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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-09-03, Page 13Better things to do Action criticism Thee aftermath of a wild a in nd woolly leabour Pay weekend Grand peed sh owed itself, Tuesday, When 128 court gases were brought before Magistrate William Pearson,. And, whiie he handed don his firee deCieion in most cases, resteents of the busy summer resort still haven't reached a 'thew eleei ee k sioe to the effecte of end and whether the correct action was taken. Some of the questions being asked this week as the village returns to its normal 1,000 pepuletion are; Was it necese eery to close down eoncessions and leter read the Iliot Act early Sunday morning? What effect will Rational news stories of the disturbances heye on the resort's future business? Why was the Wondergrove reller rink ordered to either close over root draws support down Sunday night or face pro- who is in charge of the de„ epee of the, .crowd's action, as street while the crowd heckled teetinlent, came about. 1le30 p,ip„ Settirday, when poltee et, tempted to arrest two men who were eightipg, on Main ptreet, A crowd atheee4 around the cruiser and' as 9419ere etruge gled to place the men in the cruiser, a car. blocked the exit. At the same time, youths begeet rocking the cruiser.. That some of tee 500 in the crowd were ready to turn to violence was evidept in their erging to "roll it, roll it" as *ere reekeci the ,creiee.F. Cpl. Fulten was apparently the Mgt to realize the serious- he IMP9cli4t0Y PrO9P0 for lice reinforcements and le :gee ficera responded fr901their pa- trol areas at Pocierich, Exeter, 1-,P9a4 and Forest, Py midnight 9ificer§ were, stationed at Oak and Main Ptreete on highway 21 to stop cars frein entering the crowded resort. By 34* a.,m, the crowd still refused to disperse and Pew. iotendept A, B. Ayers of the QTePe London headciaartar was, notified of the situation. He hitinediateiy arranged eoe one other 23 officers and more than 14 cruisers crewded the Mein Four face charge ying Act the effieferS. It was the 91411494 of most that a show of Woe by the 90.r lice would have set the crowd 94, so Reeve Webb .was galled to the effica at 1:15 "Things started to loekbad,!, he stated, and explained he thought the crowd could have gotten out of hand at any minute., Councillors Emerson Des- ATOP* and Qry Weeetnatiti were called in and the three 4ecided that the hest way to oear the streets Was to read the Bice Act. yillege Clerk Murray A. Des, Jardies practiced reading the Act his office and then moved to the police station, turned on a loud-hailer, and said; "I want absolute Boos and snickers greeted ever. his eeqeest. However, after the Act was read,. officers wasted little time in putting it into force. They swiftly moved out into the Please turn to back page wilAT PEOPLE LOOK LIKE WHEN THEY'RE WATCHING RODEO ACTION Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 10, 1964 Price Per Copy 10 Cents To name puppy after resort riot Winner of the Chamber of Commerce miniature poodle puppy at Grand Bend on Mon- day, was Miss Karen Robert- son, Kitchener. She thought she might name him "whatever the French word is for 'riot' ". "I think the Whole weekend was a riot", said Miss Robert- son. Providing colour and en- tertainment at the draw were the 35-member majorette team from Zurich. pecution upder the Lor0e Day Act? The answers ,to most of these tareptione and ether questions will alwel'S remain argtenentaa. live, as the only way they could be solved would be to. reeptage the same circumstances and take the PPP9site action, Arid one thing of which most. reeicleets are elemly convinced is that they wouldn't want to see that! people who hack. Members of council in their decision to read the Riot Act early Sunday more- ing after a crowd of about 250 appeared to be on the verge of getting out of hand, gain sup- port for their ergement from activities at two U.S.A. enne- mer resorts over the same weekend. In those incidents, mobs got completely out of hand and smashed and looted through nu- merous stores, before being quieted by servicemen with fix- ed bayonets. One of the few to make an opinion known was Dr. Judith Erigham, a summer resident, who told council Monday that their action probably prevented the breaking of windows and looting, and prevented anyone from being injured or killed. That the crowd was on the verge of getting out of hand can be phown by their apparent disregard for the 10-man OPP force at the resort. The first sign of trouble, ac- cording to Cpl. Robert Fulton, Death of area lady mars holiday traffic HS FILLED TO LIMIT WITH 795 It walked out of the ditch and Into the path of a car driven by Mrs. Ruth M. Geiser, RR 2 Crediton. The incident happened at 10;00 p.m. on the —Please turn to back page for disobe Fonr men were advised in Grand Bend court, Tuesday, that they will face jail terms if convicted on a charge of fail- ing to disperse after the