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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-07-09, Page 1Zuricb mother rem s A. 28 -year-old expectant mother from. Zurich is .111 South Huron Hospital with undetermined back injuries received when the ear she was driving was struck broadside by a 20 -ton tractor trailer truck at the intersection of Nos. 4 and 84 Tuesday morn- ing. The condition of Mrs. Wilmer Adkins, the .former Grace up - Shall, of •Chiselhurst, is consider- ed serious, hospital officials re- ported Wednesday. Her two children, Dianne, seven, .and Bruce, four, suffered minor concussions and facial la- cerations. Thirteen stitches 'n ere required to close a forehead cut on Dianne and Bruce suffered a broken collarbone. They were released Tuesday. The southbound truck, driven by ,lack Hart. 26, Clinton. hit the Adkins car in the middle of the left side, pushing it 53 feet south of the intersection. Mrs. Adkins - was travelling east to the home of her mother, Mrs. Jim Upshall. Police are investigating a re- port that two gravel trucks, parked at the northwest corner of the intersection, may have, hindered visibility of both driv- ers. The truck, carrying 20 tons of soya beans., suffered only minor damage, taking the brunt of the collision en its large bumper. The car, which did not turn over, was a write-off. Its value was estimated at S1,000. .lack Heal and Keith Buchanan. of Bonthron's funeral home, took Mrs. Adkins to hospital by ambu- lance. mbulance. The two children, first taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lavery, were tran- sported by Dr. M. Gans, Exeter. The Adkins family moved to a ;new home in Zurich about a month ago. They .had been living on the farm. of James Mcnougall, Tuckersnlith. { Lensed Constable E. R. Davis investigated the accident. assist- ed by PC Cecil Gibbons, Exeter. Makes spectacular exit Two men were admitted to' 'South Huron Hospital with minor , injuries Wednesday afternoon after their truck made a spec- tacular exit front No. 4 bighway. injured are Walter Reid, 30.' Ripley, the driver, and Walter Merriott, 29, Kincardine, a. pas- senger, The truck went out of control about one-half utile south of Hen - sail. 11 careened into the ditch, I struck a hydro pole, went through a fence. hit a driveway. ' flew up in the air and broke off ' some hydro wires. Valued at! $350, the vehicle was wrecked, OPP George Mitchell, Exeter,; investigated. Sports car hits rails An accidental flip of an elec- Iric overdrive switch in an `Austin -Healey sports ear caused the vehicle to lurch into guard , rails beside No. 81 highway at the sharp curve near Grand Bend early Wednesday morning. Driver was OPP Constable J. J. Maitre, who was not injured. Damage was estiinated at about 3100. A '52 model car, driven by Roy Bullock, 20, RR 8, Parkhill, was wrecked Sunday when it rolled over in the ditch nn concession 18-19 Stephen, about a mile east of No. 81. They ear was attempting to overtake another vehicle when it left the road. Passengers includ- ed Sandra Gratuk, Hamilton, and Noreen Reed, of near Greenway. A car driven by Miss Shirley. Murray, London, went out of con- trol and broke off a hydro pole on No. 4 highway north of Mooresville early Friday morn- ing. Rabid feline attacks three Three persons in the Huron, dale area are undergoingtreat.- ntent after being, attacked by a rabid neighborhood cat. Clarence Down, RR 1 ]lensall; his son, Bob, 21; and 14 -year- old Shirley Reynolds, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Reynolds, bean the two-week series of in- jecttons Monday. The oldmother cat, which stayed at various farms in the area, attacked the Downs in. their barn on Saturday, July 4. in both cases the cat struck from behind at the legs° The catwent at Shirley when i she tried to pet it while it was stretched out on the lawn. The animal died Wednesday and subsequent diagnosis estab- lished rabies. Cats and dogs on both farms had to be disposed of and pigs have been put under quaran- tine. One other cat in the district has been found rabid. This one, about two years old, attacked a visitor from Baden at the farm. of Kenneth Gingerieh, BB. 2 Zur- Ich about six weeks ago. The in- cident, happened Sunday and the cat died. Tuesday. The Baden man underwent the treatin cut, Murder trial faces youth Steven Trustcott, 14, of RCAF Station, Clinton, was committed for trial on a charge of murder today by Magistrate Holmes. The decision was