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Times-Advocate, 1981-01-28, Page 1IT TASTES GOOD — Brad Darling Ticks the bowl after com- peting in a boys cake baking contest Thursday at South Huron District High School. T -A photo Orthopedic clinic opens at hospital A new orthopedic clinic will be opening at South Huron Hospital this Friday. The announcement was made Thursday by hospital administrator Roger Sheeler. Sheeler said that the clinic will operate every other Friday morning out of the emergency department at the hospital. Dr. G.B. Ha'eri of Strat- ford has agreed to come to Exeter to look after the clinic. He is an orthopedic specialist. An orthopedic clinic will deal with anything to do with the bene structure of the body. "The clinic will look after problems with Plan night for Tinney Friday January 30 is John Tinney appreciation night at the Pineridge Chalet. Tinney was warden of Huron County in 1979 and has been involved in Hay Township politics for the last 18 years. The dance is starting at 9 p.m. and the music will be provided by Joe Overholt. There is going to be a dinner before. but it is just for the council and employees. their own gesture towards Tinney. Invitations have been sent to some past reeves and wardens. but everyone is welcome. joints or arthritis problems with the back or bones in the feet. fingers, wrists, and so on," Sheeler explained. Patients for the clinic will be referred there by their own doctor. Sheller said that the plans forsthe clinic have been discussed with the seven doctors in Grand Bend. Hensall, Zurich and Exeter. "They are all very supportive of the plan," Sheeler added. He said that at present. patients have waited up to three months to see an orthopedic specialist in London. Once the clinic opens. the maximum waiting period should be two weeks. Sheeler stressed that the set up of the new clinic is flexible. For the opening, hours have been scheduled from 8:30 a.m. until noon. Sheeler said that if demand warrants it. the clinic could operate for a full day, and later increased to weekly. It will be assessed after six months. Sheeler said that plans for the orthopedic clinic in- clude performing minor sur- gery. It is hoped that patients requiring major surgery will go to Stratford Hospital where Dr. Ha'eri practises. They would be able to come back to South Huron Hospital for their con- valescence. Dr. Ha'eri will be making rounds at the hospital. Sheeler said that the new Please turn to page 3 Stephen reserves several decisions Stephen township council has reserved decision on accepting the successful tender for a new tandem truck. Six tenders were reviewed for the truck which will in- clude the appropriate snow plowing equipment. Reeve Doug Russell and clerk Wilmar Wein have been authorized to sign an agreement with Ontario Development Corporation for snow plowing and grass cutting at Huron Park. The agreement the same as last year calls for the township to pay ODC $3,000 per year for the plowing and grass cutting services. Jens Andersen of Ontario Hydro attended the latest meeting of council to review the possible takeover by the townshipof street lighting on township roads in the residential and industrial areas of Huron Park. A decision was reserved until council can contact Ross Waddell of ODC in Toronto and Jack Malone, manager of the ODC operation at Huron Park. Similarily no decision was made on a request by the township of Basanquet to use the Stephen waste disposal site for disposal of some Bosanquet waste. Bosanquet was represented by councillors Fred Thomas and Bill Kingdon. Council approved repairs of the clock which is located adjacent to the township office in Crediton. Four tilt drain loan ap- plications were approved in the amont of $49,700. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food has Informed the township that $152,6090 remains in sub- sidies for 1980 for tile drain loans. The rates for fire protection by Stephen fire fighting equipment in McGillivray township was • reviewed, but, no decision was made. McGillivray was represented by councillors Jim Thompson and Jake Lagerwerf. Council has made a suggestion of the name of Pine Lawn for the new cemetery to be established jointly by the townships of Bosanquet and Stephen and the village of Grand Bend. The cemetery will be located three miles south of Grand Bend just east of the Alhambra hall. The new Green Forest subdivision located on Gill Please turn to page 3 Sports dinner already sold out Anyone whodoesn't have a set for Tuesday, February 3 