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Sunshine greets plow atch crowd •
The sun came out at noon
Tuesday and so did the smiles
on the faces of officials of the
1982 International Plowing
Match at Lucan.
Host farmer Alan Scott was
very optimistic about the suc-
cess of the five day event
'which opened at 9 a.m. Tues-
day and closes at 6 p.m.
Saturday.
Scott continued, "The
pedestrian streets which have
alfalfa as a base held up well
for the morning crowd and
with this great improvement
in the weather there should be
no problem for visitors to see
the many exhibits for the rest
of the week.
The host farmer said the
several inches of mud which
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LITTLE PE f van Freiter .models an outfit from
Little People at the Exeter fair fashion show..
Stephen reeve gets
$3,000court fine
Stephen Township Reeve
ouglas Clifford Russell was
onvicted in Goderich provin-
cial offences court for two
violations under the Ontario
ministry of -the environment
' water resources act on
Friday.
Russell, of RR 2 Dashwood,
received one of the highest
tines ever assessed a farmer
for having pig manure enter
8 municipal drain. He receiv-
ed a $2,500 fine for violating
'affection 16-1 of the Ontario
• Water Resources Act and
received an additional $500
fine for failure to notify the
ministry of the spill which is
iasviolation of the same act,
section 16-3.
Farmers in the area had to
find alternative sources of
drinking water for their cat-
tle after the estimated 100,000
gallons of toxic material
entered the drain which
forms the headwaters of the
Ausable River.
The spill occurred early
November last year.
Russell pleaded not guilty
to the two charges. The.
charges were heard in front of
Justice of the Peace George
Ferris. Maximum fine on
both charges is *5,000.
Evidence at the trial in-
dicated that Russell had been
warned about a similar spill
in August 1980 and asked by.
ministry officials to improve
his manure handling
procedures.
had accumulated on the sur- are taking off only'enough to plows lanai but expected
face roads over the last cou- allow pedestrians to get, from all •.,ytftjitld be go for
pled days would be scraped one walkway to the other. If W
off Tuesday night. it dries well today we will try F Bald he had no idea
He continued, "Today we and get the balance scraped of thil,4$re of the, first day
away overnight." crowd; IPItt,Said, "From what
Scott said parking areas I see' from headquarters f
were also in good condition would say it is a good cro'A•d
despite the recent heavy rains for epening day."
and expected with continued The match was officials:,
sunshine would be improved opdnedTuesdayafternoon by
considerably by midweek. ' Canada's former ambassador
Peter Fleming of the On- to Iran Ken Taylor. He was
tario Plowmen's Association assisted by Canada's Minister
said wetness of the field caus- of Agriculture Eugene
ed cancellation of a couple of Whelan .•and his counterpart
Penalized $191
on two counts
A Hensall man was fined a
total of $191 on two charges
relating to an incident on
August 6 when police receiv-
ed a complaint over a group
of people sitting on the hood of
a slow -Moving vehicle, drink-
ing beer and tossing the emp-
ty bottles away.
William J. Reid, Hensall,
was fined 6128 after pleading
guilty to careless driving, and
a further 663 for having liquor
readily available. He was the
driver of the vehicle involved
in the incident.
Reid was given the
penalties in Exeter court,
Tuesday, by Justice of the
Peace Douglas Wedlake. One
He was given three months
in which to pay the fines.
Robert James Minderlein,
Huron Park, was fined $53 on
a charge of consuming liquor
while under the legal age. He
was charged as a result of the
same incident, but' was not
one of those riding on the hood
of the vehicle, which the court
learned, was travelling at a
speed of between five and 10
m.p.h.
Minderlein was given 21
days in which to pay.
In the only other conviction
on Tuesday's docket, Murray
Dale Erb, Zurich, was fined
$500 after pleading guilty to
operating a motor vehicle
with no insurance on August
19.
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Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
for the province of Ontario
Dennis Timbrell.
Adding excitement to the
opening day activities was an
appearance by the Golden
Hawks aerobatic team from
the Canadian Armed Forces.
