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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-01-03, Page 1Traffic, toll 11.1 the three townships Of South Huron, with the fortunate sole exception` of fatali._ ties, :hit a record high in 1962-- year-end report of the Exeter detachment of the -Ontario Provincial Police reveals. The number injured on district highways rose a staggering 58%, property damage jumped 41% And the total number of accidents increased 5% to a record 151, Sixty-five persons suffered injuries in road crashes .during 1962, compared to 41 who required treatment last year, The 151 accidents caused property damage of $109,805, a considerable increase over the $77,336. loss recorded in 1962. the past year's damage fig, tire is by far the highest reported by the local de- partment. Three T , persons killed Three persons were killed in traffic mishaps. in 1962, two more than the previous year, How- ever, the '62 figure is considerably less than the 10 killed during 196.1, Victims this year were three young men, two of whom were. killed in December, The first was a Clinton airman, Stanley Howatt, 22, whose car struck a tractor on the .Goshen line in July; James Cronyn, 34, RR 1 Clandeboye, involved in a two car crash at Centralia, Dec, 17, and Robert Steep-. er, 23, RR 8 ,Parkhill, whose car struck a tree on. the -Crediton road last week. January, August and. December were t he worst traffic months this past yea.y?There were 17 mishaps in January and 17 in each of the other two months. Fifteen accidents were reported in both July and September and 12 in, February, Worst months for injuries was July when 15 were sent to hospital. December chalked. up the highest property damage $14,025, Police issued nearly 1,000 traffic warnings to drivers in the year and prosecuted 402, compared to 452 last year. Drivers paid a total of $4,163 in fines for highway traffic act violations. Three perSons were convicted of impaired driving, compared to six last year. Crime rate clown slightly The detachment's report indicates the amount of crime in the area decreased slightly from the previous year. The number of criminal code inves- tigations dropped from 276 to 269 and the number l of prosecutions dropped from 43 to 28. Fewer liquor charges were laid, too, during 1962. Thirty-one cases were prosecuted under the liquor control act, compared to 45 last year. Fines totalled $670, in comparison to $877 in 1961. The detachment covers the townships of Hay, Stephen and Usborne, as well as the village of Zurich. Constable C. E. Gibbons is in charge of the detachment which includes Constables G. W. Mit- cheli, H. C. Reid and D. M. Westover. agarteMzmorf wittimagrawz-4===fammgar Convict lady driver in Hallowe'en crash S TWO .district townships—Biddulph and Blanshard —will go to the polls Monday to elect . 1963 offielal following nomination meetings Monday, In neither case, does there appear to be Any contentious lit Biddulph, Councillor John Bryan is eballeng, ing Reeve Harold Wallis Who has been chief magistrate for the past two years, . ii.e RvI pa.,estiard, six men are running for the four seats, David C. Whit? W returned by =lama. doll as ree ve, Bryan fights Wallis in Biddulph contest Happy dig ridcelebratwns usher in brigh new year 'Phis 'large and fun-loving crowd at Exeter Legion Sonic" minor disturbances at Zurich but no arrests Wag typical of the New ?ear's celebrations heh, were made. rn Exeter, police did tot reCeiVe single throughout the area, Parties tor the most pad were call over unruly celebrations, Well over 404 attended boisterous but did not get out of hand, Police reported the Legion party, TaA photo raffic toll eta rec r esakivocafe Eighty-Eighth Year 'EXETER, _ONTARIO; JANUARY 3, 1963 . „ • e • -.ed... ei:k:sisess • eeeetevee see. ee.:," eees es...se' • • . „••,....1,seeSeesegeeeseeeeee4eee Price. Per Copy 1~ yenta. • ..sati,aiaiasiaisga. itorWa ,ka 1...aa.::a,,Slisilosrvailmrsa.swassarrsialatiara ssarisms o townships vote Monday planned any action beyond that. Rev, van Farowe indicated sonic move may result from the area Toe Alpha conference which will be held in Main St. UC Sunday afternoon and eve- ning, January 13. Toe Alpha is essentially a youth temperance movement and the meeting has been called by the South Huron Ministerial Association. In the afternoon, parents, teachers, and other adults are invited. for. discussions -with leaders inethe field of alcohol stedies and the teenager discussions will be held in the evening. Mr. van Farowe noted that Park for north Huron on priority list: MPP the meeting was not called specifically in connection with the forthcoming vote in Exeter but lie felt some action might result from it, There will be five questions on the February 11 vote. Citi- zens will be asked to vote "yes" or "no" on dining lounge li- cences, men's and ladies bev- erage room licences, cocktail lounge licence. Enumerators for the vote are Clark Fisher, ward one; Mre. Annie Lawson, 'weed two; Mrs. Lois Learn, ward three, and Mrs. Gwendolyn Gibson, ward :four. Huron is "high in the priority list" for a provincial park, Hon. C. S, MacNaughton an- nounced in addressing Friday's conference of Federation of Ag- riculture and parliamentary rep- resentatives at Clinton. He added. "I think we will have a park up at Goderich be- fore we are very much