prominence in the 1980 terback Gerry Datillio and will be Canada's Olympic ticket for Tuesday's annual at the South Huron Rec National league playoffs University of Western basketball coach Jack Exeter Lions Sportsmens' Centre in Exeter is sold out. when he led the Houston club Ontario Mustang star Donohue and crippled dinner will have to wait until Dinner chairman Frank in their attempt to reach the halfback Greg Marshall will children will be represented next year. Giffin and his committtee World Series. be here. Also, one member of The eighth annual dinner have lined up a top notch Long ball hitting John either the Detroit Lions or program. The headline Mayberry of the Toronto Cleveland Browns could speaker will be former Blue Jays will be attend. Detroit Pistons basketball representing that American coach Dick Vitale who has league baseball team and captured sportsman of the Doug Melvin, a statistician year awards in the city of with the New York Yankees Detroit and the state of will be making the trip to Michigan. Exeter. Don Cherry, former coach At press time, Tuesday, of the Boston Bruins and dinner chairman Frank Colorado Rockies will also be Giffin was still hopeful that a here. Cherry who has turned member of the Detroit to television since being Tigers would be in at - released in Colorado is oc- tendance. casionally quite con- Giffin added, "Sport- troversial in his role on swriters In London are still Hockey Night in Canada with trying to make his comments and his arrangements with Detroit coaches corner segment. for Mark "The Bird" The second representative Fidrych for their dinner the from the world of hockey will night before. If Fidrych be former Montreal makes it to London I'm sure Canadiens great Jean he will come to Exeter, too." Beliveau. His appearance In addition to -Don Cherry, here is being sponsored by John Beliveau, one of the the Bank of Nova Scotia. best players to ever lace on From the baseball fields skates for the Montreal comes Canadian born Terry Canadiens will be here. Puhl of the Houston Astros. Representing Canadian Puhl, a native of Saskat- professional football will be chewan came into Montreal Alouette guar - Pays $900 on charges A 28 -year-old Huron Park man was assessed fines totalling $906 when he plead- ed guilty to two charges before Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday. Robert William Knowles was fined $403 for driving while under suspension on December 13 and an ad- ditional $503 for having no in- surance for the vehicle he was driving at the time. His license was under suspension for impaired driving. The accused was given six months in which to pay the fines and no further license suspension was imposed. Michael L. Parsons, appeared for sentencing on a charge of driving while un- der suspension and was fined $253. He was given 60 days in which to pay. Martin D. Traquair, Ex- eter. was fined $128 and had his license suspended for four months after being con- victed of careless driving on November 20. He was given 60 days in which to pay. A fine of $103 was assessed Alan William Shain Monteith, Norwood Village, Exeter. for driving while un- der suspension on January 12. He was given 15 days to pay. Dawson R. Keller, Exeter, was fined $28 for failing to obtain a change of address permit and Edward T. Helm, RR 2 Clinton, was finded $63 plus costs of $7 for having liquor readily available in a motor vehicle in his care and control on November 29. In Provincial court on January 12. Judge W. G. Cochrane levied a fine of 8500 or 50 days against Paul Douglas Broderick, Exeter, who pleaded guilty to driving with a blood alcohol content over 80 mgs. His license was suspended for six months and he was given 60 days in which to pay the fine. He had a previous convic- tion. Minor injury in area crash The Exeter OPP report only three accidents in the area this week with one minor injury resulting. . That injury was sustained in a Monday collision bet- ween vehicles driven by Michael McQuiggan, Exeter, and Pearl Buswell, RR 1 Centralia. They collided on concession 2 of Usborne in a heavy fog and the Centralia area lady sustained minor injuries. Constable Frank Giffin investigated and listed damage at 81,500. The other two collisions were on Friday, the first involving a vehicle driven by Vernon Gallant, RR 1 Grand Bend, which collided with a tractor parked on sideroad 20-21 of Stephen at con- cession A & B. The driver of the tractor, ian Turnbull, was hooking a chain onto a stuck vehicle. Constable Ed Wilcox in- vestigated and set damage at 