The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-03-18, Page 3AT THE SUPPER MEETING of the Exeter Explorers, Miriam Wright, and Exeter Explorer, left, is being serv-
ed dinner by Josie Ryckman rind Alma Godbolt, on the right. TpA photo by Sharen Specht
QUILTING is one of the several crafts to be learned at the Learning for Lent series being conducted Thurs-
day mornings at the United Church in Lucan. Above, Jill Haygarth, Sharon McDonald and Peggy Powell
start cutting out their patches for a quilt.
Ceiling
up to 50
In order' to appease merchants
north of the Ausable river,
council has raised the ceiling on
the portion of their land that they
can rebuild under the official
plan,
Originally, tile plan said that
merchants could only rebuild
on 30 percent of the land.
This figure was arrived at to
assure that there was adequate
parking north of the river and to
avoid situations in parking like
the core of the town where
parking is almost impossible to
find during peak shopping
periods.
The idea met with stiff op-
postion from merchants, and the
ceiling was later raised to 40
percent and now to 50 percent.
IP 1.11111111M;un
I would be willing to work with the fund
committee on the South Huron Recreation
project.
raising
Center
Name
Address
Phone
Replies can be dropped off at the RAP office on
Main St, in Exeter or sent to Post Office Box 1810,
Exeter.
The IGA advertisement
published in the
Times-Advocate lost week
should not have
appeared.
We regret any
inconvenience this may
have caused our readers.
Tate exefe '0,1 nies-Ati o cafe
The South Huron Recreation
Center has begun the long ar-
duous task of fund raising by the
creation of a fund raising com-
mittee for either the repair of the
old arena or the construction of a
new facility,
The fund raising committee
will consist of Ron Bogart, Frank
Giffin and Alberta Gregson from
Exeter, John Ansley from Grand
Bend and a person, as yet un-
specified, from Usborne town-
ship,
The committee's first order of
business was to go through an
"academic exercise" said RAP
director Jim McKinlay, to decide
on the purpose, goals and ob-
jectives of the committee and to
arrive at a common direction.
McKinlay said that the building
committee found without these
things clearly stated, progress
became difficult.
With these purposes firmed up,
the committee will begin to look
at other fund raising projects of
the past in order to glean in-
formation from them and to
avoid mistakes and futile
exercises.
In order that they don't
"reinvent the wheel" as • McKinlay said, they will talk to
members of other groups to find
out what they thought was good,
bad or what changes they would
have made.
They will talk to members from
the groups who raised money for
the Curling Club, pool and South
C. STANLEY HORRELL
Exeter pharmacist Stan
Harrell passed away suddenly at
his home on Sanders Street,
March 10, 1976, in his 53rd year.
A former member of the
RCAF, Mr. Harrell had served • overseas and .in ; Canada during
World War II as a wireless
operator. He had the honor of
being chosen as a member of the
crew who flew the plane carrying
Prime Minister Winston Chur-
chill on wartime missions.
After the war he attended the
college of pharmacy at
University of Toronto,
graduating in 1949 with the
Merck's award for proficiency.
He had been stationed at RCAF
Centralia, and moved his family
back to this area 10 years ago.
He was a respected
businessman and attended
Trivitt Memorial Church.
Mr. Horrell is survivied by his
widow, the former Jessie
O'Malley and seven children,
Arthur of Sudbury, Ken of
Exeter, Mrs. Gerrit (Anna
Marie) Aartson, Mrs. Dick (Judi)
Deboeck, both of London, Mrs.
Ken (Mary Ellen) Lee, Exeter,
Kathy and Brian at home. Also
surviving are two grandchildren,
Jason and Selah.
The funeral was held from the
Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home,
March 12 with Rev. George
Anderson DFC officiating.
Interment in Exeter cemetery.
Pallbearers were Dr. Joe
McClure, Dr. Chas. Wallace,
Wally Burton, Ray Wuerth, Bill
Batten and Ray Frayne.
WHILE MOMS WERE BUSY attending the Learning for Lent series at the Lucan United Church, their
children were being entertained in a separate room. Above, Sandra Munroe keeps an eye on Carrie Lane,
Aaron Haygarth and Kari Yallup. T-A photo.
FRANCES JANE FORESTER
Frances Jane Forester passed
away March 12 in Victoria
Hospital in her 75th year. Wife of
the late William (Tubby) Jensen,
mother of William, Sardis, B.C.
and grandmother of three
grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren, she is also sur-
vived by four sisters, Mrs.
Margaret Elliott, Granton, Mrs.
Vaughn (Marion) Keillor,
Detroit, Mrs. Harold (Jean) Dail,
Saginaw, Michigan, Funeral
services were held Monday,
March 15 from the Jas, M.
