:m., there was it ..three. 'ear
accident at the Main intersection.
Gary Miller of 121 _Sungest_ Drive,
Goderichwas driving west on Goderich
•StreefA car driven by Reginald Swart of R.
R . #4. Senforth was turning left onto Main
Street southand a pick-uP, truck driven by
Ken Roth of Seaforth wasstopped behind
the Swart Vehiclebefore making the tiirn.
Mr. Miller lost Control of his car while
going through the intersection and hit the
rear -end of the Roth truck Pushing it into
the Swart vehicle,
It's on to Germany
There was.$2.000 worth of damages to the •
Miller chicle and $350 damage to the Roth
truck. The Sart ear wasn't damaged in the
accident,
• No ches argwere laid.in the Occident due
to the icy conditions, At the intersection,
-:the storm. also resulted in the caocellation
of a number ef eventS'over the week -end.
The Walton Snowmobile poker rallyheld
to raise money for recreational activities in
• the community. was canceled Sunday and
re -scheduled for Feb, 25, weather permit-
ting. ••
The second day of the annual Brodhagen
C of C :Winter Carnival, was also cancelled
due to stormy conditions and the novelty
races will be re -scheduled later,.
However, the Timmy Snowarama, held in
Colborne Township and the Blyth -Auburn
area., went ahead as scheduled, with over'
170 snowmobilers raising $12,000 in pledges
for work with the erippled children.
Jackie Melanson of the United Trails
office, Seaforth, said the Goderich to
Stratford bus was Cancelled on Monday
morning When Hwy. #8. was closed due tb
aceidents.
All other buses for' the company ran on
schedule in the area. and the airport
limousine ran from Goderich to Toronto on
Monday morning as scheduled.
Company buses were but until 3 a.m. on
Sunday morning when they Were called in to
transport VIA RailpaSSengers from Shakes-
peare to London following a ear -train
collision which claimed the life of a
-.Kitchener man and his . wife.
• Five of the VIA cars were derailed and the
passengers had to be transported to London
by bus.
•
Lloyd Eisler of Egmondville is one of six
Canadian skaters who will be competing in
the junior vorld pairs competition in
Augsburg, G&ijiany in March.
Lloyd and his pariner. Lord Baier of
Mitchell, captured the junior pairs title at
the Canadian figure skating championshipi
in Thunder Bay last week, -•
Last year, the local skaters competed in
the world ,rnatchin France and placed sixth
in the final overall standings. This year,
Lloyd said they hope to place even , higher.
Although the Canadians don't know what
skater they'll be competing against at this
pointor what to expect. Lloyd does know one
thing -the Russians will likely -be the skaters
to beat in the competition. ,
Lloyd said the way he and his partner,
coped with the pressure at thc Thimder Bay
competition was to skate 'like it was a
practice.''
The strategy obviously worked and
• Vestern Ontario team manager Dave Ree of
St. Thomas said, "There was no question"
of the superiority of the two skaters who
represented the Cambridge Figure Skating
Club in the competition. .
Lloyd and Lorri stepped up their training
for the Canadian championships after
winning the Central Canada divisionals in
Sarnia earlier this vear,.
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to prepare for the national competition in
Thunder Bay. •
Lloyd, a student a Seiforth Distric High:
School. usually travels to Cambridge foul'
times aweek' to train with. Lorri and their
Coach. Kerry Leitch.' Whenever the skaters
enter a period of inIettsive training, Lloyd
'beards in Cambridge •
Thetwo skaters also coMpeted individual-
ly in, the, Canadian. Championshipsbut
weren't as successful as in the pairs
vOmpetition. '•
Lloyd placed seventh in the noVice niett'S-
singles competition. .He was in third place
after the free skating part of the program but
the figures convetitionlowered his overall
Lorri 1dseventh in the junici
event. ..
