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I ES, WIND STRIKE AREA
Fire razes to rest. Other vehicles were al-
so damaged by the falling debris
around the station.
The repair section reported
extensive damage to the- roof
of the recreation centre and se-
vere damage in the PMQs where
trailers, tents and aerials were
hard bit.
Levels huge barn
This pile of rubble is what remains of the 150' x 50'
barn on the Ellerington Farm situated on Highway 4
about two miles south of Exeter. The 90 MPH winds
completely flattened the huge structure. photo a
School must have been success?
Believe it or not--lads complain
over shortage of studying time
We need more time for study
and preparing notes! More
sleep! Hot water with which to
wash!
the time —David Dixon, RR 4
Parkhill.
It helps the younger genera-
tion to see how conservation
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various aspects of the week
as contained in the boys' re-
ports are as follows:
Question 1. Why is there a
need for conservation camp
schools of this type?
It will teach the people of
the future generation how to
conserve wildlife and nature
— Bill MacLeod, RCAF Cen-
tralia.
To teach us when young to
appreciate o u r surroundings
and what we can do now and
later—Terry Quinn, RCAF
Centralia.
People do not know enough
about conservation and are con-
stantly ruining nature — Paul
Drysdale, Hensall.
To teach younger people the
benefits of natural resources
—Paul Sims, Exeter.
There is a need to educate
more people about the damage
being done to our natural re-
sources — David Grainger, Ex-
eter.
Because a lot of our natural
resources are being wasted all
Winds which hit a.pealc some-
where between 80 and 90 1VIPH
lashed through the area Tues-
day and left a trail of flattened
barns, trees, TV aerials and
ripped roofs and shingles off
numerous barns, sheds and
houses.
Hardest hit was the section
from RCAF Centralia north-
east towards Exeter.
In some spots the wind toss-
ed buildings and equipment as
far as 60' and debris from dis-
trict barns was reportedly car-
ried across entire fields. Huge
trees were uprooted and others
snapped off like match sticks.
One of the first places to be
hit hard was RCAF Centralia
where the winds tore off a huge
section of the roof at barrack
block 64 and many rooms in
the building were flooded as
nearly one inch of rain came
through the holes.
Several windows were blown
out throughout the station and
the roof of the barrack block
was whipped down onto a car
parked in the lot and it actually
drove the car back over 30'
between two other parked cars.
The wind-driven car was ex-
tensively dam aged and it
smashed the front of one of the
cars which it hit before coming
barn, cottage
Fires hit an Exeter area
barn and a summer cottage at
Grand Bend this week causing
an estimated loss of $35,000
as both were completely de-
stroyed.
The sum m e r cottage was
owned by Ivan Hunter-Duyar,
Exeter, and was destroyed by
fire of unknown origin Tuesday
night. His cottage is situated
near the river, south of the vil-
lage limits.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter-Duvar
were not in the cottage at the
time, although they had been
there earlier that night and had
left to visit friends some time
before the blaze broke out.
Grand Bend's volunteer fire
brigade were called to the
scene, but the fire had too much
of a head start and they were
unable to subdue it and the
large cottage burned to the
ground.
Residents in the area, Mr.
and Mrs. John Manore, said
they heard something that
sounded similar to an explosion
minutes before they heard the
fire siren ring.
The owner was not available
for comment as to his actual
loss.
Small car smashed
Victor Knip, RR 1 Centralia looks at this car owned by one of
his employees, Lourens Kodde. It was sitting beside a shed at
Knip's (see lower photo) and the wall was dumped onto its hood
after scraping the back fender and along the side, as well as
flattening the rear tire. --T-A photo
Driver receives
quick operation
Bob Dykstra, veteran driver
for Gue nth e r-Tuckey Trans-
ports Ltd. underwent an emer-
gency operation for appendicitis
in Belleville Hospital Friday.
He was stricken about 40
miles north of the city while
returning from a trip to Ot-
tawa. Passengers in a car no-
ticed him pull sharply to the
side of the road, and thinking
something may be wrong, stop-
ped.
They found him slumped over
the wheel. OPP were called and
Dykstra was rushed to hospital
in an ambulance. He is expected
to return home Friday.
BARN RAZED
On Wednesday night, shortly
after midnight, another blaze
of unknown origin levelled a
huge barn on the farm of Paul
Woolcox, RR 3 Exeter, about
three miles east of Exeter on
Huron Street.
The family was just going to
bed when Mr. Woolcox went
to turn off the yard light and no-
ticed a flame through one of the
barn windows.
Exeter Fire Brigade was
called, but again flames had too
much of a head start.
There were 11 calves in the
barn and all but three were
destroyed, despite the fact Mr.
Woolcox and neighbors managed
to get most of them out. How-
ever, most of the frightened
animals ran back into the barn
where they perished.
