The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-05-11, Page 1•
Search, fire, crash
make for hectic day
Car flips, youth burned
as gasoline soaks clothes. Tuesday was "one of those
days" in Exeter. Many people
ended up with unexpected
worries and work.
It started off around noon when
two grade two girls at Exeter
Public School contacted a case of
"spring fever"and decided to take
the afternoon off.
Kim Livingstone and Lisa
Magee were reported absent
from school shortly after af-
ternoon classes commenced and
were the objects of a four-hour
search,
The former's mother, Mrs,
Chan Livingstone, notified police
who joined neighbors and friends
The only other accident in the
area this week occurred on
Thursday, involving two trucks
on the Dasbwood Road south of
the village. Damage was set at
$2,500 by Exeter OPP Constable
Bill Lewis,
The collision occurred as
Patrick O'Rourke, RR 3, Dash-
wood was leaving a driveway and
Russell Waun, London, was
travelling north. No injuries were
reported.
During the week the local
detachment officers charged 17
persons under the Highway
Traffic Act and issued warnings
to another 22. There were four
charges under the Criminal Code.
In their weekly press release,
the OPP remind owners of
commercial motor vehicles used
for drawing sand, gravel or soil
that the load must be covered by
a tarpaulin to prevent any of the
cargo from blowing off,
They also remind area
residents that next week Is Police
Week in Ontario. Cpl. Ray Brooks
said the local detachment office
would be open for visitors if
arrangements are made ahead of
time with persons or groups
wishing to visit the office.
FIRST THINGS FIRST —
last week's concert, they
brothers and sisters with
them in their singing debu
Before kindergarten students at Exeter Public School were ready to sing at
took an unscheduled time out to acknowledge the presence of parents and
a wave and cheery smile before their teacher, Mrs. J. Desjardine, could lead
t. T-A photo
Deer killed,
dog sprayed
Ninety-eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 11, 1972 • Price Per Copy 20 Cents
A Zurich area youth remains in
intensive care at St. Joseph's
Hospital in London, but has been
taken off the critical list.
Douglas Geoffrey, 17-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs, Theodore
Geoffrey, RR 2, Zurich, was
trapped in gasoline after his car
overturned near his home around
3.:00 a.m. Sunday.
The youth's 1964 Chev struck a
culvert on concession 14-15 of
Hay, about one mile north .of
Highway 84 and overturned.
A neighbor, Dennis Regier,
came upon the wreck and went to
his home to call an ambulance,
tow truck and police, He then
returned to the scene with other
members of his family and
assisted attendants from
Westlake's Ambulance to pry
open the car to free the youth.
He suffered serious cuts and
first and second degree gasoline
burns to his legs, hips and arms.
The vehicle did not catch fire, but
gasoline leaking from the broken
tank soaked him while he was
trapped.
His mother told the T-A
Wednesday that doctors were
satisfied with his recovery and
the bandages from his legs and
arms are expected to be removed
today or tomorrow.
She paid tribute to Regier's
quick thinking in getting
assistance to her son so quickly.
The youth was examined at
South Huron Hospital by Dr.
Gulens and immediately tran-
sferred to London.
Constable Harold Green of the
Goderich OPP detachment in-
vestigated and reported the car
was totally wrecked.
Youths, snowmobile chalet
share $50,000 gov'it grants
in the search through the eastern
area of the town.
Lisa, granddaughter of Mrs. T.
Davis, 30 Sanders St„ had her
bicycle and it was located in a
field owned by Fred Darling.
Residents in a wide area were
contacted to see if they had seen
the girls and vacant buildings
and nearby bushland were
searched without success.
The two youngsters were
finally found shortly before 6:00
p.m. in the vicirity of Darling's
Apartments on Sanders St. East,
They were unable to give police
or parents a complete report of
their activities, but they ap-
parently were out of town for a
portion of the time as they
reported getting a ride back with
some lady.
Chief Ted Day was in the
process of organizing a town-
wide search, using the volunteer
firemen, when the girls were
discovered and returned to their
homes,
As it turned out, the firemen
still didn't have a quiet evening at
home.
At 6:30p.m, they were called to
a rather "frightening" scene in
front of Les Pines Motel on Main
St. Smoke was billowing from a
large Arrow Petroleum tanker,
The brakes had seized up on the
front duals and one of the tires
had blown out.
The brake drum was red hot
and after cooling it down with
water and chemicals, the truck
was driven up to Algoma Tire
where the tires were removed,
After repairs, the two men on
the truck were on their way to
make a delivery.
Adding to the extra activity for
the police department was an
accident, reported around 5:30
p.m., during the height of the
search for the two missing girls.
A report is contained elsewhere.