pronounced swiftly at the end of two days of testimony at the preliminary ]rearing. The Truscott boy is accused of slaying 12 -year-old Lynne Harper, also the RCAF station at Clinton, on June 9. A number of the witnesses 'were children including the boy's closest friend and a girl with. whom he had made a date for a rendezvous the same evening near the woodlot where the girl's body was found. Testimony also includedthat of doctors who had examined both the dead girl's body and the Truscott boy following the murder. A Brownie leader told the court Lynne had helped her or- ganize a scavenger hunt before the girl left the school with. Trus- cott who was seen giving her a ride on his bicycle shortly after- wards. To name issuer for Zurich office Appointment of an issuer for the new motor vehicle licencing office at Zurich has not been made as yet, Huron MPP C. S. MacNaughton said this week. Department of Transport of- ficials have tentatively approved the establishment of a new of- fice at Zurich but no official ,announcement will be made until an issuer and an office have been selected. Mr. MacNaughton said the Zurich Chamber of Commerce, which requested the office, has been asked to assist in complet, ing the details. Area lodges attend 'walk' Lucan LOBA 387 one of six lodges from this district, dis- played the best banner at the four -county Orangemen's parade at St. Marys Saturday. Sixteen lodges were awarded prizes in the afternoon parade. A total of 48 lodges and 32 bands marched in celebration of the 269th anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. Other lodges from this area 'included Varna LOL 1035. Varna Future Lodge; Lucan LOL 493; Woodham LOL 493 and Green- way LOL 219 and the Exeter Lodge. Exeter Legion' pipe band: 'and Woodham flute band helped pro- vide the music. Heading the "walk", in the role of King William on his white horse, was William Johnsen, Lakeside. county marshall. for South Perth. The white horse was supplied for the occasion. by Charles Ready, Blanshard township. Grand .Master speaks A warning against the possibi- lities that the French language may become the dominant lang- uage in most of Canada was voiced by William Tatford, :Sar- nia, the principal speaker of the open-air program which suc- ceeded the parade. Mr. Tatford is grand master of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West. "The domination of Canada by the French-Canadian is no lon- ger a myth." he said, "but a distinct possibility, which may come to pass within the lifetime of people here today." Mr. Tatford said he regretted that anyone should think it ad- visable to start teaching French in Ontario schools, as early as the third grade. In the move for French language instruction in Ontario public schools, he said, "I am sorry to say that a num- her of our awn people are jump- ing on the bandwagon. To foist the French language on our lit- tle children from the third grade on, is one of the greatest injus- tices one could imagine. Wher- ever the French language goes, goes Roman Catholicism. The two are inseparable." To send SS 14 to Zurich school ]•lay school area, hoard decided Monday night to •transport SS N. 14 pupils to Zurich 'school this coming term. The students previously at- tended Hensall and Part Line schools, This new, move will eliminate payment of tuition fees to the Henget' school for pupils who attended there, The hoard also ,;hired a, new itadustrial arts teacher, Ralph tattimer, Parkhill, a retired major of t.ho army, Ur. Lntti- Pier indleatefl he would r'novc (o Ztr'�ieh ir si m'hrw at commode-, tion een.H 130 found Eighty -Second Year e (6x.ferZimesaboo'cafe EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY ',, 1959 Price Per Copy 10 Ctents • kyli7'E£F;Kgi £,«b:3E3 .tam s<a H. E. RICE TROPHY FOR BEST SPOT NEWS PICTURE . national weekly newspaper award won by T -A Wins national award • for best news photo placed second for best all-round. and tied for second in best edi- torial page contest. Its publisher is George Tatham. The Times -Advocate has been awarded the H, E. Rice Trophy for the best local spot news picture in Canada's weekly newspapers this year. The winning photo was a dramatic scene of 'the quadruple traffic fatality south of Exeter just before Christmas. It showed. ambulance men removing one of four dead bodies from a car. Announcement of the award was made at the fortiethannual convention of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association in