About 2,000 bales of last
year's hay crop, plus a small
quantity of straw, were also
destroyed in the barn.
Mr. and Mrs. Woolcox have
been living on the farm for the
past two years. It was formerly
owned by R. B. Williams.
Do those requests sound as
though they were coming from
a group of teenage grade nine
and ten boys?
Well, they were, and while the
requests will probably come as
a surprise to many, it may in-
dicate in no uncertain terms the
succe ss of the conservation
school held for students from
HSDHS and Parkhill at Camp
Sylvan last week.
A project started by the Au-
sable River Conservation Au-
thority, the camp featured noted
specialists in various fields
ranging from meteorology, ge-
ology, fish and wildlife con-
servation, reforestation and
many others.
The boys not only received top
instruction, but enjoyed several
field trips to receive a prac-
tical application of the subjects
they were studying.
The indications the boys not
only enjoyed the trip but found
it educational were contained in
an evaluation questionaire each
was asked to fill out before de-
parting on Friday.
Out of the 24 students pan=
ticipating, no less than 13 in-
dicated they should have more
time for study and preparation
of their notes following the lec-
tures.
However, some of their con-
servation instruction may have
missed the mark slightly when
several pointed out the whip-
poorwills "should be shot". But
this may be excused due to the
fact the boys had busy days and
didn't enjoy the capering of
their nocturnal friends after
they had settled down in their
authentic conestoga wagons.
Some of the comments on
Old Opera House
to be ripped down
Services again
at area drive-in
For the fifth consecutive
year, gospel services will again
be staged at the Starl ight Drive-
In theatre at Shipka throughout
the summer months.
The decision was made at a
directors meeting this week,
and services will commence on
Sunday, July 5 when Rev. An-
drew l3rndgars, London, as-
sociate secretary of the West-
ern Ontario Bible Society, will
be guest speaker.
Services commence at 8:00
p.m. and special music for the
initial program will be pro-
vided by the Sauder family of
Exeter.
Once again, a volunteer choir
will be formed each night and
those interested are asked to
congregate at the theatre at
7:15 p.m. In past years they
met in the Shipka church, but it
is no longer available.
Harry Hoffman, Dashwood,
has been named chairman again,
and Edgar Cudmore, Hensall,
is vice-chairman.
Other officers include: Rev.
Robert Hiltz, Exeter, secre-
tary; Alvin Finkbeiner, Credi-
ton, treasurer; Carl Ostreich-
er, Dashwood, head usher.
As in past years, collections
above those of the expenses will
be split between the Bible So-
ciety, the London Rescue Mis-
sion, and the Gideons.
Another of Exeter's most fa-
mous buildings will soon join
the Central Hotel and come un-
der the brunt of wrecking crews.
The old Exeter Opera House,
once a favorite spot for the hold-
ing of plays, concerts and
dances, has been sold by Mc-
K °rile Automotive to F red
Usborne group joins Precious Blood Rec official
resigns post
Separate schools grow Flew through the air with ease
Victor Knip, right, looks back to where this roof and one wall were once standing on a foundation
some 40' away. He saw the building, along with such heavy equipment as a welding machine and
a tire rim (left), flip high into the air in the fierce winds and then fall after shearing off the tree
just behind. The other wall can be seen in the right background as well, a few feet ahead of where
it once stood to form the shed on the Knip property. --T-A photo
At a meeting last week in
Exeter, the boards at Precious
Blood Separate School and Sep-
arate School No. 5 Usborne
Township agreed to form a
union school.
F/L Guy Lafreniere, chair-
man of the P re cious Blood Centralia woman pays
on three court charges
HARROWING EXPERIENCE
The winds also lifted huge
portions of a roof off a barn
owned by Bruce Tuckey on the
former Wellington Baker pro-
perty on the Airport Road.
Possibly the persons to have
the most harrowing experience
during the storm were Mrs.
Larry Warren andt her two
children, who reside on the for-
mer Richards farm which is
now owned by Elmer Powe.
The wind uprooted several
huge trees in the yard and
snapped one against the house
where Mrs. Warren and her
children, Wayne, three and
Brenda, seven months, were
watching.
Mrs. Warren said she heard
the "big wind" moving in her
direction and had started out
of the house to close the car
windows when she noticed how
black everything was and de-
cided to return to the house
with her family.
She then saw a big flash of
light out side the house and
thought the huge evergreen tree
was on fire. After it had shaken
the house, the wife of an air-
force Corporal had the presence
of mind to take her two child-
ren into the basement until the
storm subsided.
The falling tree and winds
knocked pictures off the wall
of the brick home and upset
chairs and other belongings.
"I stayed quite calm," Mrs.
Warren stated, "but I don't
know how."I'm usually a ner-
vous wreck."
She also reported the child-
ren remained calm through
most of the storm, although the
baby did cry.