GB dentist
starts soon
READY FOR A FIGHT — Several special awards were made at
Saturday night's final wind-up celebration of the Exeter Hawks,
OHA Junior "D" champions. Above, EMHA president Harvey Pfaff
helps Ruth White with her gift of gloves as the "fightingest" fan of
the Hawks. T-A photo
A young deer was struck and
killed on Highway 83 west of
Exeter Thursday.
OPP Constable Bill Glassford
said the animal may have run
into the side of a large vehicle
without the knowledge of the
driver. The animal was sub-
sequently hit by another vehicle
as it lay on the highway.
On Tuesday, police were
notified of a suspected rabid dog
in the Grand Bend area.
A woman had called to report
that an Irish Setter had at-
tempted to attack her through a
screen door at her home.
OPP Constable Bill Lewis
investigated and found that the
canine had been sprayed on the
back with turpentine and was
acting abnormally because of the
burning sensation.
A bath ended the problem.
Two buildings at Huron Park
were attacked by pellet gun
during the past week, Four
windows were broken at J.A.D.
McCurdy school and the upstairs
windows in a home were broken.
Cpl. Ray Brooks advised his
officers would take whatever
steps were necessary to bring
this type of indiscriminate
shooting to a halt and warned
that charges can be laid under
the Criminal Code,
No thefts were reported in the
area this week. A bicycle was
found by Ian McAllister, con-
cession 6 Hay. It was a white and
blue CCM ladies' model and the
owner may recover same by
contacting the Exeter OPP or the
IVIcAllisters.
Cancer fund up,
despite area drop
Despite a drop of almost $2,000
in the Exeter Unit canvass, the
Huron Cancer Society this week
reported the 1972 canvass is
expected to total about $22,500.
This is well above the
organization's $18,500 target and
higher than last year's record of
$21,680.
Exeter area canvass chairman
Norm Whiting reported this week
* receipts to date are about $5,000.
This is approximately $2,000
below last year's total, but
Whiting said more returns are
still expected.
A tour of the dental section was
part of the latest meeting of the
board of management of the
Grand Bend Area Medical
Centre.
Headed by president Bill
Sturdevant on the tour, members
were assured George Kadlecik
Construction would have the
dental area work completed by
the middle of May.
Dr. Robert Clay hopes to start
his practice by the end of the
month after installing more than
$30,000 worth of modern dental
equipment.
Treasurer Jack Mennel
reported cost of finishing the
dental section would be about
$10,000 with $4,000 of this amount
in the bank.
Directors decided to back a
$6,000 bank loan until the middle
of September.
Vice-president W. F. MacLaren
is corresponding with the Vic-
torian Order of Nurses and will
be meeting with other
organizations in the area to
determine the feasibility of
bringing this service to the Grand
Bend area.
A snowmobile park near
Hensall has become one of the
first tourist attractions in the
province to receive an Ontario
Development Corporation per-
formance loan.
The Honourable Charles
MacNaughton, MPP for Huron
and Chairman of the Ontario
Government's Management
Board, has announced that
Pineridge Chalet will receive
$15,500 toward the expansion of
its facilities and services.
In 1972, the types of loans
available to the tourist industry
through the ODC were extended
to include performance loans to
major attractions capable of
benefiting the local tourist in-
dustry and lengthening the
season for resorts providing
guest accommodation in the
area. Performance loans are
interest-free and forgiven over
six years if the borrower meets
the conditions of his agreement
with the ODC.
Pineridge's expanded facilities
include an extension of the lodge,
additional storage space, new
trails and a parking lot. The park
will help meet an increasing
demand from snowmobilers in
Southern Ontario . and Northern
Michigan.
A Pineridge spokesman when
contacted by the T-A Monday
night said, "this is news to us,
good news. We hadn't heard
anything on the matter for the
last couple of months."
Last fall the snowmobile park
was told government money was
being made available and an
application was presented.
The Pineridge is continuing
expansion of facilities started
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Gave beer to minor,
man pays $50 fine
This week, three first year
students at University of Western
Ontario received final ministerial
approval for a grant from the
federal government's Oppor-
tunities for Youth program to the
tune of $9,950.
The young people, Don Jolly Jr.
and Kathryn Hall, both of
Exeter, and Mary Ellen
Gingerich of Zurich had their
summer specialized day-care
centres for Exeter and Huron
Park selected from 90,000
projects submitted to the
government.
They are frankly happy;
especially since they had all but
given up when they were not
among those groups receiving
acceptance in the first an-
nouncements made two weeks
ago.
Having obtained acceptance
they must now get down to the
hard facts of making their plan
workable and organizing for what
they term as a 'challenging
summer.'
