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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
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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
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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
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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.
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"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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.