The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-06-08, Page 2MR 2 The 'Trines-Advocete, June. 8g. I,961
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BROWNIES RECEIVE GOLDEN .HANTS—Ten Brownies of the first and second Ex-
eter
...packs received their Golden Hand award Monday night at the Guide and
Brownie mother and daughter banquet. Seated from left are Eleanor Stanlake, who
also receivedthree proficiency badges; Gail Shipman, Susan Bailey, Paulette
Schroeder; standing, Louise McBride, Roberta Grassick, Ann Creech, Bonita Greene,
:Geordie Laughton and Ellen Robbins. —T -A photo
Fine "erratic i
.. * hers talent
''she aSenrot. Citizens meeting,
In the Lelon flail an Tuesday
evening was attended by about
,too. Visitors ineltided Mrs, May
Hunter', Vaneouver, sister of
11trs. Olive 'pebbutt, Seaforth,
formerly of Exeter, and Mrs,
:Pearson .of the Peace Iliver
Aistrict,, a cousin of Charles,
llillcr.
Mr. George -Lawson presided
for the program which includ-
ed a tribute to Pather'.s Day
by Gordon Smith who sang
"That Old Grey -Haired paddy
of I11ine", accompanied by
henry Green .on the violin. Mr.
Smith on the guitar and Mr,
Green on the violin also played
a selection.
Other number inetuded duets
by Kathryn and Janet Hein
accompanied by I1'lrs. 7'hllip.
Hern; Marlene and Darlene
Frayne with their sister,. Mar-
garet, at the piano: Margaret
and, Catherine Finkbeiner, who
also acted a pantomime for a.
second number; 114arilyn and
Kathryn Hicks accompanied
by ,Mrs, Franif King; readings
by Mrs, Zeeland Webber and
Kathy 1301;114nne; piano solo
by Carolynne Simmons; mouth
organ selection by Maurice
Quance and a quartette from
Elimville, Lorne and Ronald
Elford, Ken Johns and Gordon
Ford, with Mrs, Freeman Horn
as pianist,
Don Gravett spoke ,on recrea-
tion, offering to help in. the
Senior Citizens Club work,
Trivitt WA served the lunch.
The next ineeting will be
held October 3 with the com-
mittee Mr. And Mrs. George
Frayne, iMr, '.and Mrs, Clinton
Sweet, Mr, and Mrs, Ted
Chambers and. 'Mr. and Mrs,
Wellington Heist to plan a pro-
gram,
in Grand Benct court
Five motorists were each
fined $2.5 .and costs after being
found guilty .of careless driving
by 1agistat .L •C. Dunlap,
QC, in magistrate's .court,
Grand Rend, Ttiesday.
Three of the men pleafied
guilty to the charge, while thou
other two contested,
Ronald Ernest Faulds, RR 4
Forest, was charged by •Cpl.
Neil Chamberlain, ;after the .ac-
cused had .beep stopped for
squealing bis tires, sliding
fionx side to side en the beach it parked in Grand B d
strip Arid turning corners at
high speeds. However, when he returned
Chamberlain said it
"w" meet, 'the .car wee gone and
Bend in :a .sports ;car while off
duty on May 28, when Kuzyeit,
who was Oat)Oat)driving a sports
car, passed him on the right
side while he was negotiating
one of the 90 degree curves
.north of Forest.
The constable, who was. in
plain clothes at the ,time, Was
forced into the southboiuid lane
of traffic to avoid en accident
with Kuzych. He said he at-
tempted to catch. the car, but
it passed several cars and he
lost track of it until hesew
PRr 5 NT GUIDE AWARDS -Katherine Page received her Gold Cord from Mrs.
