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Postmaster Harvey Pfaff, town, fears a heavy last-minute rush of mail may cause
delivery delays unless residents start sending their cards and parcels soon. "We
haven't had any great rush yet," he said Wednesday, "but we're expecting quite
a bit this weekend. Monday was our busiest day to date but the flow fell off Tues-
day and Wednesday. We hope it all won't come about the week before Christmas
or we'll be swamped," He indicated the day Christmas falls on often is the deter-
mining factor for mailing. "People don't seem to realize it's less than two weeks
away." Above, bags of mail from the London-Wingham highway service are handed
by driver Pat Mariaan to Glenn Northcott, of the local staff, and Jack Schade,
driver of Exeter Coach Lines bus. Centre, top, rural couriers Mrs. Norma Hooper
and Mrs. Audrey Scott sort the rural mail before starting on their rounds. Top right,
Mrs, Harold Broderick, Mr's, Aubrey Tennant and Mrs, Doug Wedlake distribute
mail into local boxes, —T-A photos
Late mailmg may hamper delivery
Age doesn't affect
rules of the road
CO
One of the area's veteran
mualcipal officials, V, L.
Becker, went down to his first
defeat. in 15 years when he lost
by 98 votes to John ',Corbett
for the reeve's chair in Mon-
day's election in Hay,
Wide hole
for sewers
Method of digging sewers
here has been changed by
government regulations and
probably will result in better
roads for the streets on which
they are being installed, of-
ficials indicated this week,
New legislation requiring the
shoring of excavations prompt-
ed the change.
Instead of a relatively nar-
row ditch, which would require
extensive supports, the con-
struction company now is dig-
ging a wide "V" which spreads
'to some 16 feet at the top,
Council last week, at a spec-
ial meeting, agreed with the
engineer's recommendation that
three feet, of gravel be placed
at the top of the fill, which
will provide an adequate road
bed,
A bylaw passed previously
by the town required all MI
for road .excavations to be
gravel but it was agreed that
the i'cgulatioins should be mod-
ified in view of the depth of
the sewer Mstallatien.
The contractor, Gaffney Con-
struction Co. Ltd,, continues to
work east along Aline .Sts, on
Huron east, of Main and at the
lagoon site west of the town.
Ice brings
accidents
Monday's stow and icy road
conditions played havoc 'with
area drivers and was the major
fader ill threeaccidente in-
vestigated by Exeter Polito
Chief C. H. MacKenzie and
Constable Lloyd llodgins.
The Spree started off on
Monday Morning when an Ex-
eter Coach Lines d bus driven by
Don Hooper, Exeter. slid into
a car stopped on Main street
nreparing to make a left hand
turn onto Giciley,
The car Was driven by Mrs.
itarvey Stringer, 20, SR 2
Ifensall, and damage Was esti-
mated at MS, all to the auto.
During the afternoon, a truck
driven by Robert Paul Wool-
cox, 1113, 3 Ilketer, snapped oft
a telephone polo at the corner
of Huron and Andrew streets,
'rho driver Was attempting to
Make a "turn ante the side
street, but, the truck slipped
into the ditch, striking the Polo.
The busy police force made
Mir final investigation during
the evening when a earoper-
ated by a Young Goderich
Man, Peter Sheuflet, knocked
off a as pump at Thid's Vina
Service at the north end of
twit cr.
Sheuflet bad been tolling
Across the lot and apparently
lilt his brakes and slid into
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It was the third election
Becker had fought since taking
over the post in 1956.
Corbett, a veteran of five
years on council, threw his
hat into the ring with the ex-
planation that he felt council
had appointed the wrong man
in naming Delbert Geiger to
the deputy-reeve's post in a
mid-term shuffle on council,
Corbett contended that as
senior man he should have re-
ceived the post,
At the polls, the Challenger
topped the incumbent in all but
two of the eight polling sub-
divisions in the township, mak-
ing up most of his margin in
the east section.
In the .south-east corner lie
whipped Becker by a margin
of 101 to 23 and soundly trounc-
ed him in the north-east sec-
tion by a count of 72 to seven.
Becker's home polling sta-
tion at Dashwood gave him a
majority of .78 votes, but it
wasn't enough to overcome the
wide margin Corbett picked up
Bible drive
nets $885
G. A, Cann, Exeter,. reported
this week that the final canvas-
sing was completed for the Ca-
nadian Bible Society in. the area
and total. donations had reached
$885.00.
This is $85.00 more than last
year's canvass netted anti Mr.
