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Times-Advocate, 1979-02-14, Page 1NO AIR PLEASE! — One of the more popular events at South Huron District High School's winter carnival held over the weekend was the baby bottle drinking contest. Making sure that Sue Zachar received as little air as possible was Sherry Gilfillan. Photo by Schwartzentruber Auction adds to sports dinner success Bidders get on ball to aid crippled kids Hay will increase grant to Dashwood Hay council agreed at their meeting Monday to pay an increase of two mills for the administration of the police village of Dashwood. In a letter to council, the village said the increase would be turned over to Stephen township to cover the cost of using the Stephen landfill site by Dashwood residents. Users of the Hay township hall will be paying 37.5 percent more this year as council approved a rate increase. The hall charges go up from $15 to $25 per meeting. As the dollars from the various lotteries continue to roll in, some municipalities are beginning to think the funds derived should be channelled into more traditional areas of govern­ ment spending. Hay council approved a resolution from the township of Hinchinbrooke which called for the profits from Wintario to be applied to the provincial budget for health care and education. The resolution said the prupose behind this refun­ nelling of funds would ensure “that these important government services be adequately funded without putting a further burden upon provincial taxpayers through either provincial or municipal taxes.” In other business, council: Approved severance applications from the estate of Antoinette Bourgue, Gerard and May Ducharme, Gerald Regier and Maurice Durand. Gave their consent to a building permit from Bill Degroot which will see the construction of a barn and covered concrete manure tank at Lot 29, North boundary. Approved a tile drainage loan application from Ray Hartman on Lot 8, Con­ cession 11 for $35,000. Crippled children were the big winners as the result of the 1979 Exeter Sportsmen’s dinner held Tuesday. George Godbolt, treasurer of the sponsoring Lions club told the T-A Monday that total profits should be in ex­ cess of $5,000. The dinner was the sixth annual and was successful in many ways. The quality of speakers was excellent and the large crowd enthusiastic and generous. One of hockey’s greatest pioneers Frank Selke Sr. described the crowd as a “nice prorama of families” in attendance. The generous theme came especially from three groups when two autograph­ ed footballs and a soccer ball and sweater were auc­ tioned off. Auctioneers J.D. Hill of the Detroit Lions and Western Mustang Jamie Bone used bid getting knowledge gained in London the night before to get record prices. Hill who said similar foot­ balls at the London dinner sold for $110 and $250. begg­ ed, cajoled and pleaded for bigger amounts and he was more than successful. The first ball went to Nelson Monteith and Gerald McBride for $355. Jamie Bone took over as auctioneer for the second ball but when bidding slowed down, Hill took over and managed to get $360. from Norris and Gee, a local ac­ counting firm. The most spirited bidding came for a soccer ball and Detroit Express sweater. When the smoke cleared, the special prize went to Con­ solidated Signs and Lighting Services Inc. of Crediton for $550. • Headline speaker Bobby Bragan listed humility as a great quality in athletes. Bragan said one of the greatest men in baseball was Branch Rickey. He add­ ed, “Humility was Rickey’s best attribute. He gained 14 honorary degrees but never forgot to be humble. Bragan, a former NL manager and now associated with Com­ missioner Bowie Kuhn suggested that Phil Mankowski of the Detroit Tigers had the same qualities. Mankowski who was fill­ ing in for rookie of the year Given J 5-day term A Kippen area man was sentenced to 15 days in jail on one charge in Exeter court, Tuesday, and then handed a fine of $250 or another 10 days on a second charge. Robert .Phillip Herbert, RR 2 Kippen, was given the jail term by Judge E. H. A. Carson after pleading guilty to a charge of driving with a blood alcohol content over 80 mgs. A breathalizer test gave a reading of 180 mgs. The jail term was imposed when the court was advised the accused had previous convictions on similar charges. However, Judge Carson agreed to allow Herbert to serve the sentence on weekends, after being in­ formed the home had to be heated with wood and there were young children at home. Herbert was fined the $250 on a charge of driving while disqualified. Both charges were laid on September 6 when police stopped a car because it did not have its headlights on. In the only other case on this week’s court docket, Maurice Bohnert, Hamilton, was