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Times Advocate, 1989-07-26, Page 1isck 'EXETER TOYOTA/ 242 Main St. N. Exeter Across from O.P.P. Phone 235-2353 Memorial fund CENTRALIA - A memorial fund has been set up by the Cen- tralia'Huron Park Lions Club af- ter the death of one of their mem- bers. The fund will be held in trust for the family of Richard Walker. Walker died in a traffic accident in late June alongwith his son Evan and is survived by his wife and two daughters. The Lions Club say that any- one wishing to donate to the fund may do so by inquiring at the Royal Bank in Exeter, or by mailing a cheque to the Centralia Huron Park Lions at Box 221 Huron Park, Ont. NOM, 1YO. Only one mishap EXETER - Officers of the Exeter town police force were called to in- vestigate only one motor vehicle accident this week. A vehicle owned by Sam Lerikos of Exeter was struck by an un- known vehicle while parked Friday at the Thru-Way Muffler lot in Ex- ctcr. All hi the family - Young Adam Peterson got rather squashed In a three-way hug when David . Peterson dropped in to the Huron Country Playhouse to sally "hello" td Shelley a$efore a mati- nee of Run forlattirifrih. Administrator has local ties CLINTON - Nigel Bellchamber s recent hiring as Huron County's new administrator is both a career step and a move home. The former Bayfield resident, who is acting manager of the Lon- don Field Management office of the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs, begins his employment with Huron County September,, l . For Bellchamber, who was raised and attended elementary school in Bayfield, and high school in Clin- ton, and has a cottage in Ashfield Township, the move brings him closer to Huron County roots and family. His mother, Audrey, lives in Bayfield still, while his wife, Dianne, is from Godcrich, where her parents Bert and Bessie Chi- sholm, still live. "It's a move that I look forward to," Bellchamber said last week. "I've hoped for several years to be in a position to compete for the job. I'm very pleased." Bellchamber was among 69 ap- plicants to apply for the job as Hu- ron County clerk -administrator to replace long-time . ounty adminis- trator Bill : la,,lc, , who retires in Septem; • lit will remain with the county as an advisor to Bell - chamber. The new clerk -administrator will formally assume that position De- cember 1, after three n h .is as- sistant, county council a reed July 5. His role as senior local govern- ment advisor in the ministry's Lon- don office meant he maintained contact with and acted as a consul- tant to 155 municipalities in seven counties in this corner of the prov- ince. The experience put him in contact with ratepayers, council - Please turn to page 3 w Gaiser- neale Insurance Exeter 235-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 Mensal) 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 12% tax hike for Stephen CREDITON - Most taxpayers in the township of Stephen will find an increase of about 12 percent when they receive their 1989 tax notices m the near future. A mill rate of 16.781 for residen- tial public school supporters, 17.325 for residential separate school supporters and comparable commercial rates of 19.742 and 20.382 will raise a total of $2,897,724. This figure includes police village rates and a number of special levies. The actual comparable figure in 1988 was $2,529,402. The overall increase is $368,522. The assessment figures which taxes are based on also rose this year from $162,869,870 to $165,173,180. In 1989, the province of Ontario will contribute $1.69 for every dol- lar of realty and business taxes im- posed by the township of Stephen. Last year Ontario contributed $1.81 for each local tax dollar. The budget for township of Ste- phen purposes only goes up by about $87,000 to $618,254 and the county of Huron requisite rises by $93,000 to $531,996. The elementary public school levy is $802,154, up from $553,808 and the public -secondary school budget is down to 5629,493 from $730,328. The separate elementary school requests ,are $149,345 as compared to $103,809 a year ago and the sep- arate secondary school budget is $129,355. Last year's figure was $139,065. Leroy Keyes, Allan Turnbull and Jerry Van Bruaene representing the Pinery Cemetery Board attended a recent council meeting to explain a large increase