older," "Interest has been expressed in a park for Huron ever since I have been member," he said. "I hdve known for the past two years there has been considera- tion at government level to ac- quire much more parkland by the government than we have done heretofore. Then it was an- nounced in the throne, speech that multiple million dollars are to be spent over a period for park purposes, and particu- larly on, the shores of the Great Lakes, which brings Huron sharply into focus. "I have been consulting with county council people on this for a matter of a year, and lat- terly at my suggestion they sponsored a resolution from the county which has been sup- ported, believe unanimously, wherever sent, "I was gratified, two days after arriving home, to have a call from the minister of lands and forests saying that Huron was high, if not top, on the pri- ority list for a provincial park. I would expect that 'to be so, and that' it would be manifest in more detail very shortly. "However,- I go along with the minister .in saying he has ,now to implement a throne speech forecast involving the entire province, and it is going to take time to set up an or- ganization. ee think .we will have a park up at Goderich before we are very much older," A two-way eight for reeve- ship in Biddulph developed as a result of the township nomi- nation meeting Monday after, noon. It is the only position elect- ors will have to decide on since all council and public school trustee posts were filled by ac- clamation, A member of lest year's council, .John Bryan, RR 3 Granton„ indicated that he was going to challenge Reeve Har- old Wallis, RR I. Granton, who has held the position for the last two years, Bryan gave no reasons for his decision to stand for reeve and neither candidate cited any issues or policies on which they were taking a stand, Bryan told the 40-odd rate- payers who attended the quiet meeting that he had decided to try for the reeve's position as a result of "urgings" he had received and he had finally consented to let his name stand. He said "J have no discrim- ination against the present reeve but . I believe this is ,a democratic country and I think elections are in order," Reeve Wallis presented no is- sues at the meeting, simply stating "I have enjoyed week, ing for you for the last two years as reeve. I must say that we have had some head- aches and we will continue to have them, but I have enjoyed the work." "If I -am elected I will work with both our township and county council to 'the best of your interests." Four positions on council and two public school trustees were all filled by acclamation. Three incumbents from last year's council, Wilson Hodgins, RR 1 Lucan, Lorne Barker, RR 1 Lucan, and Jame8 Ryan, RR 3 Granton, were all returned for another one-year term. while Bryan's old council seat was taken over 'by Charles Rol- lines, RR 1. Clandeboye, who had been defeated in three pre- Mrs. Ann Jorgensen, 20, Vic- toria St., was fined $75 and costs and her driver's licence was suspended for one year following a conviction of care- less driving in magistrate's court here Monday. Mrs. Jorgensen was acquitted of a dangerous driving charge but Magistrate Glenn Hays, C, said: "This is about as se- rious a case of careless driv- ing as I have had." The charges resulted from the Hallowe'en, accident at the corner, of Main and Simcoe streets when police and others were removing a car which had been pushed on the high- way by pranksters. "You should go to jail for a case of this nature but I hate to do that to a woman," said the magistrate. The Jorgensen car, travelling north into town, struck the rear end of a dep't of highways truck which had stopped be- hind another car at the scene. The Jorgensen car then glanced off a tree and ended up be- side the men pushing the parked car off the road. Constable Lloyd Hodgins, of the Exeter department, testi- fied there were two skid marks from the jorgensen vehicle, one 117 feet long and the other 68 feet long. He identified a num- ber of photographs taken at the scene. Also testifying were PC's D. M. Westover and George Mitch- ell who were on the scene at the time, as well as Ron Cald- well, driver of one of the ears at the scene, and William Gil- bert, Ailsa Craig, operator of the thick. Magistrate Hays commended Caldwell for his evidence. Gilbert testified seven lights in all, including flasher light- ers, were operating on his Ve- hide at the time of the acci- dent. He estimated the crash came about 30 seconds after he had stopped behind the car Prayer series scheduled here_ Week of prayer services Will be-held here Monday to Friday evenings next week, according to an announcement by Exeter. Ministerial Association. Speakers will be IleV. A, Jr 80enstra,, Rev. W. Stephenson f rtev, It 8, MHz, Rev. L. Tal- bet and D Rev. Bren e Vries, Thane of the series is "One", with the individual topics be- ing "One Lord", "Ono per% "One Mitsion", One xing, flow' and "One Hotek The talks Will be held hi various churches Of the contitmit$, driven by Caldv,,elle Police cars at the scene also had flashing lights in opera- tion, Lights could confuse Defence counsel E. D. Bell, QC, successfully argued that the crown case did not prove the degree of carelessness was sufficient to warrant convic- tion for dangerous driving. He pointed out that the flashing lights on business signs would have a tendency to confuse anyone approaching the scene. Crown Attorney W. G. Coch- rane, QC, said the extensive damage to the Jorgensen car and to the highway truck in- dicated excessive speed, par- ticularly since it was in a 30- mile zone. Magistrate Hays felt Mrs. Jorgensen's o w n headlight should have picked up the ob- struction on the highway and ruled that excessive speed must have been the cause of the collision . "I feel to some 'extent -per- sons can be confused by lights but not if you are keeping a reasonable lookout," the ma- gistrate stated. tiattartlatfaaMitaftWea Where to find it Announcements 11 Church Notices .