Times-Advocate, 1982-08-25, Page 1•
Could rent 12,000 square feet
Adding storage business to South
The South Huron rec centre
board of management decid-
ed this week to get into the
storage business and will seek
business from area residents
wishing to store items during
the winger months in the new
agricultural building.
Rec' director Lynne Far-
quhar said she had chocked
around and found that area
storage facilities rented from
50 cental to $2 per square foot.
' The board tentatively agreed
on a price of $1.
She said a tent. trailer'
measuring 7' by 14' would
cost $98 for the six-month
storage period planned for •
October 1 to April 1.
Member Bill Mickle sug-
gested the facilities commit•
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HOT DOG — Tracy Smith was One of 60 children from
the Exeter, and Huron Park playgrounds to enjoy a
cookout at the Morrison Dam.
Planning second..
II�r�+erge
The success of this year's
Heritage Days has spurred
the local committee to com-
mence planning for next
year's event.
At a wrap-up meeting,
Wednesday, the organizers
returned the executive for
another. year. They include
chairman Mike Williamson,
vice-chairman Jim Beckett,
secretary Nancy Hines and
treasurer Janice Brock.
It is also the hope of the
committee that all the local
organizations will re -appoint
the same representative for
another year, along with an
"under -study" so the commit-
tee can cont' tie to operate
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with' a fair amount of
continuity.
-Williamson also explained
that any local citizen is
welcomed to join the commit-
tee or provide suggestions.
The group will meet again
on October 20 'at the Scout
Hall to start planning for next
year's event.
It is tentatively planned to
stage it one week later next
year to avoid conflicts with
fairs in Zurich and St. Marys
as well as festivities in Ailsa
Craig.
-Profits from this yealr's
event should be over $3;000
and will be used for a local
project.
tee ypve a contract drawn up
by a lggal lawyer and check
with the insurance company
regarding liability.
"There. could be a lot of
money (in equipment) sitting
out there," he noted. .
lit was estimated the board
may, have about 10,000 to
12,000aquarQ feet to rent, still
having some space for their
own equipmgent.
Finance committee
chattrppeect Caroline Merrier
reported that revenues for the
rec centre and associated pro-
grams were down about
$10,500 over the same period
from last year and noted that
if the trend continues, ,.the
revenue could be down as
much as $18,000 by tile end of
the year..
"We have to work at getting
them up, there's no two ways
about it," she commented.
Assistant facilities
Month reprieve
for. rural mail
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Rural mail customers in
this area will have a one-
month reprieve in the ter-
mination of Saturday
delivery.
Tom Dalby, manager of
public affairs for the
Southwestern district of
Canada Post, told the T -A this.
week that the termination of
Saturday delivery has been
set for September 25.
It had. originally been
planned for August 28.
Dalby indicated that most
of the rural mail customers in
South Huron and North Mid-
dlesex presently have six-day
delivery.
The standardization of ser-
vice to Monday through Fri-
day will bring rural and
suburban routes that now
receive Saturday delivery to
the same delivery frequency
as urban areas, resulting in
significant savings in energy
consumption and transporta-
tion costs, Dalby claimed.
The change to a five-day
per week delivery schedule is
only one of the measures the
Canada Post Corporation is
taking to reduce its costs and
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nixing and improving the
reliability of postal service.
Rural.Route customers and
contractors affected by the
change are being informed of
the new schedules;
In, the Southwestern
District, 785 routes are af-
fected. An additional 131
Rural Routes are already on
a five-day service, schedule.
The program will result in an
estimated saving of $750,000
in the District on an annual
basis.
With the exception of
Prince Edward Island, the
five-day rural route delivery
schedule will apply across
Canada. The national savings
are estimated at $4 -million.
manager Cam Stewardson
noted that revenues in 'July
and August were usually low.
Mldcle added that on a pro-
rated basis, expenses were
down ;2,700 over the same
period from last year and he,
said the staff were doing an
excellent job in that regard.
"Keep up the good work," he
commented,
Personnel and policy com-
mittee chairniah Gary Birm-
ingham was not in attendance
at Thursday's session, but a
performance review report
he recently did on Lynn Far-
quhar was presented by
Mickle.
The rec director has com-
pleted her first six months
and Mickle said the report m-
dicated it was "a very suc-
cessful six months" and the
committee chairman was
pleased with her
performance.
Birmingham did suggest
that the rec director under-
take' more public relations
ran Rec Centre
work by :i ' to area
groups and' lagsecommend-
ed she set up ' ' intments
with people w : to see her
during tide day so she would
not be interrupted as much as
she is at the present time
when she js busy on other
items.
In her Merl, the rec direc-
tor laudertlhe efforts of the
swimmi ' pool and
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playgrostaff, She said the
staff had been staging good
programs and Were open to
suggestions.
She said the ppol staff "are
running a will -organized,
safe pool program" and in
reference to the playground
staff, she said all members
have contributed . to the
organiration and operation of
the pregnon and they have
set up an interesting range of
activities.
