HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-08-16, Page 1FIREMEN CONTROL PLANING MILL BLAZE — Firemen quickly extinguished a
blaze which threatened the large manufacturing plant of Dashwood Planing Mills
Monday night. The blaze developed in the sawdust and shavings storage bin in
the heart of the plant. Heat weakened mortar in the walls and melted a steel fire
door. Damage was estimated at about $2,000. —T-A photo
Confine damage to $2,000
Smouldering sawdust
melts steel fire door
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TOP SHDHS GRADUATE
. . Sandra Snider, Main St.
RUNNER-UP IN GRADE 12 QUEEN PLACES THIRD
... Judith Tennant, Anne St. ... Mary E. Shaw, Thames Rd.
ueens and princess
top graduating class
tient which left the area with
litIle snow at many times,
This number was almost
doubled as to the number who
used the facilities in their
first year of operation,
One of the ski hills is for
experts only, due to the nar-
row run that twists down
throegh the trees. The other
hill is for beginners and less
experienced skiers of all ages,
Both hills are about 750 feet
long and have a vertical drop
of ever 130 feet, The experts'
hill varies from widths down
to 15 feet, while the second is
completely cleared of trees
and is over 200 feet wide.
The sup't reported that the
experts' hill was hardly used
at all, pointing out that most
of the visitors Were in family
groups who were just starting
into the popular pastime.
The open hill can actemtno-
date several skiers at one
time.
Popular with families
Myers reported that the to-
boggan runs were very popu.
ler with families and were
need by area residents as well
as those coming from London
and Sarnia,
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Where to
a course in general science, As
the top student in the class,
she will, receive the student
council scholarship of $100 and
a university award.
Miss Snider received the
highest individual mark in the
class — a 94 in algebra — and
she was the top student in six
subjects.
The runner-up, Judy Ten-
nant, wants to study *inert
English and philosophy at West.
ern. She led the class in three
subjects. A supervisor at Este-
ter Kinsmen's summer play-
ground for several years, she
likely will be awarded the pa-
per staff scholarship valued at
$100,
Mary Shaw, who was chosen
queen by the students at their
at-home ball this year, hopes
to take an honors history course
at UWO. She received the top
mark of 87 in zoology,
After the three girls came
John Etherington, RR 1 Hen-
sail, With a 71,6 average, Ann
Grayer of RCAF Station Cen-
tralia with 68.7 and Helen Zim-
mer, Dashwood, with 67.
Top marks in each subject
was:
English composition — 'Ben-
storage shed. Mr. Sharrow
noticed the two when he got
into his truck and he believed
they were in the clear. He was
backing the vehicle into the
shed when he felt the front
wheel lift and heard the child
scream.
The dog, larger than the boy,
had a rope around its neck
and it's believed that the ani•
mal took a run past the truck,
dragging with it the boy who
was clutching the rope,
The father pulled the lad out
from under the front axle in an
unconscious condition. He re-
gained consciousness shortly
afterwards. Dr. V, Gulens,
Dashwood, examined the lad
and sent him to hospital.
PC D. M. Westover investi-
gated the incident.
An inquest will be conducted into the death of
John H. Samuel, 62, London, who died Sunday from a
fractured neck received when he was struck by a beach
lift at his lakefront cottage near St. Joseph.
PC Harry Reid, who is investigating the accident,
said the inquest will be held sometime after Labor Day.
Samuel, believed to be a stationary engineer, was
struck by the carriage on the beach lift when, he was
attempting to make repairs to the track, somewhere in
the lower portion of the incline. The blow knocked him
down the remaining portion of the hill and his head
struck the concrete abutment which had been con-
structed at the base to control erosion.
The incident occurred Tues-
day, Aug, 7, and he was taken
to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don, by Westlake ambulance,
Zurich. He died in the city hos-
pital Sunday. Funeral service
was held Wednesday from the
Logan funeral home, London.
