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Times-Advocate, 1983-06-01, Page 1QUALITY FYRI�ITYRE zmtrm 0 X 0 X 3 m x m —4 —4 mo - m 7J07_ ,Q 0 C z t -a r I r1 77 n 0 l.yti>33I1. Is 964 Support leans to Clark, Crosbie and Wilson Most riding PC delegates uncommitted daughter duo, Mary and Teresa Donnelly of Goderich. Mrs. Donnelly told this newspaper both she and her daughter were uncommitted and they would wait until hearing the speeches at the convention and talking to can- didates before making up their mind. Her daughter is a grade 13 student at Goderich and Mrs. Donnelly said she never presumes to influence her 19 -year -ofd daughter and cer- tainly doesn't expect to do .;o next weekend when it comes time to mark their ballots. One of the alternate delegates is Lorne Kleinstiver, Dashwood, and he too is among those who doesn't know which of the candidates he will support. He won't get a vote unless he's named to replace one of the delegates, or course, but he Lees the battle shaping in- to a four-way race with Clark, Although the majority of Huron -Bruce riding delegates to next weekend's Pro- gressive Conservative leader- ship race are going as uncom- mitted voters, it appears they won't be unified in their selec- tion, at least on the first ballot. Exeter lawyer Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., is one of the few who has made up his mind how he will vote on the initial ballot. He told the T -A in a poll of delegates this week he would support Joe Clark. After that i first ballot) he said he'd just wait and see what happens before marking another ballot. While stating they are un- committed to any candidate, two Wingham area delegates note emphatically they will not be supporting Clark. "He just doesn't have it," comments one of the two riding youth delegates, Ber- nie Haines, HR 1 Wingham. Haines was one of those who voted for a leadership review at the Winnipeg convention. The Wingham PUC employee said he's leaning towards supporting John Crosbie or Michael Wilson. Riding association presi- dent Margaret Bennett is another doubtful vote for Clark as she too is leaning towards Crosbie, although ad- ding that Wilson impressed her during his recent visit to Wingham. Mrs. Bennett, office manager at the Wingham hospital, said she voted against a leadership review at Winnipeg but adds there is a strong list of contenders for the national party crown. She expressed the hope that whoever wins, the party will unite behind him. Ken Campbell, RR 1 Dublin, is "leaning a bit" towards Crosbie or Clark and indicated he would choose between those two for his in- itial vote. It's his first time at a leadership convention and he's looking forward to the experience. Campbell indicated there were up to 30 people from the riding planning to attend the convention in Ottawa as observers. Campbell doubts there will be a winner on the first ballot, although he expects Clark to be in the lead at that point. The other two riding delegates are a mother and Crosbie, Brian Mulroney and possibly David Crombie. "1 don't think it will go on the first ballot," he advised, adding he did not agree with the decision to have a leader- ship contest. Noting that Clark had about 67 percent of the party sup- port at Winnipeg,Kleinstiver said that should be enough in a democracy to hold his position. Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff was not available for comment when the T -A call- ed his constituency office on Monday. Spokesman Dan Pearson said the MP had just gone home because of illness. However, Pearson said Cardiff was uncommitted, at least publicly, because he's acting as vice-chairman of the convention programs and couldn't air public support for any of the contenders. He took over the job from Please turn to page 3 Times ONLY A SNORT SPAY -- Toddler's Inn nursery School students Ryan Soldon, Jeff Finkbeiner and Ryan Beckett try out a cell at the Exeter police station during a visit Thursday. At the right is Constable Brad Sadler. T -A photo. ving South Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Tenth Year vocate & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, June 1, 1983 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Dashwood youth also fined I'M A GOOD COON DOG -- Muffy, a three year old Labrador owned by Tammy and Larry Laye of Lobo has adopted a family. Two