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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-07-01, Page 1SHDHS gals .register whitewash Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 1, 1965 Price Per Copy 10 Cents Heavy toll of crashes continues POLICE PLAN CRACKDOWN Carolyn Campbell Enid Blackwell The gals have done it again! After leading the SHDHS boys throughout the school term, the girls scored a complete white- wash when they copped all four spots as top students in each of the grades in promotion results announced this week. It was a complete reversal of form from last year when four boys had won the honor as the leading student in each class, Carolyn Campbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Camp- bell, RR 1 Exeter, placed first in the grade 12 class as she averaged 87% in her subjects. Carolyn was second in her class last year. Following on her heels was Karen Finkbeiner, Crediton, while John Graham and Bryan Janet Miller Sandra Leversedge Susan Allen School success again -may invite girls too Baynham were third and fourth respectively. Baynham was top student in last year's grade 11 class and this year was elected president of the student council and was the London Free Press Leaders' Club representative from SHDHS. Baynham lives in Exeter and Graham is the son of Mrs. Mary Graham, Grand Bend. The grade 11 race was not only another battle between two girls, it was also between the daughters of two area clergy- men. Enid Blackwell, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Black- well, Zurich, won the top spot with a 92% average, while Mar- cia Sauder placed second. Al- ways in the top echelons of her class, Marcia is a daughter of Pastor and Mrs. Stanley Sauder, Exeter. All three members of the Sauder family have been per- ennial leaders in their respec- tive classes, but will be leaving the area at the end of the school term. Bruce Forrest, RR 2 Hensall, placed third in the grade 11 class, while Ron Youngash was fourth. Forrest was top student in last year's grade 10. MOVES UP Janet Miller, 15-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller, Dashwood, copped top honor in the grade 10 class this year, after placing third in her class last term. A Zurich area youth, Gary Flaxbard, maintained his posi- tion as second highest in his class for the second consecu- tive year, while Bill Jeffery and Joan Pepper were third and fourth respectively. The youth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Jeffrey, RR 3 Exeter, while Mr. and Mrs. — Please turn to back page Separate school holds graduation These six students received graduation diplomas at a banquet held by the Exeter Precious Blood Separate School in Centralia Monday. From the left are: Peter Kok, Leon Coolman, Katy Eber- hardt, Lynn Ferguson, Patti Robinson and David Hinton. T-A photo Sqpq 5 cutiance4 eue some indicated there wasn't quite enough. The success of the school was again evident from the numerous suggestions that the time be extended. "I would pay more money to stay longer", one lad suggested. The noisy whippoorwills again came in for attack. "They weren't as bad as last year, but almost," Jim Sadler wrote, while others wanted to declare open warfare on the birds. Not all the boys were the out-door type judging from the suggestions that the conestoga wagons be heated in the future and hot water be supplied from the taps at the wash area. Some wanted to see more free time after supper to enjoy a campfire and some games. Exeter OPP had another busy week investigating area crashes and they also laid charges of impaired driving against three motorists. Cpl. C. J. Mitchell, head of the local detachment, warned drivers that his men would be out in full force over the first summer holiday weekend and planned a strict crackdown in an effort to reduce the number of crashes. He indicated the officers would "show no quarters" and would charge all drivers who disregard the rules of the road. There is also a possibility that radar units will be set up in the area to catch speeders. Those charged with impaired driving over the past week were Bertram McCullough, 190 Frederick Street, Kitchener; Michael Kenneth Morley, RR 8 Parkhill; John M. Smith, RR 2 Dashwood. McCullough was involved in a one-car crash Saturday night when he failed to negotiate the turn south of the RCAF Cen- tralia main gate and crashed into the fence. Morley was stopped and charged by OPP ConstableHar- ry Reid when the 19-year-old youth was seen driving in an erratic manner in Dashwood. At one time he almost ran into the police cruiser. The rash of crashes started Thursday at 4:15 p.m. involving cars driven by Patricia Louise Lomas, Colorado Springs, Col- orado, and Robert John D. Coop- er, Hensall. Both were northbound on Main topics undertaken at this year's camp were ecology and water conservation. Alter lectures, the lads hiked through the surrounding bush at Camp Sylvan to identify the various plant life to which they had been introduced. They studied soil types and were told how they had been formed and what quality each possessed. Considerable time was spent on stream improvement prac- tices and most of the lads reported this to be among the most interesting