First they must select one other
post-secondary student and eight
high school pupils from the area
to assist them. Twelve is the
number of people their plan in-
corporated when it was sub-
and took this into consideration in
his sentence.
In the other case, Henry James
Adkins, RR 2 Hensall, was fined
$20 and costs on a charge of
failing to share half the road.
He was involved in an accident
on Highway 83 on March 18. He
and the other driver, Bill Hoy,
Hensall, were both hospitalized.
Adkins said the road was very
slippery and said he misjudged
the distance due to the glare of
the oncoming lights.
BIKE FOR RETARDED — Three youngsters from Exeter public
school biked to Rannoch and back Saturday, a total of 42 miles.
They collected $30 to go to the Retarded Workshop campaign.
From the left they are Matthew Postill, Mark Pridham and Mark
Roelofson. T-A photo
Junior Hawks help
fill coffers at arena
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The Exeter Hawks not only won
an Ontario championship this
year, they again contributed
significantly to the financial
operation of the local arena.
Arena manager Alvin Willert
reported to RAP, Monday, the
team "paid" almost $40 an hour
for ice time when the split from
gates for the 11 playoff and 17
league games were taken into
consideration.
Total revenue from the 28
games was $11,817.99. Of this, the
4 Hawks received $6,292.56 and the
arena garnered $4,187.40.
Willert noted that without that
kind of revenue coming into the
arena, other groups would have
to pay double for ice time.
However, he also had some bad
1, news for the committee mem-
bers. He said the arena floor has
cracked badly and questioned
how long it may be before ex-
pensive repairs are required.
It was explained that the floor
in Listowel had also cracked and
repair costs amounted to over
is4 $60,000.
He indicated there was a
danger that the cracking could
cause one of the pipes under the
floor to break and this could allow
deadly ammonia to escape.
Willem aaid the cracking had
been occurring for some time,
but was worse than usual this
year,
RAP learned the swimming
pool had wintered well and would
be cleaned up in the immediate
future.
Damage high
in collisions
Damages totalling $1,565
resulted from three accidents
investigated by the Exeter
police department this week, all
by Constable Ardell McIntyre.
The first took place at the in-
tersection of Main and Huron
streets, Friday afternoon and
involved vehicles driven by
Stephen Wuerth, 411 Carling
street, Exeter and Robert
McArthur, Credi ton. Total
damage was listed at $650.
Saturday, vehicles driven by
Swaby Williams, Hensall and
Joyce Ann Monteith, Exeter
collided on Main street near
Sanders with only minor
damages of $65 being inflicted.
The final mishap of the week
occurred Tuesday at the corner
of Thames and Carling streets.
The drivers of the vehicles in-
volved were Anne Marie
Mostrey, Exeter and Verna
Elaine Datars, RR 1 Dashwood,
Damages were listed at $850.
An attempted break-in was
reported Monday at Exeter
public school but nothing was
reported stolen. Constable
George Robertson is in-
vestigating.
There were only two cases
heard by Judge Glenn Hays in a
special court session in Exeter,
Friday.
In one, he levied a fine of $50
and costs of $3 against Joseph
Bruce Mathews, 116 Parkdale
Ave., Huron Park, who pleaded
guilty to supplying liquor to a
person under 18.
The juvenile named in the case
had been babysitting with the son
of the accused and had ap-
parently brought two pints of
beer to Mathews' home, He gave
her another pint of beer and the
police found her later in an-in-
toxicated condition, -
Crown Attorney W. G.
Cochrane said the baby-sitter
was with a group of people whom
he termed, "better not to be
associated with".
Judge Hays said it was up to
Mathews to see that the group of
young people did not stay at his
home and pointed out providing
liquor to minors was a serious
offense.
He said as a matter of general
policy he usually levied heavy
fines to discourage this type of
infraction, but he noted
Mathews was living on a pension
mitted to Opportunities for
Youth.
May and June will find them
working out ideas and finalizing
plans to open the centres by the
first of July. They will continue
until the end of August.
Mr. Jolly told the T-A in an
interview that one half of the
program will be allocated to
planned recreation and the other
half will be made up of bus trips
to interesting local areas, some
dramatic arts, and films arid
crafts for rainy days.
He said he and the two others
on the core committee are
presently negotiating for the use
of Exeter school facilities.
Jolly also pointed out that the
government approval states the
group must in no way interfere
with Exeter's RAP summer
program and that it must work in
close conjunction with the local
organization.
Huron Park, however, is a
different situation because there
is no organized recreation there
for children. "It will be entirely
our baby," said Mr. Jolly. He
stated the program will include
children from Grades III to VII
but will be flexible in this regard..
Whether the centres will
operate on a full day or half day
basis has yet to be decided. "If
the demand warrants it, we will
likely go for a full day plan in
both Exeter and Huron Park," he
said.
