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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-10-14, Page 1tit A/C C.W. BURGESS rr 7- .7: -,, • Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 14, 1965 Price Per Copy 10 Cents Clinton youth killed Crash fatal to The 1961 model car driven by Donald Charles Yeo is shown here against the abutment of the bridge on Main Street shortly after the fatal accident early Saturday morning. The car, which was proceeding south into Exeter, crossed the road and struck the north east corner 3 parties now in campaign Clinton youth of the bridge. A daylight photo of the wrecked car shows the interior on the drivers side. Inset at top is a photo of the victim taken at a hockey banquet September 24, 1965. The victim was a member of the Clinton Junior "D" OHA hockey champions last season. Night school classes start as 239 register J. Carl Hemingway was the unanimous choice of the New Democratic Party to contest the Federal election in Huron County at the party nomination meeting held in Clinton Thursday even- ing. Between '75 and 100 people were on hand for the nomination and to hear provincial party leader, Donald C. MacDonald outline some of the policies of the NDP party. The press as a whole and the weekly press of Huron county received a "slap on the wrist" as speakers uttered charges of a «controlled press" and stated the party can expect very little ' press support in Huron County. John C. Boyne of Exeter, in nominating Mr. Hemingway, warned him that he would be criticized by prejudiced and nar- row minded people. He said that he can expect to be called "so- cialist" and "hen eater" raked up by people, ''of little thought and less ability who have nothing better to do". He urged the supporters to overcome this with a parade of people to the ballot boxes. Mr. Hemingway, in outlining some of the things he will be standing for in the next election, In a simple chapel at Grand Bend Monday, representatives of various faiths in the area gath- ered to hold a special inter- denominational thanksgiving and unity service. The Mary-Ellen Chapel at the Eisenbach museum was the site of the service which drew only a small crowd for an important event. The Right Rev. Msgr. J. A. Feeney who gave the prayer for Christian unity pointed out that five years ago a service such as this would not have been pos- sible. He corrected himself and said although it might have been possible it would not have been probable. He paid tribute to Dr. Judith Brigham and Mr. Eisen- bach for the work they have done in promoting Christian unity and said he hopes other communities will take this as an example and carry out a similar program. Rev. J. C. Thompson, chair- man of the Canadian Bible Society said people should be ashamed because they feel a thrill when a service such as this is held as the differences should have been settled years before. He sugges- ted that the "wind of change is blowing through the churches of today" and said all should work to repair the mistakes of past years. Prior to the service Mr. Thompson said that it is bad enough to have the various de- nominations without having dif- ferent versions of the bible. Rev. Thompson explained to the group some of the progress which is underway in the ecu- menical movement. He pointed out that Roman Catholic and prot- estant scholars are getting to- gether in an attempt to have a bible which would be acceptable to all faiths. Speaking of the Work of the Canadian Bible Society Rev. Thompson said one of the main ' aims of this group is to police bible translations and to Main- J.C. HEMINGWAY told the gathering he would like to see the four freedoms of the Atlantic Treaty restored, He said that while we have the freedom of speech and freedom of religion we still have to overcome the freedom of fear and the freedom of want. Referring first to freedom of tain integrity in translations of the bible. He said if this were not done there would be a dif- ferent version of the bible for each of the various denomina- tions. Quoting from an argument in favor of one bible acceptable to all faiths, Rev. Thompson said, "for too long the Bible has been an arsenal from which both sides took texts to throw at one ano- ther". Rev. Thompson quoted from a variety of news clippings which outlined co-operation between protestants and Roman Catholics in regards to scriptures in var- ious countries of the world. The Mary-Ellen chapel which has 15 pews and a few chairs was not filled for the service although some visitors listened to the service via a loudspeaking system in another building. The chapel was dedicated on Thanks- giving Day, 1964. Colored maple and oak leaves and a basket of flowers decorated the plain stained wood altar and the old wood stove in the corner with the stovepipes leaving the building beside the altar lent at- mosphere to the interior. Six coal oil lamps flickered and burned along the side of the chapel in ACCIDENT An accident on Main Street Saturday