activities at the school. Instruction was given on how the velocity of streams can be increased, how banks can be protected from erosion and how cover can be provided for fish. After this instruction they proceeded to put their teaching to work in a practical nature. Pack starts few trucks Damage high in accidents The Camp Sylvan Conserva- tion School appears to be well on its way to becoming a per- manent event in this area. In fact, after recording its second successful term, it is possible the school will be expanded to include more students. Some of the boys at the camp this year may have their wishes come true also, in the fact that girls may be invited in future years. Terry McCauley, Ausable River Conservation Authority field officer stated this week it is possible that co-educational classes will be held in the fut- ure, with the possibility of en- tire classes using the camp facilities along with their teach- ers. McCauley said this year's camp was "much more suc- cessful than last year", point- ing out that lecture time had been reduced substantially and replaced with more field work. Comments from the 80 ele- mentary and secondary school lads who attended left little doubt that they enjoyed the pro- gram, although some still felt there was too much lecture time. COMMENTS VARY Similar to last year, the lads had some very interesting com- ments on their evaluation ques- tionnaires, and about the only thing on which they agreed unanimously was the fact the food was excellent. However, GRADE 12 Shield — Carolyn Campbell Karen Finkbeiner, John Graham and Bryan Baynham. Board awards — English, Mary Corbett; history, Keith Strang; geography, Bryan Bayn- ham, mathematics; Iris Mar- shall, science; John Graham, French, Roman Orenchuk; La- tin, Karen Finkbeiner; Span- ish, Sheila Fahner; commer- cial, Yvonne Devine; shop, Den- nis Lamport. GRADE II Shield—Enid Blackwell, Marcia Sauder, Bruce Forrest and Ron Youngash. Board awards — English, Jayne Poortinga; history, Ron Youngash; geography, Douglas Prout; mathematics; Marie P owe; science, Bruce Forrest; french, Marcia Saucier. latin, Christine Mills; spanish, Ruth- anne Pepper; commercial, Sha- ron Fletcher; shop, Ken Eagle- son; home economics, Rose Marie Vecsi. Scout's knowlege helps save brother Thanks to the alert reaction of his brother and a swimming companion, Bradley Littleton, Kippen, managed to survive a near drowning Monday after- noon. The 18-year-old youth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Littleton, was swimming in a pond with his brother, Don, and a friend, Garry Dietz, RR 3 Kippen. The Highway 4 in the Kippen area when the traffic slowed and the U.S. driver managed to get stopped, but the Hensall man rammed into the rear of her auto. PC Reid estimated total dam- age at $300. The same constable also in- vestigated a minor accident in Dashwood Friday evening in- volving a car owned by Mrs. Mildred Hertzel, Crediton. It was parked on County Road No. 2 near the new Dashwood Hotel and it is believed a car backed out of the hotel lot and ran into her vehicle, causing about $25 damage. RAN INTO DITCH Dam age was estimated at $300 when a car missed a turn in Hay Township Friday night and ran into the ditch. The in- cident was investigated by PC John Wright. Witold Stanley Chornicki, RR 1 Walton, was the driver of the vehicle which crashed on a sideroad about one mile east of Highway 21 in the St. Joseph's area. The only injury reported in any of the week's crashes oc- curred Saturday at 5:10 p.m. when Donald Laurie Charlton, Chatham, suffered an arm in- jury in a two-car crash at the intersection of the Mt. Carmel Road and the 16th and 17th concession of Stephen Town- ship. Charlton had been eastbound on the Mt. Carmel Road when Kenneth John McFalls, RR 8 Parkhill, failed to yield the right of way while southbound on the concession road. The Chatham man's car was also badly damaged to an es- timated $700, while the Mc- Fall's car sustained damage of $200. PC Bill Glassford in- vestigated. At approximately the same time Saturday evening a two- car crash on Highway 4 just north of the Crediton Road re- sulted in damage estimated by PC Reid to be $1,300. Involved were cars driven by James Thomas Brydge s, Ridgetown, and Edward H, Rose, London. Brydges was northbound and pulled into the southbound lane in an effort to avoid a crash with an unknown car which brak- ed suddenly in front of him. However, in avoiding that crash he pulled right in front of Rose and the two cars met almost head-on. PC Wright was called to the next incident in Usborne Town- ship on Saturday at midnight, when a car owned by Martin Wilts, RR 3 Exeter, was struck by another unknown vehicle. The Wilts car was parked in a laneway when the other car pulled into the laneway and ran into it. The second car took off, with its lights out. Damage amounted to an esti- mated $50. Ham operators spend hectic weekend F/L Bob McPhail, seated, and Tony Page listen for signals from North American ham radio oper- ators as they participated in a 24-hour contest over the weekend at a Mt. Carmel farm. The area pair made 350 contacts in the designated time and reached other operators as far away as Germany, France, California and British Columbia. Over 200,000 North American operators competed in the test, the results of which won't be known for some three months. --T-A photo Two 'hams' miss sleep, not without company Announcements . 