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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-04-01, Page 1rt •,, SHDHS leaders say: Teens not ready for booze, vote The leaders felt it may be more prevalent among those out of school in this area and possibly in cities where some parents permit drinking in their homes. A lack of maturity was also cited as one of the reasons for not reducing the voting age. "Most people at 18 aren't con- cerned with politics unless they are working," Carolynne noted. Pointing out many high school students kneW about the political parties and studied them to some extent, Bryan explained teenagers looked at politics in theory only and didn't consider the practical aspects of it. "They have to get out in the world first to get a full view," he stated. Commenting on the racial problems in the southern 17,S. A. and the various "marches", Bryan stated emphatically that "one march wouldn't bring about racial equality as it is something "that will take along time". lie is in favor of peaceful demonstrations, adding that violence would hurt the cause of the negro. The two teenagers noted it was difficult to comment on the situation as they had no ex- perience along this line and it was impossible to judge without knowing the complete story. Bryan said that the south had been brought up in a feeling of resentment toward the negro and the change would only come about through the young people. He suggested the freedom marches could create an even greater violent attitude against the negroes and therefore it was difficult to ascertain whether the marches would do any good. Carolynne felt it was a good sign as people were showing they were interested and it was in contrast to the normal "pas- sive" attitude of people in that — Please turn to back page Photos by Jock Doerr CAROLYNNE SIMMONS BRYAN BAYNHAM . . student leaders express opinions Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 1, 1965 Price Per Copy 10 Cents MacNaughton alters highway plans to comply with petitioners' requests Local grocer lands huge sailfish Fred Darling only went fishing once during his stay last week in Acapulco, Mexico. However, as this picture shows, that once was enough and it was only natural he should quit while he was ahead. On that trip, Fred landed this 90-pound sailfish that measured nine feet in length. It was caught in the Pacific Ocean, about 15 miles off shore. The local grocer, who was enjoying a holiday with other IGA store managers and their wives, reported it took him 20 minutes to land the fish, which was described as "above average" by his guide. Fred decided against having the fish stuffed at an estimated cost of $185. "Where do you hang a nine foot fish?" he questioned, adding that it would obviously look out of place in his home's western motif. A decision made in Toronto Wednesday morning by the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, minister of highways, will alter plans con- cerning access routes into Greenway when Highway 81 is straightened to eliminate the dangerous right angle turn in the area hamlet. He said the department would comply with the wishes of resi- dents in the area to maintain both a northern access road and one at the south-east, after the highway is altered to by- pass the community. Original plans called only for access from the south-east with the northern portion of the present highway being cut off. This meant that motorists from the north would have to drive around to the south-east road to get back into Greenway. A petition was circulated in the area and Mrs. Harold Mac- Donald reported over 100 people had signed, asking that an ac- cess be provided from the north. She explained that cutting off Okay museum addition, turn down deer season south-east, and another with the elimination of the northern access. He said both schemes had been shown to the township councils in McGillivray and Ste- phen and they had accepted the scheme whereby the northern access would be eliminated. However, he said that in view of the opposition being raised by residents in the area, the other scheme would now be followed. He indicated the department always attempted to provide what communities wanted, if the requests were reasonable and possible. Cancer canvassing planned next week Red Cross blitz Marks 90 years Although he marked his 90th birthday, Saturday, F. W. Clark says ''I don't feel it though". A native of Crediton, he was a pioneer in the telephone in- dustry and operated the Credi- ton Rural Telephone System for 2'7 years and then was Bell Telephone manager in Credi- ton for a lengthy period. He was also a harness maker. Mr. Clark now makes his home with his cousin, Mrs. Milo Snell, Exeter, and is anxiously await- ing spring as he finds winter walking too treacherous. Mr. Neil, who now is going to pay the shot himself. "Mr. Neill hopes to live to see the new addition complet- ed," Mr. Chisholm told council. He reported that fire doors have been completed and are ready to be hung. merits tax free, and that they be not considered part of com- mittee pay for tax purposes. March session of Huron coun- cil saw enactment of a bylaw setting up "County school area No. 1". This will include Hay- field, the township school area of Stanley, and the township school area of Tuckersmlth. The action results from re- quests from the three muni- cipalities. The recommendation, con- tained in a report of the public school consultative committee, of which Reeve Archie Ether- - Please turn to back page this road completely would be a matter of inconvenience for