Times-Advocate, 1978-07-27, Page 1 (2)ies, two badly hurt in area accidents
hooking a converted
ruck box to the trac-
,n the tractor hif a
Id he fell against the
)f the machine. The
then caught in the
tire :lugs ,_and Kirk
balance. and it is
1 the tractor ran over
s rushed to lJniver-
pital. but was -dead
al. He was single.
hap occurred short="
7:00 p.m.
Driver of the tractor was
Carl A. Tyler, Dashwood.
Tfie two serious injuries
resulted when a car driven
by -Wilfred Paton. RR 1
Kirkton, struck a house in
.-=Zurich-around 8:30p.re. Sun-
day: Paton and his
passenger. Theodore
Ducharme. Exeter, were
taken to University
Hospital, suffering from
severe lacerations and frac-
tures. Ducharme also had
internal injuries.
in Short didn't take advantage of his situation to dis-
uce Shaw, Saturday, although he obviously had the
prepared to hand him the barbell for o lift of 120
lifts before excusing himself to go umpire a ball
Staff photo
in at Kirkton
lion in• the same
nored manner by
1 preliminary contest
The final judging
er test
attacker
Terris Park. 25, of
ark, was sent to the
iguishene 'Mental
for psychiatric
ion when he ap-
in Huron County'
Goderich, Tuesday
'd of assault with
wound.;
was originally
with. rape' and at -
murder., • but those
were- dropped and
convicted on the
arge of assault with
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wound.
harges followed an
in an Exeter mother
s\•ho was found badly
on a-sideroad in
ark- January 12 by
m. Exeter.
• is scheduled to-
r in county court
ptember 1 for sen -
Their car spun ow of eon-
trol on Highway 84. jumped
a curb and struck a hduse
owned by Harold Thiel Both
men were tossed from the
demolishedvehicle via the
driver's side.
_ Cen latle_B 1Qsterlou Stt
damage in ,the accident at
$1,600.•
It was one -of two ac-
cidents investigated on Sun -
Man faces
rape count
A 25 -year-old Hensall-man,
Larry W. Masson. was
remanded in c .stody to
August 22 for preliminary
hearing when he appeared in
Coderich court,. Monday, .to
face a charge of..rape.
Exeter OPP charged
Masson eller a 21 -year -odd
mother of two said she was
sexually assaulted in a Hay
Township home Saturday
night.
was again capably per-
formed - by Marianne
McCaffrey, of Exeter, who
came to the stage for this
after the final juvenile.
number.
It was easy to see as the
juvenile program
progressed that the con-
testants' had not only been
carefulty chosen, - but that
efforts had been made to
have the program a varied
one from violin to
recitation, from sword dance
to guitar. And the audience
seemed to sense that this
was the case and ap-
preciated it with their
continual showing of warm
applause.
After just under- an -hour,.
the sprightly ,program was
concluded and the award of
prizes proceeded. The first
prize winners in the three
classes were .Fina Vecchio,
London, vocal solo; ' Anne
Marie McQuaid, Seaforth;
violin solo- • Sandra and
Shelley, Finlayson, R.R. 3
Kippen, step dance.
Second prize awards were
presented to : Linda Bryan,
R.R. 2 Granton, vocal solo:
Please turn to -page five
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day. the--other-involving a
vehicle driven by Margareti-
Ducharme. RR 2 Zurich:
Her vehicle struck a cattle .south of the Crediton Road
beast on Huron -Road 2. -in_ __Damage was set at $1.100 by
-.Stephen Township. just- ConstableOsterluo.
The animal, owned by Pat
Sullivan. RR 3 Dashwc.ad.
.was killed.
Three . of the week's- ac -.i
cidents occurred on Friday
the first involving vehicles
-,operated bf'Ravid Gilchrist.
. London. and Karry Hodgins.
Lucan. They collided on
Highway 4 north of
Middlesex Road a in
-R1' phen. Damage was listed
at $4,000 by Constable Frank
Giffin.
Constable La rry•
Christiaen investigated the
other two crashes. one. id
which involved vehicles,.
operatyd by Anthpny Jones.
Huron eark. and Lynda .