PC Reid said one other man,
as yet unidentified, and perhaps
Mrs. Samuel were assisting the
accident victim at the time.
The beach elevator is appar-
ently one of a number installed
in the area by cottagers to
overcome the handicap of the
steep bank to Lake Huron. This
particular lift had been con-
An alert night watchman and
a fast-moving fire brigade are
credited with bringing under
control a deep-seated blaze
which threatened the large
manufacturing plant of Dash-
wood Planing Mills Ltd., Mon-
day night.
The fire developed in the
cement-enclosed storage room
for shavings and sawdust which
provide the fuel for the fac-
tory's power plant. The intense
Study costs
in Biddulph
Biddulph Township School
Area Board is awaiting, cost
estimates before deciding upon
a site for its proposed central
school, Chairman Ronald R.
Crozier revealed this week.
Mr. Crozier said the board
was having difficulty selecting
a site because there are so
few available in a central loca-
tion in the township.
Estimates are being prepar-
ed now on the' cost of provid-
ing water supply, sewerage
disposal and other factors, in-
cluding cost of the land itself,
at several locations, Mr. Croz-
ier stated.
The chairman also noted
that the board has retained an
architect to prepare plans for
the school, which is expected
to incorporate eight class-
rooms and a gymtorium.
The board hopes to have the
school ready by the fall of
1963,
Work commenced this week
on a ski tow at the popular
Pinery Park, putting the finish-
ing touches on the facilities
that now make the spot a
complete winter recreation
site.
Besides the two ski hills
which the tow will serve are
five toboggan runs and a
spacious outdoor natural ice
rink, all of which are open to
the public throughout the win-
ter 'tenths,
Sup't Gar Myers, Who Made
the recommendation of the
tow Officialt of the dept of
lands and forests, reported it
was started last year but was
not ready for service.
however, he stated it
finitely would be in operation
for the firtt visitors on the hill
this Winter. •
Myers reported that the cable
and the supporters were el-
ready in place end. workmen
VW' this -Week _With a
the
the hill into
With te cable on the. 'tow,
The lift is a "ponialift" and
there are 17_ grins the :end-
lett cable' that is poWered. by
anelectric Meter et the bet-
tont of the hill.
Each OM has a saucer-type
seat and as the arins. dente
along, they are grabbed by the
skier who then pets the seat
between his legt and is pulled
to the top at a Safe, 'sleet
Speed,
ann't „steted that the
tow. would have- comply
With Witt government safety
standards and would he'. suit-
able for even thildret.
Popular •without
However, While the tow will
be welcomed skiers, the
hills at the Pinery proved
Ottite popular last winter when
the sportsmen had to lite their
own power to: get :baele ilpp
1rigeres at the Pine* !STOW
that 8;121, Peiterie took ..edthre
at his farm home just east of
Dashwood.
Despite the cold, drizzling-
wet night, a large crowd of
spectators gathered along the
highway. Because of the hoses
running across the road, traffic
had to be routed off No. 83 and
there was a tie-up for a period.
Wilson Brintnell, RR 1, Kirk-
ton, was assessed fines and
costs totalling $65 in Innis-
trate's court here Tuesday after
being found guilty of stealing
wild duck eggs.
After considering conflicting
evidence given by Brintnell and
a 14-year-old juvenile, who aid-
ed him, Magistrate Glenn Hays
stated: "I do think that Mr.
Brintnell was motivated largely
by a desire to help the neigh-
borhood boy who wanted to get
the eggs".
In early testimony, the juve-
nile admitted that he had seen
the duck eggs on the farm of
Cooper Forrest, a next-door
neighbor of Brintnell's, prior to
taking them from the nest.
The youth then stated that he
went to Brintnell's farm on
Sunday, April 29, and told Brint-
nell about the duck eggs in a
nest which v'as situated in the
gravel pits to the rear of the
Forrest farm.
The youth said: "Wilson and
I drove in his truck to the pit.
When we got there we sat and
talked for a while and then we
went down and picked up the
egs.