members of the Anglican and United Churches in the com- munity, as well as patrons of the Orange Hall, the garage and grocery store in the com- munity. Residents of the area ap- proved of the highway plan to eliminate the hazardous sharp turn, and were complaining only about the fact there would be no access from the north. Mrs. MacDonald reported the petitions had been forwarded to Mr. MacNaughton and the Hon. W. A. Stewart, as residents of both Stephen and McGillivray were concerned. When contacted in Toronto Wednesday morning by The T-A, MacNaughton said he had not received the petition, al- though he said he had learned that there was some opposition to the elimination of the access. After reviewing the plans, he called the newspaper back to report the plan would be chang- ed, despite the fact tenders had already been called for the original plan. He indicated the cancellation and recall of tenders may create a short delay in getting the pro- ject started and would involve a slight increase in costs. There's no problem ofdrink- ing teenagers in south Huron, but lowering the legal age to 18 could create some. That's the opinion expressed by a pair of "leading" teen- agers, Carolynne Simmons and Bryan Baynham, in a candid interview with The T-A this week. The two SHDHS students, named recently as members of the annual London Free Press "School Queen" and "Student Leaders' Club" respectively by the local high school staff, also feel the voting age shouldn't be reduced to 18 either. Other opinions ranged from an agreeable conclusion that the church has been failing youth but is now making progress to rectify the situation, to a slight disagreement on the late s t dance crazes. Both feel area youth have plenty of facilities for various endeavours but lack an op- portunity to develop leadership and that too much emphasis is placed on a college degree, which they say certainly doesn't guarantee a successful life as some people think. Although they feel local youth lack opportunities to develop leadership, the two obviously can't be criticised for not taking advantage of what avenues there are. Carolynne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Simmons, Exe- ter, was president of the SHDHS student council last year and her successor is Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gord Baynham, also of Exeter. An 18-year-old grade 13 stu- dent, Carolynne has a local track championship to show for each of her five years at school and has three Huron-Perth titles and a WOSSA 100-yard dash win to add to it. She's received her gold cord, which is the highest achieve- ment in Girl Guides, is now a member of the Exeter Ranger Flight, a supervisor at the local playground and president of the Presbyterian Church Young People's group. She plans to become a public school teacher and has achieved honors s tan ding throughout school. Bryan too has maintained an honors standing and the grade 12 student plans to become a lawyer and enter politics. He was the top grade 11 student last year and won awards the two previous years as well. His athletic record includes spots on the school's football and basketball teams as well as participating in hockey. He's a member of the school band and has been assistant editor of the SHDHS "Ink Spot". Here's what they say on some topical issues and questions being asked by and about teen- agers: realizes $1,000 Exeter and area citizens do- nated slightly over $1,000 to the Red Cross in a blitz conducted Thursday by the Exeter Lions and members of Exeter Teen Time. Chairman. Reg Beavers noted' this amount was almost doubled over last year. He added that any persons who may have been missed may leave contributions at his store. He paid tribute to the teen- agers for assisting. Thanks to them we were able to cover the entire community", he stat- ed. COUNCILS OKAYED The Highways Minister said two schemes had been drawn up originally, one with the access- es from both the north and the at the convention which he thought a good one, "I'd rather help the Cancer Society than have the Cancer Society help me." Mrs. John Glenn reported that $260.50 had been received from in memoriam gifts collected at the funeral homes in the dis- trict this year. The supply cupboards of the district branch have been moved from the library basement to the clinic room at South Huron Hos- pital. Mrs. R. Dickins is in charge of supplies. President Mrs. Archie Scott conducted the meeting. Several district representatives attend- ed. Huron MP given honor County increase levy, seek community college April 8 has been chosen as the date for the Cancer Blitz by the Exeter and Distr ic t Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society. Campaign C hair m an Lloyd Hern is aiming at a total of $5,000 from this branch and confidently said at the Cancer meeting Monday night "If we all work together we can make it." He plans to place daffodils in all the 33 churches in the branch on Sunday. The daffodil has been for several years the annual symbol for the inauguration of the cancer campaign. The Exeter canvass will be conducted by SHDHS students while the canvass in other dis- tricts will be carried on by various service and church groups. Dates of these can- vasses will be announced later. Mr. Hern attended the cam- paign convention in Toronto in February and gave his report at the meeting noting that only through research can the can- cer problem be solved. Con- sequently the Cancer Society is concentrating more and more on support of research for which the only source of funds is the voluntary gifts