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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-07-29, Page 1o (Armen killed in crash er the crash, but only a. twisted heap of metal with theCanadian flag on the tail remained after the fire. gear. The gear apparently col- lapsed on impact. The fuselage appeared re- latively intact immediately aft- scene. Chipmunks, used by the RCAF for flight familiarization, are equipped with f ix e d landing Grand Bend fish catch sets new record low Crash at Greenway kills two airmen Two airmen were killed Tuesday in this plane when it plunged out of the sky into a field at the tri-county bridge near Green- way. The flying instructor and cadet were killed instantly when the plane burst cause. A board accident. into flames. There was no immediate apparent of inquiry is studying the circumstances of the — Grand Bend Holiday photo Final BM&T ownership still not finally settled almost all of which goes to New York, is 204 over normal at about 704 lb. this year. perch and pickerel are like- wise up, at about 201 lb. Perch goes to Wheatley, Windsor and Detroit. The reimposition of the eight-inch limit on perch on Lake Erie will mean little here. The limit was never withdrawn on Lake Huron. Mr. Green said the men do not favor reducing the minimum standard. "It's better to let them grow up than cut your own throat fishing them too soon," Nevertheless he did sympa- thize with the Lake Erie fish- ermen's desire for the lower limit. Fishing has been poor there as well. Most of the men invest more than $40,000 on a boat, nets, and a fish house at the harbor. This year's decline does not indicate a trend. Fishing for the past two years has been among the best. Because the fall fishing last year was one of the best in many years, he chose to work for himself this year for the first time, He says now he wishes he hadn't. In previous years, he had been fishing under contract. "Fishing is just like playing poker," he said. "If you run second best, then you're lost." He says he hasn't even bothered with chub this year it has been so poor. It is not uncommon to see boats coming back almost empty. However all nine boats are going out for perch and will continue to as long as they are able to make their expenses. They are hoping for a better than average run in the fall when the whitefish return, al- though it is not normally as important as the spring run. Because of the scarcity of fish and similar bad catches in the West, fish prices are excellent this year. Whitefish, Fishing at Grand Bend has reached an all time low, accord- ing to commercial fishermen at the resort. But for the tourists, it has been a bumper year. Len Rau, operator of the pier booth, says some of the biggest catches ever have been taken off the harbor pier. However, this gives little so- lace to the nine commercial fishermen who work the nets out of Grand Bend. "If you can make your ex- penses, you're lucky", said one. "June and July haven't been anything to brag about." The men missed almost en- tirely the usually big run in Ap- ril and May due to a harbor choked with ice. They first got out on May 15. There is little they said they could do to make up. Howard Green, whose family has fished the lake for more than 50 years, said he has never seen a year to equal it. flames, we could have done something," said McLinchey. "We couldn't do a thing, just watch." The station's flight safety officer, Flt. Lt. David Purich and Flt. Lt. Joseph McLure, a station doctor, were flying nearby in another Chipmunk. They landed in an adjoining field within seconds. Sqdn. Ldr. Reginald Litt of the Central Flying school, Win- nipeg flew into RCAF Centralia yesterday (Wednesday) to con- vene a four-man board of in- quiry into the circumstances surrounding the accident. F/0 Diss is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Ann Crawford of Port Credit, two children, his mother and a sist- er. Cadet Lomax is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sidney Westby Lomax of Cheshire, England and a twin sister, Gill Mary of London, England. Donald Clarke, an employee of the New Venice Corporation on whose farm the crash oc- curred, was repairing a flat tire on a tractor-drawn farm wagon about a half mile away. "I saw a plane make a loop," he said. But he failed to see the crash. Rescuers wearing fireproof suits removed the bodies after firemen snuffed out the blaze. A fire truck and ambulance from the air base along with OPP detachments from Exeter, For- est and Parkhill were at the Two airmen were killed Tuesday when their RCAF Chip- munk trainer crashed and burst into flames 12 miles from RC AI? Centralia near Greenway. There was no explanation for the cause. William Schlegel, Grand Bend farmer, said he saw the plane banking and then saw it sudden- ly drop to the ground. He called the authorities. Killed were the instructor, F/O M. J. Diss, 27, ontempor- ary duty at RCAF Centralia from Moose Jaw, Sask., and 0/C John Kenneth Westby Lo- max, 21, born at Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England. The two were said to be on a routine training mission. Ca- det Lomax came to Canada to join the air force and was awaiting the start of his formal pilot training. Two highway construction workers watched incredulously as the yellow two-seater sud- denly "flopped down" only yards from them and burst into flames. The plane hit the ground right side up and slid about 40 feet before stopping. The flyers "never made a move," said Ken McLinchey, RR 3, Parkhill. He watched the crash with Gerald