Carrothers funeral home in
London, interment in Forest
Lawn Memorial Gardens.
JANET CHRISTINA
SeHREPNICK
Janet Christina Robertson,
wife of Mike Schrepnick, passed
away March 12 in Victoria
Hospital, Sister of Mrs. Elizabeth
Robertson of Witigham, Mrs,
Archie (Gertrude) Parker of
Exeter, Campbell of Bluevale
and Harvey and Don of
Wingham, she was predeceased
by one sister, Agnes, Funeral
services were held froth the M. L.
Watts Funeral home in Brussels,
March 15, interment in the
Wingham Cemetery,
RUSSELL. GILL
Russell Gill, of Brampton,
formerly of Grand Bend, passed
away March 10 in Peel Memorial
Hospital in his 69th year.
Husband of Olive Mae (Blake)
acid father of Mrs, Benson
Huron Hospital and people from
Parkhill, Ilderton and Mitchell.
These three communities have
recently built arenas and halls on
the basis of public funds.
The committee will also begin
to canvass local business and
service groups, but not for
money, They will be looking for
letters of support from these
groups that they will provide
physical and human resources to
aid in the fund raising,
McKinley did not discount the
possibility that the businesses
and groups would be asked for
financial support later in the
campaign,
All of this data that the com-
mittee gathers will be collated
and presented at the April 1 open
meeting.
The committee is also starting
to muster recruits for "the army
of a thousand and one" said
McKinlay. These will be the
interested people who will
volunteer time and talent to
raising funds.
This group will include people
from all over the area, as Exeter
council begins the moves towards
inter-community co-operation.
Four community councils met
in a closed meeting March 10 and
these four, plus Hensall will be at
the public meeting,
People interested in being part
of the SHRC army of 1,001,
should fill in the coupon below
and return to the addresses listed
on it.
(Nancy Lou) Reynolds, Mrs.
Ralph (Mary Elizabeth) Van
Dusen, both of Brampton, and
Joseph Morgan of Mississauga he
is also survived by four grand-
children. Brother of Mrs. Keith
(Eloise) Charlton of Mount
Brydges, Wellwood of Grand
Bend, Willis of Stephen ToWnship
and Douglas of Crediton. Funeral
services were held Saturday
from the T. Harry Hoffman
Funeral Home in Dashwood with
Rev. H. Moore officiating.
Temporary entombment with
later interment in Grand Bend
Cemetery.
Pallbearers for the service
were Eddie Gill, Douglas Gill,
Joe Gill, Emerson Gill, Keith
Charlton and Bruce Higgs,
Memorial Donations to the
Cancer Society would be ap-
preciated by the family.
COLLEEN JOYCE MILLER
Colleen Joyce Miller, formerly
of Crediton and Brucefield,
passed away in hospital in
Vancouver, B.C., March 6, 1976.
In her 17th year, she was the
daughter of the late Brian Miller
and Mrs, ' Betty Miller, now
residing in North Vancouver. She
is survived by her two sisters and
one'brother: Debbie, of Guelph;
Brenda and Derek of North
Vancouver; and her grand-
mother, Mrs. Esther Silva, also
of British Columbia.
Funeral services were held
from the Burard Funeral Home
in North Vancouver. Donations to
the Cancer Society would be
appreciated by the family.
ANNE BROWN
Anne (Slee) Brown passed
away at the Parkwood Nursing
Home in her 82nd year, March 11,
1976. Wife of the late James H,
Brown of Kirkton, mother of
John, Mount Brydges, Ervena
(Mrs, Arthur Revely) McTier,
Ontario, Humphrey, Sarnia,
Donna Jean (Mrs. Peter Turn-
bull), Port Franks, She is also
survived by 11 grandchildren and
15 great-grandchildren,
Funeral services were held
March 131 from the L. A. Ball
Funeral (Home in St. Marys,
Interment in Kirktoe Cemetery,
LLOYD WRIGHT
Lloyd Wright, 71, of Wheatley,
passed away suddenly in Florida,
March 14, 1976,
He is survived by his wife,
daughter, Blanche Armstrong,
and a son Rev. Glen Wright,
Exeter, and several grand-
children.
The funeral was held from the
Reid Funeral Home,
Leamington, with burial at
Wheatley cemetery.
REV. SAMUEL KERR
Rev. Samuel Kerr, beloved and
respected figure of Exeter for
several years died suddenly at
General Hospital Stratford,
March d, 1976, in his 77th year,
Mr, Kerr was minister of
Caven and Cromarty
Presbyterian Churches from 195
to 1961, He retired here for a
period of tittle itt 1969, He was
noted for his gentle and kindly
Editor's note—The following is a
copy of a letter sent to Frank
Miller, Minister of Health by Dr.
