The Huron Expositor, 1969-10-30, Page 1a
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or Roe in Sunday
Save .Vacant Church Street Houie
Firemen fought flames for an hourWndaY morning and saved a large frame residence' on
Church Street, owned by the estate of the late Fred Beattie. The residence, although furnished,
has had no occupant since Mr. Beattie's death 'several years ago. The firi had •gained.ccinsider-
able headway in an attached shed at the rear of the, home before it was noticed by a neighbor,
Mrs. •Lloyd Rowatt. Loss was set at $3,000 by Fire Chief John Scott, who could' not indicate how
,the fire started. (Staff photo). •
Thieves Blow Up $110
In_ Safe Cracking Bid
Action of Seaforth and Pm-,
incial Police in containing .0)3,
outbreak of rowdYism here ear.,
ty Sunday morning was endorsed"
by Seaforth council at a special
meeting Monday night„.,
Adopting., a motion advanced
by Councillors Robert Dinsmore
and Wm. Pinder, council direct-
ed that "a• letter of appregia-
tion should be sent to the divi-
sional branch of the OPP for
their emergency assistance to
the Seaforth Police on the night
of Oct. 25th and that the mem-
bers of the Seaforth Police
force be congratulated for their
manner of handling the distur-,
hence”. •
The outbreak which resulted
in province wide publicity over
the weekend, sent Chief Gordon
Hulley to hospital -and raised
questions in the legislature, be.
gan Saturday evening „with thei
arrival of members of the Lon-
don based Apocalypse motor-
cycle club at the Queen's Hotel,
According to Chief Hulley,
the hotel management, concern-
ed with the' possibility of trouble
,alerted Provincial Police,' who
alerted him and he in turn
stood ready in the area' if assis-
tance was needed.
Everything was •quiet until
clOsing time .shortly. before ,l
a.m. when trouble erupted in
the hotel and police were called.
Chief Hulley and 'special con-
stable John Sinnamon answered'
as the guests moved out to the
street but, hot until' lounge room
facilities had been damaged,. By
this time members of the Pagans
a Clinton based club, also were
involved.
In the meantime the OPP
moved in, Chief Hulley said
there were 16 OPP in town and
an additional five came in as
the disturbance was quelled.
Chief Hulley was struck dur-
ing a melee on an adjoining
garage lot east of the hotel. A
window of Roweliffe's Service
Station was smashed as well as
windows in the Reid block
north of the hotel. -
While the skirmishes contin-
ued' across the Main and Goder-
ich ...Street intersection, ' large ,
crowds gathered attracted by
the noise. Police moved to sep-
arate the groups and keep those
involved •On the move. Peace
was restored shortly after two
o'clock, many of the visitors
making their way to Clinton,
followed by police.
Damage to the hotel amount-
ed to perhaps $100 according to
Larry • Greer one of the hotel
owners and' included glasses and
two table tops smashed.
Arrested and charged with as-
saulting Chief Haley were Ai-
thur Sutcliffe, 24, of Seaforth
and Johannes Henry Lepping-
ton, '20, of Brucefield. Rodney
Sterling Jervis, 19, of Clinton
When the car in which they
were driving went out of con-
trol a half mile west of Win-
throp Saturday morning and
struck a tree, two area resi-
dents receieed injuries that sent
them to Seaforth Community
Hospital.
Anthonius Wolfkamp, 70 Vic-
toria St., Mitchell, 21, received
serious lacerations. He was re-'
leased from hospital Tuesday.
A passenger in the car, Shirley
Harris, BR 1, Seafortle 18, 'had
a fractured arm and lacerations.
The accident occnrred as the
couple were on their way to the
'Winthrop store, •
Damage to the car was $1,500
according to OPP 'Constable Ray
Primeau of Seaforth who inves-,
tigated,
Barbers !Mum*
Two Mitchell barbers are in
Seaforth Community Hospital,
following an early morning ac-
cident east of Seaforth, Wednes-
day. • . • While stocks of liquor and cig-
Celebrates 90t1; Birthday
Charles A. Barber was 90 on Monday and he celebrated his birthday with members of the
Seaforth Lions Club of which he is surviving charter member. A special cake featured the ev-
ent and as he cut it Mr. Barber recalled he had been a member of the club for 46 years — half
his life time. He was president in 1930. A past president of the Dairymen's Association, and wide-
ly known in the dairying business, Mr. Barber began his career in 1,e ; at Palmerston 'when the
worked there. Coming to Seaforth in 1014, Mr. Barber established Seaforth Creamery, which he
operated successfully for'32 years, until he sold out in 1946. While Mr. Barber has been retired
since 1946, he has been by no means inactive. He is an enthusiastic fisherman and until recently
bowled in summer and curled in winter. He is a member of Britannia Lodge of which he was
master in 1920. Looking on as the guest of honol• cut the cake is. G. A, Whitney who with W.