In addition to regular plow-
ing classes each ,day, a
number of special events are
planned.
Wednesday, members of.
press, radio •and television
will ply their plowing prowess
and in the evening.
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WALKING SHOULD BE GOOD = This is one of the pedestrian streets at this week's
International Plowing Match and the underfoot alfalfa should make for reasonable
walking conditions to view the exhibits. T -A photo
Hundred and Tenth Year EXETER, ONTARIO,
& North Lambton Since 1873
September 29,1982
Price Per Copy 50 cents
Say mentally handicapped worker
responibe for Dashwood blaze
One of the mentally. han-. Wer4.yoi t of the btjilding and
dicapped employees at ARC ....t1lal: eople arrivvlinngg at. the
Industries at Dashwood is Ooe here aware pf the killer
believed to have set the spec- •.+tio al of the fumes from
tacular blaze whichcaused the:ning plas stored in
51,000,000 damage in the
village last week.
Exeter • OPP, who in -
The unemployed area man �vestigated the blaze along •
Mar -
was given five months to pay with the Ontario Fire the fine. shays office, said no charges
-would be land in -view of the
mental handicap of the
worker involved.
A spokesman said the in-
vestigation has been conclud-
ed with the exception of deter-
mining what action will be
taken regarding the worker
so does florist by officials 'at ARC
Industries.
Councillor Lossy Fuller an- Two handicapped
nounced this week she would employees had been working
seek the position of -deputy- in the warehouse which was
reeve on Exeter council destroyed and in patching the
�;'ilxa,ir tbent;:AlydnE n..story to ether; police.dater-
'mai' t slitraltei!'I f>E`�
said last week he. would not place between the two and.
seek re-election. one of them set the fire in an
A former member. of coup angry retaliation against the
cil, Ben Hoogenboom, also in-
dicated he may contest the other.. • -
deputy -reeve's post. He was The huge warehouse,-
beaten in a -fight with Epp in shared by ARC Industries and
1980. It .was the third time the United Plastic Components
former member lost in his at -Ltd., was devoured by the
tempt to get back on council flames along with a house
after being a member during owned by Ivan and Shirley
the 1974-76 term. Grigg and a barn owned by
. In indicating his preference Brian Kipfer.
to seek the deputy -reeve's Flames from the Wednes
post over that of a councillor, day morning fire could be
the local florist said "there's seen for miles despite the
a little more challenge" in the overcast skies and several
position. residents down wind from the
Mrs. Fuller was first blaze were evacuated from
elected eight years ago and the path of the toxic fumes
topped the polls in 1980. which filled the air.
Councillor Bill Mickle has Prompt response from five
already announced his inten- area fire brigades in addition
tion to seek the reeve's post. to the Dashwood volunteers
The incumbent, Don prevented further losses.
MacGregor, reported last Fire Chief Don Bender, who
week he planned to step down was working at the United
and run only for a council Plastics plant across the
position. street from the warehouse
' Retiring this year in addi when the fire was spotted,
tion to Epp, .is Councillor took immediate action to
Gaylan Josephson. have the neighboring depart-
ments from Crediton, Exeter,
Zurich, Grand Bend and
.4' Huron Park' respond.
"Without their fast and effi-.
cient response we would have
lost a couple of other
buildings," he said.
Flames were already
shooting into the air from the
15,600 square foot building
when the fire was spotted and
the first concern was that all
ARC Industries personnel
Fuller seeks
higher post,
the facility. .
Bender said he has not
found anyone who suffered
any 111 effects from the fumes,
includin_ firemen. who were
kept at some distance due to
the intense heat.
Shortly after the fire
started, a propane gas tank at
the nearby Grigg house ex-
ploded and it was quickly
engulfed in flames as well.