Wayne apparently took things
in stride and cheerfully re-
ported to his mom in the base-
ment that the rain would cer-
tainly help the garden; one of
the benefits his mother general-
ly points out to the youngster
during rain storms.
However, this rain coupled
with The wind didn't help the
garden much, as it flooded it
and "practically ruined it" ac-
cording to Mrs. Warren.
The three-year-old boy did
not cry until he came outside
after the storm and noticed that
the large tree in which his swing
was situated had been ruined.
However, Cpl Warren soothed
the lad by saying the swing would
be replaced, although this may
be difficult as most of the trees
around the property were either
uprooted or snapped off.
A portion of the barn roof
was also propelled into the yard
and a trailer used for hauling
ponies was upset.
Hydro workers were on the
scene shortly and with the aid
of a giant crane from RCAF
Centralia had the tree removed
from the side of the house and
cut up.
appointed to a "caretaker com-
mittee" to lay plans for the
annual meeting of the support-
ers on the last Wednesday of
December.
At that time, all supporters
of each will name a six-man
board to run the affairs of the
union school.
About 15 supporters attended
the meeting last week, when the
two boards met separately and
each voted in favor of the union.
Also present was W. H. Bul-
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board, reported the creation of
the SS 5 Usborne board was
formed some months ago to ex-
tend the geographical area cov-
ered by the school.
The regulations provide that
wherever there are five fami-
lies who support a separate
school in one school section,
they may form their own board.
This board may then pick a
site within the section and every
separate school supporter with-
in a three mile radius of the site
is eligible to support the board.
While a Site has been chosen
in SS 5, it is not necessary
that a school be built on it, and
in this particular case probably
never will be as the students
will attend Precious Blood.
August Gregus, a member of
the SS 5 board, reported a site
has been chosen, but declined
to inform the T-A of where it
was. Students from the area of
SS 5 have been attending Pre-
cious Blood since it opened, and
by forming a union school, as-
sessment will go to the Exeter
school.
If approval is granted for the
union, the two boards will con-
tinue to work independent of
each other until December when
one member from each will be
UP HIGHWAY
The remaining portions hard-
est hit were along highway four
in a section about one mile in
area.
It took a roof off a straw
barn on the farm of Roy Lam-
port and tossed it into the back
yard. Holes were also punched
into the steel roof on the driv-
ing shed and trees were flat-
tened,
At the home of Victor Knip,
just north Of the Crediton Road
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going in an erratic manner.
They followed and later stop-
ped the vehicle and asked her
to get out of the car.
Evidence given by the Of..
ficers showed she was Very
unsteady on her feet and they
said she had apparently been
drinking very heavily.
She could not produce a
driver's license and some beer
was found in the car.
Mrs. Arnett was turned over
to Exeter police and charged
by Chief C. H. MacKenzie.
Area egg vote
laying an egg?
Until noon Wednesday, only
100 pohltry and egg producer8
in Huron had visited the polls
to cast their ballot in regard
to the operation of a marketing
plan.
Den Pullen, assistant agri-
culture representative, e s t I-
mated there .were possibly as
Many as 2,500 .eligible voters
in the .County,
P011s are open each day in
the ag &flee in Clinton and there
Will also be voting in Exeter toi-,
day (Thursday).
sible suspension of licenses.
He made the announcement
in levying a fine of $5.00 and
costs of $2.50 against Larry
Brintnell, 17, Exeter, who had
pleaded not guilty to screeching
his tires in Exeter on June 5.
Constable Harry Reid testi-
fied he saw a car coming south
On Main Street near Waterloo
and saw it make AU-turn around
a caution light where the road
is under construction. The car
then went north at a high rate
Of speed with its tires squealing.
Brintnell conducted his own
defense and argued that an OPP
constable could not charge him
with an offense taking place in
Exeter.
He was informed that anOPP
constable has jurisdiction any-
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LAST WARNING
Magistrate Hays gave his last
warning to area motorists that
fines for unnecessary noi se
through bad mufflers and
screeching of tires, etc., will
result in fines of $100 and pos-
A Centralia woman was or-
dered to pay a total of $122.50
in fines and court costs and had
her driving license suspended
for six months when she pleaded
guilty to three charges in Exe-
ter court, Tuesday.
Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC,
gave Mrs. Doris T. Arnett the
alternative of one month in jail
after handing down his verdict
on charges of driving while in-
toxicated, illegal possession of
alcohol and failing to produce
a driver's license.
She was fined $75 on the first
charge, $25 on the second and
$10 on the latter.
The charges arose out of an
incident in Exeter on June 6
when OPP Constables Harry
Reid and Bill Glassford noticed
the car the accused was driving
Darling, owner of the local IGA
store.
McK erne Automotive has
purchased the former Lyric
Theatre building and af te r
levelling the floor, remodelling
the front and doing other reno-
vations, they will move into it.
