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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.
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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
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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
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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