Times-Advocate, 1981-10-15, Page 1Bob and Audrey Pooley win $100,000
Bob and Audrey Pooley
may have had more for
which to be thankful than
most area residents over the
weekend, but the
Thanksgiving holiday was
one they could have done
without.
It was just one more
agonizing day to sit and wait
to see it the Wintario ticket
they had in their possession
was really worth 8100,000.
The value of the ticket was
finally validated by WIntario
officials, Tuesday, when the
Huron St. couple showed up
in Toronto and returned to
Exeter as the ;100,000
winners in.the draw held on
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SALMON TIME- Fishermen were numerous at the Exeter dam
over the weekend as cohoe salmon made their annual visit.
Above, John Windsor shows two beauties caught by on un-
identified fisherman. T -A photo
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Trades council seat
for television job
CFPL-TV has a new
weatherman on their news
broadcasts and that means
Exeter will get a new
member of council.
Jay Campbell, local
jeweller, made his debut this
week on the two evening
news broadcasts as a
weatherman and Monday
Stephen
okay hunt
Stephen township council
meeting Tuesday night pass-
ed a bylaw to regulate the
township hunting in conjuc-
tion with Usborne township.
Hunting licences for either
or both townships for the
hunting of pheasants, rabbits
and foxes are available for
$3 for resident hunters and
$4 for persons residing out-
side of the two local
municipalities.
Lssuers of these licences
are being asked to turn the
money back to the township
office for distribution.
Five tile drain loan
applications totalling 842,100
were received and approved.
Council will be asking the
Huron assessment depart-
ment to set dates for an
Open House in Crediton at
which time township proper-
ty owners may be heard on
any questions or appeals on
their 1981 assessments.
Charles Browning Sr. was
named to represent the
Crediton Police Village
trestees on the Crediton
Parks board.
Bylaws were passed on the
Carey Extension and, the
Carey municipal drains.
Approval was given for the
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night he'll be tendering his
resignation to council.
He forewarned members
in a private session last week
that his resignation was
pending and Monday night
they'll tackle the job of
finding his replacement.
Campbell a member of
council for three years,
jokingly admitted that the
complaints he receives as a
member of council will
prepare him for the criticism
often passed along to the
weatherman.
He said it was a difficult
decision in view of his en-
joyment of council work and
added that he would be
around to provide a smooth
transition for his
replacement on council and
also as chairman of the local
planning board. He hopes to
retain his position as the
town's representative on the
Ausable-Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority as the time
of their meetings do not
conflict with his new job.
Campbell will continue in
the family business at the
Exeter and St. Marys stores.
He is a graduate
meteorologists, attaining
his B.A. at UWO and his
M.A. at the University of
Alberta. He worked 12 years
for Environment Canada as
a weather forecaster, trainer
and in management
positions before coming to
Exeter.
October 8, one week after the
Wintario show had been
broadcast from Exeter. •
Pooley, foreman at the
Exeter PUC, said he usually
buys a book of Wintario
ttcklets for each draw, but it
was late Friday afternoon
before he picked up the
paper to check the winning
numbers against the book of
tickets he had purchased at
A&H Food Market.
When he looked at the first
ticket in the book and
compared it to the listed
number in the Wintario ad;
he could hardly believe his
eyes.
"I think we've won," he
said to his wife, who quickly
responded with one of her pet
phrases, "Your kidding!",
But, she knew her husband
wasn't kidding as the colour
drained from his face. "He
always gets a little white
when he's nervous," the
director of nurses at South
Huron Hospital explained.
By the time the couple
checked the tickets, it was
too late to dash off to Toronto
to have the win verified and
they spent a long holiday
weekend with their thoughts
about the new found wealth
being tempered with fears
that it was really a dream.
Not an incidental worry was
the fact it was the same as
having ;100,000 in the house.
Usborne
okays hunt
Vllintario lottery i
It was a secret they kept to
themselves, although they
did put through a call to
their 21 -year-old twin sons in
Columbus, Ohio, to advise
them of "some money" that
was hidden in the house.
They wanted to be sure
Perry and Paul, who are
attending - Ohio State
University on hockey
scholarships; would find the
ticket in case something
happened to their parents
before they cashed it.