in their budget for 1989. Council had expressed previous concern in this yeas share for the township of $1,325 compared to 5850 for 1988. The township's swimming pool bylaw has been updated and in- cludes fencing of five foot hcighth around all privately owncd pools. A resolution from the township of Howick was supported. It.calls for pesticide and herbicide contain- ers to be returnable and recycable. A minor variance application from Jack Shaw at part of Lot 15, Concession 7 will be dealt with at a public meeting scheduled for Au- gust 1. He wishes to erect a small horse barn, closer to the township road than present provisions allow. Council agreed to place adver- tisements in the near future to se- cure a township administrator. An agreement will be made with present clerk -treasurer Wilmar Wein to continue in his present po- sition until his retirement in March of 1991. Stabbing suspect releasedon bail EXETER - A London woman was released on bail in Goderich court Monday as the result of a stabbing in Usborne township on Sunday, July 23. Christine Robertson, agcd 22 years of 20 Aldersbrooke Crescent was charged with aggravated assault by officers of the Exeter Ontario Provincial Police detachment. She will appear in Provincial Court in Exeter on August 29. The victim 26 year-old Martin McVeeny received two minor stab wounds to the upper left shoulder arca. Local OPP officers are continu- ing investigation of a stabbing in- cident at 109 Albert Street in Hen - salt on Saturday, July 15. The young offender accused of the stabbing will appear in court on October 11. Three Liquor Licence Act charges have been laid against two separate underage participants of the party where the incident occurred. During the past week, OPP offi- cers investigated 51 general occur- rences which included two motor vehicle accidents. They also laid 50 Highway Traffic Act charges, eight under the Liquor Liccnce Act, one Family Law Act charge and issued three driving suspensions of 12 hours each. Both accidents took place on Sat- urday. At 2.30, a vehicle driven by Jay Cacrs of Exeter left the roadway of Highway 83 and entered the north ditch, causing severe damage. At 12.15 p.m. the same day, ve- hicles operated by Donna Jean Lee, RR 3, Ailsa Craig and Paul Allen, RR 1, Exeter collided on Huron road 5. Lee's vehicle was demol- ished. No injuries were sustained. Exeter resident posed for Winchester Cathedral Memorial War War I veteran Ben Scott model . •r� 1 i Riflemen's War Memorial at the •entrance to Cathedral. Each year he adds a poppy from the Exeter Legion to his picture. By Yvonne Reynolds EXETER - Though Exeter Villa resident Ben Scott will be 90 on October 9, his 22 -year -old -self is immortalized. The veteran of World War 1 was the model 'or the life-size Riflemen's war memo- rial that stands outside the west en- trance of Winchester Cathedral in London, England. Ekk.wi•tarc Srntt,. and unassuming gentleman, would not talk publicly about his experi- ences as an ordinary soldier in that terrible war. Recently, he rcluc- ntlu r.pnse t.ed,.t saj ntcrview as 'there aren't too many- ©f u . u 4 Miiiiquivi , 1 • .,,... After the war ended, Scott stayed in the army, enticed by a 40 -pound re -enlistment bonus. The young soldier was playing football one day in 1921 when he was ordered to report to the colonel of his regi- ment. A number of thoughts flashed through his mind. He had made his bed. His shoes were polished. His a .. . siminogtur> : A > ing his mind, Scott's captain as- sured him he had nothing to be up- sct about. He was about to experience something he could tell his grandchildren aboui • teid....;s srsll .-t e,Scott was ten, the model was allowed to relax over tea and biscuits. "At the end, I could go for 20 minutes without moving," Scott recalled. By the end of the five weeks, Scott was bored. He also felt "out of his death". As he stared out of the studio window, "the people of Chelsea were looking at me "I was just a poor boy from the east end of London. I did the best I could," he said. . The finished form was bronze - washed, mountcd on a plinth, and set up initial) inside yVtn,chcner listed in the King's Royal Rifles six months before his eighteenth birthday. He was soon sem over to Fiance aid Belgium as a signaller with company headquarters. - Thinking about the many miser- able months spent in the Ypres sector still brings tears to Scott's eyes. The memory of three-foot-. wide trenches filled with thick, deadly,_mud and the horror of step - .1 ; {•.