Parker Evans, Owen Sound, Huronia area commissioner, during the Brownie and
Guide mother and daughter banquet Monday night Joan. Dettmer received her all-
round cord and Terri Laughton her first class badge. Above, from left, area. Com-
missioner Mrs.. William Huntley, Terri Laughton, Joan Dettmer, Mrs. Evans, Kathe-
Tng Page and Captain Mrs. B. D. Sturrock. —T -A photo
Present c
at Guide0
j Monday night was a red let
ter evening for Katherine Page
of the First Exeter Guide Cam-
pany, who received her gold
cord, the highest award to a
Girl Guide, from Mrs. Parker
• Evans, Owen Sound, area con-
' massioner, at the Guide and
Brownie mother and daughter
banquet in the Legion Hall.
The gold cordee is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. D, A.
(Tony) Page, Mary Street,
Mrs.A. Coates
dies in hospital
Mrs. Alfred. Coates, 77. Al-
'
bert St., Exeter, died in South
!Huron Hospital on Sunday,
' June 4,
She was the former Clara
Jane Luxton, daughter of the
:late Frederick and Isabella
Luxton, Eden. She married Al-
fred Coates and they farmed in
.Ilsborne Township on the farm
now occupied by their son,
Jack. They retired to Exeter
iit 1950.
She was a member of James
Street United Church.
Besides her Husband she is
survived by two daughters;
Mrs. W. G. (Jean) Mun ,
London,. and .Betty of Exeter;
oiie son, ;lack of Usborne; one
grandchild, Kenneth Coates;
three sisters: Mrs. R. A. Lamb
and Mrs.. Edna Irving, Gren-
fell, Sask„ mgrs. Allen Mae -
Lean, Fillmore, Sask, sand three
;brothers, Roy of Woodland,
;California; A. J. Montreal and
Ernest, Cromarty.
Funeral services Were eon -
ducted by Rev, S. E. Lewis �at
the Hopper -Hockey funeral
home, on Tuesday, June 6 with
interment in Exeter cemetery.
I Pail bearers were six neph-
ewer Elgin, Fred and 13i11 Lux-
tont, Whitney, Harry and Maur-
; ice Coates.
ids- ° a 'i' s
r. Wn fete
Receiving her all-round cord
was Joan Dettmer and her.
first class badge, Terri Laugh-
ton, also presented by Mrs.
Evans. Three Brownie profici-
ency badges were presented to
Eleanor Stanlake by Mrs, Wil-
liam Huntley, district com-
missioner.
Brown Owl Mrs. Joe Wooden
presented Eleanor Stanlake,
Susan Bailey, Gail Shipman
and Paulette Schroeder to re-
ceive golden hand badges from
Miss Una McDonald, Gode-
rich, division commissioner.
Brown Owl Mrs, T. Vickerinan
sponsored Ann Creech, Louise
McBride, Bonita Green, Rober-
ta Grassick, Geordie Laughton
and Ellen Robbins to receive
golden. hands badges from Mrs.
Ev ans.
"A uniform'does not make a
speaker Mrs.
Guide"saidguest ii
Tom Lavender, Hensall, who is
camp advisor for Huron Coun-
ty, district commissioner for
Hensel' and Zurich, and active
in Hensall Guides and Local
Association. She spoke of the
rapid growth of Guiding in Can-
ada in the past fifty years and
suggested that "we can be
carried away by numbers and
sacrifice quality for quantity."
She continued. "13 r o w n i e
Packs are to be limited to 24
but frequently there ate more
and .it is impossible to give
training and direction when
there are se many."
She queried "Do we beep the
true aim of Guiding?" and to
the mothers she questioned "As
'Carmel to call
minister in NS
A Cell td Rev, t..Poss Mac-
Tioneld, Springhill, NS, front
the Carthei, Presbyterian
Church, :Tlensall, was approved.
b�� the. presbytery of Huron-
1Meitland. at, a .meeting, an this
church Wednesday.
Reit, Neil 1M11eCroinbie, stipe
',ley, the riritderatorf assured the
Hensall eongtegatinn that tiie
j resbeedre Would do everything.
I ton -
berried.
I to `lime
the cal
possib c
firmed. The church has been
without a. minister shied Sep
tetnber..
