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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-06-17, Page 1Price Per Copy 10 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 17, 1965 Ninety-second Year TURN SOD FOR NEW CHURCH Honor departing hyd About 100 persons representing area Public Utilities Commis- sions, staffs, electricians and Ontario Hydro personnel honored K. J. Lampman and his wife on the occasion of the area Ontario Hydro manager's retirement. The couple was presented with a clock and a guest book signed by all in attendance at Wednes- Pool open Friday, set summer plans ro manager and wife day's event. Some of the chairmen of area Public Utilities Com- missions are shown above with the honored pair, from the left: R. E. Pooley, Exeter; Leo Meidinger, Zurich; Mr. and Mrs. Lampman; Cam Chapman, Grand Bend; Cliff Salmon, Dashwood; Orville Hooper, Ailsa Craig. --T-A photo Drivers in numerous crashes; damages high, but none hurt and Murray was making a left turn when Oultram attempted to pass him, CONSTRUCTION SITE Another accident occurred at an area construction site, this time at the bridge work on High- way 83 about three miles west of Exeter. Sod for Exeter's ninth church will be turned Sunday morning in a ceremony to be staged by the Peace Lutheran congrega- tion. Jerry Finnen, chairman of the congregation, reported plans are now complete for the new church and the congrega- tion hopes to have occupancy by the end of October at the latest. Peace Lutheran church was organized in Exeter about two years ago when area families who travelled to Dashwood Zion Lutheran decided to organize here. They have held their service in the Caven Presbyterian Church since that time, while their Sunday School session was held in the small building be- side Beaver Lumber, previous- ly used as a club room by the Exeter Kinsmen. Finnen reported the c o n- gregation has been increasing rapidly since its start and there are now about 55 members, excluding children of course. About 15 of those members have joined in the past six months. Kaist Nauta, Strathroy, driv- ing a Keyes Transport, was proceeding west and was unable to stop in time and ran into a barricade at the bridge. Total damage to the truck and bar- ricade was listed at $250. Another transport was pro- ceeding east over the bridge at the time, Honour student Sandra Snider, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Snider, Exeter, received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the spring convoca- tion at the University of Wes- tern Ontario. The SHDHS gra- duate was on the Dean's Honour Roll and plans to continue her studies at the UWO School of Medicine. NEW STYLE The church will follow a style copied from a similar building in the Kitchener area, which is designed to a great extent on the lines of a house. It is estimated at $18,000 and will seat 120 persons in the worship centre and also has a full Sunday School room below. Advantage of this type of building, Finnen explained, is that it can easily be remodelled into a house and sold if the congregation continues to grow and requires larger accommo- dation. Gerry Martene, Dashwood, has been engaged to build the brick church, although memb- ers of the congregation plan to contribute time to the con- struction as well. The Lutheran church will be erected on the north-east corn- er of Andrew and George Streets in Riverview Heights, directly behind the Brewers' Retail out- let. Rev. William Gatz, minister of the local congregation and also of Dashwood Zion, will have the honor of turning the first sod and Finnen will turn the second. Other members of the con- gregation and of the building committee will also have an opportunity to participate in turning sod for their church. All members of the con- gregation have been invited to attend the 9:30 a.m. service. All interested citizens have also been extended an invitation to witness the event. Members of the building com- mittee are: Ted Webb, chair- man, Jerry F innen, Harry Walper, Mervin Jones and Ward Kraft. Cash, bad cheques among loot at GB Area hydro people honor retiring head Thieves escaped with about $80 in cash, some cigarettes, three bicycles an empty cash register and a number of NSF cheques in several breakins reported at Grand Bend Mon- day morning. The money was taken from the Sunoco station operated by Earl paters on Highway 21. About $25 in cash was taken from the cash register and $55 from an unlocked safe. The Exeter Kinsmen have set swimming instruction registra- tion at $5 per child, with a maxi- mum of $10 for families of three or more children. The registration forms are printed in this issue and all area youngsters wishing to take lessons are asked to fill one out and take it to the pool this week. Rate for swimming time will be the same as last year for children at 14 or 15 tickets for $2.00. The adult rate is 