Wilds. also of Huron Park
' They collided 'on Algonquin
Drive and damage was
listed at $500. ' •
Four people sustained•
minor injuries in the other
accident. Which occurred
when vehicles driven by.
Richard Hendrick. RR 1
'-Dashwood.' and Peter Griff.
London. collided on
Highway 21 north of the
Highway 83 intersection
Both orivers were injured
'as were two passengers in
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MORE SMOKE THAN FIRE — Exeter Firemen were called to the Exeter farm of Gerald
McBride Sunday night because of hgy,heoting. Firemen continually watered the hay down as
volunteers forked it from the barn. 1T -A photo
imes
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Fifth Year.
VOC
& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY•27; 1978
the Griff vehicle •
Damage was estimated at
$3..200
-There were two accidents
on Saturday. both involving
only one driver. _
A vehicle operated by
John Smithey. RR 3
Parkhill. went out of control
or Highway 81 north of the
,Middlesex -Huron line after
the driver swerved to avoid
hitting .an animal on the
road. Damage to the vehicle
was listed at $2.800 by
Constable Wally Tomasik.
On the same day.. a car
driven by Darlene Collett.
RR 1 Crediton. struck a
parked car on County Road2\
just south of Highway 83.
The parked vehicle was own-
ed by Peter Gaunter. RR 2
Woodbridge and• damage
'was set at $600 by Constable
Tomasik -
. The other crash occurred
on Monday when vehicles
driven by Virginia' Stever.
New Hamburg and Daniel
Ry,ap. Windsor. coliided on -
Highway -4 -Mouth of,Hensall.
Constable Christiaen in-
vstigated a.nd estimated
dai?ge at $1.450
Price Per Copy 25 Cents
Don't mess around
with these fellows
A contest conducted by
Exeter Constable Kevin
Short to determine the
strongest people in the gee e _
during sidewalk sale ds
may actually have gone ,ene-
step farther by locating the
strongest family.
A pair of -Brothers, John
and Ron Coolman, R.R. • 1
Centralia, ended up with the
two titles: John winning the
•17 and over contest and his
younger brother winning the
16 and under test.
Over a dozen contestants _
entered the senior division.
Crop outlook
unchanged
Light showers last week
-brought little relief to the
dry cond ions facing Huron
Coun ar • s.
"The shorve bought its a
week of time. : cr i , c n _
- ditionS really haven't chang-
ed from a week ago." Mike
Miller, soil and crop
specialist with the Huron
agriculture office said
Wednesday. -
Lloyd Whitesell, assistant
manager at W.G. Thompson
& Sons mill in FHensall said
they . suspect the corn and
bean yield will be lower this
year. How much lower wont
be determined until harvest
starts. he said.
The Malting barley which -
is now being harvested is in
good shape. but they do not
have a yield report yet. -
.The wheat will likely be
shrunken this year he said.
although `some were there:
only to settle a neighborly -
argument. -
Cgolman lifted 275 pounds
tp top. the entries, -followed
by -Mike Frayne with a lift of
240 pounds and Dave Wolfe's
220.
His younger broth•• lifted
190 pounds to win.lt•- junior
division followed by Jeff
Musser with 160 pounds and
Paul Lagier with 145.
Local businessmen Harold
Patterson. and - Chan
Livingstone entered in .a
friendly contest between
them. but failed to resolve
the 'natter. as they both
"passed...after two suc-
cessful lifts,
Mayor Bruce Shaw made
three lifts, and after wat-
ching some more weights
added 10 the bar. told of-
ficials he had to get back to
the ball diamond where he
was umpiring in the local pee
wee tournament.
Dave Tigani assisted Short
in the contest.. which. at-
_tr• sled an appreciative
audi nce -
GOING'... GOING!
•If thieves keep up their
practice. the ministry of
transportation ijrid com-
munication rest area on
Highway 83 east may not be
a very
enjoyable place
for
motorists to stop;- becaush
there may not be anything on
which to sit and relax.
• •F'or the second -week-in-a
row. the Exeter OPP have
been •ids'isc'd hY ministry
officials that a picnic table
has been stolen from the
picnic area.
