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Times Advocate, 1984-07-04, Page 1ua ty Carpet at great prices• Professional installation can be arranged Lint Wliitings Phone 235-1964 f ' Pipe damage eould be costly Manager Hugh Davis told the June meeting of the Ex- eter PUC that the Commis- sion ii• facing a serious and potentially costly problem. A letter from pipe suppliers Canron Inc. informed the Comsion of the tendency of ductile iron pipe to corrode rapidly in certain types of soil. Davis feels the pipe com- pany has been remiss in not advising Cosnmissfons before this of the possibility of corro- sion. Extensive use of ductile iron pipe began in the early '70s, when manfacturers claimed the ductile pipe would do a better job than the cast iron which had been us- ed since the early 1900s, and would last as long. The corrosion is causing nightmares in the Toronto -area; Davis, said, and a is experiencingexlng eakage. pitting has already occured in the Exeter area along Highway 83 east. Davis knows where all the ductile pipe is installed. He plans to call in a firm specializing in soil sampling to teat the soil in all these areas: Pipes already being af- fected by the electrolytic ac- tion of certain types of soil can be spared further damage by the addition of magnesium anodes wired to the pipes. The corrosion then eats away at the anodes rather than the ductile mains. Once a Commission is aware of the problem, Davis said a number of ways are available to prevent future A BIG FIDDLE — Todd Hodgins, Kevin Steeper and Jiffy the clown admire the bass fiddle of Otis Sawyer prior to Monday's Hensall Centennial parade. Upset at court OU#conviL-, f Math teacher suspended Sll[)IMS math teacher Joanne Young was the reci- pient of some surprise news, as well as some that was ex- pected, during the past week. The surprise news came - on Tuesday when she was ac- quitted on a trespass charge in a Toronto court. The ex- pected news came the follow- ing day when she received a letter from Iluron County board of education officials advising she had beep suspended until further notice. The 57 -year-old teacher wasn't particularly pleased at the court ruling handed down by Judge Milton Gadsby as she was denied an opportuni- ty to express her anti-nuclear V1ev‘s. ('asdhy cut short her at- tempts to make speeches from the prisoner's box as Young defended herself dur- ing a trial which included about eight minutes of lest imony arxf argument. The .fudge ruled the infor- mation charged before the court --"failing to leave when directed"-- was invalid because it did not end with the words "by the occupier or a person authorized by the oc- cupier" He called those words the essential ingredient. The charge arose follow- ing a demonstration at the Ontario Hydro office in Toronto on .June 11. She was held in jail because she refus- ed to sign a promise to appear in court. Following the court ses- sion. Young told reporters "i got clobbered in reference to the fact the Judge didn't let her say what she wanted. "1 failed, didn't i' she said "He the Judge 1 wouldn't let me explain about the dangers of nuclear buildups and the arms race." Following the court ses- sion, the local teacher said she expected to he invited in- to the office of SHIMS prin- cipal Bruce Shaw when she returned to the school and added that a fine. suspension or dismissal were among the possibilities she faced. As she had predicted, Mrs. Young was handed a let- ter from Peter Gryseets, superintendent of personnel for the board, advising she was "suspended until further notice" Young left clutching the letter and a cheque covering the days she worked during June and the regular payments for July and August which normally come with the June cheque. Deducted was pay for the period from June 11 through to Friday. Robert Allan, the board's education director, said the letter of suspension was "an administrative action" Allan said the "definitive action" would come from the board, which has no scheduled meeting before school resumes in September. Allan refused to discuss other details of the incident or say what other action might be taken. Young was warned in a similar letter last December that any future breach of her teaching con- tract would result in a recom- mendation she be fired. • "Everything else is up to the board," Allan said. Young, who has been in custody five times since she joined anti-nuclear and disar- mament protests in 1982, has been prominent each time by not co-operating with authorities, refusing to sign promises to appear in court and going on hunger strikes. She was suspended 22 days without pay in December for being absent without leave after she attended a protest at the Litton plant in Toronto. Young forecast that "some members of the board will try to boot me out." If the board decides to fire her, she said she will seek an educa- tion ministry board of reference to ask the board to show "just cause." 