morning caused damage estimated at $350. The accident occurred when a car driven by James R. Brintnell struck a car driven by A. Hodglns, 3'73 Ed- ward Street, Exeter, which was pulling out of a parking spot. Damage to the Hodgins car is estimated at $50 while damage to the Brintnell car is estimated at $300. There were no injuries in the accident Whin was inves- tigated by Constable IL Van- Bergan of the Exeter Police De- partment. want, Mr. Hemingway suggested many in Canada are suffering from hunger and malnutrition and many old age pensioners are attempting to live on pensions which are inadequate. He told the group there can be, and will be, guaranteed employ- ment. He said that the NDP policy if elected would be to set up an employment agency which will know all the jobs available in Canada and if workers have to move in order to take one of these jobs then the government would supply moving assistance. If a worker decided to apply for retraining rather than move to a new location the government would supply '70 per cent of his former wages during this period. And if a layoff was temporary there would be a public works project in the area where the man could be employed tempo- rarily until his former job came open. He suggested arenas and schools could be built in this way. Referring to the farmers, Mr. Hemingway said that with a few dollars incentive the farmers of Huron county could double their productions. Right now he said, the problem is to sell it. He stated that a department of mar- strong contrast to the two elec- tric fixtures which were the main source of light. Strains of music from the small pipe organ in the corner of the chapel called worshippers to ser- vice and the basket overflowing with fruit gave a touch of the thanksgiving spirit which was present in the chapel in years gone by. Those taking part in the ser- vice included, Mr. James Dalton, chairman, Rev. E. J. Wattam, Rev. John Graham, Rev. G. E. Morrow, Rev. N. J. McLeod, Rt. Rev. Msgr. J. A. Feeney, Rev. J. C. Thompson and Rev. A. M. Grant. Dr. Judith Brigham, well known in this area and one of the organ- izers of this service introduced the guest speaker. "Portables" now in operation The new portable classrooms went into operation at the South Huron District High School Tues- day morning. The caretaking staff worked overtime on Thanksgiving Day in order to scrub and wax the floors. The painting was not com- pleted until Monday evening. Members of the board were taken for a tour of the new build- ing Tuesday evening after their board meeting, before entering into committee of the whole. Comments in regards to the classroomS were favorable. Mr. Palmer pointed out that there is a great deal more space in these elassroom8 and suggested that if he were going to teach in any classroom of the school he would prefer the neW portable class- rooms. Students helped move the fur- niture into the building Tuesday Morning before classes Were started. Night school classes started Tuesday evening at the South Huron District High School and will continue through the winter months until the end of March. There were 239 registrations for the courses although not all of these will be attending classes. There will be about 50 refunds of registration fees either be- cause there was not enough regis- trations to make it worthwhile holding the course or there were too many in some areas s o that classes would be too crowded. Extra registrations may be accepted in some courses where registration is nearly sufficient for a class. Principal of the school Douglas Palmer indicated Tuesday evening that one course such as this is conversational French where three or four more applications are needed if a class is to be held this year. The oil painting class if filled to ca- pacity. The highest registration was for sewing and there are enough applications that classes may be held four nights per week to accommodate all interested. This One of the biggest chores in getting the SHDHS operating this fall is now all but complete and all but a very few textbooks have arrived at the school. This year the school supplies all textbooks for students up to the grade 12 level and the budget for this is $12,000. The reason this is such a large job is the fact that in most areas a decision must be reach- ed as to what textbook to use out of approximately six alterna- tives. The books are chosen by the principal in conjunction with the department heads. Reporting to the board, Mr. Palmer stated Tuesday evening that the books were chosen on the basis that they would be in use for three years so that the school could get full use of them without it costing any e xt r a money. Mr. Palmer stressed the need of careful selection of these books because the majority are approv- would still only allow one night per week per student because of lack of space and facilities. Tuesday evening typing classes started and these classes will be held four nights per week, two per week for beginners and two per week