(r 1, )cl e ', burned in the muck model fbr a memorial being eo . missioned by the Ecclestone Square Society of the Riflemen's Aid Soci- ety, He would be kept on full pay, but relieved of all army duties for the next six weeks. • The sponsors gave Scott a letter of introduction to the sculptor (whose name he has forgotten). On the appointed day Scott, dressed in full uniform, reported to the artist's studio on Fulham Road. For the , 40.Ifi7iled mcasure- open-eyed stare of haunts him. "But there was no way around it. You had to get where you were go- ing", he explained. All moves were made in a crouch. Raising one's head above the level of the trench only present- ed a handy target for an enemy sniper. "Anyone who was at Ypres was lucky to come out alive", Scott said quietly. He was one of the lucky oneS. there, an a Scott noted. The sculpture was later oved outside, and put on a ned+,pli thi to accommodate the names of soldiers who died in World War Two. Amazingly, Scott has never seen the memorial. Although invited't' the unveiling, he did not attend. By this time he had left the army, and was out of work. "TImes were tough. I was down 1n0:4+u - d-dtrkt't want the old boys cott:-cnks4ondon Fu- siliers at the' outbreak --o .-w-a ..an 1939. One son joined navy, anoth- er the airforce, and his daughter signed up in the army. 'Tirey -even meatsu the puttees," Scott said: `""-_= The next day the sculpting began. Scott took up the position he would hold hour after hour for the next five weeks, at case, right leg braced, rifle barrel gripped in right hand. Scott had expected that the figure would be made by adding material to a base structure. Instead, the sculptor began cutting and shaping a rough human form. Every so of - Scott and his wife came to Canada in 1964, 11 years after his daughter Doris Poli and her husband Peter had settled in Windsor. .He was made a life member of the Windsor Legion, Prince Edward Branch 94. Please turn to page 3 Inside Take your pick At the farm of Mike and Diane O'Shea. page 5 Personal interviews With the Premier's wife page 6 First time Commission painting at Playhouse page 6 A Fair page The 1989 Zurich Fair is pictured page 13 New leader Mohawks name coach for 1989-90 page 17 Auto racers Locals doing well at Delaware page 20 Memorial fund CENTRALIA - A memorial fund has been set up by the Cen- tralia'Huron Park Lions Club af- ter the death of one of their mem- bers. The fund will be held in trust for the family of Richard Walker. Walker died in a traffic accident in late June alongwith his son Evan and is survived by his wife and two daughters. The Lions Club say that any- one wishing to donate to the fund may do so by inquiring at the Royal Bank in Exeter, or by mailing a cheque to the Centralia Huron Park Lions at Box 221 Huron Park, Ont. NOM, 1YO. Only one mishap EXETER - Officers of the Exeter town police force were called to in- vestigate only one motor vehicle accident this week. A vehicle owned by Sam Lerikos of Exeter was struck by an un- known vehicle while parked Friday at the Thru-Way Muffler lot in Ex- ctcr. All hi the family - Young Adam Peterson got rather squashed In a three-way hug when David . Peterson dropped in to the Huron Country Playhouse to sally "hello" td Shelley a$efore a mati- nee of Run forlattirifrih. Administrator has local ties CLINTON - Nigel Bellchamber s recent hiring as Huron County's new administrator is both a career step and a move home. The former Bayfield resident, who is acting manager of the Lon- don Field Management office of the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs, begins his employment with Huron County September,, l . For Bellchamber, who was raised and attended elementary school in Bayfield, and high school in Clin- ton, and has a cottage in Ashfield Township, the move brings him closer to Huron County roots and family. His mother, Audrey, lives in Bayfield still, while his wife, Dianne, is from Godcrich, where her parents Bert and Bessie Chi- sholm, still live. "It's a move that I look forward to," Bellchamber said last week. "I've hoped for several years to be in a position to compete for the job. I'm very pleased." Bellchamber was among 