Regina. This is the third national award won by The T -A which has also captured a number of provincial trophies' in recent years. Tied for second place in the about 20 minutes after cars news picture competition were carrying Clinton. and Centralia The Midland Free Press Herald RCAF personnel collided almost and The 'Trenton Trentonian. head-on about a, mile and one - both Ontario papers. The Lake half south of Exeter. on No. 4. of Two Mountains Gazette, Hud- Four of five personnel in the son, Quebec, placed third. Centralia car were killed. Two other Huron County news- The ambulance pictu.ret was papers won places in the list of ,one of three rolls of shots taken national awards. The Goderich by T -A Editor Don Southcatt in Signal -Star placed third in the below -zero weather on a Riche - competition for best front page flex reflex 120 camera. The. pie - in the 2,001. to 3,000 circulation class. The paper's editor, George Ellis, is president of the Ontario newspaper group. In previous years, The T -A The Huron Expositor, under has won national awards for; best Andrew Y. McLean, won third front page and safety campaign. In Ontario competitions, it( won the general excellence trophy in its class for three years in a row, In The Times -Advocate's class — circulation. over 3,000 — win- ner of the best all-round award was The Chilliwack Progress (B.C.), followed by the Midland paper and The Abbotsford Sumas Matsqui News (B.C.). Another British Columbia newspaper, Powell River News, submitted the best Christmas edition and the best sports page. In this latter competition, The Brampton Conservator placed third. The Times Advocate's prize- winning photo was taken early in the morning of December 18, tures were later used by the crown in subsequent court actions. place for printing. A Perth newspaper, The Listo- wel. Banner, won the best front page competition in this class, Buy irrigation plant on injunction threat Over 4,500 signers for `CTA vote petition Over 4,500 names have been secured to date for the petition seeking a vote on the Canada Temperance Act in Buren coun- ty, J. E. Huckins, chairman of' the campaign, told The Tunes - Advocate Wednesday, He said he expected the re- quired 7,500 names would be se- l cured by the end of next week. No results have been received yet front Exeter, Seaforth, Wing- hamBlyth. and Brussels or any of the townships, Mr. Huckins indicated. To date the committee has re- ceived 406 from Hensall; 6,00 from the Zurich area (not com- plete); 700 from Clinton (not complete) and 3,000 from Gode- rich (not complete), Mr. Huckins revealed about 800 had signed in the Exeter can- vass but the petition papers have not been received yet, • To canvass township He also revealed the commit- tee would branch out to the townships" to give each of the municipalities in the county re- presentation." This had not been the original intention of the committee but it -was felt necessary to show there was support for the peti- tion in all areas. A few townships will be tho- roughly canvassed while only a token representation will be sought in others, Mr. Huckins indicated. He said two other members have been named to the execu- tive of the sponsoring group, Hu- ron ,Citizens' Legal Committee. Gordon Kerr, a Goderich ac- countant, is secretary and Ho- ward : Aitken, also of Goderich, is treasurer. As soon as local representa- tives in other municipalities are named, a till. -committee meeting .built be held in Clinton, he Only one of three break-ins succeed Only one of three attempted break-ins in this area was suc- cessful last week. Thieves took some flashlights, sealedbeam headlights and po- lish from. the Middleton and Genttner B -A service station at Exeter north early Thursday morning. Attempts to. enter Hensel! Mo- tor Sales and E. L. Chaffe's service station, Devon, were not successful. A car stolenfrom a used car lot at Kitchener was recovered by PC D. M. Westover Monday night. It had been abandoned on No. 83. Where .to find it Announcements Church Notices Coming' Events Editorials - 13 . '13 13 4 Farm News 9 Feminine Facts 7 Hensall 5 Lucan 12 Sports 2, 6 Want Ads 11' INJURED—Mr il__ ZURICH MOTHERR s. W m.t" Adkins, 28, Zurich is reported in serious condition in' South: lit rot Hospit.al as A result of this Accident; at MO intel'seo(,inrl of Nos. 4 olid 84, Repoli, Tuesday Iriol`rliClg, Het two • etiiidren, who received, minor injuries, were released, i the same slay. The transport, carrying 20 