34 or books of 10 for $3.00. Last year there was no pro- vision for students' tickets and they had to pay adult rates, but after Willert questioned if a special rate should be set up, the committee voted to set the fee at 24 for students or 10 tickets for $2.00. Marion Walker is taking an instructor's course and will be assisted at the pool by Shirley Genttner, Betty McCallum and John Nagle. Mark Hinton and Dale Turvey will be called on for some part time assistance and two members of the play- ground supervising staff will work at the pools in the after- noons. Members of the playground staff are: Carolynne Simmons, Elizabeth Gosar, Nancy Mc- Tavish, Cathy Smith and Diane Geiser. Water goes into the Exeter swim pool this week and will probably be followed by a horde of kids if the weatherman co- operates. Alvin Willert reported to RAP Monday night that the swimming pool would open this Friday and will be open throughout the summer season. Weather permitting, the pool will be open from 2:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon and from 7:30 to 9:30 in the evenings. However, the official opening of the pool isn't as well planned, as there is some confusion as to which group should be respon- sible for any official ceremony. An official opening had been tentatively scheduled for last year, but the late start neces- sitated cancellation of this plan. Most RAP members felt such a ceremony should be up to the swimming pool committee, but Mayor Jack Delbridge said he had been told by a member of that group that RAP should look after the details. Willert said he felt it would be a good opportunity for the swim pool committee to raise some of the $3,000 funds they still require to pay off the pool debt. The thieves also took a small tackle box that appears similar to a cash box, but all that was in it were a number of NSF cheques the proprietor had been given by customers over the past few years. The box was later found in- tact by a youngster in the neigh- borhood, Jerry VariB ruaene. The breakin was discovered by Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Bowden, who spotted the door open at the station and notified the owner, A cash register weighing some 65 pounds was taken from the Imperial Hotel, but it was empty, and was spotted later by Jeffrey Finch on his way to school. It was behind some bushes in Gibbs Park. He notified Principal Wil- liam Freele, who advised him to phone his mother, Mrs. Wil- liam Finch. She in turn notified police. The Ross Desjardine store on Main Street was also entered and some cigarettes were be- lieved to have been taken. The thief gained entry through a rear window and climbed in by letting himself down onto a shelf loaded with glass articles. None was broken, and the thief left by way of the front door. Ron Perrin, who lives at Red Gables, reported a suit bag was taken from his car Sunday night as well, but it was later found hanging in a tree. On Saturday at Grand Bend, three bicycles were stolen from Rollies Sports & Cycle onHigh- way 21 and have not been re- covered as yet. OPP Cpl. John McPherson and his staff are investigating the incidents. I Schools receive aid for libraries Cheques for $100 each were received this week by both the public and high school from a bequest set up by the late Miss S. Evelyn Howard, a former Exeter woman. Miss Howard, who attended schools here, was the daugh- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Howard. Mr. Howard was a principal at Exeter Pub- lic School and also at Dashwood prior to that. The bequests stipulated that the $100 for the schools was to be used for the respective libraries. Miss Howard was a graduate of UWO and was employed as a translator with a Toronto life insurance firm at the time of her death. Therapy grad Ann Grayer, a SHDHS graduate, has been successful in the dip- loma course in Physical and Oc- cupational Therapy at the Uni- versity of Toronto. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Grayer of Portage la Prairie, Man. formerly of RCAF Station, Centralia. along with PUC Commission- ers, staff and electricians from the district converged on the local hall, for what Mr. Lamp- man had been told was "only a small dinner" for a few local commissioners. Exeter PUC chairman R. E. Pooley chaired the event and best wishes were expressed on behalf of the various PUCs with which Mr. Lampman has been associated by Leo Meld- inger, Zurich; Cliff Salmon, Dashwood; Cam Chapman, Grand Bend; Orville Hooper, Ailsa Craig. Cliff Salmon presented an engraved mantel clock to Mr. and Mrs. Lampman on behalf of the "Hydro Family". Exeter's Mayor Jack Del- bridge spoke briefly and said he hoped Mr. and Mrs. Lamp- man would be as happy in their new home in London as the people of Exeter have been to have had them. Before giving his remarks, Mr. Pooley asked the gathering to observe a minute's silence for the late