'For the summer, she plans to "join a peace camp in northern Saskatchewan to protest the seizure of native lands to help test the cruise missile." corrosion by coating or sleev- ing mains to be installed, and isolating them from each other. Davis will not know the ex- tent of the problem locally un- til he receives the report from the Boil testing company. He will present his recommenda- tions at the next meeting. An electrical storm earlier this month caused con- siderable damage, according topavis. Three conductors at Carling and Sanders were burned out, as were two transformers at Sanders and John, and two fuses on the high side of the Sanders substation. Notices of water restric- tions now in effect have been mailed out.. Pits hydrants ap- proved for Thames Road have boon ladled. Insfallatlouai. a 12 -inch maln.,on Carlik North will begin/July E. A ' lb will have to be made - a load of fill dufnped 10, William Street area by'a contractor. A new storelo be located north of Hoppt plIockey fur- niture will regyite hydro and water service. Nothing has . been decid- ed about the a Ion of the Taylor subdi �` ' . Davis has discovered livery of transformers takes from 20 to 22 weeks. A deion must be made soon for Ns year, as no conductor is laid after December 15.,+ ry. 1 rc, BUS NAGER RETIRES — A retirement party was held Friday night for Lloyd Hewitt who has been managele" r for:the past 13 years at, Exeter Coach Lines. From the left are John Linton, representing the drivers, the new mother Ken Ogden, Normo and Lloyd Hewitt and Bill Heslop of Charterways. T -A photo 1 Serving Sorth Huron, North Middlesex One Hundred and Eleventh Year & North Lambton Since 1873 EXETER, ONTARIO, July 4, 1984 Price Per Copy 50 Cents Hensall event resounding success osm't The village of Hensall marked the end of 100 years of official history and launch- ed itself into its second cen- tury with a spirited, well- planned, event -filled four-day birthday party that was thoroughly enjoyed by hun- dreds of local residents and guests from as far away as Europe and British Columbia. The weather, the one factor which the planners couldn't control, co-operated beautifully. Four days of sun- ny skies put the crowning touch on the festivities. "It was worth it all", said a tired but' still exuberant Harold "Coog" Knight Mon- day evening. "The feeling, the spirit were there. Everyone did their job. We didn't have one negative response." Knight,,who had en over tile' �iinsas *The steerihig combo ee in April, seemed to be everywhere dur- ing the birthday bash - in the headquarters trailer, at the official opening, in the dunk- ing tank, at the beard - growers' contest, the church services, the dances and the parade. Knight promises this is his last Centennial workout. (He was chairman of the celebra- tions in Hensall for Canada's Centennial in 1967.) He in- tends to sit back and enjoy the next celebration 50 or 100 years down the road. "Enjoy" was the key word at the Hensall birthday. Months of planning and hard work were evident in the e,4- cellent displays at both chur- ches, the school, along main street and at Centennial Headquarters. At the United Church 648 signed the guest book during their three-day open house. Many more bypassed the often long lineup to plunge right into the tour. "People thought they were coming for a cup of tea, and were flabbergasted by the HONOUR POSTMASTER — Grand Bend Postmaster Gar Johnston has completed 25 years of Public Service. At the left, Zone Postmaster Bob Doyle of Woodstock presents a plaque. At the right is area Supervisory Postmaster Ken Dobney of Ex- eter. T -A photo Flyer walks away from forced landing While he describes, it as "not the most successful" forced landing, local pilot George Dobbs did manage to meet the main criteria of forced landing of aircraft, that is to walk away. The Riverside Drive resi- dent