A l'etge ,wither of li'1imistere.
eiderr and representatives of
ilia. Herfeell eongr'egatioti sty
tended the Meeting,
in giving his evidence, Cpl, fromher t.Qrand RenOPP d detach
some very erratic .driving. was later stopped at 'a road
Lt, Lubonm.ir 1Cuzych, who had block set up by •other .officers
been stationed at Camp Ipper- south of Grand Bend,
The officer also testified .that
the army officer had laughed
at hint as he passed on his
right side on the .curve,
tachment. own defense, said he had the
Smith told the magistrate he l alternative to either aceele-
liad been driving to Grand rate his car and pass on the
right, or apply the• brakes and
slide into the southbound lane,
leek agreement because the OPP constable
was going too slow on the
Continued from page 1 curve.
It was agreed council should sign a r
meet with the board. speed of 20 mph, Kuzyce said
Pooley: "When does the t
board meet?" th other t
Taylor; "Whenever its neces-
sary".
Pooley; "Not even then some -
Farrow,
Farrow, speaking to Taylor:
"Why even the mayor is get-
ting wise to you guys". Taylor
par me Ye ar
wash, until his recent transfer
to Camp Borden, pleaded not
guilty to the charges laid
against loin by OPP Constable
Ronald Sniith of the Forest .de.
Kuzych, who conducted his
manager. a
sign
he admitted the
t the curve called for a
said the b d t gut ly
during the winter but only oc-
his car was capable of going
around the curve at 40 mph
and thought e o � er sports
car would probably do the
same.
"1 knew the performance of
my car and thought the .other
driver would use his capabili-
ties too," he said.
In convicting the driver, Ma-
gistrate Dunlap said, "the
casionally in the summer only place you can assume an-
other driver will use his capa-
iMMusser indicated it might bilities is on the raceway."
not be necessary to meet im-
mediately if it couldn't be
arranged,
Taylor: "You'd better do it
pretty soon or you'll be getting
a big bill from the hoard for
his wages. You haven't got
approval to use him yet."
Clerk Pickard pointed out
that if the board charged the
town for the services of its
manager, the town would have
to charge the boardfor the
use of its equipment when it
was used to cut community
park grass.
Gets two permits
parents do we take time to find
out what Guiding . is and, help
our daughters by example and
by training to be true Guiders
or do we think of Guiding as
another type of school and cri-
ticise the Captain and leaders?"
It is up to leaders and mothers
to see our girls get the train-
ing that they become a credit
to the community" was her
challenge.
A toast to the mothers was
proposed by Miss Laurette
Seigner and Mrs. Huntley gave
a toast to Guides and Brow-
nies, Captain Mrs. B. D, Stur-
rock presided.
Guides and Brownies pre-
sented a short program which
included skits, a negro spiri-
tual by Joan Whilsmith, Linda
Lowery and Judy Burke with
Mrs. Art Whilsmith at the pia-
no and tap dancing by Eleanor
Stanlake and Judy Estey.
The Legion Ladies Auxiliary
catered for the banquet for
about 135 Guides, Brownies
and their mothers.
JOINS INT'L POLICE
Police Chief C. H. MacKen-
zie, has been accepted as a
member of the Canadian sec-
tion of the International Police
Association, it was annte raced
by the IPA this week.
The •assn operates, through-
out the world, providing a re-
lationship between forces of
each country. Communications
are maintained by' regular cor-
respondence, publications and
visits.
Damage only X600
ire transport crash
Former councillor Murray
Greene appeared before .coun-
cil requesting two building per-
mits to move the house behind
his store on William St. to the
lot north of the roller rink on
Carling and to build a new
home on the Andrew St, lot.
The new home would be 28
feet wide on a 3L6 -foot lot, 165
feet deep. he pointed out. car under control. if the on -
Other
Council. granted both.ecoming lights were blinding Continued from page 1
building permits were sum. , r
issued to Fred Hatter, for a tractor has given assurances
house op Victoria St,: John• Wayne Joseph Coonan, Lon-
Taylor, Mill; St,, a breezeway; ; eon, paid his fine, out, of court that it win be soon.Mayor Pooley indicated also
Jim Glaab, Carling St., a on a careless driving charge there has been no payment
garage.