Riot Act was read early Sunday morning. All four were remanded for election of plea and trial to Sarnia Court on September 16 on a $200 cash bond or $400 property bail. Magistrate William Pearson warned them there will be an automatic jail term, as the sec- tion allows no fines. Charged are: Joseph Matte, RCAF Centralia; D. H. Irwin, St. Catharines; R. A. Fisher, Wyoming; E. J. Minnilly, RR 8 Watford. Also remanded on a $2,000 property bail was Rodney Coul- ter, a Grand Bend youth charg- ed with assaulting a police of- ficer. He will appear in Sarnia on September 24. The charge against Coulter also arose during the early Sunday morning incident that prompted the resort council to read the Riot Act to clear the streets. Thrills seeing kids enter new school When school opened Tuesday, there were '772 students enrol- ed, which was bad enough, but then more came "pouring in" Wednesday to further aggravate the situation. Mr. Sturgis was at a bit of a loss to explain where the extra students came from Wed- nesday, but said he felt many of them had gone to Clinton for the first day, and for various reasons decided to return to HSDHS the next day. He said some may not have been able to take the courses they wanted at Clinton, while one student reported he could not afford to pay for the sup- plies he needed to take one of the vocational courses. And while some merchants complained about losing Nisi- nese in the face of having to close earlier than they had planned, the court receipts cer- tainly didn't suffer at all. Magistrate Pearson levied a total of $3,445,50 in fines, Of this, $2,645.00 was on liquor charges. Area residents paying fines in the record docket were: Da- vid Andrew, Grand Bend, $25 and costs for having liquor in a place other than his resi- dence; Bernard Bedard, $25 for being under 21 and having liquor; Gary Brenner, Grand Bend, $50 for having liquor in a place other than his resi- dence. Remi Desjardines, Grand Bend, $25 for having liquor in a place other than his resi- dence; Andrew De sjardine, Grand Bend, $50forbeingunder the age of 21 and having liquor, K. E. Rader, RR 1 Dashwood, $10 for failing to stop at a stop sign; 0. Truemner, Grand Bend, $10 for failing to stop at stop sign; C. R. Wilcox; Grand Bend, $25 for a charge under the small vehicles regulations. Two other men paid a fine of $100 each when they were con- victed on a charge of supply- ing alcohol to persons under the age of 21. Paying the stiff — please turn to back page Report cans are big help Children peeked gingerly through the doors of the large auditorium and then quick ly called for friends to come look at the room. "Oohs" and "ahs" were heard all through the school as the new surroundings were dili- gently inspected. Teachers reported students were on their best behaviour, most apparently awed by the building and fearful lest they should mark it up in any way. Close to 270 were greeted — Please turn to back page school was being used. "We have nothing to fallback on," Mr. Sturgis commented. "There isn't a nook or cranny left." Using the only method avail- able to get all the students in, the school officials have been forced to increase the sizes of all the classes and six of them have now reached a total of 40 students each. The principal explained that 40 was definitely the maximum that could be crowded into one classroom ' and then quickly added that most members of his staff would probably point out it was well beyond the limit. And while there are six class- es with 40 students, many of the others are only two or three below this figure, The smallest has 33. "We're filled!" Those plain words have been uttered by school officials be- fore, but probably never with as much justification as when they were used by SHDHS Prin- cipal H. L. Sturgis to sum up the situation at the school this year. "We need more space, and we need it fast," he added, just to add emphasis to the plight of the school. On "Thursday, Mr. Sturgis reported a total enrolment of 795 students. To lend support to his statements of being over- crowded, It should be noted that the school is built for a total of close to 100 less than that figure. The total attendance is 93 over the '702 who attended last year. And even during that year, all the available space in the Some did .... some didn't Some riders managed to stay aboard the bucking broncs at the Exeter rodeo over the weekend, but many more bit the dust as the bottom photo shows. Close to 2,000 attended the two-day event and officials said they did as well as they had hoped. The action in these two photos was duplicated many times and none of the crowd went home disappointed in the show. --T-A photos Soccer team scolded, fine one on obstruction BIT AMAZED Whether or not some of the 795 students are smaller than what the principal thought, he concluded his report of the overcrowded situation by stat- ing he was frankly amazed that they have been able to get all the students in. certainly didn't