Ecker of Exeter,
Dear Sir:
The announcements you have
recently made concerning the
closing of hospitals should not
remain unchallenged. You claim
the reason for closing these
hospitals is purely financial. I
believe there is evidence to show
that your decisions have been
influenced by political reasons. It
is riot a mere coincidence that
only three of the ten hospitals
closed are in Conservative
tidings,
The citizens of Huron County,
Paris, Durham, etc should not be
denied adequate hospital care
when required and thus treated
as second class citizens. Human
life and good health is just as
important in these areas as it is in
Muskoka and Brampton,
When small hospitals are
closed, three important facts will
soon be evident, Firstly,
patients from these areas will
have great difficulty in being
accommodated at surrounding
hospitals, as most of these are
operating at full capacity rate.
Secondly, the larger hospitals
have a higher per diem rate,
Thirdly, these stricken areas will
lose some of the physicians who
practice there; there is already a
shortage of physicians in rural
areas,
.Certainly, good medical and
hospital care are costly, but they
are essential, Other ways of
solving this problem should be
found. Closing of beds is ac-
ceptable but closing entire
hospitals is not accepted.
Government expenses should be
reduced in all other areas first,
before hospitals are closed. If
taxation on the sale of alcohol and
tobacco is greatly increased, it
would raise more funds and
perhaps reduce the use of these
harmful drugs and thus reducing
illness and injuries resulting
from their use. As well, there
are many people over the age of
65 years who could well afford to
pay their own OHIP premiums
and buy their own drugs,
The closing of hospitals is a
very undemocratic move. Many
hours of work, devotion and
personal finances have gone into
the building of these hospitals, to
provide adequate care for their
sick and injured. Government
should not be allowed to close the
hospitals, thus denying adequate
hospital care to these com-
munities. Such an undemocratic
process makes one wonder if
further undemocratic actions
may occur, perhaps leading to a
state similar to that which oc-
curred in Germany in the 1930's.
Sincerely,
D. A. Ecker, M.D.
Exeter
character and for his love of
nature.
While he was in Exeter he was
instrumental in having the
church completely renovated
and it was he who designed the
new chancel of the church.
When he left Exeter he served
in the Embro-Harrington charge
from 1961-1969. He had also'been
minister in Avonton-Motherwell,
Brussels, and Glace Bay, N.S.
Born in 1899 in Ballydougan,
County Armough, in Northern
Ireland, he was a graduate of
McMaster University and Knox
College.
The funeral was held in Knox
Church, Stratford, and was
conducted by Rev. ,B, W. Clark,
moderator of the Stratford-Huron
SAMYEI. KERR
Presbytery. Scripture was read
by Rev. K. Innes of Brussels, and
the address was given by Rev.
Fred Neill, Knox Church,
Rev. Kerr was predeceased by
his first wife Ethel Coleman. He
married Lyall Erskine in 1971
who survives.
He was the father of Edwin,
and Mrs, Paul (Grace) Wuthrich,
both of Toronto, and Mrs. Gabe
(Mary) Eros of RR 1, Norval.
Ten grandchildren, one brother
and five sisters also survive. A
soil, the Rev. Howard Kerr
predeceased him,
Intern-lent will be in the Embro
cemetery at a later date.
Pall bearers were from the
charges he had served in Ontario,
Among them were Norman
Stanlake of Exeter and Calder
McKaig of Cromarty.
A not guilty verdict was banded
down by Judge Glen Hays at
Exeter court, Tuesday, to John P.
Murphy, on a careless driving
charge.
Mr. Murphy had collided from
behind damaging the pickup
truck driven by Mrs. B. Eisen-
schink on Highway No. 83.
,Damage to the truck was $485 and
estimated damage to the Murphy
car was $500.
Fine Zurich
man in God.
In Goderich Provincial Court,
March 12, Lionel E. Wilder, RR 1
Zurich, was found guilty by
Judge Glen Hays for making
false statements by omitting to
report income of $18,826.58 for
1972. He was also found guilty of
evading payment of taxes of
$12,127 on unreported income of
$62,634.78 between the years 1968
and 1971.
Mr. Wilder's taxes, interest
and penalty amounted to
$21,634,69 which he had already
paid.
He was fined $300 or one month
in jail for the omission of $18,826
and also fined $4000 or nine
months in jail for tax evasion.
Judge Hays gave him six months
to pay the latter fine.
Gets post with
Supreme Court
Ron Durand, presently a
student at the University of
Western Ontario law school and
the son of Mr, and Mrs. Peter
Durand of Huron St„ in Exeter
has accepted a post with the
Ontario Supreme Court in Ottawa
to start this June.