Set deadline for rectifying
h on rec centre deficiencies
1 back.•'
g the major items of
ion . is the rapidly
Ming state of the
s which supply heat
Iressing rooms. Ac -
to the letter, that
something is done.
units will be in-
ive within three
tvone wtio attended
Barnes at the centre
t winter will attest
seating area.was not
warm and the board
d that the heating
that area be checks
ding to the town -s
inspector. Doug
f, there are two
tat are in contraven-
the Ontario building
riebner said the ex -
joints along the in,-
ails- of the arena
they meet the floor
ssing and. that the
leadin? to t}te
rs are improperly
In addition, the eXpansion
joint around the outstde'of
the ice surface is not work-
' ing as designed. . the letter
states.
The building has given
evidence of deterioration
with water seeping through
the cement block wall on the
east side.of the arena and a
structural .crack appearing
of the southeast corner of
the banquet hall.
The letter stated that the
twelve items must be com-
pleted "before August -24,
1978 to the satisfaction of the
South Huron Recreation
Centre Board of Manage-
ment or appropriate alter-
nate action will be taken."
A.spokesman for the Cam-
--brian---Etigineering group
said some of the items on
the board's letter "came to
him as a surprise.
• Darel Lane who has. been
looking after Cambrian's in-
terest. in. the project said
Wednesday he had just
received the letter but that
he hal been in contact with
Northsjde construction and
the engineers in his firm.
Lane said Northside told
him that.a member of their
firm would he at the rec cen-
tre today- to inspect some of
the items mentioned in the
letter.
Armstrong said Wednes-
day morning he had receiv-
ei1 no word from Northside
with regards to such a visit.
A- spokesman , for
Northside could not be
reached Wednesday mor-
ning for comment.
,Lane said he haa- been led -
to believe that'sgqme of the
• -items in the letter had been
fixed to the board's satisfac-
tion With Lane. .making
•-specific reference to the
heating units for the stands.
Referring to•'the status of
the expansion joints and the
steps Leading to the
bleachers. Lane said be was
under the impression, • that
they had .been constructed
properly and that he would
be -talking to the building in-
-vector.
In other items arising out
of the meeting itt--the rec
board. the boatd granted a
request from the Bendix
Caravan club to hold a
. camp -out on the rection
grounds on La it Day
weekend in 1979
A fetter from the sistant
director of the dub said that
between 75 and. 100 families
can he expected for the
event The group will be
charged $f50'for use of the -
facilities.
Mates for the rental of ice
time have been altered, with
inor hockey and ,figure
skating being ch. ed 820
- , r hour •• 0 fri •`1110
ec hockey ge.s a
break with their r- to
decreasing from $25 per
hour 10 the $20 figure. Per-
sons outside of Stephen.
lishorne and Exeter VI11 pay
$30 while the normaLiental
- rate of $25 remains the
same..
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STRONG PAIR - Dave Tigoni. left, looks on as Constable Kevin.Short awards the two
strongest mon'. awards following o Contest at sidewalk sale doy, Saturday. John Cgolman.
beside Short acceothe award ft), entrants 17 and over, while his brother, Ron, was the
tumor division v:,nr'•• - Staff photo
uron's Crown Attorne
sworn in ceremonies
Garry Hunter. Huron
' County's newly -appointed •
Crown attorney. was sworn
in al an official ceremony at
the Huron Founts Court
Clouse in Goderich on Tues-
day morning by Huron ('aun-
ty ('ourt Judge F'.G.('arter
and Provincial Court ,Judge
L4'illiam Cochrane
• As a former policeman.
e
both in Metropolitan 1 tr
on-
to and in England. Hunter
has moved from, being a taw
enforcer on the street to hr
ing ono.Inthe- cojtrT-rcut>'
Hunter. a n-atiye or,
Scotland carne tot•anada ,,t'.
the age of -21 in 1968 After
serving -briefly with the'
Metro police force he
enrolled in Ocgoode Hall
For the past three years
he has worked as an assis-
tant ('ruwn attorney in
Windsor Ile is presently liv-
ing in Amherstburg with his
wife. five-year-ehettughter
and the newest addition to
his family. a daughter born
on July 4 of this year He
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plans m men ing his am y
19.Godertch within the next
few months
Hunter- hgan
e his• new job
,n Huron County on :Monday.
,Moly 3 Tne county -had been
without itsoow-n Crown at-
torney since the promotion
of \lr Cochrane to-provin-
- cull court judge in ,January.