Cann, said "it is very encoura-
ging."
lie reported that the group.
had received an anonymous
donation of $100.00 to briag it to
its new peak.
Although. the canvass is cont.
nide, Mr. Cairn said he expected.
a few More deriatioils would
probably be left with the treas-
urer, George Tinny, before the
end of the year.
nadian government of 30 tote
gola hospital,
Walter Stratigway, an Angola
I3C raised 'funds several years
district .M1`4 has resulted in, a
missionary for whom James St,
cows for the Same African
of skint Milk .powder JO an .Ait-
ago to purchase a hertl of
"Christmas gift" febal the a-
The "gentle prodding" of a
The gift was inspired by Dr.
cOtithltinity,
_W. IL. A. .Thomas, Middlesex
Vast MP, tells the story of this
latest contribution in his •Wtek+
to district novspa.
pers. * e
"Mb greatest reward in any
public ,service the satisfatx
lion aceeMplishilient. Vents
truly received a substantial
charge of tb's commodity last
Week When advice arrived that
representations we had made tO
higher authority several months
ago resulted in a donation of
veship,
y poll
in his two strongholds.
Commenting after the elec-
tion, Corbett said he was
"very pleased" with the re-
sults and 'added, "I guess
that's what the people want-
ed,"
Becker conceded the election
in a telephone conversation
with the new reeve after most
of the results were tabulated
and later attended a meeting
in the township hall in Zurich.
During the meeting, Becker
wished the new council all the
best during their term of of-
fice.
When asked if he would con-
sider running again, Becker,
who served three years as
deputy-reeve and five on coun-
cil before becoming reeve,
said lie was not considering it
at the present.
"You never know what .may
come up, though," he added.
Newcomer heads council
In the four-man fight for
council, Lloyd. Hendrick topped
the polls with 562 votes, while
John Soldan, who has. served
for four years, went down to
defeat.
Joseph Hoffman, the bache-
lor-farmer who took over the
seat made vacant during the
mid-term shuffle, placed sec-
ond, while newcomer John
'Tinny won the final seat.
Hendrick, who has served as
a school area trustee for
several Years, topped two.. of
the polling subdivisions, 'Oink-
ing up much of his majority in
his home booth along the
Bluewater highway.
Hoffman, who topped three
of the polls, picked up his big-
gest MarginS. in 'Dashwood, and
in the rural area south of
Zurich.
Tiziney, similar to the new
reeve, topped the two east-end
polls .where he is also a resi-
dent,
The defeated candidate., Sol-
dan, topped only the Parr line
poll as finished tip 2'7 votes
behind Thiney.
80 tens of skim rit:ik powder to
the Chissamba Hospital in An-
gola.
"One evening last April I
served on a church panel to dis-
cuss Angola. Dr. Whiter Strang-
his Angola Mission,"
Where to
find it
Announcements a 15
Church Notices a. a.... 18
Coining Events ............, '18
Editorials a 4
larrn News ss 11
Feininine Fade "- 14, 15
1.ucan 14, 11e 1!8;
Heileall ,..
6.- 7, 'a
Want Ads ... 12,13
Pool drive
at $4,000
Chairman G. J ohn. Comae
says the initial canvass for the
Exeter and District Swimming
Pool campaign already has
raised over $4,000 but it's slow-
ing down with the coming of
the Christmas season.
"We are still getting some re-
ports in,'' Mr, Goman said,
"but the canvass generally is
slowing up because of the ap-
proaching holidays."
fie indicated not much fur-
ther activity will be undertaken.
until after Christmas.
Mr. Goman said the number
of cash donations and pledges
already received amount to
well over $4,000 and not all of
the canvassers have reported
yet,
Ile reported that a number of
donations have been received
by mail fronn out of town resi-
dents and firms who are ope-
rating in this area from out-
side offices..
Choir debut
this Sunday
What's believed to be the
area's first all-girl choir will
make its debut Sunday eve-
ning at Caven Presbyterian
Church.
Composed of 20 girls of high
school age from Zurich, Huron
Park and Cettralia, the choir
will present a Christmas can-
tata entitled "The Chorus in
the. Skies".
The group is directed by
Ron Heinrich, teacher et J.
A. D. McCurdy School, Huron
Park, who lives on Sanders
St.
"We had our first. rehearsal
in the early nart of November
and since then we've been
practieing reguloelv in the Le-
gion Hall," said Mr. Iteimrich,
'"This is our first performance
and we hope to branch out
from here into Rogers and
Hammerstein, Cole Porter and
other more popular musicals,
with two- and three-part her-
The director indicated the
grotto is looking for opportuni-
ties to sing in nubile and would
welcome invitations.