Mr. Durand will become the
legal secretary to the Honorable
Wilfred Judson of the Supreme
Court. This has caused him to
delay his plans to attend Harvard
for a Masters degree in Law for
one year,
It is the first appointment of a
Bachelor of LaW student from
UWO to a position with a
Supreme Court Judge.
Develop north
to save land
Canada should start to develop
the north as an industrial base
and encourage men to go north to
find employment, rather then
using the prime agricultural land
of the south as industrial land
claims Alan Walper, vice-
president of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture.
Walper was speaking to 16
members of the federation who
assembled March 6 in Clinton to
present briefs to MPPs Murray
Gaunt and Jack Riddell and MP
Bob McKinley.
Walper contends that prime
agricultural land is disappearing
too fast in Ontario and "if we
continue to allow our land to be
taken out of production we will
lose the most important industry
that we have,"
He said that industry in Canada
can not compete with industries
of Southern countries and the
products cannot be marketed as
cheaply on the world market as
other countries can.
Because this is the case he said,
industry should move north and
let the prime agricultural land be
used for farming, where, he said,
Canada can compete.
Gordon Hill, president of the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, echoed Walper's
sentiments, and added that to
protect Canada's- food industry
from cheaper imports there has
to be a form of border protection
for the farmer.
Because labor costs are sub-
stantially less expensive in other
countries, food can be imported
for a cheaper price. Hill
suggested that an escalating
tariff be set on imported food to
bring it up to Canadian price
standards.
Tree costs
Continued from front page
It didn't matter, as Mayor
Bruce Shaw caught the mistake
and recounted. The matter ended
in a tie with Shaw, as chairman,
breaking it in faVor of the ab-
stention ruling.
Council reviewed several other
points of the procedure's bylaw,
one of which was the rein-
troduction of motions that have
been voted down.
Motions which receive the
negative response can be rein-
troduced once during the same
calendar year.
It was also decided that ad hoc
committees would have to inform
council of their intention to ap-
proach the chair in advance of
the meeting.
Mayor Shaw said that if this
does not occur, then the chair
would have the prerogative to
identify or ignore the com-
mittees.
Boyle...
Continued from front page
repairs that aren't anticipated.
Reeve Derry Boyle agreed with
Wright, saying the storm was "an
act of nature, beyond any
government."
The excess strain on the works
budget will mean that there will
be no trees planted this year in
Exeter by the town. Wright
hopes, however, that the citizens
will take it upon themselves to
plant trees.
There may not be any paving or
sidewalk installation this year
either if the costs continue to
mount.
Another cost that the town is
going to have to bear, through the
PUC, is repairing the topmost
wire on hydro and street lamp
poles.
Lower wires are repaired by
Ontario Hydro but the top one is a
total town responsibility.
The top wire is the one which
bore the greatest brunt of falling
limbs,
Fund raising to start
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Mrs. Eisensehink testified she
had been travelling 45 mph,
slowing to turn into a driveway
after signalling with her lights.
Mr. Murphy stated Mrs.
Eisenschink veered to the right
before turning left into the
driveway and claimed he saw no
lights.
Lloyd J. Allan had his driver's
license suspended for six months
and was fined $250 or 25 days on a
charge of careless driving.
Evidence showed he had gone
through a stop sign and hit
another vehicle causing ap-
proximately $1400 damages He
had been drinking and this was
his third conviction in careless
driving.
Harold Moddejonge, RR 1
Sarnia, charged with stealing
five gallons of gas from the
Exeter District Co-op was fined
$125 or 12 days in jail.
Judge Hays deferred passing
verdict on John Striyke who was
involved in the same charge as
Moddejonge until April 6, pen-
ding a presentence report.
Justice of the Peace, Douglas
Wedlake handed down the
following sentences:
Marjory Cox, RR Goderich,
failing to stop, $28 or three days.
Raymond G. Keller, Exeter,
open liquor in motor vehicle, $53
or five days.
Robert J. Leeson, London, 80
mph in 60 mile zone, $63 or 6 days.
John L. Regier, Exeter, failing
to stop, $28 or three days.
William J, Clugston, failing to
produce evidence of snow vehicle
permit, $28 or three days. Mr.
Clugston was also convicted on a
charge of having no insurance on
a snowmobile and fined an ad-
ditional $53 or five days in jail, to
run consecutively,
Mark Vanneste, failing to stop,
$28 or three days.
Wayne L. Riley, overtaking a
vehicle on the right side, $28 or
three days. He received an ad-
ditional fine of $28 or three days
for following another vehicle too
closely.
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