No action on threat
Although Clerk C. V. Pickard
reported former councillor Al-
vin Pym had threatened to
name the town, along with Con-
tractor Sam Sweitzer, in a suit to careless driving charges on
Ar dnde mrge over ontor St. runff property,fromMay 13, when he was apple toward registering one-half of
councildecided his taaebended by Opl Chamberlain af- the subdivision.
action in regard to the situ -ter lie had driven his car out Bidets is were
reho recent
tion. of an alley onto main street, whenly purchased a in the sub -
previously,
similar threats without stopping. division, asked lotoaf action had
previously, council. has. sought At the time, two other men been Laken ed what . His a d
hi
h back f s
rutin on the
were sitting
convertible, and the OPP offi-
cer
r
cer stated "it was just lucky
no other traffic was coining
at tite time, or there might
have been a serious accident."
Bennett was also fined $10
and costs for having alcohol
other than. in his residence,
Although it appeared much on the Crediton road Satur'
morn extensive, d e m a g °e i day, causing $300 damage,
amounted to only $600 when a' Ladder hits car
Guenther Tuckey Transport A ladder, which felt off the
Ltd, tractor and trallee ended top of a panel truck, smashed
up in the ditch after they be. the windshield sand damaged a
tante separated Tiiursdatr, side of a car driven by Robert
Wedge, .26, William St, oil Mon,
A "fifth ,wheel," the ntecha doer,
nigh which links the vehicles, The ladder wis •being trans•
Split ui two after driver Wll- ported by ,Lloyd 1-loffinan, 42,
Ergo Iiugh Perdan, 44, Exeter, ;Marlborb, who operates a local
had proceeded two miles east l=leaning service. Darilage was
en No. 83 from. the transport estimated at $100 by Chief C,
headquarters. If, MacKenzie,
The trailer rolled en ite top Car, tractor collide
its the south ditch, The tractor
grated„ a tree.. The driver wee .A tractor= driven:, by Doug
not injured. OPP C, E, Gib- Parsons, Edward St., and a
bons investigated, car operated by Josteli Fink,
Sunday a ear driven: by John heftier, i2Y Crediton' collided•
f Huron
and
teener o
London,d atthe col' e
n ell 2ficlassic
ret C a hydro poly on ee 4 ,fest Aiidtew, Saturday.
teeth of the Crediton. road, rf"lie Fiekbeinet'• oar, travel•
Dentage, Wag t600, ling east, was strttck by the
Cert �lriveii by, bonald 'Wrests, ea*t bound tracts, when the.
25, Exotet and ,1 seep P, lie. fernier made a left hand turn
Fine Kippen youth
Keith Lovell, Kippen, was
fined $25 and costs of $29 on
the third case of careless nia, Mrs, Netta Robinson and
driving on the docket, her daughter, Mrs, W. C.
Bloesing and rMr. Bloesing, of
Grosse Point, Mich,, spent the
weekend with their sister, Mrs.
Clara Hackney, Mr, Passmore
and Mrs. Robinson had, attend-
ed the ordination of the for-
mer's son, Barry Passmore, at
Central United, Church, Wood-
stock on Friday evening;
g rear car i s Also attending were Mrs,
sight of the - tail .lights.
At ordination
in Woodstock
Mr, Garnet Passmore, Sar -
Lovell was involved in an
accident in Grand Bend on
April. 15, when he ran into the
rear of a car driven by Diane
Thiel, London. He said. he was
following the occupants of the
Thiel ear to a party, when: he
was blinded by the lights of
an oncoming car and ran into
theof thewhenhelost
Cpl. Neil Chamberlain stated
he measured Lovell's skid
marks of 240' leading up to the
point of impact, suggesting a
high rate of speed. He said
the driver had been drinking
and smelled very strongly of
intoxicants.