„„„, . , ... ..,,, , 11 Coming. Events 11. Editorials ..,..,, .......... .„,. „ 2 F arm News ,, .. I. I. 7 Feminine Facts 9 Mensal, 3 Sports „ ...... .-. ..... ,„ ........ 4, 5 Went Ads 8 4.44i.z: 4' ;it . . r•• ^“Arigabiagariaatirsail:a3 In a New Year's message Mayor W. E. Simmons re- guested continued co-operation of citizens,in connection with MOM' wors programs being undertaken by connoiL . He also thanked town boards `committees fee thole as- sistance during 1062, The Mayor said: "Members of town council wish to_ extend to Yoe coMpIi- Monts o the season and at this time to thank each board, corn mike,and Organization that has, helped us to Carty on the btIelfiese of the community doing 160, "We on council Bove laid the foundation far a ProgressiVe .Although Exeter's liquor li- cence vote is less than six weeks away, no move has been made yet to form "wet" and "dry" organizations for the campaign, At this stage, it ap- pears there is little interest in the vote. Meanwhile official prepara- tions for 'the plebiscite on Feb- ruary 11 continue. Two of the four enumerators have com- pleted their voters' lists and the other twp .are expected to fin- ish theirs Shortly, The Lists are being posted in the office of the returning offi- cer, Clerk C. V. Pickard. There will be no official revision of the lists but provision is made for eligible persons to qualify' on voting day if their names do not appear. Returning officer Pickard said this week that neither wet or dry forces has named a man• ager in connection with the vote. Regulations provide that man- agers must be - appointed five weeks before voting day which, in this case, makes the dead- line Monday, January 7. A. peti- tion of 25 names must be sub- mitted to appoint a manager. No "wets" move yet Charlet E. Acheson, manager. of the Central Hotel which made, the request to town council for a vote, said Wednesday he knew of no movement among the "wets" to form an organi- zation for the campaign, "I haven't heard of a thing," he said. A number of people have been in to say they will `Support licences and several or- ganizations have indicated they will be behind the "yes" vote but npthing has been done to form a committee, He said there are quite a few willing to drive cars and assist on voting day. He felt it was up 'to those who Were interested in licences for the town to make a move. "One man can't do everything," he suggested. Whether or not the "dry" forces will organize appears,tO be uncertain at the Momet. Neither of the United Church ministers here, Rev. S. E. Lew- is of James St, or Dr, R. S, Hilts of Main St, knows of any plans to form a committee, "I haven't heard of anything at all," said Mr. Lewis. "As far I as know, nothing is being done at the moment," Dr. iliitz stated. Rev, Richard Van FarOwe,. minister of Bethel .Reformed Church and president of Exeter Ministerial AssOdiatien, said general statement would be is- stied later this month by the ministers in connection with the forthcoming vote, He said the Ministerial association has not road and dealing plan and, keeping in mind the splendid suPpert, we have received Pee, vibuslY, We are again asking for your toleeatice and consid- eration while the work is in progress for sewerage And roads. "As We enter 1063, your council requests the co-Opera- Lien and support of each pig, zen to enable the various boards and organizations to Caery out their Progratet to the satisfaction of all eon defiled, "I personelle/ Would like to wish you a happy and Peden& retie neW year," W. E. Simmons,, Mayor 'Mr. 1963' has no rival South Huron's 1963 .babe Trevor Glenn English e- er, rived .uncliallenged New Year's morning about .4.14. No other contender for the title was in sight at the time the young winner appeared to claim a :host of prizes front Exeter merchants, "Mr. 1963" weighed in at six pounds, 14 and 'Ogee-quer- ter ounces. He is the son of LAC and Mrs. Ronald English, 73 Huron St, west.' The boy was the first child for the air force couple and they were 'thrilled. about the gifts, "Well be able to use them all," said Mrs. English. "It's wonderful," Th mother arrived at the hos- eital just minutes after the New Year 12.03 to be exact, Attending physician was Dr. D, A. Ecker, who left the New Year's party at james St. United Church to look after the mother and her prize-winning child. LAC English is taking a .ra- dar course at RCAF Station Clinton. Ile remustered from his former trade, earo-engine technician. The couple came here from Winnipeg where Mr. English was stationed _previously. Win- nipeg is Mrs, English's home. Mr. English hails from Edmon- ton. Among the gifts the baby re- ceives are portraits, blanket, high chair, sweater