Times-Advocate, 1986-09-24, Page 1Some bizarre incidents
Two 1aUrd in r•a crsh•s
Flying objects, a wandering deer
and a runaway motorcycle were in-
volved in the seven collisions in-'
vestigated by the Exeter OPP this
week. Two people were hurt, neither
seriously.)
Two motorists had windshields
broken when they were struck by fly-
ing objects. On Wednesday, an object
fell from a truck on highway 83 and
struck the windshield of a westbound
vehicle being driven by Kathleen
Brazier, London. Damage was $200.
The other incident was on Friday on
Highway 4. A vehicle being driven.
north by Ronald }(arris, London, had
its windshield smashed when a vehi-
cle In front of him hit a piece of metal
and Rhe latter flew back into the Har-
ris vehicle. Again damage was listed
at $300.
The wandering deer was killed
after running into the path of a vehi-
cle driven by Mark Stire, Dashwood,
on Highway 83 near Stephen conces-
sion 4-5. There was only minimal
damage to Stire's vehicle in the
mishap which occurred on Friday.
The runaway- motorcycle incident
occurred on Saturday on County Road
11 in Usborne Township. Gerard
Ducharme, Mitchell, was having
Ames
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
trouble with the machine as it was
stalling. However, when be got it
restarted, he fell off and the bike
crossed the county road and struck a
mailbox.
Two people We injured in two col-
lisions which occurred on Friday.
Around 4:30 p.m., a bicycle operated
by Carolyn Robertson, Exeter, collid-
ed with a vehicle being driven by
Samuel •Humphreys, Exeter. The
mishap occurred at Norwood Village
trailer park south of Exeter. The
cyclist suffered minor injuries and
cjamage was $150.
At 9:25 p.m., at the junction of
Highway 83 and concession 2-3 in Hay,
a southbound d vehicle driven by Her-
mann Niebuhr, Kippen, was in colli-
sion with a vehicle being driven on
Highway 83 by Jose Santos, Toronto.
The Kippen driver suffered minor in-
juries and total damage was
estimated at $9,500.
The final crash of the -week occur-
red on Saturday at Huron Park.
Robert Riley, Huron Park, was west-
bound on Algonquin Drive, pulling a
homemade trailer, when the latter
struck the rear of a vehicle owned by
Thong-Bai Chansamone, Huron Park.
Damage was listed at $1,100.
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TASTY MAYOR — Exeter mayor Bruce Show sponsored and was the
judge of the pecan pie contest of the Exeter Fair Friday afternoon.
Here he gets help from Jean Mills in making his decision.T-A photo
Merge with London firm
One Hundred and Fifteenf Year
& North Lambton Since 1873 yypppp
EXETER, ONTARIO. September 24, 1986 Price Per Copy 60 cents
•
Agripress leavin
Hensel!, which has been experien-
cing modest success in filling some
vacancies in its business community,
will have another major hole to fill
with the announcement this week that
Agripress Canada Limited will be
leaving.
One of Hensall's largest employers,
with a current staff of about 35,
Agripress will merge with Design
Associates of London to form a single
London-based advertising agency.
All of the current staff at Agripress
have been offered jobs at the new
location which will be expanded to
facilitate the new agency. The move
is expected to take place in April.
Agripress president Adrian Bayley,
who made the announcement with the
If you succeed
...then try again
Thieves managed to break into
Merner Meats in Dashwood Tuesday
night, and buoyed by that success,
returned . on Thursday and . made
another successful entry.
In the first break and enter, the
thieves made off with $450 in cigaret-
tes and cigars. The second time was
even more lucrative as they stole
$1,685 worth of meat and cigarettes.
The two breakins were among the
37 occurrences investigated by the
Exeter OPP during the week.
They laid 70 charges under the
Highway Traffic Act, nine under the
Liquor Licence Act and one under the
Narcotic Control Act.
One person was charged with im-
paired driving and another received
a 12 -hour licence suspension after fail-
ing an Alert roadside test.
three principals of Design Associates
at a press conference in London, Fri-
day, said he hoped the impact on Hen-
sall would not be too severe.
He said the firm's investment in
Hensall was a serious consideration
in the amalgamation and he didn't
plan to allow the 32,000 square foot
building to sit empty and there were
already plans underway from some
interests in using portions of it.
However, he said there would be a
lot of vacant space in the Hensall
facility when the Agripress staff
moves out.
He estimated the value of the Hen -
sail investment at around $800,000 and
said the annual payroll was in the
neighbourhood of $750,000.