However, they didn't want
W tell the boys about their
good fortune because they
were writing mid-term
exams and felt it would be
difficult for them to study
under the circumstances?
Bob finally told the boys
about the win on Monday
night before he and wife
started their trip to Toronto
on Tuesday morning.
After Wintario officials
double-checked their
identity and had. the printer
verify the ticket, a cheque
for 8100,000 was turned over
to the couple, who then
proceeded to Toronto
International Airport to pick
up Audrey's mother, Gert
Scott.
They told her during the
trip home that someone had
won the big draw in Exeter
and after she quizzed them
for some time to find out the
identity of the winner, they
showed her the cheque with
the big figure.
It was the second major
win for Exeter residents, the
previous winner being
Audrey Bentley, Anne St.
Ironically, both Mrs. Bentley
and Mrs. Pooley not only
share the same name, they
are co-workers at South
Huron Hospital. Unlike the
Pooley ticket, Mrs. Bentlev
purchased her winner in the
Stratford area.
It was also the second
major win for a member of
the Pooley. clan. Several
years ago, Nike Cushman, a
nephew of Pooley, won over
850,000 in an Irish Sweep-
stakes.
It was perhaps further
irony that Mrs. Pooley's
mother was in Montreal at
the time of the win. The
Pooleys were in that same
city when Mrs. Bentley won
and it was Mrs. Scott who
told her daughter about the
Bentley win when they
returned home.
Mrs. Pooley dashed to the
home of her co-worker on
that occasion to extend her
congratulations and told the
T -A this week that in
recollection, she was
probably more excited than
she was with her own win.
The Pooleys plan to invest
their 8100,000, although they
have plans for a special
project to undertake with the
interest that will roll in.
"It won't change my life,"
Pooley said, noting that in
today's terms, the 8100,000
Blood letting success
Thursday's blood donor
clinic held at South Huron
District High School in Ex-
eter was again very
successful.
Officials of the Ausable
River Nomads who have
sponsored the last three
clinics were very pleased
with the response of 260
prospective donors.
Marie Brunzlow of the
isn't as much money as it He doesn't have tickets yet
for this week's draw, but as
used to be.
he said, "You can't win if
you don't have a ticket."
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Nomads said with a few
deferrals a total of 238 pints
of blood were donated.
Mrs. Brunzlow added,
"These donors gave a few
. minutes of their time to help
the Red Cross continue their
fight to save lives."
The Nomads have already
scheduled two more clinics
for 1982. They will be held on
May 27 and October 14.
EASY SMILES — It isn't difficult to smile when you've justwon$ 100,000 in a Wintario draw.
Exeter residents Bob and Audrey Pooley did that this week and hold a photostat of the
cheque and the stub of their winning ticket. Staff photo
Usborne township council
has approved joint hunting
licences with the township of
Stephen.
The licences to cover the
hunting of pheasants, rabbits
and foxes in the two
municipalities will cost $3
for residents and $4 for non-
resident hunters.
At the October meeting of
council, building inspector
Herman Van Wieren
reported issuing six building
permits during the month of
September with estimated
values of ;86,000 along with
one demolition permit and 32
inspections made.
The drain commissioner
reported completion ter-
Ufiicafes had bin `oti
the Cornish municipal drain
at $5,101.80, being 126.75 per-
cent of the estimated cost
and the Washburn drain at
$15,929.68 being 78.47 percent
of the engineer's estimate.
Council approved the loca-
tion and mapping as outlined
in Section 10 of the proposed
comprehensive zoning bylaw
for the township of 15 gravel
pit licence applications to
the Ministry of Natural
Resources. _
Additional tile drain loan
applications in the amount of
$26,800 were approved.
In business arising out of
the minutes, council learned
that tile draining of the
Thames Road ball park has
been completed and
arrangements have been
made for the sale at the
Webber farm on October 31.
A resolution from the
township of Minto calling on
the Provincial and Federal
governments to take steps to
lower bank interest rates as
a relief measure for farms
and small businesses was
supported.
ONLY ONE CRASH
The Exeter OPP in-
vestigated only one accident
this week. despite heavy
traffic over the busy
Thanksgiving weekend.