think we would get that many in here," he said. He said he did not know how many students from this area were attending Clinton, where enrolment jumped to 1,252 this year. — Please turn to back page "This Is a real thrill," stated Garnet Hicks, board secretary- treasurer, as he stood at the door of the new eight-room Us- borne Township central school and watched students getting off buses and marching into the modern, new structure, which replaces the many one- room schools in the township. The veteran school official probably had recollections of school openings in previous years when he watched kids trudge along dusty roads on their way to one-room schools where all grades were taught by one teacher. Some of those schools were still adequate, but others were in need of repair, some had water supply and heating prob- lems, and certainly none came near matching the bright sur- roundings of the new structure with all its modern convenien- ces. But, the school secretary- treasurer wasn't the only one who was thrilled. After stepping off what was the first bus ride to school for most children, the faces ap- peared a bit apprehensive, but it didn't take long for glowing Smiles to•wipe them off as they viewed the new surroundings, Older students who had spent their schooling in the one-room schools to date, walked down the halls in wide-eyed acclaim of their new facilities. Charge two over beating Authority approves Exeter dam repair conception in your minds as to the role of a police officer," he stated. I can only think of this as something evil—maybe a sign of the times or something wrong in your homes." He pointed out apiece without police would be a terrible place in which to live. "Maybe some of you will be parents sooner or later, and these officers will be expected to protect your wives and chil- dren when you are working," he pointed out, When you insult a police officer, you really are doing wrong to the ones you love." Magistrate Hays said he felt "mob instincts" were present in the case and noted that mobs are a "terrible thing", adding that each man was probably a — Please turn to back page One member of the soccer club, who had played a game at Centralia before stopping at the hotel for some drinks, stated members had given incorrect names and addresses to Chief Davis. After a one-hour recess, one of the members, Harry J. Ryan, pleaded guilty to the charge of obstructing the officer. He admitted picking up the officer's note book and running to the car with it, later tossing the book out of the window. Ryan said he had desired to apologize to Davis and to re- cover the note book, but he couldn't find it. While only Ryan was fined, Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, gave all the members of the club involved a severe repri- mand. "There must be some mis- Official opening for GB bridge Usborne Township sideroad in- tersection near the dam. Although there was no formal discussion on the question, Clerk C. V. Pickard predicted the town's cost on the Parkhill Dam would increase by 30%. This would mean an o th e r charge of about $2,000. --Please turn to back page Eight members of the St. Columban soccer team received a stiff remonstration for their attitude towards a law officer, and one of them paid a fine of $150 and costs of $12.50 for obstructing a. police officer, in a case heard in Exeter court, Tuesday. The charges arose from an incident in Hensall earlier this summer when Chief E. R. Davis was obstructed in his duties by members of the squad. Chief Davis testified he had investigated an incident at the Hensall Hotel and after fixing up this trouble, went home. He later heard considerable noise around the hotel and returned to find about six people shouting and "kicking up" quite a noise in the area. One car driver started blast- ing his horn when Davis started asking questions. He said he showed the driver of the car his police badge and warned them he would have to take their names and addresses if they didn't quiet down. He proceeded to do this when they started to "talk back" to him, and they also molested Mm by grabbing his note book and throwing it to the ground. Chief Davis said he later had to defend himself by using his night-stick. Official opening for the new bridge at Grand Bend has been set for Monday, August 14, when dignitaries will gather on the lawn at the north east side for the event. Invited as special guests are the Hon. John P. Roberts, On- tario premier; Hon. C. S. Mac- Naughton, minister of highways; Lorne Henderson, MPP for Lanibton-West; Lorne Edgar, Lambton warden; Ralph JeWeU, Huron warden; and reeves of surrounding municipalities. Following the suggestion of Councillor Norm Ferguson — and the same one made by Coun- cillor Ted Wright some time ago =Exeter council decided Monday night to investigate the costs of trash containers in an effort to keep main streetlook- ing more respectable. Ferguson, who explained he had just returned from an ex- tensive