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The Citizen, 1986-03-26, Page 1 (2)Grey boy killed in ATV accident A Grey township youth was killed early Sunday in a tragic accident involving a friend. Herbert B. Pomeroy of RR 3, Brussels, was killed when the all -terrain vehicle he was driving crashed head-on with a pick-up truck driven by his 15 -year-old friend. Police say that Mr. Pomeroy was at home alone with his friend late Saturday night when he took the ATV without permission. When some time had elapsed without him returning, the friend took a pickup truck and went out to look for him. Police said on the third pass along the sideroad the two boys met head-on about 12:15. Mr. Pomeroy is believed to have died instantly of massive head injuries. The youth driving the truck was knocked out for a time but when he came too he went to call for help. Herbert Pomeroy was a member of the 2467 Brussels Legion Army Cadet Corps and the Corps held a memorial service Tuesday night with Rev. Charles Carpentier officiating. Fire badly damages Londesboro house A Londesboro house was damaged beyond repair and a large family left homeless in a Sunday afternoon fire. Blyth and District Fire brigade answered the call about 4 p.m. and found the house on the 10th concession of Hullett township east of Londesboro already heavily damaged when firemen arrived. Fire Chief Irvine Bowes said the fire is thought to have started from a trash fire that spread through the grass to the woodshed at the back of the house. None of the family of Robert Kiddy, residents of the house, realized the house was on fire until the heat of the flames ignited a drum of kerosene stored in the woodshed and caused an explo- sion. Everyone was able to escape from the house. Firemen battled the flames which were spreading throughout the attic area and were finally able to extinguish the fire but not before heavy damage was done to the house. The house was owned by Jim Anderson of Londesboro. The family had no insurance on the contents of the building. Blyth business burglarized Nothing but a couple of candies was gained by burglars who broke into the offices of Howson and Howson Limited sometime after 3 a.m. Monday night. Despite the fact that people were working all night long in the flour mill next door, the burglars broke in through a window at the rear of the office building, entered through the laboratory then broke every file cabinet or locked drawer in the building in a fruitless search for money. The only cash in the place was a handful of coins in the cash drawerwhich they apparently didn't feel was worth the effort. They accomplished only the creation of a lot of cleanup work for the employees of the company and some investigative work for the Wingham Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Serving Brussels, Blyth, Auburn, Belgrave, Ethel, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. VOL. 2. NO. 13 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1986. 40 CENTS Damage was already extensive before Blyth Firemen reached the scene of a house fire Sunday afternoon east of Londesboro. Although firemen were able to prevent the building from being destroyed, damage was estimated at being beyond repair. The family of Robert Kiddy was left homeless by the blaze started from a trash fire. County budget up 4.6% In arecorded 18 -12 vote, Huron County council gave its approval Friday to the 1986 budget totalling more than $18.7 million and which includes the controversial Huron - view building project. The budget was presented for approval by the executive commit- tee at the special session in the court house at Goderich. Council's regular meeting will be held tomorrow and the budget bylaw is expected to be passed at that time. The budget, showing revenue and expenditures of $18,704,775 represents an increase of 4.6 per cent over the 1985 budget, council was told. The county apportionment of the budget amounts to $4,560,554 and is made up of the following: general - $2,076,554, highways - $2,244,000, Huronview building project - $240,000. The county's anticipated ex- penditures xpenditures for the year include: • members of council, $193,750; general administration costs, $746,428; protection to persons and property, $119,076; transpor- tation services, $6,126,982; health services, $2,198,145. • social services, $7,146,736; recreation and cultural services, $1,623,698; planning and develop- ment, $490,585; agriculture and reforestation, $59,375. A breakdown of the percentage apportionment by municipality is: Clinton - 3.044 per cent or $138,823; Exeter - 5.865 per cent or $267,476; Goderich - 11.666 per cent or $532,034; Seaforth - 2.661 percent or $121,356; Wingham - 3.671 per cent or $167,418. Bayfield - 1.496 per cent or 6.034 per cent or $275,184; Grey - $68,226; Blyth - 1.006 per cent or 3.449 per cent or $157,294; Hay - $45,879; Brussels - .951 per cent or 5.458 per cent or $248,915; Howick $43,371; Hensall - 1.905 per cent or - 4.239 per cent or $193,322; $86,879; Zurich - .709 per cent or Hullett - 3.892 per cent or $32,334. $177,497; McKillop - 3.623 per Ashfield - 4.831 per cent or cent or $165,229. $220,320; Colborne -3.355 per cent Morris - 2.868 per cent or or $153.007; Goderich Township - $130,797; Stanley - 4.047 per cent or $184,566; Stephen - 10.721 per centor$488,937; Tuckersmith - 4.483 per cent or $204.450; Turn - berry - 2.197 or $100,195; Usborne - 4.190 per cent or $191,087; East Wawanosh - 1.873 per cent or $85,419; West Wawanosh - 1.766 or $80,539. Local students win Expo trip Nine area students were among the 46 students from F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham who won free trips to Expo '86 in Vancouver. All entered a contest to design posters around the trans- portation theme of Expo. Six months ago, Pacific Western Airlines in co-operation with the Expo '86 World Exposition being held in beautiful Vancouver, B.C. from May 2 to October 13, announced the Expo '86 - Pacific Western Student Exchange. Winners from the Belgrave area were Patrick Cull and Heather Morton. Tom Bailey and Gisele Kelly from the Blyth area will be going as will Veronica Bakelaar, Shelly Bray, Cherida Garniss, Karen Knight and Linda Thysson from the Brussels area. The Student Exchange, which took the form of a contest, was created to provide the opportunity for approximately 1300 students, each accompanied by a parent or guardian to visit this world class event and experience for them- selves the truth of the Expo '86 theme "World in Motion -World in Touch". The contest was open to all grade 8 to grade 13 students in the provinces and territories served by Pacific Western Airlines: Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alber- ta, British Columbia, theYukon and North West Territories. Suc- cessful candidates were determin- ed from among entrants to the contest which required the submis- sion of a creative work in one of five separate categories - essay, fine art, graphic art, photography, and special (a category for persons unable to compete in the other four categories) - with the stipulation that the entry reflect the simplified Expo '86 theme "Transportation and/or Communication." The judging was to have been completed by December 31, 1985, but due to the Pacific Western Airlines strike, it was delayed until last week. Mrs Dian Wood, the art teacher of the students, had made the contest a compulsory project due to the stature of the prizes, and was at home during the March Break when students began to phone her. The first call was from a student in Teeswater who knew of three winners, the second call was received from a student in Brussels who knew of two more winners. When Mrs. Wood be- came aware of five winners, she was hopeful of many more, and began calling students at home - and the number of winners swelled up to 21. A phone call to Pacific Western Airlines in Toronto confirmed that all students who received a letter reading "Congratulations! Your entry in the Pacific Western Airlines' Student Exchange Pro- gramme has been judged as a winner .... Start thinking about Continued on Pg. 3 Holiday deadlines Because of the Good Friday holiday on Friday, The Citizen's offices will be closed. Offices will be open at normal hours however on Easter Monday and normal deadlines will apply for next week's paper. All news and advertising should be re- ceived by 2 p.m. in Brussels and 4 p.m. in Blyth.