The magistrate told Lovell
that a reasonable driver should.
have taken steps to bring his
Hackney, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Ballantyne, Mr,. and Mrs. Clay-
ton Frayne, Mrs. Stanley
Frayne, Mrs. Will Passmore
and Mr. and tMrs. William
Ussery. Mrs. Barry Passmore
is the former Mary Margaret
Essery, R.N.
Issue unsettled
Seek easements
for GI
officials representing tho
.flay .Municipal' Telcpeone .Sys -
•es ntad tailed rna s
of the proposed route P1 their
.telephone lines And under-
ground cables for lfie new dial
system at the regular ,meeting
of the Grand Bend council,
I41Begaz ABlack. secretary -treas-
urer of the 'System, and Nat,
tin Prnckarts, an engineer from
the Ontario Telephone Services,
explained the preposed lines
and the reason for the routes
chosen.
slack told council that the
system would peed 50 ease-
inents front residents and the
village to install the • lines.
""We came to you first", Black
explained,. "because .fhe major-
ity of easements will have to
come frons the municipality"
Prickarts, wile engineered
the project, told council that
a great deal of foresight had.
been given the route end care
had been taken to :allow for
future building developments
of houses, sidewalks and roads.
,
The officials stated that no
remuneration would be receiv-
ed by anyone for easements
that would Allow the System to
go across private or municipal
property, "We will replace sod
and attempt to leave the pro-
perties exactly as we found
them, however," said Black.
Council was requested to ap-
point a member to make a
visual survey of the route with
the engineer to make sure no
troubles would be incurred in
relation to future development,
Complain about traffic
A delegation of residents
from Elwood' street met with.
council •and asked that some
thing be done about traffic
conditions �on the street.
They pointed out that there
were no sidewalks on the street
for the use of pedestrians, es-
pecially children, several ears
had been seen racing up. a.nd
tem pi presented de p
that resulted following an acci-
dent iii Southcott Pines.
Army, personnel fined
William Bennett, stationed at
Camp Ipperwash with the
RCR's, was fined on two char-
ges in court. He pleaded. guilty
made toward cost of. culvert
and gravel provided by the
municipality for the construc-
tion,
Application has not been
made for registration of the
plan, it was revealed, but
some negotiation is being made
advice from both its engineer
and its solicitor, who agreed
the town has no liability in the
matter.
Council rejected Drains
Chairman Taylor's request to
authorize installation of a
drain from Alexander to Mill
St on Carling to relieve run
glen, .20, ltft..2 Crediton sol onto Andrew. »aillage totalled
ildec1 at• the 1 hive atitertettion -$130,
o ligation fora building permit
ff: p
was turned down by council
several weeks ago because of
the complications.
Tuckey asked if this was the
only subdivision in town on
which a plan had not been
registered. The mayor indicat-
ed he had none for his per-
sonal development on Huron
street and the area north.
Tuckey: "That's not much'
incentive then for Whilsmith to
off from the Sweitzer property, afte three as oshpicked r keiny p, along
a
as well as provide diamide Tpperwash Beach by OPP eon -
plansforltwo lots on which a builder stable Jim White, of the For -
plans to build next ,year, h t
Taylor reported Sweitzer had est desac ahead if yours isn't Yegis
offered to dig a dram from his David Ross Matthews and go„
•
rdd itall th
property to Carling and to wereed fined y$10nanflfecosts Eacefor feRooley: "it's a different site
ovie annse isle I•ie
also said the builder, Kenneth unlawielly consuming liquor,
Ottewell, had agreed to pay both men are under 21 years
$75 for connection of two lots ei age' i ai
b r of the
west of Carling on which lie: A fourth member e p
plans to build next year. ty, Robert 'Matheson, was fined
Taylor felt council, by ac- $firend, costs after pleading
guilty to a charge of obstruct=
ing a pollee officer,
Constable White said he con-
fiscated the beer from the Ben-
nett car and after driving
away, noticed that it had been
to ken from. his erunser. He re-
turned and Matheson admitted
cepting both offers, would not
only relieve one situation but
provide drainage for develop-
ment in another.