motherless raccoonsare now Muffy's pride and joy. The happy family is shown with Tammy Laye.T-A photo. Residents on hio sti��ti leave paving plans intacf Exeter's, public works com- mittee agreed this week to proceed with the street pav-• ing program as originally planned in view of the fact no residents of -Sherwood Cres- cent or Churchill Drive ap- peared interested in under- taking street. improvements under the Local hnprovement Act. Strikes pole driver hurt One minor injury was - reported in one of the two col- lisions investigated this week by the Exeter OPP. Lewko Ivanchenko. Lon- don. suffered" injuries when his vehicle left Highway 83 and crashed into a hydro pole near the Exeter Cemetery on Friday at 5:00 p,m. Damage to the car was set at $2,700 and another $700 to the pole. The driver was taken to South Iluron Hospital by the OPP for treatment. The other collision was reported on Thursday when vehicies driven by Danny Brintnell. Exeter. and Don Milton. London, collided at the intersection of Canada Ave. and Alberta Ave. in Huron Park. Total - damage , was. estimated at $4,000. Both drivers escaped injury. Reporting at Monday's committee meeting, Mayor Bruce Shaw said not one of the residents on either street wanted 10 take the alternative of having a paving project im- plemented under the Local improvement Act. They had been advised of. that alternative in a letter which had been hand - delivered a week earlier to all residences. it noted that under the Local improvement Act. residents of the street would be responsible for all costs which would result in approximately $2,400 extra in taxes per homeowner plus a one-year delay in undertaking such a scheme. The alternative had been suggested after Churchill residents had petitioned court - zit to consider installing curbs and gutters in this year's pro- posed paving of their street, while Sherwood residents had asked council to treat them equitably and undertake pav- ing of their street this year as well. The letter from the commit- tee suggested that Sherwood would be considered for pav- ing next year and Shaw said most of the residents ap- peared content with that. even if the paving was delayed until 1985. In view of the lack of in- terest from residents on either street to undertake im- Please turn to page 3 Seek canine thespian Wanted: one big, gentle, quiet, patient and housebroken dog for a in William Gibson's The Miracle Worker to be presented at iluron Country Playhouse Ju- ly 21.80. No particular breed required but it is imperative that the dog selected is very good with children. Though Huron Country Playhouse is often home to a variety,of animals including barn swallows, raccoons and an assortment of barn cats, auditioning a dog. for an im- portant part on stage is a real t first. In The Miracle Worker. the dog belongs to the Kellers and is dramatically important in the teaching methods used by Annie Sullivan to help the blind and deaf Helen Keller realize that every. object has a name and that knowing the names provides the first great key, towards open com- munication with the world. Auditions for dogs will be held at'the Playhouse on Sun-. day, June 12 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. No appointments are necessary. river loses Ikence for three A 17 -year-old Dashwood youth was fined a total of $500 or 50 days and had his driver's licence suspended for three years after pleading guilty to two charges before Judge W.G. Conchrane in Ex- eter court, Tuesday. Gary James Smith. a grade 12 student, was charged en March 18 with failing to stop for police and with driving with a blond alcohol content over the legal limit, The court learned that dur- ing a pursuit by police, Smith .drovg,LJr ughDashwoodat4 speed of up to 130 k.p.h. The pursuit covered a distance of about 22 km. A breathalizer test con- ducted after he was stopped gave a reading of 160 mgs. Smith was fined $200 or 20 days and had his licence suspended for three years on the pursuit charge and an ad- ditional $300 or 30 days on the charge of driving with a blood alcohol content over the legal limit. -That i_arried a further - three -month suspension. - He was given 30 days in which to pay the fine. . A resident of the London Psychiatric Hospital, Audrey. Rose Bressette, was sentenc- ed to 60 days in ,fail upon. pleading guilty to a theft charge arising