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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-12-12, Page 3Fresh, Meaty Santa parade as good (if not better)than. ever with Rev. Wilfred Jarvis of- ficiating. HENRY PFAFF Henry Pfaff passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Lorraine Bowers in Crediton on Tuesday, December 10, age 81 years. He was the husband of the late Thelma Witzell (1962) and father of Mrs, Fred (Lorraine) Bowers and Robert, Emery, William and Allen, all of Crediton, Wilmer of Dashwood, Wallace of Rodney, and Harvey of Exeter, Also surviving are one brother, Oscar, three sisters, Mrs. Mary Gower, Mrs. Nelson (Katherine) Schenk and Mrs. Margaret Clarke, all of Crediton. Also 30 grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren. He is resting at the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home until Friday. The funeral Service will take place Friday, December 13 at 2 p.m. Interment is in Crediton Cemetery with Rev. Harold Snell officiating. Six grandsons will be acting as pallbearers, Attendance at all Conservationl areas owned by the Ausable-' Bayfield ConservatiOn KuthoritY was down for the second year in a row it was reported at the annual meeting in Exeter Wednesday afternoon. Poor weather in the summer was blamed for the drop in at- tendance. As a result of at- tendance drop the North Section of the Thedford Conservation area has been closed and the authority proposes to close the new port-Blake area, just north of Grand Bend, during the week and open it only on the weekends. It was reported that attendance at the Port Blake area during the week did not warrant the costs of maintenance and gatekeepers fees. Next summer the new park wilt be open only on weekends. New projects included in the budget for 1975 include a preliminary engineering study for control of erosion along the Walker Drain, The authority was approached by Stephen Township and the village of Grand Bend " *i.th a request for a study. Deports show that erosion from this drain has been a problem since 1949, and the Grand Bend portion of the drain experiences the worst erosion. The authority passed a motion to undertake the preliminary engineering study at a cost of $3,000. The second new project scheduled for '75 is the Haist Land acquisition of 6 acres of land east of Crediton on the Ausable river for the con- struction of a small recreational area for the Municipality of Stephen, The park will be known as the The Lucan conservation area has been much more severe at may have to be closed due to Lucan than at any of the severe damage by vandals it was authority's ten other parks. reported at the annual meeting of Property adjoining the park the Ausable-Bayfield Con- has suffered severe damage from serva tion Authority, three attacks of vandals in the last six months. In the most recent attack vandals almost destroyed several cabins which are on the property next to the park. Roger Martin, resource manager for the authority said damage to authority property and adjoining private property THE BEST SIDE — The best side of the Exeter fire department entry in Saturday's Santa Claus parade showed a happy family enjoying Christmas. T-A photo Consider closing Lucan park due to attacks by vandals Attendance down at Conservation areas The Trivitt Anglican church en- try was fourth followed by the Exeter Fair Board, the Exeter fire department and the local Horizons grant —continued from front page grant was obtained. Organizers of The Well-Come Inn include, president Murray Neil, secretary treasurer, Charlie Smith, third signing officer, Art Frayne, and Board of Directors, Mabel Killough, Alice MacDonald, Thelma Neil, Dean Prayne, Clara Harris, Helen Wells and Irene Harness, The winner of a 1975 Old- smobile Cutlass in the Vanastra swimming pool roof lottery is Harvey Ashton of Clinton. Mr. Ashton's ticket was drawn by William Elston Warden of Huron County at the lottery windup dance. This lottery under the spon- sorship of the Vanastra parks recreation and community centre board was planned to raise the necessary funds to build this new indoor pool complex. It was the hope of the committee that at the conclusion of the lottery adequate funds would be available to allow an immediate start on this worthy project, This pool, the first in Huron County, to be covered for year round swimming will be a valuable asset in the recreational pursuits of all Huron County Residents. The complex will provide: children's learn to swim courses, mom and tot swims, competitive swimming, life saving and life guard courses, and well as open family recreational swimming. ThelHuronlPerthiSeparateSchool Board and the Huron County School Board have shown