D. Stephenson, made" arrangements for , the event.• (Flapnigan photo).
Forcing their way through an
emergency ekit door, thieves
broke. into branch 156, Royal
Canadian Legion early Sunday
morning. Nothing was taken.
Apparently seeking money,
the building was ransacked
throughout as closets and cup-
boards were forced open. In all,
sot doors were smashed in the
search.
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Don Peterson, 28, and Erwin
*mete, t2,• were driving east
shortly before 2 am. when their
car went out of control oppo-
site the farm, of Harry Arts, 1Y4
miles east of town. They were
Tir was a band of empty-hand- early Monday morning at the
ed and frustrated thieves that UDPC building on South Main
left the scene of their crime Street.,
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Sailor from -Seaforth
Member Kootenay Crew
Ron Hildebrand, 21, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hildebrand,
Seitforth, was serving aboard
the ill-fated destroyer Kootenay
when an explosion 'and fire kil-
led eight men. A supply techni-
cian A. B. Hildebrand has been
• in the Navy for four years. The
Kootney was the third destroy-
er' on which he has served. Mrs,
' Hildebrand said Wednesday that
while they. had • not received
word from their son, she un-
derstood he was in Plymouth,
England where the ,Kootenay
was taken folloWing- the- -ecei-
dent.
A. B. Hildebrand began his
Navy career following atten-
dance at Seaforth District High
Sohool and first served in Hali-
fax. He was last home during
Auoust of this year.
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Diredor of Nursing
Mrs: S. lb. Ring (left) who reeehtlY has been named
%reefer of Nursing 'at Seaforth. Cori llospItal;-
eitiniterritiC with Miss Grace Walker, Nursing Consultant
of the 'Ontario Nospital AsSociation. ,Mrs. Ring hie bee*
eta I nursing ate of the hospitld for a 'year and a half.
(iSt Photo).
The thieves blasted their way
into a small wall safe in the
United Dairy Producers 'Co-op-
erative office, but the charge of
dynamite was too much. for the
10-inch 'safe end- the $1,100 in
"cash that was in it.
When the thieves recovered
from the blast ,and returned to
the- safe to gather their loot,
all that remained of the money
was a mass of scattered dime-
sized pieces of bills. The rest of
the money was barely recognize-
able, blown into fine pieces and
splattered over the ceiling ,and
walls of the office'.
The explosion sent the safe
door Across the room, where it
smashed an adding machine,
took a chunk out of a desk and
came to rest against the back of
a dairy display case.
Entered Through Rear'
Entry was gained by forcing
a rear door at the east end of
the building. Once inside the
thieves entered the ' office by
felting another locked door.
The burglars, after locating
the small wall safe, began dril-
ling into it thfough a concrete
protecting -wall in the ware-
house section of the plant. yr
They used a high power drill
with a 26-inch bit, which they
left at the scene along with the
rest of their tools when they
fled.
They managed to create a
hale • into the safe about one
inch wide and attemped to •pry
the safe-door with a crow bar
and a sledge hammer, also left
at the scene.
Unsuccessful with this meth-
od:they decided to use dynamite
after first 'taking the precau-
tion of filling the safe with wat-
er to prevent the money from
starting on fire,
The attempted robbery was
discovered Monday morning
when UDPC employee Isabelle
Anderson, arrived at the office i for work.
• She notified the Seaforth Pol-
ice , 'department and Constable
Keith Ruston began the invest!.
-getion. He calld.. the. Mount
Forest detachment of the ,OPP
who sent 'in a 'special investiga-
tion squad who searched the
building for clues. The tools
left by the hurlers were taken
by police,,,
The ti oo- of the- crime was
set between 3.00 am. and 7:00
am, 'Monday morning, A UDPC
truck left the building at 100
a.m. and, no sign of forced en-
try was noticed et that time.
Co-operative manager Tom
'Y'oung, said the loss waslover-
ed by insurance,
Students
On Annual
Sales Tour
' Students at SDItS are under-
way with their annual subscrip-
tion campaign. The students
compete for, prizes offered by
The Huron Expositor to the in-
dividuals obtaining the greatest,
number of new subscriptions
and renewals to The Expositor.
In addition each subscription ob-
tained earns a cash commission
for' the school.
"The students in their canvass
offer a wide variety of maga-
zine subscriptions, as well as
new and renewal subscriptions
to The Expositor.