Crowns frTxrr other counties
had been -filling in ,
won over four
}{tinter: whoon c c
ether applicants for the job.
sari he is ple.ised to he in
HAf h s
uron County. . ter t
swearing in on Tuesday. he
received words of Welcome
• to 'the county tram both
Judge,Cophrane and Judge
Garter and from Dan,
Murphy. vice:president of
the Huron Law ASsouiatinn
an MacEw•an Egener,
secs tarn of the Same
Will enforce.
restrictions ,
1)ehptte the dry weather
the Exeter water supply is
rot in critical condition, the
rnanJ ler of the Exeter
Public 1 ditties Commission
said Tuesday.
"Our Mur wells are -standing up ,
very well.- said nranager
Hugh Davis. "The demand is
extremely .high in the
watering period but we
shouldn't have any problems
provided people abide by the
water restrictions-""
• Residential water .con-
sumers have been restricted
to- watering ' lawns and
gat -dens from 7:00 p.m. to
9 nu p.m • daily Commercial
customers have been
restricted to. Watering lawns
and 'gardens to Monday,
Wednesday and Friday from
+ tiu a nt- to 11 :ext a.m. The
restrictions. which went into
force lune 29. are more .
lenient than usual with twice
the watering, time allowed. •
Davis said some residents
of Exeter weren't -aware of
'tie restricnons- as notices
Sent out through the post
office by general delivery
weren't given to each'
'resident..but were left on the
counter for people toipick up.
Patrols nl the town are being
made•bythePlCanda list
01 irttracttons ` is being
cnJnpIIed -
In other business 'the •
'Public •t hhtmeS Comntissigti
decided to - continue
restrictions against. water
- cooled. air. -onditioners-. --
:\sscrciwtt ,
gel iter s iid }luhrer Ti'•repni•nussipn was told
at a
to t
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tnrncs
•'hut a' 'unit Was beingin-
C •ynl t
•� br n in r h
4 i r g g
dow n'A tie• car showroom. The
off tee °tyro+cs•n at stalker al Smell Bros to cbof
u " ^ f f -
n 2
it r goires .2.glillons.o•
• - • • • • -- - A.,tef a inintite''-C,-hr h would .
Cassidy will visit again •` r:,'t,�:;it', 1.00 ►ga;, a
AlichaeI t ,>ids the
$infant)' \111' -leader. - 5501
make his seconds istl to the
picket hors of 'the Heck
\lanulactlrring Ltd in Huron
Park. r rnorrnw Hey, as fast
there i 1 late .lprtl
Bert Rovers, an -tn
ter national- representaltVe
with the United Auto
Workers , l -ASV , in London. -
v hrclr represents the.
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avrikers.`liii 1ue sday non, u. e d ft, hail- ail (lit -y .-
I) is
nt the salaried union -official .vats$.- -. .
willAr•¢Qttlpany Cassidy F :' thin* wg are whighitig .
Cassidy- will meet-0lic ilei heat .interest of the._
' strikers at the -picket 'lines.- customer- si Oh ttfe= lest in
along with officers''+fsarcous sl -af. girl munici ality
\1)I' associations in' fi.liron+ 115, Ilns\case•4' think the
(-aunt$`. said Rovers Some • int `mcliSafity.= has 'to. take
-01 thestrikers have indicated;'.prercedence. We aotildn't
• Mat $.Jten the text provincial -ul-ford to gillippl�• water for
e•teerinn -is' hett-Ihey, wall : Battu.:' attu.:' Mayor BRice
work tor t tf:N )f - - Sh:i\y said
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NEW CROWN - Garry Hunter: Huron County's newly -appointed d'Town attorney: takes his e7attydf.vllegiance at on'offi�ictl
.4 earing in ceremon held at the Huron Copnty Court House on Tuesday .morning:before-Prei'thscial'Court Judge Willtbm
Cocbratrtt•{left) in n Gaun'ty Court,ludgeF. 0.'Ctn,Iet'hunter hos worked, for. st the laIlWee years as an assistant Crown
t>tttwnegr..h Windsor. He egan his new-iob.in.tluron County last wiee'k, F$110to by Joanne Wdlters
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