L. J. Penhale, a former PUC chairman and com- missioner for many years. "It's nice to take time out to say thank you to those who work for you," Mr. Pooley stated in paying tribute to the retiring manager. He added that he hoped Mr. Lampman would become as busy in his retirement as he had. "If so he'll have a hectic time," he added, — Please turn to back page K. J. Lampman, area On- tario Hydro manager, spent part of Thursday night in the same way he has many other nights— threading a film through the Exeter Lions Club projector. However, the remainder of the night was probably much more enjoyable than many of the others he has had showing films to area groups, in that this time he was the guest of honor. About 100 members of the "Exeter and Area Hydro Fam- ily" surprised the retiring manager and his wife at a retirement banquet on his be- half, prior to his leaving the community this summer to take up residence in London. Members of his own staff, WANT MACHINE At the suggestion of Willert, RAP asked Reeve Boyle to dis- cuss with the fire department the possibility of having the re- suscitator moved to the pool for the summer months. Members agreed that while they hoped they would never have to use it, the m a chine would possibly be better at the pool than at the fire hall. Willert suggested that re- gardless of where it was kept, all the swim pool staff should be given instruction in its use by the firemen. The rec director was also authorized to purchase a reach- ing pole for use at the pool for swim instruction and in emer- gencies. The summer playground pro- gram will commence this year on July 5 and will run through to August 15, with the final week being the annual camp at the Goderich Summer School. Willert said the same fee of $13 would be charged for this outing. Playground registration for the summer is $1.00 per child. the loser in a collision with a large German Shepherd dog on Highway 21 just south of High- way 84 at 10:30 p.m., Saturday. Thomas Edward Bain, Goder- ich, told Constable Wright the large dog crossed in front of him and then came back across the highway where it was hit by the car. The dog was injured, but not killed, and the small car sus- tained damages estimated at $125 in the impact. On Sunday at 12:15 a.m., Wright investigated another two-car crash just south of the Highway 21 and 83 intersection, involving cars driven by Fred- erick William Keller, RR 3 Dashwood, and Terry Lawrence Blackmore, Petrolia. Blackrnore was southbound on 21 and was pulling into a gas station on the east side, but pulled across in front of Kell- er, who was northbound. The latter attempted to pull to the side to avoid the collision, but the cars met on the side of the road. Total damage was estimated at only $75. The main intersection in Hen- sail was the scene of a crash on Sunday at 10:50 a.m., in- volving cars driven by Stanley moczulski, London, and Mel- ville Traquair, RR 2 Kippen. Traquair had been proceed- ing east on County Road 9 and pulled across Highway 4 Into the path of the northbound London car. Damage to the latter was estimated at $300 by Constable Harry Reid and $125 to Tra- quair's car. The Exeter OPP investigated 10 accidents this week, result- ing in total damages estimated at well over $4,000, but no one was injured. It was one of the busiest weeks the police have had for some time. The first happened Thursday when a car driven by John Ar.. chibald Ryan, Port Credit, went out of control on Highway 21 and crashed into a row of pine trees at Oakwood Golf Course. Damage was estimated at $1,- 000 by OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell, who investigated it, as well as one the following afternoon in front of the main gate at RCAF Centralia. Involved were cars driven by Joseph Murray Neil, Marlboro Street, Exeter, and Join:Glavin, RR 1 Clandeboye. Neil pulled out of the air station into the path of the other vehicle. Damage to Neil's vehicle was put at $100 and $200 to the other. At 8:15 p.m. Friday, Con- stable John Wright was called to the scene of a two-car crash near the intersection of the second concession of Stephen and No. 15 sideroad. Drivers involved were Howard M. Fore- man, Main Street, Exeter, and Engelbertus Brand, RR 1 Exe- ter. Brand was making a left turn onto the second concession on which Foreman was northbound and they collided. The inter- section is partially hidden by a hill. Foreman had $300 damage to his car and there was $50 to the vehicle driven by Brand. A 1963 Volkswagen ended up Dawn patrol cleans beach Lie test used for first time USUAL CRASHES The police also had their usual visit to a rear-end pile- up of motorists coming from the Grand Bend Dragway Sunday afternoon. Constable Reid investigated a four-car pile-up with damages totalling some $800. Shortly before 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, two cars collided at the intersection