"I picked tip some stones to
put in the nest and while I Was
picking them up Wilson took
the eggs out of the nest and put
them In a pail".,
The boy then testified that
they returned to the Brintnell
farm, caught a hen, and placed
her on top of the duck eggs in
an attempt to try to hatch, the
10 eggs that the two had taken.
lie stated that a neighbor
youth, Gerald Francis, 19, was
invited to see the eggs the same
day and on noticing that the hen
Wasn't sitting on the eggs of-
fered to take them home with
him.
It was revealed in testimony
by Francis that there are al-
most 100 wild ducks in a sanc-
tuary on the Francis farm and
that is why. he WAnted to take
the eggs with hini.
The juvenile explained:, "He
gave me a dollar for the eggs.
I got the whole thing and Wilson
didn't get any".
the eggs antess I gaVe him a
Ile 'held out for a del-
lar"„
When asked 'what he planned
to do With the' egg, Francis
indicated that "I Was going to
hatch them MI' and then release
there
Rate in Hay
up one mill
Despite the two-mill increase
in the district high school levy
this year, Hay township rate-
payers will pay only one mill
more than in 1961.
The council absorbed one
mill of the high school levy by
trimming its road and general
budget. ,
The combined rate for farm
and residential is 33 mills and
for commercial and industrial
properties, 35 mills, Last year
the rates were 32 and 34.
Breakdown of the rate:
County, 13.8 milts; roads, 7.3;
South Huron District High
School, 8.9; general rate,
farm and residential, 3, com-
mercial and industrial 5;
Township school area, farm
and residential, 9, commer-
cial and industrial, 10, USS9
Stanley, 10; fire protection,
three-fifths of a mill, Federa-
tion of Agriculture, two-fifths of
a mill.
Ratepayers in the police vil-
lage of Dashwood will not pay
the roadrate but will pay three
mills residential and five mills
commercial plus the 15-mill
special police village rate.
Clerk H. W. Brokenshire
said he had not been notified of
the rate set by USSS 1 Hay and
Stanley nor the levy of the Zu-
rich separate school.
An insurance policy of $10,000
was approved for the township
office and residence at a pre-
mium of $69.00.
attorney, j,, M. Donnelly, of
Goderich, testified that he had
seen .Brintnell's truck at the
gravel pits on the day of the of-
fence.
He also added that during
the next week, in a conversa-
tion with Brintnell, the accused
had told him that he had driven
the truck back there but he had
not taken the eggs.
RCMP officer testifies
Constable J. I. Grieve, of the
RCMP', produced a written
statement, taken two days after
the incident, signed by Brintnell
it which he admitted his part
in the affair,
The officer also told the court
that in warning Brintnell of the
serious nature of the offence,
he had used words to the effect
that "he would likely be
charged with molesting duck eggs and that he would be very
lucky if he wasn't charged."
He then asked Brintnell if he
Would like to make a statement
and he said he would".
The Kirkton area farmer then
dictated to Constable Grieve
his statement and he signed it
after reading it over.
Conservation officer Charles
Horton, Sebringville, was with
the RCMP constable at the time
and he indicated that "Brine
nell willingly gave us his state-
ment,"
Defence argues
Mackenzie suggested to Meg-
istrate Hays that when Grieve
had told Brintnell "yoti will be
very luck y if yott aren't
charged" that the very words
"had the effect of inducing
Brintnell into making' a state-
trent and might have implied
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A four. year - old Dashwood
boy, Brian Sharrow, run over
by the wheel of his father's
truck early Tuesday evening, is
under observation for internal
injuries at St. Joseph's Hospi-
tal, London,
Brian, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Ivan Sharrow, RR 1, Dashwood,
was dragged into the path of
the truck by his dog which was
on a rope-leash.
The hospital said Wednesday
there was no sign of bone frac-
ture. The lad is expected to re-
main in hospital for at least
10 days, however.