fined $250 or 10 days in jail on a charge of driving with an alcohol content over 80 mgs on December 24. A breathalizer reading showed a content of 150 mgs. Lou Whitaker told the young people in the audience, “You must learn to win with grace and lose with dignity.” The Tiger third baseman said, “Putting a smile on a crippled kid’s face gives one as much pleasure as a key hit or a good defensive play.” Frank Selke also had good advice for the younger generation. He told them, “Absolutely nothing takes the place of kindness you find in the home. Love your parents and make the whole world as happy as you can.” Detroit Lion J.D. Hill also had some good advice for young people saying, “You have a lot going for you, es­ pecially in physical fitness. Make sure you make the best of it.” Dave Hutchinson of the Toronto Maple Leafs told fans of his team, “Don’t give up on us. We still have 27 league games left to im­ prove our record.” Catcher Rick Cerone and chances in 1979. we are improving.” Cerone said, “ We are real- The Toronto Argonauts Please turn to page 3 broadcaster Tom-Cheek of the Toronto Blue Jays were optimistic about their ly the Ontario Blue Jays and I HUNGRY MEN? — One would hardly think this would be the case because between the two of them 37 pancakes were consumed in less than 10 minutes. Finishing second in the pancake eating contest at the South Huron District High School winter carnival was MikeWestelaken with 15 of the flapjacks downed while the winner was Doug Hoffman with a total of 22 devoured. T-A photo c-Z Z ’V. • . > / ' '' ' * • •’ '// .’X $$$•. . X imes - Advocate Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Fifth Year a® & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 14, 1979 Price Per Copy 25 Cents TALKING HOCKEY —- One of the most popular visitors at Tuesday's Exeter Sportsmen's dinner was Frank Selke Sr. The great hockey pioneer is shown talking to Exeter's Mr. Hockey Derry Boyle. T A photo Whiteoufs plague district drivers The Exeter OPP in­ vestigated six accidents in the area this week, many of them caused when drivers were plagued by whiteouts, There were two crashes on Monday, the first involving vehicles driven by Timothy Wood, Huron Park, and Anthony DeBoer, Exeter. They collided on Highway 4 in a whiteout. Damage was estimated at $550 by Con­ stable Larry Christiaen. The other accident also occurred during a whiteout, on Highway 4, involving cars driven by George Stasik and Bradley Barnes, both of Exeter, Constable Christiaen set damage at $1,500 in that one. On Tuesday, a Zurich area man sustained minor in­ juries in a snowmobile ac­ cident. LOUis Zirk, R.R. 3 Zurich, was driving a snow machine when it dropped over a snow embankment on his property. Constable Jim Rogers investigated. There was one accident on Thursday, involving vehicles driven by Gerren Lands and Douglas Ferguson, both of Hay. They collided in a whiteout on Highway 4. Constable Al Quinn estimated total damage at $1,050. Damage was listed at $425 by Constable Jack Straughan in a Friday collision involving vehicles driven by Margaret McLean, R.R. 2 Hensail, and Merlin Bender, R.R. 2 Hensail. They collided at the junction of Highway 4 and 84 in Hensall, Four vehicles were in­ volved in a crash on High­ way 4 just south of Kippen on Sunday. Drivers were George Hooper, R.R. 3 Ridgetown; Merkeley Burley, R.R. 4 Wingham; John Dadson, Ripley; and Neil McNichOl, R.R. 4 Walton. Damage was set at $1,250 by Constable Christiaen. Book battle not finished The Huron County Board of Education was served notice Tuesday that the bat­ tle Of the books is far from over. The board received a letter from the Huron Freedom of Choice Society asking that Margaret Laurence’s movel The Diviners, removed from the board’s list of approved English literature books, be reinstated. The letter also asked that anytime a trustee is involved with a decision to approve a textbook that the trustee be made to read the book before making that decision. The board shuffled the issue off refusing to re-open the debate on approving or disapproving of books for classroom use in county schools. The novels became the centre of a bitter and emotional contraversy in 1978 and resulted in the board taking The Diviners out of the classroom. The Huron chapter of Renaissance International, headed by Blyth resident Lloyd Barth, started the issue boiling last year when it asked the board to ban three novels, The Diviners. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the1 Rye. The request brought book supporters and opponents to the field of battle and culminated in a highly emotional public meeting in Clinton that attracted about 500 people. The board reacted to the issue by tak­ ing The Diviners off the list of approved texts. That meant that the book could not be used in classrooms but would be left in the school libraries. The board did not consider the move a ban on the novel. Freedom of Choice members felt different. The group formed a few months ago with the idea of forming an organization similar (te Renaissance International but with opposite aims. Members hoped to gain enough representation to have the same impact on trustees as Renaissance sup- porters. Some of the members of the Freedom of Choice were willing to leave The Diviners off the ap­ proved list of texts and con­ centrate efforts on future issues. But in its January meeting the group decided to ask the board to re-instate The Diviners Board chairman John Elliott was not interested in re-opening the book issue and asked the board for a motion to receive and file Please turn to page 3 HARMONIZING — Barber shop on an impromptu basis was very prevalent at Tuesday's Ex­ eter Sportsmen's dinner. Shown harmonizing are the gues* speaker Bobby Bragan and Lion singing enthusiasts Bob Russell and Doug Knowles. T-A photo Huron board withdraws from trustees' association Rec centre deficit expected to decline Exeter council will be asked this Monday to ap­ prove the 1979 budget for the South Huron rec centre, calling for the town to pick up a deficit of $58,273, which is about $9,000 less than last year. The province con­ tributes about $6,000 towards the town’s share of deficit through a grant recreation. The 1979 budget was proved by the rec centre board at a meeting, Thur­ sday. Capital expenditures of $9,400 are anticipated, along with an operating expenditure of $178,018. The corresponding revenues are anticipated at $129,145, in­ cluding grants of $4,000 from Usborne and $1,200 from Stephen. Rec centre administrator Kirk Armstrong reported that the main reason for the decrease in the anticipated deficit this year is a reduction in planned capital expenditures. Last year, capital expenditures amounted to $23,113.33 and included the paving of the the for ap- parking lot and the purchase of a new tractor. Over half of this year’s capital expenditures will be for electrical installations at the community park. That’s estimated at $5,000. Another $3,700 will be for equipment purchases and some minor renovations to the rec centre. On the revenue side of the budget, the board members anticipate arena rentals of $31,000 this year, down slightly over last year due to an expected decline in the revenue generated by Exeter’s Junior “D” Hawks. With another good playoff showing, the Hawks would pleasantly surprise the board. Hall rentals are expected to increase about $2,500 to $14,000. Only minor increases are anticipated from other rentals and recreation programs such as roller skating, the swimming pool and community park facilities. On the expenditure side, utilities are expected K-W winter event proves successful Crowning of Queen Laurie Russell was the highlight of the Friday night show of the 1979 KirktOn-Woodham winter carnival, Laurie who was Sponsored by Bill Waghorn’s Kirkton Market was crowned by last year’s winner Barbara Anderson. Chosen as the runnerup Princess was Beth Hibbert. Her sponsor was the Blan- shard Municipal Telephone System. The other contestants and to their sponsors were: Debbie McPhail, Vesta’s Vanity Venture; Jane Simpson, Bishop Seeds; Sue Spence, Kirkton-Woodham Snow­ blazers; Shelly Fletcher, Ulch Transport. The hugh carnival Queen trophy was presented by carnival chairman Bob Marshall. Winners in the carnival poker rally were Valerie Stephen, Murray Doupe, Bill Harmer. Ruth Noels, Sharon Please turn to page 3 continue to climb, with the 1979 figure estimated at $28,000. Salaries, benefits and insurance are also ex­ pected to be up. The budget indicates that the arena portion of the rec centre and the swimming pool are among the major deficit areas, with the ball and bar being the main money-making areas. Summer hockey back At Thursday night’s meeting, it was learned that the Huron Hockey School planned to use the rec centre for their program from July 22 to August 24. The rental rate has been set at $2,000 per week. Members agreed that a definite commitment was required and the school officials must sign a contract for use of the facility in March. In other business, the board: Were advised by the ad­ ministrator that the weight lifting club has outgrown its present asccommodation at the rec centre and is looking for a suitable alternative. Discussed the Liquor Licence Board regulations and their enforcement and supported the administrator in closing the hall or bar facilities whenever violations occur. Directed the administrator to inform council that after legal advice has been received, the money now held back from Cambrian should be released. On