of Highway 4 and the Kirkton Road south of Exe- ter with damages to each car listed at $500byConstable Wright. Involved were Cecil Edgar Murray, 83 Main Street, Exe- ter and Joseph Oultram, Lon- don. Both were proceeding south Can't build room, but still hold class NEED HELP The minor baseball program is in full swing, Willert report- ed, with about 180 boys and girls playing on 12 teams after school — Please turn to back page Chemistry grad Ralph G. Wareham, son of Rev. J. R. and Mrs. Wareham, At- wood, formerly of Woodham, graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Honours Chemistry from the University of Western Ontario. He is pre- sently stationed at RCAF Sta- tion Rockcliffe in Ottawa. Energetic work parties at Grand Bend have spent much time in the past week ridding their main beach of the dead shad which have created unpleasant odors this summer. No less than 39 people were up and down to the beach Friday morning at 6:30 a.m. and clear- ed most of the fish away. They completely filled the village truck with the rotting mess. However, once again they re- ceived poor co-operation from the weather and still breezes dumped more of the shad onto the beach over Sunday and Mon- day. Another crew of 10 tackled the job again Monday night. This time they picked up enough fish to half fill the truck. Needless to say) they hope there are no more dead fish in the lake to be washed ashore. Riding changes to add two southern townships Resort rate holds steady FIRST COURT The first court of the sum- mer Was held in the resort Monday, with Magistrate Wil- liam Pearson presiding. Most of the cases involved liquor charges with 37 from Grand Bend, 17 from Ipper- wash and two from the Pinery and one from Forest. tion for many more than this number. Mrs. Elizabeth Moore will be teaching the opportunity class — for students requiring special assistance and will take a special course on the subject this summer. At their meeting last week, the board received the resigna- tion of Donald Tremeer, who plans to return to school to complete his degree. An advertisement appears in this issue calling for tenders to convert the school's coal- burning heating system to oil. The board has decided to follow this course after learning that the present stokers are in need of extensive repair. In other business, the board: Accepted the tender of La- Verne Heywood for the painting of two classrooms and the hail during the summer. Learned that grade eight stu- dents would be taken on a tour of the AusableRiver watershed. The department of education has turned down a request from the Exeter Public School board for grants to erect a portable classroom for the purpose of conducting an opportunity class at the school. However, the opportunity class will still be instituted, but will be conducted in one of the present classrooms. This will necessitate going back to split grades to get more stu- dents into each classroom. The school had operated split grades for some time, but this had been done away with this year, and the board had earlier expressed the hope they would not have to revert to the prac- tice of putting students from two grades in one room. The department would not approve grants on the portable class on the grounds that the school has only 500 students enrolled and has accernmoda- Dashwood cleric voting delegate Rev. W. Getz, pastor of Dash- wood Lutheran Church, will be one of five Ontario ministers who will hold voting rights at the 46th regular convention of the Lutheran C h u r c h—Missouri Synod, which will attract 1,550 voting delegates to Detroit's Cobo Hall from June 16 to 26. The Synod represents 2,700,- 000 members, of which 33,000 are from Ontario. A former Dashwood pastor, Rev, Kenneth L. Zorn, is public relations director for the event. What is believed a first in Huron County occurred last week when results from a lie- detector test were used in a court session. The tests were used at the trial of Mrs. Donna Hayes, secretary-treasurer of the Sea- forth Public Utilities Commis- sion. She had been charged with the theft of $4,110 from the CommiSsion, but after de- liberating for only 12 minutes, a jury in sessions court ac- quitted her of the charge. The lie-detector test was administered by Dr. Harry Hut- chison at the Toronto Psychiat- ric Hospital and he said the unit reflected none of the in- dications to be expected from a person with a guilty mind. The court was presided over by Judge Harold Lang, St. Marys. Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane presented the case against the accused and she Was defended by Arthur Martin, QC, Toronto. In the meantime, political parties in some areas are get- ting ready to regroup their forces in riding organizations which will also be drastically changed with the constituencies. taking them from Lambton. Grand Bend presumablyjoins the enlarged Middlesex riding as well. Public hearings are to be con- ducted by the commission in charge of redistribution later in the fall and before the re- port reaches parliament, but few changes are expected to re- suit from them. Accident victim to be confined R. Ross Tuckey, injured in a spectacular crash on Highway 4 last Tuesday, is "'coming along very well" his wife re- ported Wednesday. However, it is expected the local businessman will be in Victoria Hospital for up to three months as the bone in his thigh was badly broken and he is now in fraction. Tuckey was proceeding north on the highway when he shot through a detour sign and jump- ed over a culvert being con- structed. His car was complete- ly destroyed by flames, but he managed to escape. The local bottling firm head also suffer e d a concussion) some broken ribs and severe bruises. Hensall, Zurich consider radar At a special meeting of Hen- sall council, Tuesday, no action was taken on a proposal topur- chase a radar unit to crack down on speeding motorists in the vil- lage. Reeve Milton (Desch of Zurich was present at the meeting to discuss the possibilities of the two municipalities splitting the cost of a unit. Tenders were awarded for road construction with Clarence Reid, Hensall, being awarded the contract for excavation and fill for South Richmond Street. Contract for paving Lorne Avenue, Queen and North Rich- mond Street east of Highway 4 was awarded to Lads Contract- ing Co. Ltd., Clinton. In the only other business, council approved a permit for sterling Fuels Ltd., London, to erect oil tanks off Highway4. Ribbon snipped at lion. ,Tames Auld, minister of tourism and information, clips the ribbon opening Lucan'S Shillelagh Motor Hotel. Mr. Auld told the gathering of 200 that tourism is how Ontario's biggest dollar-volume Industry. Assisting was the lion. Williarn A. Firemen hose spilt fertilizer The Exeter Fire Brigade was called out Friday at neon to hose down Highway 83 about three miles west of Exeter after a tank of liquid nitrogen fer- tilizer had been spilled on the road. About four of the six tons of material oozed out of the tank being hauled by Hubert Miller, Exeter, after a Seam broke on the aluminum tank. The tank was owned byCann'S Mill Ltd. Miller was in the vicinity of the bridge construction site on Highway 83 when construction men noticed the 41% ammonium nitrate mixture leaking from the tank and advised the driver. The material is soluble in Water and not dangerous to work With, but officials felt it wise to hose it off the highway. GRAND BEND Tax rates of 65 mills re- sidential and 72.5 mills com- mercial were approved at a special session of village coun- cil, Friday. The rates include various small increases and decreases from the 1964 rates, but the largest increase is in the com- mercial rate for taxpayers in the south section of the vil- lage. They will pay toward sup- port of the Forest high school, which is undertaking a large expansion. The increase over last year is 3.5 mills, at 13.5 The remainder of the com- mercial ratepayers, who con- tribute to the Exeter high school, are also paying 13.5 mills down a half-mill from last year. The high school resi- dential rate is 12 mills. The remainder of the tax rate consists of: Village rate, 24.5 residential, 29 commercial — down .4 of a mill and up 1.6 mills respectively; Stephen Township School area, 13 resi- dential, 14.5 commercial— down 1.5 mills on each cate- gory; Lambton County— 115 mills residential and commer- cial — up a half-mill in each category. A mill raises $1,646. Assess- ment for 1965 increased $5,- 138 over last year. Lucan s Shillelagh Stewart„ minister of agriculture and member for Middlesex North; Reeve Ivan Hearn of Lucan and warden of Middlesex county, and the proprietors, Jack Ready and Coe Lewis. --T-A photo The federal constituency of Huron will gain over 10,000 vot- ers as the planned redistribu- tion of ridings will result in the most drastic changes s i n c e Confederation. Many of the changes for Huron came as a complete surprise, but were not as drastic as the moves in other ridings, some of which have been completely lost. Huron riding will now Consist of the whole of the county ex- cept Lucknow and also takes in McGillivray and Biddulph Townships, along with the vil- lage of Ailsa Craig. The latter three being taken away from Middlesex. The changes will give Huron a total population of 59,001 vot- ers, compared to the 48,355 it has presently. Three of the area ridings to disappear completely will be Grey-Bruce, Grey North and Wellington-Huron. The latter is now held by Marvin Howe, PC. The move was aimed at giv- ing "representation by popu- lation" and as such created several new urban ridings and eliminated ad and traditional "rural" ridings. Another major change effect- ing this area was a surprise switch which added the Town of Forest and Bosanquet and War Townships to Middlesex,