Merner, RR 2 Zurich. The plane came down at the tri-c ounty bridge where the counties of Middlesex, Huron and Lambton meet. If the thing hadn't burst into Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 29, 1965 Price Per Copy 10 Cents announcement said "the gov- ernment of Ontario welcomes the amalgamation as being of benefit to the public at large by establishing a large, finan- cially-sound Ontario trust corn- excess of $250 million. Its capi- tal and reserve funds would make it one of the strong com- panies in the industry, the an- nouncement said. Attorney-General Wishard's The following story on the proposed merger of British Mortgage and Trust with Victoria and Grey Trust was written by former T-A editor Don Southcott for this week's Stratford Times. According to reaction from Denison Mines Ltd. which holds an option, shuffling of ownership may not yet be complete. Exeter branch manager C. V. Barrett said local reaction has been quite slight with business pretty much as usual. Mr. Barrett said that despite the changes all funds left in trust with BM&T still have full security back- ing. Editor appointed Kenneth Kerr, formerly of Elmira and Trenton, On- tario has been appointed editor of The Exeter Times- Advocate effective Aug. 9. Mr. Kerr has been editor of the Elmira Signet for the past 18 months and has several years experience in the weekly newspaper field. Mr. Kerr attended public and high schools in Brighton, Ontario and later completed extension courses in jour- nalism and photography. He first started in the news- paper business in Trenton, Ontario with the Trentonian and Tri-County Publications where he served for four y e a r s as reporter-photo- grapher. Following a year and a half of freelance writing and photography in western Can- ada he returned to the post of news editor. Mr. Kerr served with the Department of Education, special services branch in Belleville prior to taking KEN KERR the position of editor of the Elmira Signet. Mr. Kerr is married to the former June Ranes- bottom of Peterborough. The couple will reside at 82 Main Street, Exeter. Mail slows to a mere trickle as strike heads for 2nd week Mother joins sons after 26 years Mr. Orenczuk joined the army in 1939 at the beginning of the war, and except for one brief period when he had escaped from prison camp, he was not able to return home. He came to Canada in 1949. The approval for his moth- er's departure from the country came quite suddenly. Mr Oren- czuk got a letter in May saying approval would be granted and then on July 10 he received a telegraph saying she would ar- rive two days later. Mrs. Orenczuk met her six grandchildren for the first time. mailed until a settlement is reached, Postal workers in the Exeter office appeared pleased Tues- day when they heard that the strike was over. However it turned out to be a false alarm. A settlement had appeared suc- cessful, but postal clerks in Toronto and Montreal voted not to accept and the strike con- tinued. The strike spread to Wood- stock and St. Thomas. At first officials of locals at Kitchen- er, Guelph, Galt, Hespeler and Waterloo said their men would get back to work. The strike appears to have strained telephone and tele- graph facilities but no serious tieups have developed as yet. Most people seem to prefer not to write letters despite the fact first class mail is still Mail has slowed to a mere trickle at area post offices as a result of the mail strike. What normally amounts to more than 5,000 pieces of mail a day has dropped to less than 25 this week at Exeter. A similar situa- tion exists at all other post offices in the district. However, first class mail is still going through without change. All other classes of mail, second class (newspapers and periodical), third class (un- addressed householder matter), and fourth class (parcel post) has been cancelled with the exception of newspapers pub- lished in areas not affected by the strike. The Times-Advocate goes out under this exception this week to most area subscribers. How- ever, T-A's addressed to cities affected by the strike won't be After 26 years two Exeter brothers have been re-united with their mother. Mrs. Anna Orenczuk arrived in Toronto July 12 after a nine year legal battle to re-join her three sons in Canada. She has lived alone behind the Iron Cur- tain in the Ukraine since 1939. She first visited with her son Jack in Guelph before coming to Exeter to meet Jerry and Stephen. She will reside with the latter. Mrs. Orenczuk is 72. The three families held a Ukrainian style celebration at Stephen's home Sunday to cele- brate the home coming. The battle to win permission to bring her to Canada went all the way to Prime M inister Pearson, Mr. Orenczuk said he began in 1956 by making en- quiries with the Department of Immigration and by m ak i ng three separate applications. Two of the applications were turned down. However the letter to the Prime Minister prompted action by the Department of Ex- ternal Affairs which eventually won Russian approval. Canadian approval came almost im- mediately with the first applica- tion. Mr. Orenczuk said he owed much to the Canadian Red Cross which handled the applications and to several people in Exeter that assisted in the cause. "I'm very grateful to all of them", he said. He said that when he met her at the plane he recognized her but she didn't know him. Mrs. Orenczuk at first didn't realize she was in a different country. Mr. Orenczuk explain- ed that the feeling of oppression in his native country is so con- stant that she had difficulty