The Ione collision oc-
curred on Thursday at the in-
tersection of Saskatchewan
and Alberta St. in Huron
Park. Drivers involved were
Kelly McClintock, Huron
Park. and Basil Glavin,
Crediton.
Damage was listed at $1,-
800 and there were no in-
juries.
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GETTING SETTLED DOWN - At Thursday's blood donor
clinic, Karen Shirray of the sponsoring Ausable River Nomads
helps Kim McBride as she recuperates. T -A photo
Think Christmas
for needy families
The Huron County
Christmas Bureau is already
making preparations for its
Christmas campaign to
provide Christmas for
families who can't afford it,
says Peggy Rivers, the
volunteer co-ordinator.
They have five towns in
Huron County from which
they operate. Exeter is one
of these.
Last year the project
helped 35 families and 83
children. Their help con-
sisted of giving each child
one new toy and one article
of clothing. The bureau also
helped with shopping for the
Christmas dinner, she said.
Family and Children
services operates with a
volunteer staff of ap-
proximately 25 throughout
the year. The volunteers help
with the children's
programs, work' as recep-
ROAD HOCKIY - Thanksgiving was on ideal day for local youngsters to participate in a
game of road hockey. Shown ready to play near ft Exeter swimming pool are Troy Robin-
son, Michael Loucks, and Ryan Stuart. T -A photo
tionists, teach parents how to
care for their children, keep
house, and drive people to
and from appointments.
During the Christmas
push, the bureau tries to get
between five and eight ad-
ditional volunteers to help
with the work in each of the
five area offices. This would
include picking up donations,
shopping for gifts, arranging
appointments and dropping
off the packages. They have
not found a volunteer co-
ordinator to look after the
Exeter chapter.
The over-all co-ordinator
this year will be Dianne
Armstrong.
The chapter accepts
referrals of families from
any individual or
organization who knows of a
family that may not be able
to afford Christmas. They
ask that these forms be
returned to them before
October 31 so they can best
organize their time and
money.
No change
expected
Friday is the day the
Canada Post Office
Department switches, to a
crown corporation, but, little
is expected to change at the
Exeter Post Office.
About 60,000 post office
employees including those in
Exeter will be given a
souvenir envelope bearing a
Canada Post cancellation
mark on the stamp.
Assistant Postmaster
Keith Ahrens said Wenesday
morning, "f don't expect
many changes. Everybody is
guessing as to what will
happen. I would assume they
will try and put the post
office on a paying basis."
Penalty for possession, non-appearance
Gets 60 days in jail
One area man was
sentenced to 60 days in jail
and another faces a fine of
;8QQ, or 80, days after they
appeared before Judge W.G.
Cochrane in Exeter court,
Tuesday.
Martin Vincent
McVeeney, Ailsa Craig,
received the jail sentence
when he appeared for
sentencing on charges to
which he !lad -previously
pleaded guilty.
Judge Cochrane had
reserved his decision pen-
ding a pre -sentence report
on McVeeney's charges of
failing to appear in court, for
mischief. and possession of a
stolen vehicle. The vehicle, a
late model Cadillac, was
stolen in Ailsa Craig and was
later found abandoned and
sustained damage of about
$5.000.
McVeeney was sentenced
to 30 days for possession of
the stolen vehicle, another 30
days to run concurrent for
mischief as a result of the
damage and a further con-
secutive term of 30 days for
failing to appear for a court
appearance.
The court was told the 18 -
year -old was presently on
probation for a prior break,
enter and theft.
The $800 fine was levied
against Rodney J. Dobson,
16. of Exeter. who had
previously pleaded guilty to
a charge of dangerous driv-
ing. arising from an incident
in which he rammed two Ex-
eter police cruisers a total of
seven times when officers
attempted to stop him. He
was fined $500 or 50 days on
that charge and a further
$300 or 30 days for driving
with a blood alcohol content
of over 80 mgs.
Judge Cochrane ordered
that I)obson's driving
licence be suspended two
years beyond the normal
suspension period for
dangerous driving.
Dobson was given four
months in which to pay each
of the fines which totalled
$800
Walter John Westlake. RR
1 Nensall. was fined $300 or
30 ,days when he pleaded
guilty to a charge of driving
with a blood alcohol content
of over 80 mgs.
The court learned he was
charged on September 26
and a breathalizer gave a
reading of 210 mgs.