The can , provides the
&Olden dy with funds with
whit a carry on various extra
curric r activitieseas well as
ing possible the pnrchase
of athletic, musical and oft
equipment which is not provid-
ed from public funds. ,
In cepperating , with the
SDH$ students who call to of-
fer a new or renewal subscrip-
tion to The Expositor, or to a
magazine, the public can be
assured that a worthwhile school
activity is being "aided.
Keep your chin up and
you'll walk into a low
clothbaline.
as charged by provincial pole
ice at Exeter with causing a dis-
urbance. All three were taken
,
jail in Goderieh.
A police spokesman identified
ppington and Jervis as mem-
bers of the motorcycle club.
".e In provincial" judges court at
Goderich on -Monday, Sutcliffe
and Leppington were remanded
Out of custody one week ,
Jervis was remanded one week
n a charge of causing a distur-
bailee.. utcliff e was released on ar
$500 b I and the others on bail,
Of $1, each.
e Chief ,Hulley was admitted to
Seaforth Community Hospital
unday morning with head, face
nd eye 'lacerations, He said
Wednesday he would be back on
duty Friday.
Resulting publicity in the
edaily press, radio and TV, in-
eluded• references to criticism
'Ociiced by Councillor -.Robert
-Dinsmore, chairman of the pol-
ice committee of council, that
the situation justified addition-
al arrests and that sentences in
such circumstances were too
light to be' a deterrent. Coun-
cillor Dinsmore, who some
months, ago was appointed a
justice of the peace by the On-
tario government, was quoted
as saying that the Attorney Gen-
eral was doing very little to pro-
tect small towns from such
gangs.
This in turn prompted a ques-
tion in the legislature Monday
when Deputy Liberal leader
Verne Singer asked if Attorney
General Arthur Wishart was
aware of what had taken place
and particularly the criticism
of Conneillor Dinsmore.
Mr. Wished, replied that he
wasn't aware of the comments
but that he would investigate,
Northside
Has 92nd
l'Occassion
The 92nd anniversary services
of Northside United Church, Sea-
forth; were observed on Sunday
when the Rev. Clayton Searle,
Toronto, brought excellent mes-
sages to the congregation.
'In the evening sermon, a dif-
ferent approach, was adopted as
Mr. Searle took the part • of
Pilate as if he were speaking
to a 20th Century congregation
to give his point of view of the
circumstances that led up to
Jesus' conviction and death.
The Junior Choir assisted • in
the morning worship with an,
anthem • and the Senior Choir
presented several musical num-
bers including an anthem and a
duet by Miss Ruth Cluff and
Mrs. Don Wood in, the morning.
In the evening two anthems were
presented as well as an old .
favourite "Rieg the Rens of
Heaven" by the men's chorus.
Good congregations were in' at-
tendance at both services.
Mr. and Mrs. Searle were
guests for the weekend at the
Manse since Mr. Searle and Mr..
Britton were classmates at Col-
lege. Mrs. Searle's family had
been in a congregation served
by Mr. Britton a number of
years ago at Thamesville add
Kent Bridge.
Feature
Winter in
October
Cold weather and driving
snow last week set new records
for early October winter and
covered the district with up to
four inches of snow.
By the. weekend most of the
snow :had 'disappeared and by
Wednesday, warmer weather
suggested Indian summer , was
at hand,
The storm on Wednesday of
last week brought hydro inter-
ruptions in the Goderich area
that resulted in delays in print-
ing last week's issue of the Ex-
positoree,The delay meant that
subscribers in several areas re-
ceived their copies a day later
than usual.
CNIB, Huron
Holds Annual
Members of thekGoderich-ffur-
M ,Advisory Board to The Canto
n * National Institute for the
Blind held their annual meet-
ing Monday evening; at the Bed-
ford Heidi:, Goderich, Members
Of the board from throughout
the county; together with other
(Witt/Med on Page 8)
. admitted to hospital with lacer-
ations and for x-rays.
Off of the Goderich detach-
ment who investigated, said
damage to the" car would total
$900.
arettes were available An the
bar a check on Sunoae indicated
the stock was intact
"We never leave any money
in the building over night," Le.,
gion, steward Frank. Phillips
said, as he described, the fruit-
less search the thieves carried
out.
The .breakin was discovered
early Sunday morning by Mr.
Phillips who alerted police.
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Single Car Crashes
Send Four to Hospital
Work for 'Nothing
In Legion Break-in
Teen .Twenty Aids lions Park
Carrying on the community week for which' theyestabliihed a. strong record in the
years sines the group was. formed, Seaforth Teen TwentY on Monday presented a cheque for
• $300 as a gift to assist-in the operation of the L Joni park and pool. .Here Cindy Eisler, Teta
Twenty treastirer, presents the cheque to park ennmittee treasurer W. D. Siepheniton and 010
president Gordon Beuttenmiller. (Flannigan photo). °
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