, Assistant facilities
manager. Cam Stewardson
was giv fission to have
Drennan rigeratlon do a
start-up check on the
refrigeration equipment at an
estimated cost of ;424.
He reported that work on
the parking lot adjacent to the
agricultural building was
nearly completed and had
cost $1,380, which was slight-
ly above the budget figure for
the project.
A new garbage bin will be
erected and the skate
sharpening machine is to be
picked up mid-Septeinber.
Stewardson reported that
roller skating receipts had
tailed off somewhat this year
from *8,020.75 in 1981 to
$6,177.85 this year to date.
The building which doubled
as a fair board office and
baseball equipment shed has
been moved to a location near
the hardball diamond and will
be renovated by Brad Gregus.
It was reported that the
adventure playground being
planned by the Exeter
Lioness Club • has been
delayed until spring.
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FIREMAN RIDES — Emil Becker of the Dashwood fire department needed two
donkeys to carry him around the bases in Friday's fun ball game in Dashwood -Help-
ing to keep the donkeys together are Pot Masse and Brion Kipfer.
Servin4 th Huron, North Middlesex
One Hundred and Ninth Year
& North Lambton Since 1873
EXETER, ONTARIO, August 25,1982
Price Per Copy 50 cents
Two risen hospitalized
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A 19 -year-old Dashwood
area woman was killed in a
two -car collision about four
miles from her home late Sun-
day afternoon.
• Pauline Dietrich, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Steve
Dietrich 3 Dashwood was
p , f:, • deadat the scene
of the t on at th4Intersec-
tion •6it:‘.Citlncessio[. 6r7 and
siders , _ 0-21 in It5tephen
Towneii
The .;� was westbound
d area. girl killed in crh
on the sideroad (Huron St.)
when she collided with a
southbound stationwagon
driven by 56 -year-old William
Ferguson, 1610 Commis-
sioners Road W., London.
-lie suffered facial lacera-
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SANTA IN AUGUST — Santa and his reindeer were part of the mile -long parade
Saturday in Grand Bend. The float was representing the Christmas Place store in
the village. .
Ruth Hill is PC president
A Lucan area woman was
named president of the
Huron -Middlesex provicial
Progressive Conservative
Association at its annual
meeting on Aug. 18.
Mrs. Ruth Hill, RR 2,
Lucan, hasbeen a Conser-
vative all her life. She takes
over from past president
Gerry Ginn, RR 2, Clinton.
There were about 150 in at-
tendance at the annual
meeting, killed as a family af-
fair. Huron -Bruce MP Mur-
ray Cardiff was on hand as
was his predecessor Robert
McKinley. Other notables in
the crowd were Iluron Coun-
ty Warden Harold Robinson,
former • MP Charles
McNaughton and a former
member of the Ontario Police
Commission, Elmer Bell of
Exeter. •
Other executive members
named include, first vice-
president Tom Jasper,
.Goderich, second vice-
president Donna Wood, Clin-
ton, vice-presidents Fred
Dobbs, RR 1, Clinton, Doug
Murray, RR 2, Lucan, Jim
Hayter, Goderich, Bob Little, Exeter and , the
Feasey, RR 5, Strathroy, An-
son McKinley, RR 1, Zurich,
and Gary Bean, Exeter. The
chief financial officier is Chris
Local run
for Terry
A local version of the Terry
Fox Run will be held Sunday,
September 19.
Organizer Doug Ellison
reports the run in which par
ticipants may run or walk will
start at 10 a.m. and finish
anytime up to 5 p.m. at the
South Iluron Rec Centre.
Volunteers are needed to
assist in organization of the
run. You may volunteer by
calling Doug Ellison at
235-2000 or 235-1772.
Pledge sheets will be
available from Becker's,
Ellison Travel, South Huron
District High School and the
Exeter Public School.
Prospective runners or
walkers may register at the
Rec Centre the day of the run.
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EXTRICATE PASSENGERS —
two London men from o car
of Crediton.
Hydro poles in
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Stephen Township firemen worked a half hour to free
involved in the fatal accident Sunday afternoon, north
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Increased activity at IPM site
Activity at the site of the
1982 International Plowing
Match is increasing each day
under the guidance of general
chairman Jack McNamara
and Tented City mayor Mert
Culbert.
The match is set for
September 28 to October 4 at
farms in Middlesex County
adjacent to the village of.
Lucan.
Tented City will be located
on the farms of Allan and Liz
Scott. A number of neighbour-
ing farms will also be used for
plowing and for parking the
many vehicles expected to
attend.
If the weatherman smiles
throughout the five day event
crowds in excess of 200,000
could be expected.
Mert Culbert who is in
charge of tented city ar-
rangements reports 93 hydro
poles were installed last week
and work on putting in miles
of water lines was getting
underway early this week.
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COUNTY BUILDING RISIN
County building at the site
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d — Construction is well underway on the Middlesex
of the 1982 International Plowing Match at Lucan.