The Opera House will then be
torn down to make way for a
gigantic addition to Darling's
IGA. The owner reported this
week he plans to put on an ad-
dition of close to 7,000 square
feet, bringing his total floor
space to over 10,500.
The change along the Main
Street will take place "in the
very near future" according to
Darling.
However, he indicated he may
let the popular old meeting hall
ring once again to entertainment
as he is thinking of staging one
more dance before it is removed
from the landscape.
"There are a great number of
the younger generation who have
never danced there," he said,
pointing out he hopes to give
them this opportunitybefore the
supermarket goes up.
Records in The T-A indicate
the building was opened on No-
vember 30, 1886 and was known
then as Drew's Hall. The first
play to be presented was Uncle
Tom's Cabin and it had a cast
of 26 players and was aug-
mented by two brass bands.
The editor of the day noted
the play was enjoyed by some,
but many disliked it as it con-
tained "considerable vulgar-
ity".
However, the hall was filled
to capacity— a crowd estimat-
ed at 1,200 persons.
The hall has known a pro-
cession of owners and the down-
stairs section has also housed
numerous businesses.
The final business transac-
tion, which also included the
sale of the theatre building, was
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Don "Boom Boom" Gravett,
Exeter's recreational director
for the past four years, has
handed in his resignation to the
RAP committee it was reported
this week.
He has accepted a position
in Hanover and leaves in Sep-
tember to assume his duties
there.
After being offered the job
in Hanover, Gravett met with
the local RAP committee and
asked for a $500 raise, with an
annual increment of $100 per
year for the next five years,
plus a gestetner, filing cabinet
and a new office. He also asked
for more co-operation and in-
terest from RAP members.
His requests were turned
down by RAP with the explana-
tion they did not have funds
available this year to grant the
increase.
The decision to not meet the
requests resulted in a storm of
protest from some quarters
and at a following m e e tin g,
council decided to give RAP
another $500 to deal with the
situation as they saw fit.
However, RAP had no meet-
ings.
The loss of the rec director,
T-A sports editor and popular
hockey player Will not affect
this summer's activities as he
will remain on until the end
of August.
Wrecked
This ter on the right was badly
smashed Wheil a huge chunk of
the roof of a hangar at RCAF
Centralie WaS tossed onto it in
Tuesday's wind storm. Besides
tinethilig it, the fern of the
impact cir0e the car about 25'
back into a parking Spade bee
hind. UnfOrteriAtelyy, it didn't
do a good parking job and
smashed the front Of ,the car
beside it. The course Of the oar
can be seen in the photo on the
left. The left arrow ShOWS where
it was parked when the roof from
the hangar landed on it, and the
right arrow 'shows where it
finally stopped.:-RCAF photos
Lions officers
take positions
The new Lions Club president
Harry Strang and his officers
will conduct the Lions Club
dinner meeting at the Dtifferin
House, Centralia to.'-night
(Thursday).
This concludes the meetings
till fall and also ends the 26th
year of Lions activities Exe-
ter.
Harry Strang succeeds Lion
Tom MacMillan as president
and was installed by Interna-
tional Counsellor Lion A. J.
Sweitzer at the previous theeti.
ing of the club.
Other officers are vice-pre-
Sidents, M. J. Gaiter, Gerald
Godbolt and Gerald Webb; SeCi.
retaryi Jack Doerr, treasurer,
Ken McLaughlin; tall twitter,
!toss Tuckey; lion tattier, till
Courtney; directorsfor one
year ) jack Stalth and Claude
Farrow; for two years, Charles
Barrett, G. J. BiltrOWS.
Miss Jean Taylor, Exeter,
has received word she has suc-
cessfully completed the second
year of her three-year Muni-
cipal Clerks' and Finance Of-
ficers' Training Course.
The course is an extension
prOgrain offered by Queen's
University, Kingston, and the
final examination was held in
London. ThrOughout the year
Candidates submit correspon-
dence exercises to the univer-
sity.
Miss Taylor is employed in
the office of Clerk C. V. Pick-
ard, and will commence her
final year of the course in the
fall.
LadieS Of the community Will
be completing their door-to-
door canvass of homes this
week in preparation for, the
mass TB clinic to be held here
in July.
The volunteers havebeen
leaving information in regard
to the clinic with householders
and will report back to the
committee on Friday.
* *
Mayor Eldrid SiMinone and
Reeve Glenn Fisher are this
Week attending the Mayors and
Reeves Convention in Sudbury.
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Nest week's edition of The
Will be a day late to
permit staff members to enjoy'
the Dominion Day holiday.Hoty-
ever, all deadlitieS, fOr news
And advertising will remain the
'Saitie as normal.
EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 25, 1964 Price Per Copy 10 Cents
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