un- derstanding that it was all over. He said that she was quite suspicious that authorities would step in quite suddenly. Freedom didn't make any im- pact on her, he said. going through in most places. Exeter postal workers have been called at their homes for information on the strike. One exasperated merchant sent a parcel over anyway and learn- ed that it would cost him $3.73 to send it first class. The strike received its im- petus in Montreal through a wildcat walkout and is continu- ing to receive its leadership from there. Not all postal workers are members of the Postal Workers Brotherhood, One government spokesman said he thought the brotherhood spoke for both the strikers and the men still at work. He was exasperated to find this was not the case. "The government can't deal with every postal worker in the country", he said. The treasury board has ap- proved a $330 increase for the men but they are holding out for the $660 they originally asked for. Judge J, C. Ander- son has been appointed to study the men's demands and make a report within 10 days. Judge Anderson pleaded with the men to return to work and requested the government to make no reprisals on the strik- ers. Postal workers at Exeter ex- pect a Christmas-like flurry when the strike is over that could last a week. One recall- ed that this happened after a slowdown in the 1950's creat- ed a similar reluctance by the public to use the mails. Car sideswipes into house, damages porch Ontario government "wel- comes" the proposed merger of BM&T with Victoria and Grey Trust Company and is providing funds to BM&T "to maintain its liquid position". This announcement, from At- torney General Wishart, follow- ed hard on the heels of a joint r ele as e Tuesday confirming agreement on amalgamation by the boards of directors of the two firms. The government announce- ment, significantly, said the re- gistrar of loan and trust cor- porations have approved the merger. The proposal now awaits en- dorsement by the shareholders of the two companies who will be advised of the exact terms of the amalgamation agreement within a few days. Initial reaction of the finan- cial community is that share- holders of BM&T will take an even greater loss than had been anticipated but depositors and holders of guaranteed invest- ment certificates are assured that their money will be avail- able when due. However, there's still the Denison Mines Ltd. option on BM&T and how it fits into the picture now is uncertain. W. H. Gregory confirmed Tuesday night the merger is still subject to the Denison option which expires later in August. But the merger could still take place even if the option is exercised, apparently. Under the merger agreement, shareholders of BM&T will re- ceive one share of the amalga- mated company for each six now held, while shareholders of Victoria and Grey will receive one for one. With Victoria and Grey shares now selling at around $14.00, this would make BM&T shares worth about $2.35. Tuesday's joint announce- ment indicated that BM&T's recent losses were "serious" and "have occasioned a major reduction in the paid-in capital and surplus standing to the credit of its shareholders". Combined assets of the am- algamated company would be in pany with 23 branches operating across Eastern and Southern Ontario." "The new company," he con- tinued, "will be one of the larg- est trust company operating in the province. The amalgamation will result in substantial sav- ing in operation." "The recent default in the short term securities of At- lantic Acceptance Corporation Ltd. and associated companies has created some difficulties for BM&T arising out of its position as a credit of Atlantic." "This situation has caused some concern among the gen- eral public who are depositors or holders of guaranteed invest- ment certificates of BM&T. This merger will allay such concern and assure the general public that any money entrusted by them will be available when due. "Pending completion of the merger," said Wishart, "the government has arranged to make deposit s available to BM&T to maintain its liquid position with respect to deposit- ors and holders of guaranteed investment certificates." "The present merger will provide for the amalgamation of two Ontario trust companies, each of whom has operated since before the turn of the century. The action on the part of the government in arranging the above deposits is an expression of confidence that this merger is in the best interest of the general public." Cottage owners form super protective group Most of the securities are be- lieved to have been in the form of non-negotiable bonds. None of the neighbors report- ed seeing anything suspicious. • A car is believed to have backed into the house of Ken- neth Kleinfeldt, 64 Huron St. West, shortly after midnight early Saturday morning. Part of the front porch was ripped off and cement blocks from the foundation were strewn some 10 feet away. No one was home. Police have charged Leroy Gould, 20, of RR 1 Exeter, with failure to remain at the scene of an accident. Mr. Kleinfeldt arrived home about 1:40 and found the corner of his porch torn away. Only one neighbor reported hearing anything, Police believe the car back- ed up into the house from the street into the house and then left the same way it came, They had no explanation why the driver behaved the way he did. Coast. Elgin McNeil inves- tigated. Huron St. East, Monday when it was parked on John St. East next to Gould and Jory. Damage was $150 to the car and only slight to the truck. The truck, owned by