Fed .by the gas and heat,
Bender said the house which
had been home to the Griggs
HOUSE IGNITES — Dashwood
in Wednesday's fire, was one
burning warehouse and the f
Focus on rain as
resident Bill Struyke who lives two doors south of the ARC warehouse destroyed
of the first on the scene with a camera and recorded this picture.It shows the
ire breaking through the roof of the home of Ivan and Shirley Grigg.
well as wool
Fair :success,
Despite wet weather condi-
tions, the 1982 edition of the
Exeter Fall Fair was very
successful highlighted by a
number of special attractions.
• Athough financial returns
had not been completed,
secretary Pauline Simmons
said she estimated the crowd
at about the same as in 1981.
Debbie Taylor representing
Ellison Travel and Tours was
crowned Queen of the Fair
Friday night by last year's
winner Joanne DeHann. The
runnersup were Diane
and Michele Veri.
The fair was officially opens
ed Friday night by Ontario
Agricultural Societies ladies
president Maxine Gray. She
was introduced by district
eight ladies director Dolores
Shapton.
President Bob Ilern said he
was pleased with (he atten-
dance during threatening
weather.
Hern added, "We are real
ly fortunate to have the new
despite weather
Kints
STOPS QUICKLY --- The slow-moving CNk train which hit a truck at the Huron St.
crossing in Exeter, Wednesday, was quickly stopped at the scene by the crew. The
truck is shown on the right.
Truck driver escapes
in collision with train
A 33 -year-old Parkhill man
escaped with only a severe
shaking and some bruises
after his tractor -trailer was in
collision with a Canadian Na-
tional Railway train at the
Huron St, crossing in Exeter
Wednesday morning.
Francis Dunphy was pro-
ceeding east along Huron St.
with his unloaded gravel hop-
per owned by Jennison ('on-
structton,•RR 1 Grand Bend,
when it collided with the nor-
thbound train about 9:15 a.m.
The slow-moving train hit
the cab at a right angle and
deflected it away onto the
north-west side of the un-
protected railway crossing.
Dunphy managed to get out
of the crumpled wreck by
himself and was taken to
South Huron Hospital by Hoff-
man's Ambulance for obser-
vation and was released later
in the afternoon.
"lie was a lucky man,"
commented Acting Sgt. Kevin
Short, who assisted at the
scene with Chief Ted Day and
Constable Dan Kierstead.
Engineer on the northbourd
train was Fergus P.`` Kenny,
London. None of the train per-
sonnel sustained injury and
after some minor repairs the
train resumed its travels.
The train was moving at
about six km/h and came to
a stop only a short distance
from the point of impact.
Damage to the truck was
listed at $20,000 and about
;5,000 to the front end of the
train.
DRIVER ESCAPES -- Truck driver. Francis Dunphy, Parkhill, escaped with only a
severe shaking up and some bruises after his truck was hit by a CNR train in Ex-
eter, Wednesday.
agricultural building. It's a
great asset.
The president concluded 'I
would like to thank everyone
involved in making the fair a
success .and we are always
looking for new ideas for
tut Ore fairs."
Saturday's western heavy
and light horse shows were
cancelled because of soggy
ground conditions.
,nudging competitions for
the Exeter 4-11 horse club
were held and the showman-
ship champions were Cheryl
Cann and Darren
Vandergunst. A successful
fun horse show followed
under the direction of director
Adrian Brand.
In the annual fair feeder
calf club, competition, the
calf shown bv Allan Renning
was named finish champion
while Catherine Johns won
reserve chant{tion with heir
ca11.
In showmanship Bevan
Shapton avid Catherine ,johns
won in the senior division and
the .junior winners were Joe
Gower and Denise Renning.
The championship calf was
purchased by 1V'oodhanl
Market for $1.06 per pound
and the reserve winner went
10 Exeter District Co- •
Operative for $1.03 a pound.
Two editions of a fashion
show featuring woolen
garments were held Saturday
afternoon and visitors to the
fair Friday and ' Saturday
were able to- see spinning
demonstrations by Barbara
1lorrow•and weaving action
by Kna Dellaan.
A hotly contested feud over
the , sheep shearing
supremacy of two Stephen
Township farmers was settl-
ed Saturday afternoon.