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Culbert said all streets and
roads have been laid out and
he was very specific in saying
he would not allow traffic- of
any kind on the streets to be
used by pedestrians until the
match starts
Ile continued. "I am going
to do my best to see that
nobody and i mean nobody
even walks in these areas. If
we have rain, I want these
walking areas .to start off with
nice green grass underfoot."
The Middlesex Soil and
Crop Improvement Associa-
tion will be holding their an-
nual summer. tour and
meeting at the plowing match
site Thursday night of this
week beginning at 7 p.m.
Media and Exhibitors i)ay
for the upcoming iPM is
scheduled for Thursday.
September 9 at the Lucan
('onitnunity Centre which is
adjacent to the eastern boun-
dary of tented city.
Ontario's Minister of
Agriculture Dennis Timbrell
will plow the first furrow and
be the guest speaker for the
program. Also included will
be introduction of Queens of
the Furrow from the Various
counties an Ontario
The Middlesex County
plowing match will be held
Saturday. August 28 on the
London township farm of
Barry Bloomfield on the
townline between London and
Lobo townships. about a anile
and a half north of County
road 16.
tions in the collision and his
22 -year-old passenger, David
Macrow, 220 Homestead
Cres., London, suffered a
broken arm.
Both vehicles were
demolished in the 5:20 crash
and they ended up in the
south-west corner of the in-
tersection in a deep three
metre ditch. •
Credlton firemen were call-
ed to the scene and it took
them over half an hour to ex-
tricate the two London men
from the twisted wreckage of
their vehicle. •
They were Olken to South
Huron Hospital by Hoffman's
Ambulance and then transfer-
red to St. Joseph's Hospital in
London.
Miss Dietrich was pro-
nounced dead at the scene of
the collision by Coroner Dr.
Charles Wallace, Zurich. A
post mortem examination
was conducted in Stratford on
Monday.
The accident victim
graduated from South Huron
District High School this year
and was planning to enrol at
university in September •
The intersection is guarded
by yield signs, which face east
and westbound traffic on the
sideroad.
Total damage to the two
vehicles was estimated at
$9,000.
The cbllision was one of
three investigated this week
by the Exeter OPP.
. On Wednesday, a truck
driven by John Brunner,
Mississauga, was eastbound
on Highway 83 near the
Huron -Perth boundary when
he came upon a slow-moving
farm tracbr: When the tract-
er applied his brakes, they
failed and he.was forced to
take to the ditch to avoid col-
lision with the tractor.
Damage to the truck was
set at ;1,000 and the driver
escaped uninjured.
The other collision was on
Friday and involved vehicles
operated by Paul Stephenson,
RR 1 Varna, and Brian Bed-
dington, London. It occurred
in a private lane at lot 26,
Lake Road West, Hay
Township, as the drivers were
backing up in the laneway,
each going in an opposite
direction.
Damage was listed at •
*1,500.
Plan accommodations
for plowing match
About a dozen area
residents attended a meeting
regarding a bed and
breakfast program at the Ex-
eter municipal office,
Monday.
Several of the homeowners
. in attendance decided to sub-
) mit their names to the accom-
modation committee of the
International Plowing Match
to be held in Lucan this fall,
offering rooms in, their
homes.
Audrey MacGregor, wife of
Exeter Reeve Don
MacGregor, who was among
those in attendance, said it
was agreed to use the plowing
match as an experimental
program and the situation
would be reviewed at a
meeting to be held October 2.
At that time, if those in-
terested wish to undertake a
more formal and permanent
program, an organization
could be established setting
up rules for h local program.
Some of those attending
Monday's session were from
rural areas neighboring the
town.
FATAL CRASH -•- The two vehicles involved in a fatal accident north of Crediton
Sunday. afternoon. Pauline Dietrich who was killed in the crash was driving the vehi-
cle at the right. T -A photo
Before and after
WI wash dishes twice
Members of the Elimville
Women's Institute can be ex-
cused if they became a little
tired of washing dishes at a
recent wedding reception
they catered at. the South
Huron rec centre.
Not only did the ladies have
to wash the dishes following
the meal as usual) they had
to wash them before dinner so
they were fit to put on the
tables.
Board chairman John Pym.
who was supervising the
event, said the state of the
dishes was "just ridiculous",
and noted there was no dif-
ficulty telling what the
previous patrons had had for
their dinner as there .were
remnants on the plates -
No one at Thursday's'
meeting of the hazard was cer-
tain who had catered to they
previous event and left the
dishes so dirty. but Pym said
it was a greet thing the Elin)-
ville ladies had spotted the
problem and had time to wash
them.
The reception they were
catering was for former
board chairman Howard
Pym and the current board
moved quickly to send a let-
ter of apology to him for the
problem and also to authorize
a $40 refund for use of the
kitchen
tiember Bill Mickle said
some. staff member should
check the dishes after they
have leen used and suggested
there should be a check list of
such items for all events.
:Assistant facilities'
manager. Cam Stewardson
also informed the board that
one recent patron wanted a
refund because the a
conditioning was' not turned
on for a reception until after
10:00 p m. 11 was explained
that the staff member on du-
h• didn't ,know how to operate
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