interest in this facility for school class swimming. It is hoped that many surrounding municipal recreation programs will also utilize this year round swimming facility. Crediton Park. The Haist ,ppperty on lot 10 concession 5 will be purchased at a cost of• $1,200 per acre for a total cost of $9,000. The largest land transaction during 1974 was the aquisition of 550 acres in McGillivray Township formerly owned by the Kime family. No definite plans have been made for the development of the property but one of the main reasons for acquiring the property. ac- cording to the land acquisition committee was "for the preservation and protection of all valleylands for future use by the general public." wins vehicle Clinton man branch of the Bank of Montreal. The Fair Board float featured a Christmas scene including a live sheep. The fire department entry A Wellburn area woman and her three year-old son were killed in a car-train crash, about a mile and a half from their home, Wednesday morning. Dead are Mrs. Joan Leyte and Andrew Mark. The driver of the car and husband of the dead woman is in critical condition in University Hospital, London. The Leyte vehicle travelling west on Middlesex County road 16 was struck by a south bound Canadian National passenger train. Constable D.R. Vance of the Lucan Provincial Police detach- ment said parts of the 1969 model vehicle were strewn `all over' the area. The accident occurred during a slight fog. The crossing is con- trolled by a signal. The train engineer was Malcolm Peter Flint of 13rarrialea. Coroner Dr, Robert Greene, London pronounced the two victims dead at the scene. Cpl. DX. Cox assisted with the in- VestigatiOn, Roger Martin reported that bedding, mattresses and fur- niture had been burned, windows broken, doors torn off and rafters broken, Cunningham, owner of the property contacted the authority. It is believed the vandals enter the property by way of the park road, Parkiproperty has also suffered severe damage with signs valued at $500 broken, attempted bur- ning of outhouses and other vicious vandalism Martin said, Martin said the authority will ;attempt to rectify the situation short of closing the park by means of a gate part way along the road and fencing. Martin and Superintendent John Hodgins will make a survey of the park to determine if other methods could be employed to deter vandals, short of closing the park. In the past this park has been hit hard by vandals. About five years ago a petition was cir- culated to residents of the area to see if they wanted the park closed. Since that time vandalism decreased but has now reached alarming heights again. —continued from front page be constantly aware of the planning being undertaken by the special committee now in- vestigating a sports complex for Smith Huron. " We should be ready to put inputs into that committee," he advised. Program committee chairman Ruth Durand agreed that many improvements had been made in RAP's operations as recom- mended by the 1973 report, noting that previously the group had been running in a haphazard manner. "It's the best year" since the 1963 inauguration of RAP, chairman Baynham stated, noting that a tremendous amount of work had been accomplished. He paid tribute to the staff members for their efforts during the year. He suggested that in 1975 RAP should "bend over backwards" and invite other communities to Train crash kills pair depicted two sides of Christmas, They showed a happy family around a Christmas tree and also a fire ravaged home. The Bank of RAP pats on backs participate in local programs. He said RAP would have to show that they were not trying to "suck them in", but were primarily interested in serving them. "They must realize they will have,to help paythe freight," he quickly added. However, he said many rural residents were now starting to see the need for sharing facilities and leadership Bob Pooley also paid tribute to the RAP staff and said the committee had probably ac- complished the task of proving that RAP was not just an organization interested in ball and hockey, but rather the total recreation needs of the com- munity. All the members with the ex- ception of John Stephens and Bruce Shaw indicated they would be willing to serve another year if council wishes. Stephens said he had other interests that required more time and he would have to give up his seat on RAP, while Shaw has indicated he will not sit on RAP while acting as mayor. Baynham indicated he would not accept the chairmanship of RAP, but would stay on as a member if appointed by council. Rene Brochu of Clinton was named Parks and facilities manager of Vanastra Park at Tuesday's meeting of Tuckersmith township council. Mr. Brochu