The accident occurred about
6 p.m. on the Sharrow farm,
some two miles north of No. 83
on the Babylon line.
The boy end the dog had been
playing in the area of the peach
Three girls — a "princess"
and two queens — stand at the
top of this year's graduating
class at SHDHS, according to
the upper school results re-
leased this week,
Sandra Snider, town, daugh-
ter of SHDHS Board Chairman
H. L. Snider and one of the
contestant for the at-home
crown earlier this year, topped
the class with a 79 average in
her nine papers.
Runner-up was Jiltly Ten-
nant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey Tennant, town with an
average of 78.3. She was the
school's representative to the
Western Ontario Queen's Club
in 1961,
In third place came the 1962
SHDHS At-Home Queen, Mary
Shaw, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Shaw, No. 83, She
earned a 75.7 average.
The 46 Members of the class
passed 85.6 per cent of the ex-
eininatioes tried. This was
higher than last year's Mark Of
84 but lower than the. 90t; rec-
ord posted by the 1960 class,
All three of the top students
plan, to enrol at the University
of Western Ontario this fall.
Miss Snider expects to take
ald N, Marshall, Sandra C.
Morrow, and Mrs. Shirley J.
Keller (a private study candi-
date), all tied with 80 marks.
• English literature — Robert
Schroeder, 83.
History — Nora C. Hall, 85.
Algebra — Sandra Snider,
94,
Geometry — Sandra Snider,
84.
Trigonometry — Sandra Sni-
der, 86.
Botany — Judith Tennant, 84.
Physics — Sandra Snider,
91.
Zoology — Mary Shaw, 87.
Chemistry — Sandra Snider,
79.
Latin Authors — Ann Gray-
er, 79.
Latin composition — Judith
Tennant, 83.
French authors — Sandra
Snider, 75,
French coMpbsition Ju-
dith Tennant, 78.
Geography — Elizabeth Roth,
75.
Complete results appear on
page 18.
An historical plaque in rec-
ognition of the late lion.
G. Gardiner, former premier of
Saskatchewari and federal Mile
ister of agriculture, will be un-
veiled at his former church,
'Thames Road United, Sunday,
September 9.
The plaque is being erected
by the Ontario ilittoric Sites
Board tinder the jurisdiction of
the Department of Travel and
Publicity.
His friend and the writer of
his biography "None of it Came
Easy," Nathaniel Benson, To•
mete, will give the address at
the unveiling.
Mrs. George Allen. RR 1
Kirkton, sister of Mr. Gardiner.
will participate at the unveiling
and Mrs. J. R. Fiddlier, of the
historical sites b o r d, will
speak.
Arrangements are being made
by 'Osborne Township Council,
Thames Road tie and the Put-
nediti.e Weitien't Institute. 'Mrs,
Willinnt $illory 'have been ac-
tive in the project.
The late ..lames Gardiner was
horn near Fullerton and moved
to the Canadian West in 1,901
structed by the victim himself.
The elevator had a small plat-
form on a steel frame and ran
on a track, about 60 feet long,
which runs on an angle to the
cliff face, The carriage is op-
erated by an electric motor
driving a double drum winch,
from which a five-eighths steel
cable connects to the front of the carriage.
There are no controls on the
carriage; the lift is operated
by push-button controls at the
top and bottom of the structure.
Police understand someone was
operating the carriage from
either top or bottom at the time
the victim was making the re-
pairs. The cable, it is believed,
may have been looped on the
drum and the slack was taken
up, causing the carriage to
come down on top of the vic-
tim.
Nuptial parades
overdone: chief
Police Chief C. H. MacKen-
zie this week warned wedding
parties not to be overly enthu-
siastic in their celebrations
following the tying of the
knot.
He said he has received com-
plaints that some of the horn-
honking and noise-making par-
ades have been overdone,
"Some celebration following
the ceremony is certainly per-
missible and reasonable," said
the. chief, "but some parties
appear to be over-enthusiastic
in their efforts. They are mak-
ing' an unnecessary number of
noisy trips up and down main
street."