motor trip, said he noted that towns Which had garbage containers on their streets were much neater and free f r om waste papers than those who had no place for residents to deposit trash. "It really pays off," he stat- ed, "and is a cheap way to keep litter off the street." He said that Portage La- Prairie was one of the places where there were no trash cans and he said the street looked very similar to Exeter's on most mornings. He made no comment, but the inference that it was messy was apparently picked up by all members of council. Wright, who earlier offered the suggestion, said he was sur- prised in the way people actually used the containers. He said they even went so far as to walk out of their way to drop cigarette package wrappers into cans on the street. Ferguson added that people in these communities were trained . as kids to keep their communities litter-free, while those in Exeter were not trained in this regard. Council gave Ferguson per- mission to get estimates on the cost of cans, The talk on garbage prompt- ed Councillor Jack Delbridge to question when the garbage —Please turn to back page Police wasted little time in tracking down suspects in the violent beating and robbery of a Detroit man last weekend, as they picked up two men on Thursday. Charged with robbery with violence are Gilbert Hartley, Barrie, and Victor Lindsay, Kitchener. The court case, de- pending on the health of the victim, will be held on Sep- tember 30. Hartley was picked up by Metropolitan Toronto p el I c e and Kitchener police located Lindsay. Victim of the beating was James Arthur Ferries, who stumbled out of his Grand Bend cabin close to two days after he had been viciously attacked. He is still in hospital recuperat- ing. Police said more than$200 in cash and other articles were stolen. Fails to draw council comment on matter The session members of Greenway United Church will act as pallbearers today (Fri- day) at the funeral of Mrs. Herbert E. Harlton, Shipka, who died in South Huron Hospital, Tuesday, from injuries receiv- ed in a two-car crash Friday night. Mrs. liarlton's death marred what had appeared to be an excellent Labour Day weekend traffic report, as Exeter OPP had only three accidents report- ed. The '77-year-old woman suf- fered fractured ribs and shock from the Brash in which the car she was riding was hit almosh broadside by one driven by Brian R. Farmer, 18, of 128 Brian Av., London. The dead woman's husband was driving the car and they had been proceeding south on Highway 81 at about 8;30 p.m. and were in the process of, making a left hand turn onto the Crediton Road when they were hit by the northbound London car. The impact drove the Hari- ton vehicle into the east ditch and it came to a stop facing west. Mr. Harlton 81, was shaken up in the crash, but otherwise uninjured. A passenger, Robert David, Eastend, Saskatchewan, was treated at hospital for a scalp cut and later released. His wife, Mildred, was shaken up as well. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $1,300 by OPP Constable John Wright, who in- vestigated the accident. The funeral service for Mrs. Harlton will be held in Green- way United Church with the T. Harry Hoffman funeral home, Dashwood, in charge. The deceased was the daugh- ter of the late William Sherritt and Elizabeth Rathwell of the Greenway community, and she had spent most of her life in that district. Surviving besides her hus- band are four daughters, Mrs. Clyde (Evelyn) Nickelson, RR 1 Courtright; Miss Dorothy, Lon- don; Mrs. Karl (Mabel) Guen- ther,Shipka; Mrs. K eche to (Aurey) Westman, London; one brother, Herbert Sherritt, Parkdale; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Robertson, Wheatley; Mrs. Kenneth Poore, Windsor; one sister-in-law, Mrs. George Sherritt, Calgary. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. CALF KILLED Another of the three weekend crashes also resulted in a death to a calf Owned by Ross Clarice, RR 2 Crediton. Publishers' statement Chief scorns men's co-operation Inuits issued during the month. None was issued in July either. SCHOOL CROSSING Chief MacKenzie sought di- rection from council in regard to what he should do if, while on duty at the School crossing on Main and Sanders street, a call Should come to the office. "It Would be bad if I was away answering a call and something happened to e child The police committee had a meeting with the three men prior to the council .Sessions, but no report of the meeting was giver% by Chairman Ross Taylor. The pollee report for the month of August showed One conviction 'under the Criminal Code and nine under the High- Way Traffic Act. As Well, 13 warnings were given for HTA offenderS, other statistics; nine seine menses handed out, 19 inVeee tieatiOne, three accidents with damage of over $100 and five under $106, three places found insecure, one dog pinked up, one 'Child reported lost and later &tin& One break, enter and theft WAS reported :and Chid Mad.;, ltenzie holed it WAS the largest lit over five 'years being OVer $1000 in tires 'Irani Newby Tire. There Were no bancittet Per.;, Ahuouneentents . 