will assume his new duties January 1, 1975 and will receive a starting salary of $8,500 per annum. He replaces recreation director Ted Therston who has moved to Regina. A delegation from the Vanastra recreation committee attended the meeting. Included were Wilfred Schneider, Jim Broadfoot and Barry Davis. Broadfoot reported on the com- pletion of the lottery to raisefunds to close in the swimming pool at Vanastra. He said 350 tickets were sold to raise $8,750 which fell far short of the goal of $35,- 000. The car was won by Clinton taxi operator Harvey Ashton, Prizes of $100 each went to Doug Rowcliffe, Seaforth; Alf Ross, Staffa; Don Kay, Clinton and G. Bryans, Toronto, In an attempt to raise $10,000 council approved a share the wealth lottery to be started by the same committee. Council was recently notified by the federal government that the LIP grant request in the amount of $24,934 for the Vanastra pool had been ap- proved. The recreation committee ex- pects work on the pool cover to start as soon as a qualified con- struction foreman can be ob- tained. As the result of a request from the Huron County Board of Education load limits have been placed on four bridges in ,Tuckersmith. - The limit on the Hannah sideroad bridge will be eight tons. The Lot 22, Con, 4-5 bridge will have a limit of four and a half tons; five tons will be the maximum for the sideroad 10-11 bridge and the limit on the struc- ture at Lots 20-21, Con. 4 will be nine tons. Accounts totalling $297,357.18 were passed for payment. Montreal float celebrated the firm's 100th birthday. The longest contingent in the parade was entered by the Ex- eter Public School, winners of the school classification, Receiv, ing honourable mention in this category was J.A.D. McCurdy school from Huron Park. Providing .excellent music throughout the parade were the Midlanders Drum and Bugle band from London, the Zurich Centennial band and the Seaforth District High School band. A goodly number of floats from out-of-toWn contributed much to the parade. These included a groUp of roller skating youngsters from Skateland. in Vanastra gets new rec man This Weekend's Extra Specials at DARLING'S Food Market EXETER SPARERIBS THIS WEEKEND ONLY LB. Fresh Turkeys Now In Stock For The Fresh Oysters Holidays Ducks „5 1.0 Bologna Maple Leaf 8 Maple Leaf Cooked Ham Sliced B$1.89 B49t Canada Packers Bologna By The Piece Maple Leaf Smoked B $1.29 Cottage Rolls Freezer Specials FRONTS OF BEEF 85 LB. HINDS OF BEEF '1.19 LB. SIDES OF BEEF 95' LB. SIDES OF PORK 79s LB. Have Your Beef or Pork CUSTOM SLAUGHTERED KILLING DAYS MONDAY & WEDNESDAY Darling's Abattoir and Food Market THE Place To Buy Meat Thousands of spectators lined more than a mile of Exeter's Main. Street Saturday to watch the annual Santa Claus parade sponsored by the Exeter Board of Trade. The parade featuring three bands and a large number of floats covered the route from Highway 83 to Huron street and back Albert and Senior streets to the high school and public school parking lots. First prize in the general float division went to Dashwood In- dustries. The entry of the Exeter Girl Guides pack was second and the Canadian Canners float featuring Mother Nature was judged third best. London; Gederich Psychiatric Hospital; Centralia College of Agricultural Technology; Huron. Park for Kids; the Kirkton Hillbillies; Birch Bark Trailer Park and CFPL-TV, The parade was led by a Rolls. Royce owned and driven by Grand Bend's Tom Webster, Riding in the front seat was Don Webster, president of the Exeter Board of Trade. Back seat passengers were Exeter's Mayor Jack Delbridge and Huron MPP Jack Riddell. Bringing up the rear was the star of the show, Santa Claus, The jolly old fellow in the bright red suit started the parade at the north end of town on the Exeter fire truck but part way down the route switched to the London Jaycees float. After a swing through town, Santa appeared for more than an hour at the Exeter Legion Hall talking to hundreds of youngsters and handing out treats. Films were also shown at the Legion. Chairman of the Board of Trade Santa Claus parade was Tom Arthur. He was assisted by Bev Skinner, Dean McKnight and Emil Hendrick. Bill Batten was parade marshall, Chairman Tom Arthur said the committee was pleased with the large number of floats especially those from neighbouring com- munities. He added, "we were also pleas- ed with the large number of children visiting Santa at the Legion and watching the films. We hope some changes can be made for next year to shorten the waiting period for youngsters to see Santa." Area thefts —continued from front page was $345. Norris Desjardine, RR 1 Grand Bend, told police a spare tire and wheel were taken from his