12 Church Notices 12 Coming Events 12 Editorials . ... . 2 Farm News. ... r Feminine Facts 'N Fancies 8,9 Hensall , .. . 4 Ltican . . .. 13 Sports , . . 6,7 Want Ads ... .. 10,11 BOTH STOPPED An unusual accident took place at the intersection of Highway 81 and the Crediton Road Sunday at 1:45 p.m. in- volving cars driven by Joseph Fred Taylor, St. Marys, and — Please turn to back page The pea harvest commenced in the area this week, although for the first time residents in the area — especially Ex- eter — may not realize that the usual hustle and bustle at Canadian Canners is taking place. Main reason for this is the fact that all the peas will be harvested with mobile viners and so the usual number of trucks laden with pea vines will not be making their way to the canning plant. And another change is that no pea straw will be piled up at the local plant as in past years. With the viners, all the pea straw is left in the field and is plowed under by the farmers. Jack Urquhart said it was still too early to tell how good the harvest would be in view of the shortage of moisture for the crop. "The crop is badly in need of some rain," he stated, but pointed out that this would come as no surprise to anyone in the area. He stated some locations have had more rain than others and so it would be difficult to tell just how good the crop would be. The required staff has been hired for the packing season, and many of the area truck- ers employed in the past will still be working, transporting the peas from the viners to the plant. The official of the firm stated that the corn crop was looking good, and while it could use some rain, it was a crop that could stand the heat and dry- ness better than the peas. GRADE 10 Shield — Janet Miller, Gary Flaxbard, Bill Jeffery and Joan Pepper. Board awards — English, Gordon Greenwood; history, George Lee; geography, Mary Meurling; mathematics, Joan Pepper, science, Bill Jeffery; agriculture, Larry Elder; french, Gary Flaxbard; latin, Dennis Hazelton; commercial, Sandra McC linchey; shop, Rich- ard Shantz; home economics, Margaret Geiger. GRADE 9 Shield — Sandra Leversedge, Susan Allen, Carol Lynn Shapton and John Goddard. Board awards English, Tommy Kock; history, Gordon Jones; geography, John God- dard; mathematics, Carol Lynn Shapton; science, Ron Durand; agriculture, Larry Kipper; french, Darlene Geoffrey; Com- mercial, Gwen Finkbeiner; shop, Gordon Hern; home eco- nomics, June Bender. Damages estimated at $1,100 resulted from two car crashes in Exeter Friday according to local police. At 9:30 p.m., a car driven by Douglas parker, 19, RR 1 Lu- can, crashed into the Ausable bridge on Main Street and sus- tained damage estimated at $600 by Constable Elgin McNeil. Parker was driving a 1965 Chev convertible south on Main Street when he reported a driver in front of him slammed on his brakes very suddenly. In attempting to avoid a crash, Parker swung to the left, but the front of his car struck the north east portion of the bridge. His new car bounced off the bridge and the rear end then struck it. Constable Harry VanBergen investigated the other incident at the intersection of Wellington and Carling Streets at 5:15p.m. Drivers involved were Hendrick DeVries, 105 Wellington Street, and Raymond James Horne, RR 1 Woodham. DeVries had been following a large truck west on Wellington Street and then proceeded to make a left turn onto Carling, but he was struck by Horne, who was proceeding east on Well- ington. Damage to Horne's car was estimated at $300 by Constable VanBergen and $200 to that of DeVries. Okay tender for Stephen SPECIAL Accounting, MarleneHar- ness; stenography, Earl Reel- hert. pond was on the farm of Lloyd Lovell, about three miles north of Hensall. Littleton was pulled uncon- scious from the pool, and while his 14-year-old brother applied artificial respiration, Dietz ran to the nearby farm of Leonard Lovell, from where Dr. J. C. Goddard and Bonthron Ambu- lance were called. Mr. Lovell went to the scene and assisted Don Littleton, a Boy Scout, in applying artificial respiration. The victim had partially regained conscious- ness when the ambulance and doctor arrived. He was rushed to South Huron Hospital and was on the danger list for some time, but it was reported Wednesday that he was now improving favorably. Dr. Goddard said the youth owed his life to the fact his brother was able to apply ar- tiviclal respiration. Some of the contacts made in the test were by voice, while others were by code, and due to the nature of the event, they didn't carry on lengthy conver- sations with any of their co- horts. However, Page reported that between 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. Sun- day they did have a lengthy chat with members of the Guelph Club, where things weren't run- ning too well because the cook had run out of coffee. At one stage in the activities, McPhail made 32 contacts in the short space of 40 minutes, which Page described as "fantastic speed". All the contacts were by code. gency when there