69 ap- plicants to apply for the job as Hu- ron County clerk -administrator to replace long-time . ounty adminis- trator Bill : la,,lc, , who retires in Septem; • lit will remain with the county as an advisor to Bell - chamber. The new clerk -administrator will formally assume that position De- cember 1, after three n h .is as- sistant, county council a reed July 5. His role as senior local govern- ment advisor in the ministry's Lon- don office meant he maintained contact with and acted as a consul- tant to 155 municipalities in seven counties in this corner of the prov- ince. The experience put him in contact with ratepayers, council - Please turn to page 3 w Gaiser- neale Insurance Exeter 235-2420 Grand Bend 238-8484 Mensal) 262-2119 Clinton 482-9747 12% tax hike for Stephen CREDITON - Most taxpayers in the township of Stephen will find an increase of about 12 percent when they receive their 1989 tax notices m the near future. A mill rate of 16.781 for residen- tial public school supporters, 17.325 for residential separate school supporters and comparable commercial rates of 19.742 and 20.382 will raise a total of $2,897,724. This figure includes police village rates and a number of special levies. The actual comparable figure in 1988 was $2,529,402. The overall increase is $368,522. The assessment figures which taxes are based on also rose this year from $162,869,870 to $165,173,180. In 1989, the province of Ontario will contribute $1.69 for every dol- lar of realty and business taxes im- posed by the township of Stephen. Last year Ontario contributed $1.81 for each local tax dollar. The budget for township of Ste- phen purposes only goes up by about $87,000 to $618,254 and the county of Huron requisite rises by $93,000 to $531,996. The elementary public school levy is $802,154, up from $553,808 and the public -secondary school budget is down to 5629,493 from $730,328. The separate elementary school requests ,are $149,345 as compared to $103,809 a year ago and the sep- arate secondary school budget is $129,355. Last year's figure was $139,065. Leroy Keyes, Allan Turnbull and Jerry Van Bruaene representing the Pinery Cemetery Board attended a recent council meeting to explain a large increase in their budget for 1989. Council had expressed previous concern in this yeas share for the township of $1,325 compared to 5850 for 1988. The township's swimming pool bylaw has been updated and in- cludes fencing of five foot hcighth around all privately owncd pools. A resolution from the township of Howick was supported. It.calls for pesticide and herbicide contain- ers to be returnable and recycable. A minor variance application from Jack Shaw at part of Lot 15, Concession 7 will be dealt with at a public meeting scheduled for Au- gust 1. He wishes to erect a small horse barn, closer to the township road than present provisions allow. Council agreed to place adver- tisements in the near future to se- cure a township administrator. An agreement will be made with present clerk -treasurer Wilmar Wein to continue in his present po- sition until his retirement in March of 1991. Stabbing suspect releasedon bail EXETER - A London woman was released on bail in Goderich court Monday as the result of a stabbing in Usborne township on Sunday, July 23. Christine Robertson, agcd 22 years of 20 Aldersbrooke Crescent was charged with aggravated assault by officers of the Exeter Ontario Provincial Police detachment. She will appear in Provincial Court in Exeter on August 29. The victim 26 year-old Martin McVeeny received two minor stab wounds to the upper left shoulder arca. Local OPP officers are continu- ing investigation of a stabbing in- cident at 109 Albert Street in Hen - salt on Saturday, July 15. The young offender accused of the stabbing will appear in court on October 11. Three Liquor Licence Act charges have been laid against two separate underage participants of the party where the incident occurred. During the past week, OPP offi- cers investigated 51 general occur- rences which included two motor vehicle accidents. They also laid 50 Highway Traffic Act charges, eight under the Liquor Liccnce Act, one Family Law Act charge and issued three driving suspensions of 12 hours each. Both accidents took place on Sat- urday. At 2.30, a vehicle driven by Jay Cacrs of Exeter left the roadway of Highway 83 and