set, bottle warmer, two baby articles gift sets, sterling silver spoon, bath tub, free diaper laundry serv- ice, a Mother Goose book, crib mattress, baby shawl and coverall towel, Mrs English. receives a dozen 'roses, shampoo and hair wave, taxi ride home, and .a $5.00 gift certificate, and LAC English is entitled to a grease and oil change for his car. To consider objections Exeter Planning Board will hold a special meeting this Fri- day to consider the 12 objec- tions which have been regis- tered against the proposed re- stricted area zoning bylaw. Chairman A, W. Pickard said the board may recommend some changes in the regula- tions as a result of the objec- tions from local property own- ers. ''Most of the objections appear to 'be minor," he. said. "Some, I feel, the board can agree with and perhaps make recommen- dations to council for changes." Mr, Pickard pointed out that responsibility for any changes rests with town council which actually passes the bylaw. "The board can only make recom- menclations,".he said. "It is up to council in the end." In addition to the objections received from local property owners, the hoard has received a, letter from provincial plan• rang authorities recommending a review of certain portions of the bylaw. A draft of the reg- ulations was provided for the provincial officials before the bylaw was submitted to town vicie ele,ctions. in letting his name stand for the feeeth position on council, Rollings stated "I wasn't thinking too seriously of going back into council but now that I have I will r -slot to han- dle matters to the h"t of my ability." The two public school trust- ees who were acclaimed to two-year posts on the ached board were both members of last year's board.. Last year was the first for a township school area board and the two returning members, monies Cagan and Gordon Dann, both consented to re- main on the board after their one-year terms had ended, .. School reports Chairman of the public school board Ronald Crozier and Bid, dulph's representative to the Medway • high school hoard, Clarence Hardy, gave a report to ratepayers on their work over the past year. The central school, which was the big issue in last win- ter's elections and which nec, essitated the setting up of the school board, was reported by Mr. Crozier .to be progressing nicely. "We hone it will be ready by next September." - The board chairman told the meeting that a site had been chosen for the school near the centre of the township after a location near Lucan. which was intended to ease both wa- ter and sewage problems, had not worked out. causing a month-and-a-half delay. He also told the ratepayers that the idea of having two central schools bad been ve- toed by the hoard "because the financial burden would have been doubled and there really wern't tee many advantages." Mr. Crozier indicated that flue central 'school would me- tain eicht classrooms as well as a aymtorium. Clarence Hardy. renereese the work of the "Medway inch schooi board, attempted to ex- - Continued from page 3 RR 1 St, Marys, Both are farmers. David C. White was acclaim- ed to his second term as reeve of the township. Previously he was mayor of St. Marys for eight years. Although it does not appear to be an issue in the election, principal topic at the nomina- tion meeting was the agree- ment with the commissioners of Blanshard Municipal Tele- phone System in regard to the site of the new dial building proposed for the Kirkton ex- change, To build in Blanshard CominissionerS haVe agreed to erect the building' In Blan- shard, at the council's request, for tax concessions which would offset the increased expense of doing so, The telephone officials orig- inally agreed to build on the systeM's lot on the Usborne side of Kirkton but Blanshard protested, that if it was to assume the responsibil- ity for the debentures which would be required 'for the now exchange it should have the benefit; of the assessment and fees from the company's opera- Lions. All of the incumbent council- lors but one, Jack thenthett, arc ht favor of the a oceinent, The new candidates did riot iu, ditate how they stood on the queetiOn. No other issue was raised jn connection with the election', although considerable township business WAS dieettSeed at the nomination. Reeve White reported the township's fin ancial. position has been improved by more efficient collection of taxes,. `Phis year's surplus inareated bYlMt6iii prefect roject fee 1963, the eteVe indical.ed, is construction of a new bridge over rish Creek, The reeve also indicator! there may he a Vote in Mid. SUlniner over the formation of the teWriellip sehoOl area. The question has been discussed at totted on several occasions. Clerk Norris Webb was in charge of beinteetiolie. Tile pas bey Oen Nit 'UAW 6 p,ith Monay-. HAPPY MOTHER, MRS. •RONALD ENGLISH, SMILES AT 1963 PRIZE-WINNER No organizations y for licence vote her Blanshard residents will go to the polls Monday to select four .councillors from the six candidates who have qualified for the positions following nom- inations this week. Two new candidates, lames B, Bryan and Frank Nairn, are challenging the four incum- bents—Jack Urquhart, Robert Marriott, Harold McKay and Milne Pollen. Mr. Bryan is from RR 6 St. Marys; Mr. Nairn's address is Urges town tolerance Six candidates run for Blanshard council it