As yet, _the choir haS no
;sensor,. 'The girls contribute
10(4 cAell every needled in
Wee to Mitschase their mitsie.
girls, all attend SIIMIS,
from grades 9 to 12... Mrs
tette Kleinst beer, Daeliwoeirl,
is the accompanist for the
group.
way, visiting missionary from
Angola, was one of the others
participating. During the eve-
ting he indicated the need in
his area for Milk powder, I ex-
plained to him hole our surplus
of this 'commodity, figuratively,
reached up to btir Canadian
tare.
"In August lit sent Me a let-
ter from where he was work-
ing at Probisher say, North
West Territories„ hoping that
'liken lie returned to Angola
early in 1.063 he could have some
of our Surplus milk powder for
the use of the children there, I
relayed his request to the min-
ister of agriculture, and to the
pilule Minister.
"After three and a half
months of gentle prod ding
Neenah the wilderness of
Diornnoy and red tape the
Attest was granted. The. good
doctor ends up with lien tar*
loads thittaining 86 thottstaida
pounds of Shinto Milk powder for
Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC,
pointed out in Exeter court
Tuesday that rules of the road
apply to all persons regardless
of age as he handed out fines
of $10.00 each for similar in-
fractions by two persons with
an age difference of 70 years
Ephrian-t Hero, 86, a retired
Usborne township farmer was
one of the two who paid the
nominal fine for driving with-
out an operator's license,
He was represented in court
by his son, Harold, who re-
ported that the elderly gentle-
man had been driving with his
daughter-in-law and had in-
sisted on taking a turn at the
wheel,
However, it proved to be his
undoing as he drove the car into
the ditch.
In handing clown his decision,
the magistrate said he hoped
that Mr, Bern would lose any
future arguments over whether
or not lie should be allowed to
drive.
"See that lie doesn't drive
again without a license," the
magistrate told his son,
In what was almost an iden-
tical situation, 16-ycar-old Barb,
ara Janke of Exeter was also
fined $10.00 for driving without
a license.
The girl had . been driving a
car owned by David Conte and
she lost control and hit a tree,
injuring all the passengers in
the vehicle.
"You will have 50 or 60 years
to drive a car", the magistrate
Finds joke
not funny
Donald Young, Parkhill,
found out in Exeter court,
Tuesday, that his idea of a
joke differed from that of
Magistrate Glenn Flays, QC,
and the "difference" amounted
to a 835 fine.
The 10-year-old youth was
charged. with theft of a horn
button and gear shift knob
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atoiltder htehri,$):don't be in a hurry
In a subsequent case, Cottle
was fined 815,00 for allowing a
person without a license to ope-
rate his vehicle,
Bothered by glasses
A charge of failing to leave
half the road free resulted in a
815.00 fine for George Wright,
Exeter after the SHDles teach-
er was involved in an accident
that caused $750.00 damage at
the south of Exeter.
Wright was travelling south
and was making i. left turn into
Larry Snider Motors when he
was hit by a north-bound ye-
hi de.
Wright eilained that lie re-
cently started to wear contact
lenses and stated they were
"not perfectly satisfactory in
the morning" — the time of the
crash.
"I shudder to think of meeting
you on the road," the magis-
trate replied,
Collisions bring fines
Drivers of three cars involved
in separate minor accidents
were each ordered to pay fines
after they were found guilty of
causing the crashes.
Edmund Soldivar SR 1, 'Var-
na, was fined $15.00 and costs
after he pleaded guilty to a
charge of following another ve-
hicle too closely. The charge
was laid by Hensel' Chief, E.
R. Davis, after Soldivar
smashed into the rear of the
other ear, causing damages es-
timated at $300.00,
Jack E. Hepburn, RR 1 Cre-
diton, paid $10,00 for failing to
signify his intention to turn, re-
sulting in his being struck from
behind by another car with
damages totalling 8150.00,
The accident occured two
miles west of Crediton,
The final charge resulted in
a $15.00 fine for. Chester Mitten
of Crediton, who failed to sig-
nal and was hit by another car
near Creditor, with damages
reaching $300 00.
Mitten said his signal lights
Must not have been working as
he had put them on prier to the
accident,
Area residents received a
chilling reminder that Christ-
mas is only 13 days away
when temperatures dipped well
below freezing and snow fell
in bountiful quantities.
However, the area was still
one of the "warm spots" ac-
cording to the met section at
RCAF Centralia, although this
opinion may not be shared by
those who watched the tem-
perature dip to 11 degrees on
Tuesday night.