Bayley explained that about 10 of
the current employees now commute
from Hensall and the switch will be
advantageous for them. Another 10
live in the Exeter and Grand Bend
area, with the balance coming from
Hensall and districts to the north.
Suggesting that many of the current
employees will probably commute
from their present location's' father
than move, the firm's president said
he would be among them.
The 35 to 40 minute drive to London
was not unrealistic, he noted.
Bayley said that the major effect of
the move on Hensall will be the loss
of the disposable income on a daily
basis with 35 Less people in the village.
"The biggest impact will probably
be on the restaurants," offered
Agripress employee Dave Bannister,
who was among several from the
Hensall firm- attending Friday's
announcement.
Employees at Agripress were ad-
vised of the planned amalgamation
about two weeks ago and Bayley said
their reaction was very positive and
favorable.
He predicted the reaction would be
even more positive when the staff
members visited Design Associates'
modern and picturesque facilities at
the corner of Highway 22 and
Wonderland Road.
Design Associates and Agripress
each enters the merger with annual
capitalized billings of $10 million and
together will folm London's largest
advertising agency with total billings
of $20 million in 1986. That will make
the newly created firm the 40th
largest in Canada.
According to Bayley, "While our
agencies are similar in size, we
specialize in very different areas of
the marketplace. Agripress has built
London pair fined
over same incident
A London couple was fined a total
of $750 in Exeter court, Tuesday, on
separate charges arising from a
single incident.
Verna McCallum, 22 Langton Road,
was fined $500 after pleading guilty
before Justice of the Peace Douglas
Wedlake on a charge of being the
owner of a motor vehicle being
operated with no insurance.
.. She was charged on Septeiliber 6 in
Exeter following an accident when
her vehicle collided with another at
the intersection of Huron and Main at
12:20 a.m.
Barry Arthur McCallum, of the
same London address. who was driv-
ing the vehicle at the time was fined
$250 for driving while under
suspension.
A guilty plea was entered on his
behalf by his wife.
He was also given a further suspen-
sion of six months.
Christopher L. Webber, RR 1 Hay,
was also fined $500 for operating a
vehicle on which there was no
insurance.
NEW HOME -- Several employees of Agripress Canada Limited were in London on Friday to see their
new home with the announcement that the Hensall firm will merge with Design Associates. The latter,
a modern and picturesque facility at Highway 22 and Wonderland Road, will be expanded to handle
all employees from Agripress when they move in next spring. President Adrian Bayley, right, accom-
ponies Agripress staff Brenda Starling, Judy Mock, Ann Rose, John Mauer, Murray Markle and Dove
Bannister on a tour of the grounds.
'Riddell detalisrants
g
for area municipalities
to supply electricity to the washrooms
in three Community and Recrdational
Centre and to renovate existing doors.
flensall - $10,300 for major renova-
tions to the Pavilion which is used in
summer for family and sporting
events.
Township of Stephen (Crediton
Parks Board) - $3,232 to replace the
light standards at the Crediton ball
diamond.
Goderich Township - $4.333 to install
air conditioning in the main
auditorium of the Goderich Township
Community Centre.
Riddell said he was pleased to see
the grants coming into the area to
assist rural communities in further-
ing their recreational initiatives.
Jack Riddell. MPP for Iluron- nounced the following grants
Middlesex and Minister of riding of Iluron-Middlesex.
'Agriculture and Food. announced a Zurich - 84,333 for plexiglass awl
capital grant to the Township of East new roof over the ice plant section in
Williams in the amount of $100,571 for the community centre.
construction of a recreation hall in Clinton - 88.804 to replace the arena
Nairn. ' roof, front doors. and community hall
flooring.
Parkhill - $17.350 to the North Mid-
dlesex sports complex for im-
provements to the double diamond
athletic field.
Huron County - 83.214 for the Hay
('entre, to improve access to the
facility for the disabled.
Township of Usborne • 82.707 to ex-
pand the pool deck in Kirkton com-
munity pool.
Township of West Williams - $3.650
Riddell stated this is a much need-
ed facility which will serve several
small communities and he is
delighted that the Township will he
receiving this assistance with 'the
building.
In addition. as part of a province -
wide package of 84,999,998 made
available through the Capital Conser-
vation grant program, the Tourism
and Recreation Ministry has an -
s
A motorcycle being operated by the
accused on September 1 in Stephen
Township was spotted failing to stop
for a stop sign. The investigating of-
ficer followed the accused to his home _
and determined that the machine haft
no license dates and there was no
insurance.