Lloyd said h qach encourages most of
his skaters to, eontrn.te in singles and p.airs
conipetition. '
Although the skater, 'hadn't expected a
'large turnout at the ch,•timiontiips, Lloyd
said the rink was packed with spectators just
-about every night. .•
When asked if there were atfy 'upsets or
surpriseS,at the championships. Lloyd said
on_e of the biggest surprises was Jttnet
Morrissey of Ottawa. . ipturitg the gold
medal in the senior 1.VOnlen s singles
't;.0111Petition. Defending .challipion' Heather
n aran ot Toipnto, had bum expt.‘ted to
repeat last year's -victory, in the senior.
eon:mention,
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Another:int:Prise was skater Vern.Tavlor's
finish in second place behind Brian Foliar Of
Calgary in the mett's senior eh ainpionsnip.
Mr. TaylOr, au athletic free Skater. w as last.
in the senior nien'S compulsory 'tigtite.i, but
pulled tip his mark in . the free skating
program on Saturday.
•Now with the Ctinadiait championshipS
behindpetn. Lorri and Lloyd,'hoth 15 years
old, have seven weeks or practice ahead of
them before teproscnting Cattida at the
world junior pairs e.ompetitioti
The other skaters going to Germany with
them are Junior worneit"s champion Kay
-"thomspti of Toronto Wad third.place finisher
KathrynOsterb erg of Calgary: junior dance
'111011Pions Kelly .1ohnsott and Chris Barber
of Toronto and Brad Mct Catrof l'orutvloody.
8.C, and Bailin Mathewson o WindSor-
, After six years of skating together. Lloyd
and totti• are agin setting heir -sights. on the
world t hativintiship• Their detennittation,
resulted itt the Canadian championship and
now they're going to be, c.omocting against
sonic of die best skaters on the international'
scene. But Lloyd eiski is already eoarident
that this time they're ging to d� very AP:11',,
H6nins.111b— 41a44
ANOTHER WIN—Oave Ellis jumps for points as team mates Johnny
Nielsen and Robert Thompson help with the scoring during Tuesday's
game between the Seaforth varsity basketball team and St. Mary's
Story. and More Photos on Page 12
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Artist's sketch IDts suspect
.• A warrant has been issued for the arrest of
Henry Charles Bloxarti >54, suspected of
taking over 53,500 in the Canadian Tire store
theft in Seaforth early in December.
An artist s drawing of the suspect was
composed by a police artist after talking to
the Canadain Tire staff. This drawing was
circulated to other police department across
the province.
At the time- of the -theft; the-suspeet--was--
described as approximately 50 years of age,
6'2" talll and with a brush cut.
One of the departments recognized the
Suspect and sent a photograph along to the
Seaforth police cleRattinent. This 'picture has
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already been identified as that of the suspect
inanother theft in the proVince. •
Chief John Cairns said Mr. Blox'ain is
Nvanted for queitionning in connection w it'll a
series of thefts between Guelph. Toronto
and Orangeville.
The Seaforthpolide chief said the suspect
as also being sought for questiorining in a
Listowel theft which occurred some weeks
after the t eaforth ineident.
Mr. Bloxam's last known address was in
Burlington• but he hasn't been seen at this
residence since December. Pellet. suspect
Mr. Btotam may be in the United States.
• Chief Cairns said Mr. Bloxam has a
criminal record dating back to 1941-: •
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Police car victim .
of instant replay •
The Seaforth police eouldn't be blamed for
,
feeling they were in an instant replay e:riley
Saturday morning
•
The police cruiser. driven by Constb
John Burgess, was struck by another vehicle
on Main Street South at 130 a.m. The
accident happened at almost the identical
location where the cruiser was struck earlier
this winter. Then there was the fact the front
• corner or the ear on the driver's side
sustained the damage -just like before. But
the final coincidence was the, fact the driver
of the, other vehicle, Randolph Scott of '
Seaforth, seas also involved in the accident a
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month ago.
Constable Dave Dale said Constable
Burgess' was driving the police cruiser south
on Main Street. when the Scott vehicle
accelerated from the stop sign and collided
with the cruiser.
Cateless driving charges are pending
against Mr. Seott.
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Still shOveiling at 90 . „
Broomball weekend P. 11
F of A debates severances . P. 15
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