tons of t .._ broadside', side ; r,, ..i. ]leans, rill, ,he /��.kins tar � d , d. ].van it58 ftati. the interset;tion, g ate]:' soya. feet }loth stated. Meanwhile, it was indicated the .Huron presbytery of the Uni- ted .Church is 'taking some ac- tion in regard to the campaign. Dr. J. Semple, Sealorth, said "an answer is being, contem- plated to the petition" but he did not wish, to elaborate. Threatened by the Ontario into the river," Water .Resources Commission This spring, the town assumed with an injunction to close the responsibility for disposal of canning plant, Exeter council waste from the factory. The big; this week purchased a $4,000 ir- lagoon dug for the purpose be- rigation system to dispose of Ji- came :filled early this week and quid waste from the local plant. the pack is expected to continue The system, which was being until the end of the month. installed. Wednesday, will spray The system inoludes one 840- 268 gallons a minute on fields .foot main trunk and two 720e for absorption by the land and :foot laterals, each containing 24 evaporation by the sun, nozzles. The 'trunk has eight "We didn't have much choice," .valves at which the laterals can explained Mayor R. L. ;Pooley. be -connected. "The water resources commis- The equipment was purchased sion. threatened an injunction to from Spramotor S a 1 e s and close the plant if the Waste went Equipment Ltd,., London. The mayor said two bids were re- ceived, the other front Canners' Supply Co., Simeoe. Although both prices were about; the same, the London ,firm agreed Iinstall the equipment without dditional charge, Mayor Pooley said- purchasi was authorized by the sanitation. committee under Councillor Ross Taylor. Although no special council meeting was head, all members were contacted before purchase was made. "We tried to rent a system. but this couldn't be done," t:h.e mayor explained. 'ilowever, we have been. assured the equip- ment is readily saleable if we wish to dispose of it later." The system is similar to that operating at the Canadian Can- ners Ltd. plant at St. David's, There it is required to dispose of irom 250 to 1,000 gallons every 1.2 hour's. :(own officials conferred with company executives, OWRC rep- resentatives and an engineer be- fore making the purchase, The mayor said he doubted if this new system of disposal would create much of. an odor since the waste will he sprayed while it is fresh. "We think the stagnation in the lagoon contri- buted to the smell," he said, "The constant agitation of waste running into the pool stirred up the decomposing matter. I don't think(It will smell if it's not agi- taed." Measures were being taken, too, to reduce the odor from the stack, another responsibility ae. cepted by council this spring. Lime has been spread on the pea straw, This past week, winds in the northwest have carried the pee odor across town• Despite the disagreeableness, few citizen$ registered serious complaints be- cause they realized the value of having the plant back in opera- tion after being shut clown for t year. A heavy crop of peas has con- tributed to the condition. The plant was forced. to organize 24- hour operation last week 'to han- die the harvest. However, it caught up this week and machi- nery was shut down Wednesday temporarily. It is expected tot operate again Thursday. The lagoon, north of the fac- tory, was dug on land owned by th.e company ,The lagoon, which was par- tially established several years ago, was enlarged and repaired this spring by Lee Jennison, Grand Bend, for $2,600. HAROLD FINLAY RECOVERS, TACKLES FARM AGAIN ... Zurich district farmer, family in accident year ago 'An accident is just ....' Victim of traffic crash urges permit insurance 9 Harold Finlay, RR 2 Zurich, can tell the awful truth behind the slogan, "An accident is just a word until you have one." He was involved in a traffic crash on April 20, 1958. His wife was killed, himself and two chil- dren .hospitalized, Four other children luckily escaped injury, Since then, he's been dogged with months of personal suffer- ing and complex court fights. Add to this the difficulty of a motherless home and a farm to operate and the full impact of his plight comes close to focus —but not: very close. No one knows what Harold Finlay has gone through. His story isn't a pleasant one and he tells it with reluctance, There's only one reason he'll al- low it to he published: he feels the public should be aware of the problems that can