from the public collected during the an nu al April campaign. The speaker noticed a slogan About14 seek police position Clerk C. V. Pickard reported this week there were approx- imately 14 applications for the position of police constable which became vacant yesterday when Constable Lloyd Hodgins terminated his service. It is expected the protection to persons and property com- mittee will review the applica- tions and present some report at Monday's regular council meeting. However, no decision is ex- pected as the applications will be reviewed by Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane before final approval is given. Council has authorized the hiring of part-time help for the force until a permanent man is secured. NO DRINKING Both teenagers agreed de- cisively that the legal drinking age should not be reduced to 18 because teenagers are not ma- ture enough to handle alcohol or make a decision on whether or not to use it. "People are more mature at 21," Bryan stated, "and they're at least out of high school". Carolynne felt reducing the age would do nothing more than tempt thos.a under 18 and it would open up a new problem in this regard. Although they indicated some teenagers manage to get alcohol at present, it is not a problem in the area, especially among school students and at the well- run Exeter Teen Time dances. GODERICH Adopting a property com- mittee report, county council at its March session approved construction of a 60' by 80' addition to Huron. Pioneer Mu- seum, at an estimated cost cf $12,375. Two storeys in height, it will be on the south side of the present building. Expansiort of the museum has been urged by the former cur- ator, J. H. Neill, and his suc- cessor, James Chisholm, for years. Committee c h al rman Elmer Hayte r, of Stanley, speaking to the report, said the need had been evident for at least three years, to his per- sonal knowledge. He expressed a hope that discretion would be used in selecting exhibits for the addi- tion, so that it might last a long time. "For some time," the report stated, "your committee have heard of the problem at the museum in connection with bus loads of children arriving sim- ultaneously, creating a difficult situation as far as admissions are concerned. Mr. Neill, the former curator, has offered to construct an office at the front of our present museum, and we would recommend that we ac- cept this offer to proceed with construction of an office im- mediately in front of the present entrance." This project was pr essed upon successive committees by be raised are $447,503 and $580,096, or $1,027,599, com- pared with $913,629 in 1964. Including government grants and other revenue, the budget calls for receipts of $2,461,551. The county ended the year with a surplus of $40,026, but the budget now provides for drawing on surplus account to the extent of $80,000. GODERICH The county tax levy for 1965 will be 15.5 mills, of which 8.75 is for roads and 6.75 for general purposes, an increase in each of three-quarters of a mill. The respective totals to Steal cash in daylight Clerk-treasurer J. G. Berry reported that the finance and executive committee reco m- mended a working capital re- serve, to offset the need to borrow money from the begin- ning of each year. The Depart- ment of Municipal Affairs now permits a bylaw to be passed establishing such a reserve. In connection with the long- awaited county history, he said that he and Prof. James Scott are to meet in Toronto April 21 with the publishers and to present the completed manu- script. At Wednesday afternoon's session, council heard Ed. Wheeler, field secretary of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and Roy Meehan, assistant field secretary. They were introduced by Inspector James Kinkead. "Your work is appreciated in this county," Warden Webb told them, "and this council will help you in any way it can." NO DEER SEASON Grey county's proposal for an open deer season in the third week of November each year failed to win concurrence from Huron county, The Grey resolution set forth that there have been accidents causing loss of human life, de- struction of livestock and much waste of venison in mild weath- er when an open season is held the first week in November. The third-week season propos- ed would be "for all Ontario counties supporting an open season." Huron concurred in a Fron- tenac county resolution pro- posing "that elementary and secondary school text books be standardized for the Province." It also went along with Lan- ark county's resolution about C. A.S. wards over 18. The Child Welfare Act provides for the extension of wardship beyond 18 but makes no provision for cost of maintenance, the muni- cipality concerned being reliev- ed of liability. Lanark recom- mends that any expenditure ap- proved by a municipal council for maintenance of a ward be- tween 18 and 21 be dealt with in the same manner as for wards under 18, and that the munici- pality be eligible for subsidy at the rate paid for wards under 18. Lambton council at its Janu- ary session requested that the Dominion government m ak e council members' mileage pay- Exeter gets 13th station Drivers have Huron MP Elston Cardiff was one of the five veteran mem- bers honored in the House of Commons last week. Political partisanship was set aside as members on both sides paid warm tribute to the five members who celebrated their 25th consecutive year in the Commons. Prime Minister Pearson sent each of the members a red carnation along with verbal tri- butes they received. Speaker Alan Macnaughton began by