82,500. The other collision in- volved vehicles driven by Horst Mathonia and Donald Gingerich, both of RR 2 Zurich. They collided on concession 12-13 of Hay north of Highway 84. Damage was estimated at $5,000 by Cpl. Dave Wood- ward. Clint Galbraith, trainer, driver and part-owner of the great Niatross will not be able to attend, but, harness racing will be well represented by one of North America's top drivers in Ailsa Craig native John Campbell. Veteran racing fans in the area will well remember John's grand- father Dunc Campbell. Well, Dunc is also going to be present just to visit with his grandson. From the figure skating lanes come world junior figure skating silver medal winners Lori Baier of Mit- chell and' Lloyd Eisler of Seaforth. A current resident of Goderich John Scratch will be representing auto racing. Scratch is a past Canadian champion formula Ford racer. The master of ceremonies by Exeter area's own Tammy, • Christine Easterbrook. Adding colour and pageantry to the dinner will be the appearance of the Ontario Provincial Police pipe band. C,► • A TIRING EFFORT --- Kathy Allister and Arlene Masse bring back a tire during Thursday's scavenger hunt at South Huron District High School as part of Winter Week activities. t: Ames Serving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Eighth Year & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 28, 1981 Price per copy 35 Cents KID -NAPPING — One of the requirements in Thursday's scavenger hunt at South Huron District High School was to bring back a public school student in snow suit. John Schenk hod no choice in the matter as he was transferred from one school to the other by Doug Hoffman. T -A photo Plan to have new facility ready for 1981 fair The 1981 Exeter Fall Fair should have a new agricultural building to house all livestock exhibits if present plans materialize. Dalton Finkbeiner told the annual meeting of the Exeter Agricultural Society Friday night, "We hope to have the new building ready by September if all the paper work and grants can be completed." Finkbeiner said the proposed building would be located about 120 feet east of the South Huron Rec Centre and its dimensions would likely be 144 feet by 60 feet. He added, "We are looking FAIR BOARD EXECUTIVE — The annual meeting of the Exeter Agricultural Society was held Friday night. The new executive is shown above. Back, left, ladies division president Shirley Cooper, school division president Margaret McClure and secretary Pauline Sim- mons. Front, vice-president Gordon Jones, president Norm Whiting and vice-president Bob Hero. T -A photo at a couple of plans, but, that's the size it will likely be." A building 60 feet in width would allow for four rows of stalls for animals. Finkbeiner concluded, "We saved a lot of material from the old grandstand and that will go a long way in providing materials." The financial statement indicated the 1980 fair was a success with admissions increasing by some 8600. This was offset by an in- crease in the prize list by about the same amount. President Norm Whiting praised the hundreds of volunteers which help in presenting the fair each year. Ile added, "We gave out more in prize money than ever before and the ladies and school divisions were tremendous." Delores Shapton, president of the ladies division said the exhibits were of excellent quality. She continued, "Where are your pictures for the photo coopetition for another year. Remember, this is not just for ladies." Margaret McClure in charge of the school fair said she was generally pleased with the 1.810 school entries. More than $600 was awarded in prizes. Dates for the 1981 Exeter Fall Fair were confirmed as September 25, 26 and 27. Bruce Shapton in charge of the feeder calf club said 12 calves arc expected to be shown this fall at the fair. He added, "This is one less than last year. We lost four members and have gained three new ones." Director Jack Stewart said more than two persons were needed to look after the field crop competitions including driving judges around to the various plots. Bob !fern told Stewart that this problem was solved with the addition of another helper. Former secretary Garnet Hicks presented a fair board service award to Roy and Irene Pepper for their many years of faithful service to the fair. Roy was president for 1978 and 1979 and Mrs. Pepper has been helping with ladies division work for many years. The entertainment part of the meeting included a roast Please turn to page 3 Former mayor dies in hospital A former mayor of Ex- eter. Jack lk•Ibridge, died in London's Victoria Hospital early Sunday morning. Mr lhelbridge served as mayor from 1965 through to 1974 and was a member of council from 1961 to 1964. As mayor. he also served on the Exeter Public Utilities Com- mission and was a member of all council committees. he was also active in the Exeter Agricultural Society and a member of Exeter United Church. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie. and two children, Kevin and Diane. both of Ex- eter. A full obituary notice appears elsewhere in this issue. Rec board is seeking `perfect' administrator The South Huron rec centre board of management agreed this week to ad- vertise for an experienced recreation administrator to replace Ian Smith, but will take the next couple of weeks to determine exactly what qualifications they are seeking for the position. The perfect person, as outlined by the general discussion that took place at Tuesday's meeting, would be someone who understands people, finances, programs, small communities, has the ability' to repair the equip- ment at the rec centre and swimming pool and is a promoter. "We need more than we've had in the past," opined Exeter Councillor Bill Mickle, who went on to suggest that recreation should be put on a paying basis as much as possible. Mickle said a good promoter would be worth a great deal to the board and wondered if an incentive program could be initiated whereby the administrator would get a bonus to reduce the operating deficit on the rec centre or even make a profit. He suggested the board delay advertising until a budget has been prepared and the qualifications of the person detailed, but Gary Birmingham noted there was a job description on file that outlined the qualifications. Jerry MacLean, who has been named chairman of the board, cited the need for a person with the ability to look after the refrigeration equipment at the rec centre, particularly in view of the fact facilities manager Alvin Willert is nearing retirement. However. Jack O'Neill. Stephen's representative, said that anyone with those abilities was working in private industry at a greater rate of pay than the hoard could hope to pay. He also asked if there may be a placement agency which could assist in sear- ching out a candidate. The hoard finally agreed to have the personnel com- mittee of MacLean and Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw advertise in the Toronto Globe & Mail for a can- didate. Carolyn Merrier, agreeing with the members who suggested there should not he too great a delay in seeking a replacement, explained that the board would have a few days before applications started to arrive to determine what they want and how much money they can afford to pay and can then weed out the applications on that basis. it was agreed that no effort would be made at this time to name a replacement for facilities supervisor Jim Guenther, who resigned in December. It was felt an administrator should be hired first. Only two full-time staff members remain on duty, secretary Janet Wedlake and Willert. They both noted they were required to put in extra hours due to the lack of staff. The board agreed to have Mrs. Wedlake's hours in- creased to 40 per week from the present 35 and also to give her extra vacation time for any hours over the 40 when an administrator is hired 1tillert, who said he worked an extra 30 hours one Please turn to page 3 FAIR SERVICE AWARD Roy and Irene Pepper received an award from the Exeter Agricultural Society for their lengthy and dedicated service. Making the presentation of the right is former secretary Garnet Hicks. T -A photo Report three thefts Three thefts are under investigation by the Exeter police department this week. On Sunday. Ken Triehner. 83 Gidley St.. retorted That his home had been entered some time between 1:30 and 10:30 p.m. on that day. A side door had been forced and a small amount of money and some jewellery stolen. Gerry Fergusson of I'ryde Nleniorials reported that the building had been entered Friday night or early Sar- turdav morning and a small amount of money taken On Wednesday, a car owned by Hugh Wilson. RR 1, Exeter, was broken into while he was working at the Royal Rank. A cassette deck and some tapes were stolen The investigations into th three thefts are being con- ducted by Constables George Robertson. flan Kierstead and Kevin Short On Sundrly • Constable Robertson apprehended 110:o youths on the roof of Syfilco Ltd.. 15 John St E . around 11:30 p.m. The two have been charged with trespass by night.