did that around 3:30 on Sunday afternoon after he ex- perienced problems in his home -built amphibious Coot A aircraft during a flight from Goderich to the Sexsmith air- field north-west of Exeter. The engine began tdr"fiut- ter" and Dobbs recognized that he was going to have to land. He managed to do that on the farm of Harry Strang, but failed to comprehend the scope of a ditch in the bean field just east of Highway 4. The plane hit the ditch and that resulted in considerable damage to the wheels, although the body of the plane escaped unscathed, along with its pilot. Dobbs attributed the use of his shoulder and lap belts to preventing any serious in- jury, although the belts did result in his only physical reminder of the forced lan- ding: a little soreness bet- ween his shoulder blades. The disabled craft, which OPP estimated sustained damage of $4,000, was loaded on a float and taken back to its hangar, where it will be ex - ambled by department of transport personnel. tremendou5l. displays", minister Shan McDonald remarked afterward. Approximately 300 signed Carmel Presbyterian's book for themselves and their families. REV. Ken Knight said "We ha: some busy times, especially Sunday after the parade." Well over 2,000 signed in at the official registration booth during the iOng weekend. Many local residents assum- ed the book was just for out- of-town visitors, and did not a, =r that a add their names for posterity. The six winners of Centen- nial plates donated by the Hensall BIA for those coming. the farthest were Mrs. McBeath, Scotland; Linda (Hay) and Sarah Reid, Co- quitlan, B.C.; Betty McKen- ney, Kamloops, B.C.; Clive Adamson, Nassau, Bahamas; Yvonne and Neelo B:erardo, Rome, Italy and Derek Pickerill, Hensall, England. Adamson laughingly con- fessed he had had to be dragg- ed "kicking and screaming" to what he considered would be a small-town event. He will return to Nassau with memories of a "terrific, fan- tastic" weekend, well worth the trip. Guest minister Rev. Rod Ferguson spoke to a large congregation of close to 500, many in Centennial attire, at 'the interdenominational church service on Sunday. He evoked memories of a childhood in Hensall. with "chariots of fire" made from orange crates and roller GETTING TRIMMED — Betty Grenier prepares to remove husband Alphonse's six- month -old beard, judged best all-round beard at the Hensall Centennial beard - growing contest. Exeter finds candidate for 'native son' honor Exeter does indeed have a nominee for the Huron Coun- ty bicentennial atlas designa- tion of 12 "native sons" who . have gone on to national or in- ternational acclaim. At their last meeting, coun- cil couldn't come up with a name for the honour, but Reeve Bill Mickle said this week that Jack Smith, RR 1 llensall, had informed him that the town had a logical contender. The nominee will be Charles Trick Currelly, who was born in Exeter on January 11, 1876 and went on to become the first director of the Royal Ontario Museum. Currelly, among his many credits in a listing of "Who's Who In Canada" in 1951, also authored a book entitled "i Brought the Ages dome" which includes me chapter on his early life in Exeter. A noted archaeologist, the native son was a member of several expeditions and as a member of the Egypt Ex- ploration Fund, discovered the Tomb of Aahmes, two Royal tombs and the Temple Shrine of Ustertesen iiI and the Cow Goddess and Shrine at Deir el Bahri. He was decorated by the Sultan of Turkey with the Order of Medjedieh for bring- ing to Cairo the portraits and inscriptions of the early Egyptian kings from the Wadi of the Mines in Sinai. He was a professor of ar- chaeologyat the University of Toronto. Ile retired to Port Hope and Florida. Won't close Lucan dump A motion by a Lucan area couple living next to the C.11. Lewis (Lucanl Ltd. landfill operation to have the dump closed pending the outcome of a court appeal has been dismissed by an Ontario supreme court judge. The divisional court action was taken earlier this week by Peter and Erika Nippa of RR 1 Lucan, who asked Justice J.B.S. Southey to en- force an April 6 environmen- tal appeal board order that the Biddulph Township site be tilosed, despite an appeal of the order to the same court by operator Cecil Lewis. Lewis's appeal is not ex- pected to be heard until later this year or early 1985, Lewis's lawyer, Stephen Gar- rod, said Wednesday. Follow- ing