Robert P. Jeffrey, RR 2 Zurich, was
fined $128.75 after pleading guilty to
:41 -Charge of failing to stop when re-
quested by a policeman on July 5 on
Victoria St. in Zurich.
The investigating officer followed
the accused for some distance in an
unmarked cruiser on which the red
Lights had been activated. The accus-
ed said he did not see the lights on the
vehicle.
A fine of 853.75 was levied against
Daniel A. Dittmer, RR 1 Dashwood,
after he was convicted on a charge of
driving a motor vehicle on which
there was no muffler.
He was charged on August 20 in
Zurich after an officer on foot patrol
heard the vehicle roaring.
The accused said he had been on his
way to a ball game when the exhaust
on the manifold cracked and therewas
no place to get it fixed as it happened
after 6:00 p.m.
In handing down his ruling, Mr.
Wedlake explained that Dittmer
didn't have to drive the vehicle after
the problem arose.
Fined for speeding were: Richard
D. Cassan, London, $33.75 for a speed
of 100 in an 80 km. zone on August 20;
Michael W. Rothfeld, London, $18.75
for a speed of 95 in an 80 k. zone on
June 29; and Timothy J. Jones, Thor-
nhill, $47.25 for a speed of 109 in an 80
km. zone on August 12.
Concern grows
for bean crop
•
Concern continues to mount forthe ,
area's white bean crop as harvesting
is delayed by frequent rains.
After being deluged by almost
seven inches of rain two weeks ago,
it was noted by crop experts that
some damage had already been done
and more could be expected if the wet
conditions prevailed.
Periodic rains since then have
delayed any harvesting attempts and
another heavy rain at the beginning
of this week probably inflicted more
damage.
A few farmers managed to harvest
some corn on the weekend, but that
too has now been placed in limbo by
this week's rain.
There wasn't much encouragement
for farmers in a report this week by
University of Western Ontario
weather expert Robert Packer that
the wet weather is expected to
continue.
Packer explained that the jet
stream, which strongly influences
weather patterns, is well anchored
east to west over the continent and
that means it's likely we'll get more
.of the same dreary weather. The jet
stream can take four to eight weeks
to change.
With only 10 to 15 percent of the
white bean crop harvested and wet
weather expected to continue, Bob
Wings of the Ontario Bean Pro-
ou ers' Marketing Board said the
outlook "doesn't look promising."
Huron Country OMAF officials ex-
plained last week that the wet
weather is also delaying other fall
work and that will keep farmers
scrambling if and when they do get a
break from the weather.
All employees to retain jobs
ensall
its. business in the agricultural
market, while Design Associates has
specialized in retail andindustrial ac-
counts. The merger brings tremen-
dous growth opportunities through
Please turn to page 2
FLING 14I0H T-_ QEfjpials from Agripfgss and Design Associates
were literally flying high on Friday when they announced the merger
of the two firms. Agripress president Adrian Bayley, left, looks on
as Design Associates president Brian Williams shows off a model of
an Air Ontario craft. Air Ontario is one of the accounts that is handl-
ed by the firm.
Get a single night,
but at two arenas
The Exeter men's rec hockey
league ice time issue has been settl-
ed, although not quite the way
members had hoped.
The league will play all their games
on Thursday night as they wanted,
but they'll be playing two games in
Exeter and two in Huron Park. Game
times at both arenas start at 9:00 p.m.
League executives, unhappy with
the ice time given them at the South
Huron rec centre, had taken their plea
to council last week.
After lengthy debate, Mayor Bruce
Shaw asked Councillor Gaylan
Josephson and clerk Liz Bell to act as
mediators if the rec board and rec
league wished.
The mediators met with both
groups last week and Josephson said
there was little that could be done
with this year's schedule and the
primary discussion was over meeting
the men's league wishes for next
season.
"Hopefully the two groups (board
and league) will be able to come to
some workable agreement next
year," he said.
Josephson said that the ice at the
rec centre is in considerable demand
and some of that stems from the in-
creased use being made of recreation
facilities by adults as well as minor
groups.
"It's a penalty of growth," he
suggested. •
The ice machines were turned on at
the rec centre following the fair and
facilities manager Cam Stewardson
said he expected some use to be made ="
of it this weekend. However, the
regular season schedule won't be put
into operation until Monday.
The Exeter Hawks open their
regular season home schedule on Oc-
tober 3, while the Mohawks plan ex-
hibition games against Chatham on
October 4 and Owen Sound on the next
night.
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PARADE PRIZE WINNERS — Kathy and Ben Van Bergen won a red
ribbon in Saturday's Exeter Fair parade as the White Wonder and
Mayor. T -A photo