Although official results of
the.Friday night competition
were not available Gerald
Dearing clearly outsheared
his cousin Donald Dearing in
a sheep -to -sheep Match duel
Saturday afternocm. .
• Bill Batten was the c'a}pathic'
commentator keeping spec-
tators aware of the various
tricks used by the two
competitors
In the parade. fust prize tor
the tx'st business float went to
the Flower Pedlar Placing
next were Ironwood Golf Club
and Canadian Tire while the
Exeter Lionesses.. Alpha Pi
Sorority. and Centralia
Beavers took prizes in the
club 'category.
Stewart Thiel of Zurich was
the winner in the agricultural
entry with Deb ('ase and
fa1111I . Deb Campbell and
Ruth Johnson taking prizes in
the family division.
Taking prizes for their an-
tique motor vehicles were
Emerson Anderson, RR 2.
Hensall: Hal 11'alsh. I•luron
Park and Harold ('udnlor'e.
Hensall while classic vehicle
prizes were won by 1 -en Veri.
Al Taylor and Carol Taylor,
all of Exeter.
Best caressed horse and
rider winners were Pauline
DeVries, Exeter and Scott
Jlcrner and Caroline Tickner,
both of Zurich. In the school
section. Exeter Public School
was first followed by Precious
Blood of Exeter and Stephen
Central.
For decorated bicycles the
winners were Jean Klenike.
Kevin Ross and Arlene Cot tel
w•hile Alvin and Kenny
McNichol won their
decorated tricycles.
Dennis Murray, Sean Van
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for almost 30 years was gut-
ted in less than .10 minutes.
Proving invaluable in con-
trolling the blaze was
Dashwood's new water
system, installed just over
two years ago. The brigades
were hooked into three
hydrants, had the use of the
25,000 -gallon reservoir at
ARC Industries and also had
three tank trucks bringing in
water from another hydrant
at the village outkirts.
Brian Kipfer, one of the pro-
perty owners hit by losses,
said the old water supply
would have lasted only 10 or
15 minutes- "It (the new Lake
Huron supply system) paid
for itself," he commented. .
Dashwood firemen were
well aware of the dangers of
the toxic smoke, having been
.previously informed by
United Plastics personnel of
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Stephen sets
water rates
Stephen township council
has given final reading to a
bylaw setting the rates for the
water system for the police
villages of Centralia and,
Crediton. -
Letters have been sent out
to all property owners in the
two villages listing the in-
dividualfrontages according
to the -Assessment Office.
records.
•• If anyone wishes to appeal
or disagrees with the frontage
figure, a letter must be sent to
the township office by Oc-
tober 15. •
Engineer Burns Ross is ex-
pected to be ready to call
tenders for the project
sometime in October and
work should begin before the
end of the year.
Water is being supplied
from an extension from the
Lake Huron pipeline now ser-
ving Ihe police village bf
Dashwood.
Council will be obtaining
rental equipment from the
:\usable -Rayfield ('onserva
lion Authority 10 use in clean-
ing out the Latta. Essery.and .
part 01 the Centralia number
one municipal drain. -
Road superintendent Eric
Fink twiner reviewed the 1982
road program budget with
council and said it was right
on budget.
Some members of the
Duron Park tire department
will be entered in a ('PR
course. October 23.
Council supported a resolu-
tion 1 O the Village of Zurich
calling on area boards of
education to comply with the
government's six and five
program
Two 111e drain loan aipphea-
tigns fora total of $8.000 were
approved
-The month of Oclolx'r is be-
ing declared Huron Count�
Homemakers 'Visiting Month
Native dies
in collision
:1 dative ot Exeter was one
of two drivers. killed in a head
on crash between their cars.
just west of Kitchener early
Thursday.
Orland Ross Taylor. 49,
manager of the Canadian Tire
Store in Goderich,.died when
his 1982 Cadillac collided with
a vehicle driven by. William
,john Robb, of SI :Agatha
Taylor was 1 h sort of 1.I U11;1
and the late !loss l',11,1!
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