truck on Saturday. Mr. Desjardine was working in a field on Stephen sideroad 10 when a car pulled up near his truck and two men got out, took the tire and sped off. Friday night, vandals almost spoiled the Santa Claus parade entry of the students from Usborne Central School. The float had been left behind the school and vandals pushed it into a nearby ditch. However, the float was readied in time for Saturday's parade. OPP advise they are inposses- sion of a small convertible bicy- cle found some time ago in Huron Park. The owner may claim same by identifying it at the detachment office. Ammommmons., Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Grain • Feed Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 Custom Slaughtering and Processing To triciivrdial.Reapirpmerits • Coyle an-ci Hogr.ore-Govetnment inspected in our Modern Abattoir for Your Protection. Specializing in Hickory Smoked Hams and Bacon SLAUGHTERING ON MONDAY ONLY All Processing Guaranteed LOCKERS FOR RENT By Month or Year EXETER FROZEN FOODS Phone 235-0400 EMEMMINSEMEMMKISO LILY MAY JOHNS Lily May Johns passed away at the Sunnycrest Nursing Home on Tuesday, December 3 in her 93rd year. She is survived by sons Hilton of Listowel, Fred of Kirkton, and John of Toronto and daughters Lorena of Toronto, Mrs, James , (Myrtle) Willis of Kirkton Mrs. Douglas (Leola) Humphries of Sarnia and Mrs. Harold (Ruby) Bayes of Mississauga. She is also survived by several grandchildren and great- grandchildren, The funeral service was held at the Trull Funeral Home, Toronto on Thursday, December 5. Interment was in Resthaven Memorial Garden. CORNELIUS FABER Cornelius Faber of RR 3, Exeter passed away at University Hospital, London on Friday, December 6 in his 60th year. He was the husband of the former Jean Smallacombe and father of Stephen, Waterloo; Mrs. Patrick (Lynne) McCann, Mount Carmel; and Patricia of Guelph. He was the brother of Rochus and Egbert both of RR 3, Kippen. Also surviving is one grandson. He rested at the Bonthron Funeral Chapel, Hensall where the funeral service was held on Monday, December 9 with Rev. D. Beck officiating. Interment was in Hensall Union Cemetery. RODERICK MACDONALD Roderick MacDonald passed away at his residence in Parkhill on Tuesday, December 3. He was the son of the late John R. and Flora MacDonald, He was ,the brother .,:of Mrs.. _Leuis (Katherine)Rockwell, 'California; Marglret Mac- Donald, Toronto; Flora Shepard, London; Minnie MacDonald, Parkhill. He was the uncle of Frank Rockwell, Chicago; Mrs. R. G. (Anne) Healy, Texas; Mrs. R. (Donelda) Florek, California. The funeral service was held at the M. Box and son Funeral Home, Parkhill on Saturday, December 7, Interment was in Parkhill Cemetery. ROBERT LORD Robert Lord passed away suddenly at his residence in Crediton, on Thursday December 5, in his 54th year. He was the husband of Mary Belcher and father of Mrs. Robert (Ann) Parsons of Ingersoll, Mrs. John (Susan) Crerar of Hanover; Mrs. Frank (Theresa) Linton of Toronto; Christopher of London, Richard and Andrew of Crediton and Philip of South Carolina. He is also survived by five grandchildren and one brother, Ernest of Mossley. He rested at the Hopper Hockey Funeral Home, Exeter. The funeral service was held at Emmanuel Baptist Church on Saturday, December 7. Interment was in Dorchester Cemetery with Pastor Thynne officiating. EARL R. SOLDAN Earl R. Soldan, formerly of Hensall passed away at Tiverton on Sunday, December 8 in his 43rd year. He was the husband of the former Gloria Smith and father of Robert, Kathy and Karen, He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Scldan of Hensall and brother of Mrs. John (Ruth) Hendrick, Mount Forest, Mrs. Robert (Jean) Phillips of Toronto and Bill of Hensall. A private funeral service was held at the Bonthron Funeral Chapel, Hensall on Wednesday, December 11 with Rev. D. Beck officiating. Interment was in Exeter Cemetery. LOUISA TINNEY Louisa Timmy passed away in Huronview Home, Clinton on Tuesday, December 10 in her 84th year. She was the wife of the late Robert Tinney and mother of Mrs. Richard (Roberta) Fit- zgerald of Ilderton and John Tinney of Hay Township. She is also survived by five grandchildren and three great- grandchildren. The funeral service Will be held at the Hopper Hockey Funeral Home, Exeter on Thursday, December 12 at 2:00 p.m. Interment in Exeter Cemetery "Tony" Bedard I would like to thank the voters of Hay for their support in the recent Dec. 2 election. In the upcoming 2 year term I look forward to working with the other members of council and you the people, Thanks again and Merry Chriiimos to everyone Times-Advocate, December 12, 1974 Stretched one end of town to other Pag..3