another motion, the ad­ ministrator was asked to arrange a meeting with lawyer Chris Little con­ cerning the initiation of legal action Against NorthsidO Construction for payment of monies required to rectify deficiencies in the building. The Huron County Board of Education decided Tues­ day a $4,700 voice to the ministry of education was too expensive. The board decided not to renew its membership in the Ontario School Trustee’s Council (OSTC) the official pipeline to the minister of education for school boards in the province. Membership in OSTC has been a contentious issue .... _________ ___ ___ with the board for the past ’heard she was saying what year. When the $4,700 ..................... membership came due in 1978 former Goderich trustee Cayley Hill suggested the board shy away from joining. Hill said at the time that the board faced a very tight monetary situation in the next few years claiming the money could be better spent. He told the board that teachers had been re­ questing new equipment for technical and commercial classrooms pointing out that the $4,700 could “buy a lot of typewriters”. Shirley Hazlitt, trustee for Goderich township, defend­ ed membership in OSTC when Hill suggested the board get out. Hazlitt said at that time that the con­ ference for new trustees sponsored by the council was very worthwhile and she felt the board should re­ main a member of the coun­ cil. Hazlitt has come full cir­ cle. Tuesday she made the recommendation that the board get out of OSTC. She said she felt the board voice to the minister of education through OSTC was “not very loud and not very clear” and recommended that the board not join this year. Bert Morin, Wingham trustee and new to the board, took the stand Hazlitt did last year. Morin said he had recently attended the OSTC conference for new trustees and found it very worthwhile. Morin said he was impressed with OSTC with a few exceptions saying “I really feel the council can do something for us (the board)”. He conceded that he did not like the price of membership. Hazlitt said she hesitated making the recommenda­ tion not to join OSTC. She said she “probably will have to eat a little crow” pointing out to the board that when the discussion was last Morin is saying and Hill was saying what she is now. She said her reservations about making the recommendation had to do with the fact that the OSTC was the “official” voice to the minister but she added that she felt $4,700 was just too much. Zurich trustee Herb Turkheim told the board that membership in OSTC is not the criteria for attending OSTC sponsored con­ ferences. He told trustees that anyone wishing to pay registration fees for the con­ ferences was welcome to at­ tend Clinton trustee Dorothy Williams told the board it could take another look at the matter after having been out of OSTC for a year to see if the board “lost $4,700 worth of information”. She said if that was the case the board could rejoin. Dorothy Wallace, Goderich trustee, reminded the board that membership in the council may be in the board’s best interest. She said teachers are organized in groups and they are forc­ ed to join their respective groups whether they like it or not. She pointed out that teacher organizations have considerable clout political­ ly and is the board ever wanted to use council ser­ vices to strengthen a case it would have to remember it “wasn’t pulling it weight”. Hazlitt added that there were a number of things she felt the council needed to look at to improve its effec­ tiveness. She said the only way to tell OSTC the board is not satisfied is to withdraw membership. BLOWING — While most of us asTHE PLEASURES youngsters engaged in the age old art of blowing bubbles with our bubble gum, students at South Huron District High School have it down to a science. While Bonnie Baynham's bubble lasts long enough to have an official measure (top) it returned to its former state soon afterwards (bottom). Bonnie and Sue Zachar were among the many participants in the bubble gum blowing contest held at the South Huron District High School winter carnival on the weekend. T-A photo Kin assist SH hospital Thanks to the Exeter Kinsmen Club the physiotherapy wing at the expanded South Huron District Hospital will have some new equipment. Bill Armstrong, Kinsmen secretary said $3,200 worth of equipment will be pur­ chased by the hospital with the funds provided by the local service club. Included in the equipment purchase will be walking parallel bars, a shoulder abduction wheel, a cold pack unit, an adjustable mirror, a shoulder abduction ladder and special weights. The funds were raised through a canvass of the town and a draw for a trip th Florida. Winner of the trip for two was Harvey Beierling of R.R. 1, Dashwood.