from an inci- dent where a silver chain was stolen from Earl Campbell Jewellers in Exeter on March A window was broken dur- ing the daytime at the store and the chain was taken in what was described as an im pulsive act by the accused. She has a substantial record and was cited as needing a behavour modificiation program. A pre -sentence report was ordered by Judge Cochrane for Shawn Stacey Wells, Huron Park, who pleaded guilty to two mischief charges related to spraying paint on the J.A. D. McCurdy school and on cars at Huron Park on April 16. Wells also broke a window at the school and was arrested by police who follow- ed the trail of blood. Damage to the school was listed at $950 and at $200 for the cars which were splat- tered with paint. He will he LEGION OFFICERS INSTALLED The 1983.84 executive of the R.E. Pooley Exeter branch of the Royal Canadian Legion was installed Friday night. Back, left, service officer Reg McDonald, poppy chairman Eldon Heywood, executive members Don McCallum, Harry DeVries, Joe Wragg, Rev. Jim Sutton, -Doug Wedlake, sergeant•at- crrrns Murray Greene and Bill Berends. Front, vice-presidents Paul McKnight and Lorne Klelnstiver, president Jim Barnetson, past president Norm Ferguson, secretary Jack Stewart and treasurer Al Flynn. T -A photo. sentenced on June 28. A pre -sentence report was also ordered for Mark Donovon Stephens, Exeter, who was convicted of the break, enter and theft on March 13 at a Hay Township residence. Ile will appear for sentence on July 26. A Varna area couple who pleaded guilty to making misleading statements under the Unemloyment insurance Act, were fined $50 each count. Dorothy.,Wicks, RR 1 Var- na, pleagu tv seven counts fora tot.Tfof $350, while Raymond Wicks plead- ed guilty to six counts for a total fine of $300 or 30 days. Each was given 60 days in which to pay. The court learned Dorothy Wicks had received -an over- payment of $1,280 while Ray- mond Wicks received $1,400. The amounts have been repaid. It was explained - to the court they were not entitled to the benefits at the time because they were in Florida and not available for work. Kevin D. McConnell, Ex- eter, was fined $100 or 10 days on a chargeof impersonation. Ile rented a car from an Ex- eter auto dealer on May- 11 and impersonated another person. His driver's licence had been undersuspensionat the time. McConnell was given 30 days in which to pay the fine and was placed on probation for one month. A fine of $500 or 50 days was levied against Richard Ed- ward Bielawski. RR 1 Thed- ford. and $300 or 30 days against Shawn Joseph Boone, Grand Bend, after the pair pleaded guilty to four theft_ charges. They were charged after police recovered several items taken from trailers at the Birch Bark trailer park in Stephen Township on November 2. ' ' They were each fined on one of the charges and given suspended, sentences and placed on probation for the other three. Conditional discharges were given out in several other cases on -Tuesday's docket.. - Jeffrey Harmer, RR 4 Parkhill. was given a condi- tional discharge, placed on probation. for three -months and ordered to make restitu- tion of $35 after pleading guil- ty to damaging a bpeaker at the Starlite Drive -In Theatre al Shipka on May 14. Conditional discharges and MISSIONARIES TO SENEGAL — ,Susan and Peter Frayne, Peter's mother Deartje and Exeter Christian Women's president Shirley Luther chat during coffee time at the club's May meeting. Peter and Susan were guest speakers before leaving for Senegal, West Africa as missionaries with the New Tribes Mission. - Exeter native headin for mission in Africa "11 anyone had told me four years ago that I would be go- ing to the mission field I'd have thought they were Crazy". Peter Frayne told the Exeter Christian Women's Club. However, he does -know where he will be for the next four years. "it was good to have been born and raised in a small town (Exeter), and now I'm heading out to a small town in Senegal on the west coast of Africa where the hump begins". Frayne continued. Peter and his wife Susan had been invited to the May. meeting to tell of the events leading to their association with the New Tribes Mission, and their scheduled flight to Dakar, the capital of Senegal, on July 9. Frayne, who will celebrate his forty-second birthday in August, had been a hair. dresser whose brisiness over 