saying the most dif- ficult task for any Speaker is "naming" a member—the step taken in expelling an MP from the House. But he would name five members as long as the House would "waive the pro- visions of the expulsion rule". He then named Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker, 69; Privy Council president Mc- Ilraith, 56; Elston Cardiff, PC Huron, 76; Rymond Eudes, L- Montreal, 52; George E. Nixon, L-Algoma West, 67. All were elected March 26, 1940. Members on both sides join- ed in a round of applause as the names were given out. Mr. Pears on hoped there would be no request for the members to withdraw. "If they have offended by being here for 25 years I am sure they will not do it again," he added with a grin across the aisle at Mr. Diefenbaker. Mr. Diefenbaker said he and the other 25-year members had been honored "in a way that I have never seen equalled in the years that I have been here". Building permits for two new homes and another service sta- tion for Exeter were approved at a special meeting of council, Thursday. The application for a filling station was from Sun Oil Com- pany and they plan to build on Main Street, just south of Sim- coe Street. The firm has recently pur- chased the properties of Mrs. Jean Wein and of the Holliston Estate and will demolish these honies to erect the $20,000 ser- vice centre. Counting the service stations on the outskirts of Exeter, there will now be 13 of them. Permits for the construction of new homes were granted to Keller Construction for one on Huren Street East and to Clar- etice Fairbairn for a home on Sanders Street West. Ftirther details of the meeting are not available as the press was not notified of the special session. Prepare for Cancer campaign perfect record Members of the Exeter OPP detachment have now gone over one week without being called to investigage an accident as area drivers are apparently applying all the safe rules of the road. Their last accidents took place last Tuesday when OPP Constable Jolm Wright had two calls, both caused by poor road conditions. At 8:15 a.m. a car driven by Philip Leslie Rhodes,117 Sand- ers St. East, skidded on Highway 4 just north of the Crediton road and smashed into the guard rails on the east side of the road. Four posts were broken off and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $400. At 3:00 p.m. the same day, a car driven by Donald M. Crerar, Sarnia, went out of 111 control on a slushy strip of pavement on the Crediton Road and struck a farm fence on the smith side-. Damage to The car was $150 and to the fence, $25. It was owned by Bari Hoist, Crediton. SEEK COLLEGE Huron council has petitioned the Minister of Education to consider establishing a com- munity college in Huron. The legislative and education committee, reporting Thursday afternoon, said the department has indicated that community colleges will be established throughout the province, and pointed out that Huron is "ideal- ly located" as regards Waterloo and Guelph Universities; that grounds are more readily avail- able in rural than urban areas, also transportation, housing and other fadilities. "I think this is something that would be very beneficial to Huron," said chairman. Ken- neth Stewart, reeve of McKillop, speaking of the report. "We have a lot of young people here who would like to further their education. Huron is lacking in this type of educa- tion, and we would gain a lot if we could get it." Two theft attempts proved unsuccessful in Exeter over the weekend, but thieves ne tted $134.50 in cash in a daring daylight entry at a local office Thursday at noon. The theft of cash was from the office of Middleton & Gent- tner and entry was apparently gained through the /rent door, although it was believed to have been locked at the time. Two witnesses saw two young men in the office at noon hour and Chief C. H. MacKenzie and Constable Harry VanBergen are continuing their investigation. ATTEMPTS FAIL Nothing is believed to have been stolen in two other en- tries that took place Friday night or Saturday morning. The office of the Ausable River Conservation Authority was broken into and desks and cupboards were ransacked, but nothing was reported Missing. Entry was gained by smash- ing a window on the east side of the building. Two or three persons were believed involved in a theft attempt at South End Service when entry was gained by smashing a rear window. Attempts were made to pry open the safe and a cash box on a soft drink machine but neither was successful, OPP Constable 'Harry Reid investigated. s pmoo em pa ea peu.tn; pun pelsv•il nodt f INV ;sin os tutor. episdn slit; pe;tri.td eili 1;002 Y-.1. ‘teqlons ;on of SRI "o1.1 Announcements . . 12 Church Notices .. 12 Coming Events . . • .. • • 12 Editorials . • 2 Farm Newt a •• • • • 4o4it 10 Feminine Facts 'N Fancies 5 liensall 4 •••••••••••• Linen . • 04 • ••• ••• 13 Sports ..• .1,4446,0 8,9 Want Ads . April is the month desinated by the Canadian Cancer Society for their =mai campaign and members of the Exeter branch are now preparing for their effort in this regard. The Exeter canvass takes place next Thursday and canvasses in other area communities will be held shortly after. Campaign manager Lloyd Bern, shown above, has set a goal of $5,000 for the area, slightly higher than last year. Seated beside him and reviewing some of the plans is Mrs. Archie Scott, branch chairman, Standing from the left are area WI representatives: Mrs. Alex Hamilton, Grand Bend; Mrs. Lloyd Ballantyne, Hurondale; Mrs. Lorne Johns, Elimville; Mrs. Harry Hoffman, DashwOod. --T-A photo