would be no hydro power available. During the 24-hour session, the two men made 350 contacts with other operators as far away as West Germany, France, Eng- land, California and British Co- lumbia, as well as many other points across Canada and the U.S. A. Although they haven't as yet tabulated their score, Page es- timated they would have in the neighborhood of 1,000 points. These will be sent to the Ameri- can League Relay headquarters in Connecticut and it will prob- ably be at least three months before the results of the test are known. Local official finishes tests Area teacher Janet Ann Blair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blair, Cen- tralia, has received her tum- ours graduation diplopia from London Teacher& College and has accepted a position on the staff of St, Patrick's Separate School, Lucan. She Is a graduate of SHDHS. Mrs. Dick Weber, the former Jean Taylor, is listed as one of the 45 persons who have been successful in the three-year training program of the Municie pal Clerk's and Finance Of- ficers' Association of Ontario. Mrs. Weber, who has been offered the position as assistant clerk-treasurer for E x e t a r, Will receive a graduation di- ploma granted by Queen's Uni- versity, under whose direction the course is conducted. The course gives practical training in every day skills of municipal administration and finance and also develops a wider understanding Of local government in relation to coin- =Pity life. At a special meeting of Ste- phen Township School Area board, Tuesday, the tender from a London firm in the amount of $287,773 was accepted on the new central school. The bid, from George & Wil- liam Construction Ltd., came as a pleasant surprise for of- ficials as it was lower than what had been estimated by the archi- tects. The bid was the lowest of six, the highest being $317,000. Previous estimate on the actual construction cost for the school had been slightly over $300,000. "We were very fortunate and the board was pleased," stated secretary-treasurer Wainer D. Wein. Tentative approval has al- ready been received from the Ontario Municipal Board for construction of the new 11-room school, which also contains a playroom. However, final ap- proval must now be attained on the tender bid. It was predicted that con- struction could start in about one month. Site for the school is on the Crediton Road, abOut two and a half miles west of Crediton. SOME PROBLEMS The two district operators not only had to contend with no sleep during the contest, but they also had a few other problems that made the outing "interesting". They found out Friday that the generator they had planned to Use was of the wrong type and they finally found a replacement through "the t r e ni e n ci o u s ef- fort" of C. A. McDowell. However, it was in Kincar- dine and the pair had to leave Exeter at 6:00 a.m. Saturday to get it back in time to start their 24-hour marathon. When the event was over, it then took them another five and a half hours to cart their half- ton of equipment back home. "I'm not quite rested yet," Page stated when called by The T-A Tuesday evening. However, he said the outing Was "well worth the effort" and was a complete success. First graduates of Usborne school These are the Students who had the honor of being the first graduates of Usborne Central School. They received their dip- lomas at a graduation banquet Monday. Back roW, from the left: Bob Hume, Robert Stofie, Jack Hodgert, David Marshall, Paul Pismo/4) and Doug Pletcher. Middle row: Alec Johns, Rick When some men take off for a weekend outing they often have trouble convincing their wives of their activities. But not so for two area men who went + +camping', this week- end. They had people from as far away as West Germany, France, California and across Canada who could attest to their where- abouts and activities. The two were Tony Page, Mary Street, Exeter, and F/L Bob McPhail, RCAF Centralia, who participated in the annual American Relay League ham operator contest along with some 200,000 amateur radio operators from throughout North America. The contest opened at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and concluded 24 hours later and the main aim of the event was to contact as many other radio operators as possible. The two area enthusiasts set up their camp at the Ryan Brothers farm near Mt. Carmel and simultaneously manned their equipment throughout the 24-hour period. About the only break they took was to take turns cooking each other some meals and serving up a "large amount" of coffee in an attempt to keep awake. The two operators set up a large generator for a power source at their camp and this enabled them to "multiply their points three times. Auxiliary power was recom- mended for the contest because Etheritigton, Wayne Rodd, Pam Suede., Janet Hern, Margaret it was also to serve as a test Cornish, Edith Forrest, Dennis 13ierling,Dennie Duncan and Tom to determine how prepared the grout. Front rowi Linda knight, Donna Dickey; Elaine johns, north American radio opera.. Diane Smith, Judy Blommaert, Margaret punkin, Emily Dyke- tors would be to swinging into Man, Cheryl Westcott and Beverley Passmore. --T-A photo action in the event of an eMere