20 years gradually grew to in- clude partnership in beauty shops in Sarnia, Stratford, Orangeville and Goderich. He recounted some of the dramatic changes in his life since the day he and Susan knelt by the side of their bed six years ago to become born- again Christians. Though by his own admis- sion Frayne was not par ticularity interested in rnis sions, he attended . a mis- sionary conference three years ago and "was challeng- ed with the need to get the gospel to those who had never heardr. After a year of prayerful soul-searching, the Fraynes made a momentous decision. They sold their home and Frayne's share of the business partnership and began the New Tribes Mis- sion's -gruelling 18 -month training course to prepare for their new life. (All students who can pay their o'wn way Please turn to page 3 probation periods of SIX months were given to Michael Brunzlow and Dennis Meikle, both of Exeter, who pleaded guilty to the theft of gasoline from Smith -Peat Roofing on February 15. Frank Joseph Giffin. Hen - sell, pleaued .guilty to a trespass charges arising from an incident at the Hensall Hotel and was given a condi- tional discharge and placed on probation for six months: A conditional discharge and probation for six months was also given to Barry G. McCur-- - ears y. Exeter, who was charged with the theft of $121 worth of tools from Huron Collisior on April 17. Suspended sentences and .probation periods of two years were handed out to four youths from the Kitchener - Waterloo area who pleaded guilty to the theft of items from trailers at Turnbull's Grove on November 26. The four were Brian Little and Danny Wightman, of Kit- chener. and Todd Jefferies and Brian Smale. Waterloo. All attend high school. StilFconsidering signal at At their meeting this week. the public works committee agreed to proceed with in- vestigation of costs for install- ing signal lights at the Huron St. crossing of the CNK tracks. but decided against any action on a suggestion for traffic lights at the intersec-- lion of Main and Wellington St. A letter from the CNR's legal .department .reported that total cost of installing light at the Huron St. crossing would be $48,800 and the an- nual maintenance cost would be $2,000. Council's share of the maintenance cost would be 50 percent. whle the town would pay 1212 percent of the in- stallation charge. The committee had a mo- tion In file the matter original- ly. but it was withdrawn when Councillor Gaylen Josephson argued that the cost may not be so great in terms of a serious accident at the crossing. • Ile.'uggested council get an, idea of what the cost may be in 1984 and this was approved by the committee members. The matter of traffic lights at the Wellington and Main SI. • intersection had been broach- ed in a letter from Wellington -St. resident J. M. Gibsoh. He noted it was an extreme- ly busy corner with traffic to crossing the liquor store and Canadian Canners and children use the corner to cross to the two schools. It was further pointed out by Gibson that drivers coming off Wellington . onto Main have their vision obscured by parked trucks and cars using the restaurant at the corner. Members agreed the corner was hazardous, but felt there was no way a third set of traf- fic control lights was needed in the town. Gibson also asked council for consideration of sidewalk improvements on Wellington and he will be advised that area will be considered in next year's sidewalk reconstruction program. GETS BAIL Nick Nester Koswan, 53, charged with second degree murder following the death of his wife at the I3uckline Acres trailer park on April 30, has been released on bail. The body of Lucille Francis Koswan was found in the cou- ple's trailer at the park on Highway 83 about two miles west of Exeter. 1 A postmortemexamination revealed death was attributed to a hemorrhage in the ab- domen caused by a severe blow. ELECT AUXILIARY OFFICERS -- The new slate of officers for the Ladies Auxiliary to the R.E. Pooley Exeter hranch of the Royal Canadian Legion was installed Friday night. Back, left, treasurer Annie Lawson, executive members Dawn Murray, Shirley Pole, Kate Bierling Lynda Parkinson and Bernice Shipman. Front, post presi- dent• Anne Kennedy, second vice-president Marg Wragg, president Marion Frayne, first vice-president Irene fncksr,n and secretary Dorothy Pfaff, ' T -A photo.