10 Ihureh Notices . 4 ko 4 4' dote:tug E vents , 4 4 4 4 10 E ditorials 4 44 if 4 4 4 g neFacts tehote Heneali 4 tmeeal .4 4.4 06 Want Ads .,e444444 4. '4 Grads awarded Waterloo prizes The top two members of last year's graduating class at 118DHS have each been awarded entrance scholarships to the University of Waterloo, Sandra Jory, Kirkton, and Dave Buchanan, Hensell, both pier' to take ad engineering course. The scholarship will eovet their tuition at the school for the first year,. Principal Ii, L. etuegie eee pleined there was no definite estimate of the value Of the scholershipe, but he predicted they would be worth between $400 and $500 to the two gra- duates. Three members of the class have elk, been awarded Porn- inion.lirovinCial bursaries, They are each worth $506. 'David Buchanan was given one and the others Went, to Bonnie Turvey, Exeter,- and James Av. mitage, Huron Parle; Miss Turvey and Armitage will both enter MO this at the corner," he said. Council suggested he should See the board at PreciOUS Blood for direction, as it ie students from this tolled. Who cross at this corner. Mayor Simmons suggested they may have one of their Oldet students to act at aeafete Officer at the toter. Ciattneillet Joe Wooden MAO that even on the firSt day of school, things were "really bad" around the high eeleete. en Tuesday, He explained there were VI buses coming in this year, and it appeared more students than ever Were also driving Cars 10 School, Wooden tine:aliened if thehigh 'eateeel board shouldn't be asked to put up Wee on the circular drive at the east side of the 'Saida; After -learning thiS suggestion had previously been tit rite d e- Please turn to back -page Mr. R. NeerniatiShereil, real- tor of Grand Heed, has Com- plained to us that the pUblication in the August 20 issue of The Exeter TintieseAdvodete of a report of a council Meeting at Grand Bend imputed to him dishonesty,criininaltendencies kid improper corideCt in his real estate business and ate praisal *Work. This newspaper pub 1 is h e a What it believed to be a fattual report of the proceedings of the Grand Bend be-Until without comment in the normal course of fieWspenet keportiege We belieVe Mr. Sherdit to be an honest and Capable reeleeis and we regtet if the Pehlietitibe of the report of council brew ceedirige has caused hire die- tress. With an an pie supply of Sand at their 'disposal, these two youngsters had More interesting things to do than 'fatal to Ont4te Premier Atibarta Speak it,ithe 911164 el:41th* 'Of the. Lake :Bitten pipeline, Friday. 'The Whole proceedings Were a little steatite an kids.; dogs, people in swim state and workmen Mingled among the large number of Well-dretSedPailidianS and avid officials the event. phete Council Tuesday night ac- cepted the proposal from the A usable River Conservation Authority that the repairs to the south retaining wall of the dam et,the Riverview Park re- servoir be undertaken as a pro- ject of the Authority. The ARCA notified council they would be willing to handle the project for the town. They explained the government would pay 75% of the total cost and that the ARCA would be willing to pay 10% of the remaining 25%. Council agreed to have the Authority proceed with pre- liminary engineering work on the project, and will hold dedisien on whether or not to proCeed until the estimates are made to there. Council has already received one estimate from a. contractor that it,woulctcost $6,000 to re- pair the Wall, which is being undermined and is in danger Of collapsing; At this figure, the job would cost the municipality some $1,35d, plus their Share of the engineering on the job. A second letter was read from the ARCA requeetingper- in-lesion to 'eked a sign at the intersection of Highways 4 and 83 to direct:persons to the Ilintrison Dam. Councillor Boyle questioned 'whether such a sign would Ob- 'Attila visibility at the busy eoknee, bet the letter Went on to point out this 'would not be the daSea Council approved the request for the sign, which Will be similar te the one which is situated at the liighWay 52 and Statements made to council by Chief C, H. MacKenzie, Tuesday, indicate some internal problems in the three-man Ex- eter police detachment. Chief MadKeneie said he Wee finding it "rough" to get co- , operation from his two con- stables, but went no farther by Way of offering any explana- teens. "Pn done arguing with them," he told council. "If they Won't do the work, we'll have to get someone who will." that your recommenda- tiOn?" queried CO11'1011101' Boyle. Chief MacKenzie indicated he Would make such a recommen- datioh 'td vernal if co-operation did not improve in the future. Despite the seriousness 'of the remarks, no member of council questioned the Chief hi regard to the lack of co-Opera- tion he WAS reportedly receive ing.