four days of hearings in London last year, the board ordered immediate security improvements to the dump and that it be closed for good by Nov. 30 this year. Lewis appealed and said he would continue accepting waste under current con- tracts with area municipalities. Council learned Tuesday that there may have been others to nominate. in Currel- ly's book he tells of a convoca tion at the University of Toronto in 1926 being dominated by Exeter datives. including the Greek scholar Professor Ramsay, Sir John Willison. Brigadier -General Mitchell, Sir John'McLenhan, T.A. Russell and "Martin, the Prime Minister of Saskat- chewan and his brother, head of a big financial company." • party skates, the smells and delights of a wood -heated manse kitchen (the warmest room in the house) and the sounds of Harvard trainers from nearby Centralia flying school. Ferguson reminded those in the crowded arena that "we could never have made it this far if we only had each other to depend on". Citing the ex- ample of King David, who thanked God and not his lucky stars for what he had, Ferguson said Christ's life is the only kind of life that mat- ters. This gives us a high and holy hope that what has been done will continue, and what has begun will be brought to amazing fruition. The past is memory, and the future is ex- pectation. To have faith is to re - ember and wait. Vie_ r aAita deet '--Moir of present and former members of Hensall church choirs, and pumped out a re- sounding accompaniment to the hymns on a richly toned Doherty chapel pump organ made in Clinton. Special music was provided by guest soloist Eric Ross and a male quartet compsed. of Ron Mock, son Doug, Bill Bailey and Jim Rowcliffe. Former Presbyterian minister Percy Ferguson and Anglican pastor Maxwell Parker attended the service. An impressive Sunday afternoon parade and drumhead service was organized by Hensall Legion Branch 468. The Brussels pipe and drum band, represen- tsftives from other zone 7 branches, and local municipal and government officials join- ed the Hensall Legion and Please turn to page 3 Yeggs fail at Hensall The would-be thief or thieves who broke into the Hensall post office early Tuesday morning had to leave empty-handed after failing to pry open the large, heavy office safe. The break- in was reported wheh the driver who runs the early mail from London to Goderich stopped at the Hen- Jho�urs ..dbiscovered fhe back door ajar. Three letters had also been torn open. The break-in was -in- vestigated by Exeter OPP Constable Bill Osterloo. Ex- eter postmaster. and area supervisor Ken Dobney, Er- nie Turner from'the Clinton office of the department of public works which rents the facilities for the Hensall of- fice, and a post office in- vestigator from London were also at the scene later Tues- day rhorning. The safe, damaged so bad- ly it will have to be replaced, is valued at $2,000. Work commences on new drug store Construction commenced this week on a large commer- cial additiqn to Exeter's downtown by local developer Len Veri. The 10,000 to 11,000 square foot facility will be erected at the south-west corner of Main and Sanders St. on the site of the former May Jones property. The house will be removed next week. The former small frame office building which housed Gaiser-Kneale in- surance was levelled last week. Veri indicated that Big V Pharmacies Co. Limited will be the main tenant ih the new structure. His wife Noel will move her Flower Pedlar business into another section of the commercial complex and a third tenant has already been signed up for the re- maining space. The name of the latter has not yet been released. The local developer said he expected the new business facility will be open late this fall or early winter. At the same time, he an- nounced that Rumor's Hair Design will be enlarged to en- compass the former spot in the Centre Mall occupied by the Cookie Cutter. Two more attendants will be added to the staff, along with a person who will be involved with makeup application and sales. Rumor's will also be an outlet for Perry Originals. HENSALL TO HENSALL — Among those travelling a long distance to the Hensall centennial were Hensall, England, residents Mr. ohd Mrs. Derek Pickerill and their family. They were welcomed by ambassador Harold Knight and ambassadress Irene Davis. The English pair visited Hensall lost year as well. • ••4 rrr • . +c • • • ,4.