Westlake's licence was
suspended for three months
and he was given 15 days in
which to pay the fine.
Judge Cochrane reserved
his decision on a charge of
wilful damage against
Donald Arnold Taylor. RR 1
Bnicefield. He pleaded guil-
ty to the charge, which was
laid after he drove his vehi-
cle across the lawn at Hen -
sail Public School and caus-
ed damage of $45.
It was indicated the ac-
cused repaired the damage,
but Judge Cochrane asked
that a betted to that effect be
presented to the court before
he passed judgment on the
case.
Timothy Vickery. Nensall.
was found guilty on a charge
of common assault arising
from an incident in Exeter
on July 20. A witness said he
had been punched in the
face. but the accused said he
only pushed the victim and
said "if pushing is common
assault. I am guilty".
Judge Cochrane said it
was a minor occurrence and
levied a fine of $50 or five
days and gave the accused 15
days in which to pay.
Brenda K. Dixon and
Edward Dixon, both of West
Grimsby. were fined 8150 or
-15 da}`s and $200 or 20 days
respectively after pleading
guilty to charges of assault
causing hodiiy harm on July
11
The court learned the two
became involved in a family
dispute with a relative.
Brenda Dixon was in-
volved in a fight with a
female relative and Edward
Dixon joined in and pulled
the hair of the other party in-
volved in the incident. which
took place in front of some
children.
Sentence was reserved in
two other cases heard in
Tuesday's court session.
Murray Alexander Pa-
quette. Exeter, was remand-
ed out of custody until
January 8 for -sentencing on
a break. enter and theft
charge Ile pleaded guilty to
the break. enter and theft at
Veal's Meat Market at
Thames Road on August 11
in which meat and knives
valued at $3.000 were stolen.
About $750 of the loot was
recovered and there was a
further loss of $150 in
damage to the building.
Judge Cochrane ordered a
pre -sentence report after be-
ing told Paquette was in
trouble a lot of the time, but
that he was not a violent
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AUXILIARY DONATES
The Ladies Auxiliary to the R.E. Paley Exeter branch 167 c•t thr
Royal Canadian Legion mode a recent donation of 51.000 to the Exeter community rnrk
development fund. Above, fund chairman Don Cameron accepts the cheque from Aux,l,c'r'
treasurer Annie Lawson and president Anne Kennedy. T•A phcoe
To combat cancer
Early detection needed
Dr. Boris Ragula.
C.C.F.P . spoke on early
detection of cancer of the
bowel at the annual meeting
of the Huron County Unit of
the Canadian Cancer Society
Tuesday evening. October 6.
The Russian -born Dr.
Ragula received his medical
training in Belgium.
graduating in 1951 ile came
to Canada in 1954 and now
practises family medicine in
London. Ile is medical ad-
visor to the Canadian Cancer
Society. London Branch and
assistant clinical professor
with the Department of
Family Practice at the
University of Western On-
tario
Through his speech. Dr.
Ragula familiarized the
audience with his experience
in the early detection of
bowel (.nu•er by USC Of a
simple test of occult blood
screening at the time of
yearly or general ex-
aminations on all patients 40
years of age and over.
[)r Ragula said a survival
rate of five years for all
kinds of cancer of the colon
and rectum is about 40 per-
cent and it docs not improve
in spite of extensive and
modern treatment including
surgery. radiotherapy and
chemotherapy
"11 appears that the only
way to fight cancer at the
present time is early detec-
tion of this disease.'' he
reported
Dr. Ragula said that the
occurrence of bowel cancer
is frequent enough to justify
routine screening for early
diagnosis If the doctor does
not offer such screening. the
patient should ask for it. he
said
The screening used by Dr
Ragula. known as henroccult
blood testing. takes only a
few minutes and is simple
and unexpensive for the ear-
ly diagnosis of cancer of the
gastrointestinal tract
"Most of my patients
diagnosed with this system
were -asymptomatic and a
malrganancy wouldn't have
been deter:eel for another
year or two without the
hemoccult •••1•• he explain-
ed
Also because of his simple
screening method. many
patients are spared other
painful tests Only those
showing certain signs from
the Iir.t screening are sub-
jected to further tests. he ex-
plained