arise from traffic accidents, so tom- mon now many view them ape - awake at night." "It's not very pleasant to be owing to people," The court placed 90 percent of the responsibility , of the acci- dent, which occurred near Pop- lar Bill, on the other driver, Ivan Layng, 23. Mr. Finlay's insurance com- pany has long since paid his share of -10 percent but the other portion is embroiled in further legal. action. The car Layng was driving was owned by a cousin, Marga- ret Campbell. She was willed it by her mother, who died ,Tanu- —Please turn to page 3` GRADUATES GET SCHOOLS A number of area resident" are among the graduates of London and Stratford, teacher* colleges who have secred pose- tions for the coming term. '.l'ltey include Marion C. Gill. RR 1 Grand Rend, who will teach at SS 4 and 8, Bright; Wanda. MacLaren, Cromarty, at SS 4 Hibbert; June Ross, RR, 1 Staffa, at Byron public school; Elaine E. Grainger, RR 2 Zurich, at Victoria School, Goderich. Driver endangers kids, pays court fine of $60 thetically, His major concern is the need for compulsory auto insurance, "I'll go further than that," he states, "We should have permit insurance, Every person should have insurance before he is al- lowed to have a driving permit." "As it is now, those of us who pay heavy premiums year after year are the losers if we have an accident with someone who hasn't bothered to get insurance. Those who have paid nothing get the full benefit; we who buy insurance can recover, little," Mr. Finlay is concerned, too, with the legal technicalities through which insurance com- panies are released from t'espon• sihility, technicalities with which the general public cannot cope. "E always believed this was a hand of law and justice, I know now it's a land of law but I'm not sure of the justice —it ap- pears lo ane It's pretty well stretched," The ]lay township fernier end his family have been awarded some t$31,485 in damages by a Silpreme ;court.. tut, contrary to the belief of seine, they haven't received: a cent of it, And it may be they Won't receive nearly that much nor any part 61 it for year's. In the meantime, of errarse ., , there has developed a big haek- log Of debut "that keep yott James W, Riley, 18, London truck driver, was fined $60 and costs in magistrate's court Wed -1 nesday on a reckless driving 'charge, Police saidthat on .Tune 6, while driving away from the out- door skating rink here, he al- l most ran over a woman and several children. Ile had been drinking and tarred tot evade the police, "Yost had better grow up, yoting man, as you. are liable to lose your .license" said JNagis-. (tate Dudley Holmes, Ray Stevens, London, who ap-. geared in court on. ,lane 16 and un was remanded til ,Tuly 15 un- der $200 bond on a reckless driv- ing charge, failed to appear and police Were ordered lo Pick hint up and place him in custody un - the next court. Robert Douglas, Grand Bend, was fined $25 and costs on a' reckless driving charge, Ile was involved in an accident on May 9 on highway 83 weal, of Dash- wood when his auto took to the ditch and overturned. Ile Was at- tempting to pass another. ear when he was confronted with an oncotrting motorcycle and tools to the clileh, litre .1ritz, of lxeter, was as' srssed $�S and eosts on a reek - less driving charge, On May 2g he was ht eollisidii With Maher car near the RCAF station, Cen- tralia. John Franklin Bell, aged 21, was given the benefit of the doubt in connection with an ac- cident May 23 when his ear was struck by the CNR, freight train just out: of Centralia, It was raining heavily at the time and Bell brought his car under con- trol just in time to avoid a se- rious accident., David. Cottle, Crediton, was re- manded until Sept, 2, on • charge of theft, Bail was Set at $100, Kenneth Victor Landers wall charged with unlawfully Ob- structing. h-structing. the police, His case will anile up August 5. .Lloyd Fletcher, 21, was fined $25 and cost and his license re- voked :for, three months when he pleaded guilty to a reckless driving charge, Ile attempted to pass a ear' near the Oakwood golf course and struck a pedes- trian as Well as 'the ear he at- tempted to pass, William I. Schroeder, whire driving a truck in Dashwood and failing to signal, was fined $5 after assuringthe magistrate that the car was now in good condition, old C .Iohn VarteyY lfi, paid fi10 a osis on char, e of reckless kless �tt , a g' driving. Ile si:rircic a Thad t.ar that had stopped at an intersce- tion