Reeve McKenzie was among
the main objectors: ”"It doesn't
make sense for, council to re
neon entirely, because there
is a road there already (Huron
St.) which is built up. The only
reason the plan hasn't been
registered is because the engin-
eer hasn't submitted it yet,"
The mayor indicated he had
been pressing for registration.
Tuckey asked if the town
had any regulations in effect
which would prevent sale of
further lots in the area to avoid.
l tc' a "roping in another sucker like
I have been". When told no,
quire some people tobuild - he said he felt there should be
g stealing it from the car. ,
subject to existing drainage in In handing down his sen- because he didn't think a citi-
d a, section and. then build a fence, Magistrate Dunlap told zen should be required to Leake
dram for people in another, , Magistrate
he was guilty of a extensive investigations before
inrheiui were many homeowners purchasing a building lot in
drainage
areas whoordeserved far moire serious offense, than the town.
drainage relief before new !h• that of. theft. You in e we--
stallations are made, he said, form — obstructing justice
Farrow asked Taylor what when y"ou should be assisting Bend, was fined s10 and dosts
other drains his committee with lt,he said, for having liquor in 'a place
planned to install thia year, ,lances Hoggarth, 23, Grand other titan his residence.
1 f tlfllf lf,llilii»I111111 lillf,i»f1,i, 111,
Taylor. Whatever pops up".,cup,urialbunnnfunnuu»,»nli,im»,n»nnn»nnn»n»»»,,, n , ,
Farrow' "Then we have no 1
program for drains at all'?"
Taylor; "NO, we planned to _
keep our expenses dawn in 1
this year's budget".
In other business, council:
Turned over to the streets
committee a recommendation
from Councillors 15elbridge arid
Musser that -changes be made
in the parking regulations Ati
Ann Si., at Maim to avoid the
congestion there;
Was referred, on its y'equest,
in regard to cutting of grass'
oil the Itasmussei1 property;
near AndteW St., to the snort-
gagee of the house and lot;
Police inspect
over 100 carp
Chief C. If. McKenzie le
ported that fit c
a
rs were ere
checked during the depart,
ment's safety inspection pe
rind a week ago._
The ponce found 14 lttillee rte 1
feete fe "vehicles but no ears
Were taken off the road.
Vlre Chief Sn
'd spot •chocks
, - ,. ..
Will continue during ,lune, %t},1»Ywn'irii i„uuPi"i"ri,!'i»IwlYiniilimnlnnu,»in»n»t,1,iltiii»lfuntl»IstN»tiit,illMfft»i
ry `Em Yourself
FORD RAKES, MOWERS, BALERS
ANb. HAY CONDITIONERS
.FORD YI NC
.DEMONSTRATION
LARRY SNIDER. S FIELD, SOUTH OF iXETER
Tuesday, Acre 13'
31bo p.tr
Larry Snider
MOTORS
lilflifllifiie�.
down the street and .skidding
around the corners,
"It's simply insanity", one:
of the delegation stated, "the
way they travel on the street".
The group suggested the
speed limit be reduced to la
mph, but Cpl, Neil Chamber-
lain of the Ontario Provincial
Police detachment. pointed out
to council that the minimum
speed could only be cut down
to 5 mph.
The council promised' the
delegation they would take
action on the situation and try
to correct it.
in other business, •council:
Approved the appointment of
Mrs,' Wellwood Gill to. the
Lambton County Historical So-
ciety,
o-
en
suggested byfter er the Granme d Bd end
WL
Requested
g a the PUC to lnstall
Requestd
a street light near the entrance
of the Gibbs' Park,
Heard a brief from Dr. Berry
of the Ontario Water Resources
Commission on the new plumb-
ing installation amendments,
Issued building permits to
Carmen Mills for renovations
to the Holiday Inn restaurant
and to Lawrence Johnston for
an addition to his .cottage,
when kidneys foil
to remove excess
acids and wastes.
backache, tired
feeling, disturbed
rest often follow.
Dodd's Kidney
Pills•stimulpte
kidneys to normal
duty..,You,teel,
better—sleep bet-
ter, work better.
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