Graham and Graham Ltd. of London, Was driven by Albert Vanden- drieschea of Putnam. BACKS INTO CAR A truck backed into the car of Mrs. Ethel Cushman, 189 Cottage owners in the Grand Bend district are forming a super protective association for their joint interests along the Bluewater Route from Beach o' Pines to St. Josephs. It will be formed out of a federation of some of the 15 to 20 cottage owners' associations in the district. The federation's founding meeting is August 1. A meeting was held at the Grand Bend Legion Hall Sunday by about 55 cottage owners to re-establish a Grand Bend vil- lage ratepayers association. Chairman of the meeting, Ian Coles, a former village coun- cillor, emphasized that the as- sociation and the fede r at ion should not be founded or based on contention. "I think we should take the approach of co-opera- tion," he said. However, before the meeting endea one cottage owner did criticize the village council heavily for its actions. The owner, who identified himself as coming from Detroit, accused council as trying to turn Grand Bend into a city, of not looking after roads properly and of putting cottage owners into a box by not allowing them to burn leaves and at the same time moving towards locking up the village dump. He criticized the $2,000 in- crease in the village clerk's salary and the heavy burden of taxation for a new school ad- dition for cottage owners who send no children. "We do need an association because we have a lot of things to get straightened out up here," he remarked. However, he was not noticeably joined in the same tone by the Last T-A to come off old Exeter offset press No T-A next week This is the last edition of The Times-Advocate to be printed in Exeter, at least for the time being. Although all the type setting will continue to be done in our own shop, the paper will be printed on a new offset press set up in London. The Strat- ford Times made the switch to the London press several weeks ago. Experimentally the Lucan Shamrock Was also p r In te d there June 3. The change will mean im- proved mail service for some subscribers. And it will mean other owners present. Mr. Coles explained to the gathering he felt the purpose of the organization should be to unify the cottagers so that their voice might be heard and under- stood. "I am afraid that if some- thing like this is not developed in the future, this area will not develop in the way we expect it," he declared. The federation willbeformed by each existing association, along with the renewed Grand Bend ratepayers association, each retaining its own auton- omy and identity, but sending a number of representatives to the larger body. It was explained that the super association would come into play only when the local group could not achieve its aims. Mr. Coles said he had been in touch with the Ontario Fed- eration of Cottages Associa- tions in Toronto and recom- mended that the Grand Bend federation join it. William Reed of Stratford said, "Perhaps we cottage own- ers are not interested in pro- gress. We come up here for a rest. We know of many resorts where the hoodlums have taken over and the property values have gone down to the point where you can't give the land away. "We don't want that to happen here. This area association will do wonders." Gerald C. Shore of London was elected chairman of the Grand Bend association. Mr. Coles and Mr. Reed were named vice-chairmen and Douglas Martin, Grand Bend, secretary- treasurer, Announcements . . 10 Church Notices 10 Coming Events . . b • 10 Editorials . . • 2 Farm News . .. . : 8 Feminine Facts 'N Fancies 5 Ilensall . b i I. i 11 iv Is ,Ibi '4 4 Lucan ... 11 Sports .....•....... 6 Want Ads ..... 7 some changes in the T-A's ap- pearance. The T-A returns to an eight column format with slightly wider columns. This will mean an improvement in the readabil- ity of the news columns and make The T-A not quite as wide. This Will mean an im- provement in full page adver- tising rates with little appreci- able change in size. Color will also return for the use of our advertisers. The paper will appear in two sec- tions again whenever there are 14 or more pages. The Time s-Advocate staff goes on holidays next week for what some of the staff feels is a well deserved rest. There Will be ho issue of the paper on August 5, but The T-A returns Aug. 12. COrrespondents are reminded to send only one budget of news, that for the Aug: 12 edition. See you after we go get ourselves a tan. wataaaftwarsermoray... LOSE SECURITIES An undisclosed amount of se- curities were stolen in a day- light robbery Friday at the home of Mrs. Rosetta Laub, 94 Sand- ers St. West. The thief is believed to have entered the house by the side door while Mrs.Laub was in the garden in the afternoon. Ac- cording to Chief C. H. MacKen- zie the thief entered Mrs. Laub's bedroom and took a pillow slip from the bed. With tills he covered an old fashion- ed alarm-O-safe weighing 80 lbs. and left the house. The safe is supposed to ring when touched but Mrs. Lamb had let the batteries run down. Lost, along with the Securi- ties, were two pocket gold watches, a wrist watch, two men's gold rings, one silver dollar and several 504 pieces. Police check accident area for paint chips Centt. Elgin McNeil, left, police auxiliary Larry Smith and Coast. Harry Vantergen comb the area Where a car backed into the house at 64 Huron St. West, in hope of finding paint Ohips from the ear. The force of the impact shifted three of the supporting porch posts. None of the neighbors reported seeing anything. --T-A photo