entered the north ditch, causing severe damage. At 12.15 p.m. the same day, ve- hicles operated by Donna Jean Lee, RR 3, Ailsa Craig and Paul Allen, RR 1, Exeter collided on Huron road 5. Lee's vehicle was demol- ished. No injuries were sustained. Exeter resident posed for Winchester Cathedral Memorial War War I veteran Ben Scott model . •r� 1 i Riflemen's War Memorial at the •entrance to Cathedral. Each year he adds a poppy from the Exeter Legion to his picture. By Yvonne Reynolds EXETER - Though Exeter Villa resident Ben Scott will be 90 on October 9, his 22 -year -old -self is immortalized. The veteran of World War 1 was the model 'or the life-size Riflemen's war memo- rial that stands outside the west en- trance of Winchester Cathedral in London, England. Ekk.wi•tarc Srntt,. and unassuming gentleman, would not talk publicly about his experi- ences as an ordinary soldier in that terrible war. Recently, he rcluc- ntlu r.pnse t.ed,.t saj ntcrview as 'there aren't too many- ©f u . u 4 Miiiiquivi , 1 • .,,... After the war ended, Scott stayed in the army, enticed by a 40 -pound re -enlistment bonus. The young soldier was playing football one day in 1921 when he was ordered to report to the colonel of his regi- ment. A number of thoughts flashed through his mind. He had made his bed. His shoes were polished. His a .. . siminogtur> : A > ing his mind, Scott's captain as- sured him he had nothing to be up- sct about. He was about to experience something he could tell his grandchildren aboui • teid....;s srsll .-t e,Scott was ten, the model was allowed to relax over tea and biscuits. "At the end, I could go for 20 minutes without moving," Scott recalled. By the end of the five weeks, Scott was bored. He also felt "out of his death". As he stared out of the studio window, "the people of Chelsea were looking at me "I was just a poor boy from the east end of London. I did the best I could," he said. . The finished form was bronze - washed, mountcd on a plinth, and set up initial) inside yVtn,chcner listed in the King's Royal Rifles six months before his eighteenth birthday. He was soon sem over to Fiance aid Belgium as a signaller with company headquarters. - Thinking about the many miser- able months spent in the Ypres sector still brings tears to Scott's eyes. The memory of three-foot-. wide trenches filled with thick, deadly,_mud and the horror of step - .1 ; {•.(r 1, )cl e ', burned in the muck model fbr a memorial being eo . missioned by the Ecclestone Square Society of the Riflemen's Aid Soci- ety, He would be kept on full pay, but relieved of all army duties for the next six weeks. • The sponsors gave Scott a letter of introduction to the sculptor (whose name he has forgotten). On the appointed day Scott, dressed in full uniform, reported to the artist's studio on Fulham Road. For the , 40.Ifi7iled mcasure- open-eyed stare of haunts him. "But there was no way around it. You had to get where you were go- ing", he explained. All moves were made in a crouch. Raising one's head above the level of the trench only present- ed a handy target for an enemy sniper. "Anyone who was at Ypres was lucky to come out alive", Scott said quietly. He was one of the lucky oneS. there, an a Scott noted. The sculpture was later oved outside, and put on a ned+,pli thi to accommodate the names of soldiers who died in World War Two. Amazingly, Scott has never seen the memorial. Although invited't' the unveiling, he did not attend. By this time he had left the army, and was out of work. "TImes were tough. I was down 1n0:4+u - d-dtrkt't want the old boys cott:-cnks4ondon Fu- siliers at the' outbreak --o .-w-a ..an 1939. One son joined navy, anoth- er the airforce, and his daughter signed up in the army. 'Tirey -even meatsu the puttees," Scott said: `""-_= The next day the sculpting began. Scott took up the position he would hold hour after hour for the next five weeks, at case, right leg braced, rifle barrel gripped in right hand. Scott had expected that the figure would be made by adding material to a base structure. Instead, the sculptor began cutting and shaping a rough human form. Every so of - Scott and his wife came to Canada in 1964, 11 years after his daughter Doris Poli and her husband Peter had settled in Windsor. .He was made a life member of the Windsor Legion, Prince Edward Branch 94. Please turn to page 3