But the met section's opinion
is substantiated by figures that
show the area is enjoying much
better temperatures than its
"banana belt" neighbors in the
Windsor area and even in the
southern United States.
The Windsor and Chatham
areas, which are still digging
out from a blustery storm last
week, had a low of one degree
Store hours
to be same
Exeter stores will retain the
same hours during 1063 that
they observed this past year, it
was announced this week fol-
lowing a pool of the merchants..
During January, February
and March, the stores will not
be open any evening of the
week, with the exception of
food markets which normally
stay open Friday nights.
For the balance of the year,.
all retail stores will be open
Friday evenings until 10 p.m.
This week's poll was con-
ducted by Exeter Business-
men's Association following seve
erg discussions at recent meet-
ings, One group proposed that
the stores remain open Friday
evenings until 9 p.m. all year
round.
Christmas greetings to the
nation have been issued by
The Board of Evangelism and
Social Service of The United
Church of Canada in two dif-
ferent forms—a billboard and
a cartoon. The billboard cm-
on Tuesday night, while across
the border around Toledo it
dipped to between five and 10
degrees below zero.
Even . residents in Tennessee,
Kentucky and Alabama had it
rougher than here as they suf•
fered with all-time lows of
from .zero to five above and.
Florida's citrus and vegetable
crops have been threatened by
temperatures as low as 23 de-
grees,
Light on snow too
The .area even lost its title
as the "snow belt" despite the
fact 20 inches were dumped
here in the past week. How-
ever, the wanner temperatures
turned most of it to ratu by
the time it hit the ground or
shortly after.
And while strong winds made
driving treacherous at times,
it still didn't equal the troubles
in the Windsor areas where
the cooler temperatures kept
theiii Tao4. as snow and blocked I
The 20 inches during the past
week, combined with an early
October storm, brought the
total fall to 34.5 inches for the
winter season to date, accord-
ing to the met section.
This figure is expected to
increase by at least four inches
in the next five days accord-
ing to the forecast and the
cooler temperature will also
remain.
After slightly moderating
temperatures on Thursday, the
thermometer is expected to dip
to 15. degrees below' the nor-
mal for this time of year, in-
dicating temneratures ranging
from lows of In to highs of
25 until wa. rmer weather
reaches the area at the begin-
ning of the week.
So, while the official start of
winter isn't slated until nest
Friday, apnarently someone
forgot In tell the weatherman!
bodies the same message as
the 1961 greeting from the
Board but the design is Cll.
ferent.
Last ear's billboard was
treated by Then rnmson, of
Toronto, ranked as "one of the
five leading designers in the
world" by an art publication in
Tokyo, and won hnnorable
mention in the annual award
show of the Art Directors
club of Toronto. However, re-
action by United Church mem-
bers was mixed.
"Half of our people liked it
and t he other half didn't."
said Rev. Homer R. Lane,
Ag dsaorei.at rhi Secretary m,. catary ofthe ri,
thought
ve would try a more contem-
nerary desien, bin with the
same mes.sagr: "Light and Life
to all He brings', a line from
t'harles Wesley's litinri 'Hark
the Herald Angels Sine".
The poster, designed by 1.1.
Ruddy Company, shows
!twee heads representing the
CalleaSiRTI. Asian and African
races and will armor in citing
across Canada during the two
weeks before Christmas.
The cartoon was drawn by
taince G. Reidford of The
Globe & Mail, and shows the
teterier of a store windows'
crowded with Merchandivs,
The 'store's display mat it
shown bringing in a nativity
seen c, obvionely wondering
where to put it. The vantien is:
"No room in the window!"
"In this eartoon," said vr.
Lane, "VT are attemuting to'
eat! attention to the similarity'
howeee the situatiell today
and at time of Christ't1
High. AS in the nativity story,
Ave stave an ill crowded nut the
'Gentle prodding gets results
"urn milk gift for Africa
Centralia .fire hter,5
ban McLeod and LAC Moo Desjardin,
Santa
Change UC greeting
after design protest
help
salit gels an assist from firemen at itCAF Station Centralia in preparing toys th'r' was,n1 roam thts" 1111
for Christmas., The men repair broken playthings collected from PAT 's and fro'm filTn.rict g
stores in the area and deliver them to Hum childrenls Aid Society for distribu• nectinird with 'getting and
hioti to underprivileged children throughout the county. The work is done on a n" store l‘i1146"
olunteer basis, Above, from left,are Sgt, t Samson -deputy fire chief. LAG are full of increhandiJ,. but V
11CAP p11010 'Clirisf, Child."