He said one party of cars re-
cently made four or more trips
through the Main St. with
horns blaring.
Award contract
for Hay culvert
At a special meeting, Hay
township council awarded a
contract for the construction of
a culvert on concession 13, lot
15.16 to C. A. McDowell, Cen-
tralia.
The Centralia firm's tender
of 55,096 was the lower of two
bids submitted for the project,
plans for which have been pre-
pared by B. M. Ross, Goderich
engineer.
Councillor John E. Soldan
was appointed to the arena
board to complete the balance
of the term of Karl Haberer,
who resigned as deputy-reeve
recently to become road sup.,
erintendent.
Council instructed Clerk H.
W. Brokenshire to notify coun-
ty council that. Delbert Geiger
has been appointed deputy-.
reeve for the balance of 1962.
Approval is being sought
from the department of high-
ways to call for tenders for
the placing of gravel on town-
ship roads this fall. Council
originally intended to spread
the gravel in May
Progressive Conservative latid-
slide March 1958. lIe retired
from politics and lived quietly
on his farm at Lemberg.
Ile twice became premier of
Saskatchewan and became ag-
riculture minister in 1935 aftet
five years of drought had stag-
gered the western farm econo,
my. His l..)2 years in the a.grictil-
tore ministry set a Canadian
record for one portfolio.
lie held the additional post of
minister of national 'War Serv-
ices 1040.41 and in 1047 was ap-
pointed a member of the Privy
Council.
lie died itt Saskatchewan hos ,
pita' January of this year at
the age of 78 years.
Thieves strip
car on lot 'here
Approximately $175 worth of
parts was stolen from ,an auto-,
mobile parked on the Main St.
lot of Snell Bros. Ltd. over the
weekend, reports Polite Chief
C H. MaeXenzie.
A '58 Chet/ owned by `Gordon
Kirk,, Anne St., was gripped of
both front wheels hand whitewall
tires, braku drums and bear-
ings.
heat melted a steel fire door
and a metal exhaust pipe be-
fore the blaze was brought un-
der control,
Damage, mainly to the walls,
was estimated at $2,000 by How-
ard "Boots" Klumpp, one of the
two brothers who manage the
firm, lie lauded the work of
firemen in getting to the heart
of the blaze quickly.
Exeter brigade was called to
the scene but the Dashwood
men had the blaze under con-
trol by the time the former ar-
rived.
T h e smouldering sawdust
broke into flames just as the
night watchman, Irvine Eck-
stein, was making a routine
punch-clock test in the area. He
turned in the alarm about 11
p.m. Fire was shooting out of
louvres in the storage bin when
firemen arrived.
Mr. Klump said cause of the
blaze was still unknown, even
after a complete examination
of the remains of the shavings
and sawdust, "We've gone
completely through it," he stat-
ed, "but we found nothing".
He said a spark could have
been drawn through the air sys-
tem which sticks sawdust into
the storage bin.
Whatever the e a s e, Mr.
Klumpp estimated the blaze
must have started smouldering
at the time the plant shut down
at 5 p.m. The storage bin is
in the heart of the factory,
which mass - produces pre-fit
windows.
"Boots" Klumpp was at his
cottage at the lakeshore at the
time of the outbreak, Maurice
Klumpp, the other brother, was
Dragged by dog
oy, 4, run over
Build tow at Pinery
for ski, sleigh runs
Didn't want money
In cross-examination by de-
fence counsel Charles L, Mac-
kenzie, Exeter, the boy admit-
ted that he told Brintnell that
he had sold the eggs to the
Francis youth but that "Wilson
didn't want any of it."
Gerald Francis w a a then
called into the courtroom, All
witnesses had been excluded
from the proceedings at the
start-
Francis stated "I `tgave hima
dollar foe them but he gave it
beak to me the same or the fol.
lowing day." find it l'Hp wasn't going to give nad
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to honor Gardiner