The groups will receive 40
percent of the grant at the onset
of their activities, 40 percent half
way through, and the balance
when they have handed in their
final report at the end of the
summer and had it assessed.
Government personnel will call
on the group throughout the
summer to inspect their ac-
tivities.
GB Coffee House
Under the same program,
approval was also received for a
grant to the Missing Piece Coffee
House in Grand Bend.
The Missing Piece was
established in the resort town a
few years ago as a haven for
young people,
With its government grant of
$10,620 the coffee house program
will be expanded to include a
work shop, arts and crafts and
experimental drama.
Zurich
Gary Flaxbard, law student at
Western University will conduct
a study of the technological
history of the Zurich area and the
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It is planned to open around
June 15, the time when the
National Association of Campers
and Hikers hold their annual
campout in Exeter.
RAP considers
swim fee boost
Area youngsters may find that
inflation has hit their efforts to
keep cool this summer.
At their meeting, Monday,
RAP named a special committee
to review admission prices for
the local swimming pool and
playground program.
RAP faces increased costs at
the Pool due to the necessity of
adding more lifeguards and in
meeting minimum wage levels.
Rec director Alvin Willert
explained that Exeter's ad-
mission of 15 cents per swim
period was the lowest in the area.
Most pools charge 25 cents.
Named to the committee by
chairman Gord Baynham were
Lee Dobbs, Derry Boyle and
newcomer Jack Underwood,
A lengthy debate arose over
expenses to be paid for members
wishing to attend this week's
recreation convention in Strat-
ford,
Two voting delegates will at-
tend and several members in-
dicated they would take in por-
tions of the program.
Boyle suggested $50 each for
the two delegates would be
ample, while Baynharri thought it
should be the same as it was for
last year's event in Ottawa —
$100.
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RACER CHRISTENED — Fran Abrook gets set to smash a bottle of champagne to christen Scotch
Bonnet H, owned by her fiance, Ted Lane, president of Hughes Boat Works, Huron Park. The Hughes
North Star 3$ will race extensively on Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario this season and will be the first
area entry in the long distance Mackinac races. Mr. Lane, a member of the yacht clubs at Grand Bend,
Bayfield and Goderich, is a native of Nova Scotia and his craft's transom is painted with the Nova Scotia
tartan. He's shown in the left foreground with other employees and friends in the background at the
Friday christening at Bayfield. T-A photo
Suspend licenses of
two district drivers
Two area drivers had their
licenses suspended on impaired
driving charges heard by Judge
Glenn Hays in Exeter court,
Tuesday. Several other persoes
paid fines for infractions under
the Liquor Control Act,
Cecil Lant Wood, Dashwood,
was fined $150 and had his license
suspended for six months when
he pleaded guilty to impaired
driving. He was charged after
police investigated on accident in
which he had been involved on
April 2 in Stephen.
He collided with the rear of
another car which was turning
into a laneway. A breathalizer
test showed he had an alcohol
content of 120 rags.
A Lucan man, Douglas F.
were Kaj, Benny Bjerg, Clinton;
Robert James Carlile, Hensall;
and Daniel Robert Robson,
London,
Irt a case under the Highway
Traffic Act, Lorne Fleischauer,
Zurich, was fined $50 on a
charge of disobeying a stop sign
on April 21. He was involved in an
accident in which there was
substantial damage,
Wilfred Laurier Reeves,
London, was fined $100 on a
charge of careless driving arising
out of an accident in Hensel] on.
February 11.
He Was turning left into
garage on Highway 4 and collided
with a car coming from the op-
posite direction driven by George
Keller, bashwoed. Damage was
over $2,000.
Peterson, was fined $75 and had
his license suspended for three
months on a similar charge,
Ronald William Smith, Hensall
was fined $35 for consuming
liquor while under the age of 18 on
April 0 in Hensall. He was in
charge of a vehicle at the time,
A companion in the car, James
Henry 'Dyck, Exeter was fined
$35 on a charge of having liquor in
his possession while under the
legal age.
Another minor paying a fine of
$35 for having liquor hi his
possession was Scott M, McNair
Jr., Ailsa Craig. He was in a
parked car when apprehended by
pollee on April 1.
Three persons were each fined
$30 for having liquor in a place
other than their resideriee. They
THE QUEEN AND HER. PRINCESSES — Shortly after being crowned Queen or South Huron District
High School Friday night, Lynne Farquhar, seated, is shown with her princesses, the other contestants.
Prom the kit, they tire,Barbara Mile Thomas, So-Anne Haytv, Carol Ann Desjardiee, last year's Queen
Barb Lamport, Karen Herre Susan Tuckcy and Mary Ann Gielen. T4k photo