for advanced. Other classes will be book- keeping which will be held Tues- day and Thursday, milliner y which will be held Monday even- ing, one night per week only, and general shop which will be held Wednesday evenings. This in- cludes woodworking, metal work and welding. Mr. Palmer indicated that courses might be more specific when the new addition is com- pleted. There will be no physical edu- cation classes held as night school courses this year due to lack of registrations. Mr. Palmer reported that al- though there were quite a num- ber of students registered for academic courses, there was such a variety of subject requests that it would be impossible to hold classes for these. ed either for a short period or for specific courses. Of the entire selection of books for all classes this year only five were not on the approved list of the Department of Edu- cation. They have, however, been recommended by the department and in some cases they are the only books available for the course. Mr. Palmer pointed out that only books which are reuseable are purchased by the board and others which serve as a work- book-textbook must be purchased by the student. Board member J. C. Boyne complimented assistant p r i n- cipal J. Wooden for his research and work in doing a lot of the background work in preparing this list of textbooks. Members of the board ap- proved the textbook list as pre- sented at the regular meeting of the board Tuesday evening. Donald Charles Yeo, 19, of Clinton was killed instantly early Saturday morning when his car crashed into the end of the bridge crossing the Ausable River at the north end of Main Street. The car which was proceeding south into Exeter crossed over to the wrong side of the road and hit the north east corner of the bridge, Witnesses driving a car which was following the Yeo car in- dicated that speed was not a factor in the accident. Reports indicate the victim was driving within the speed limit from Hen- salt to Exeter and slowed through the speed zones to 30 miles per hour. The witness stated they could see no brake lights prior to the accident and there were no signs of any skid marks on the highway leading up to the crash scene. It is believed that the vic tim lapsed into unconsciousness just prior to the accident allowing the car to swerve across the road Plan inspection at Centralia Air Commodore Charles W. Burgess DFC, CD of Toronto will make his annual inspection of Training Command stations of this area October 18 and 19. Arriving at RCAF Station Cen- tralia by air Sunday, October 17, the Air Commodore will be guest of honour at a dinner Sunday evening in the Officers Mess. Monday he will inspect the sta- tion and lunch with the Sergeants, and with the Airmen and Officer Cadets in the evening. Tuesday A/C Burgess will travel to RCAF Station Clinton. Born in Toronto in 1915, Air Commodore Burgess was educat- ed at the University of Toronto School of Engineering. From 1935 to the outbreak of the S econd World War, he served as a mem- ber of the RCAF Auxiliary, and received his pilot wings late in 1937. During the early war years, Air Commodore Burgess served on instructional duties at flying training schools in Canada, until 1943 when he was transferred overseas. While in England, he served with No. 427 Bomber Squadron in the RCAF's wartime No. 6 Bomber Group, commanded No. 426 Heavy Bomber Squadron and later served as a staff of- ficer at the RCAF's Overseas Headquarters in London, Eng. After returning to Canada in 1945, Air Commodore Burgess was appointed commanding of- ficer of RCAF Station Centralia, Ont., and moved later to No. 1 Air Command, now Tr a ining Command, with headquarters at Trenton, Ont., for staff duties. On completion of the RCAF Staff College course in Septem- ber, 1947, he was transferred to Air Force headquarters to serve in the Directorate of Or- ganization and Establishments. In August, 1950, he was attached to the Canadian Joint Staff in Washington, D.C., for employ- ment with USAF Headquarters. On his return to Canada in Sep- tember, 1952, he assumed com- mand of RCAF Station Portage la Prairie, Man. In August, 1955, he attended the National Defence College, King- ston, Ont. After being graduated in June 1956, he assumed the duties of executive staff officer to the Chairman of the Canadian Joint Staff, London, England. In August, 1959, he was appoint- ed chief staff officer at Mari- time Air Command Headquart- ers, Halifax, N.S. He was appointed director of airmen's posting and careers at Air Force Headquarters On Aug- ust 16, 1962. Air Commodore Burgess Was promoted to his present rank and appointed chief of staff at Train- ing C o rn mand Headquarters, Winnipeg, July 31, 1964. He as- sumed command of RCAF Train- ing Command in September 1965. into the abutment. The victim was taken to Stratford General Hospital and was dead on arrival. An autopsy was performed but no decision has been announced as to whether there will be an inquest. The accident was investigated by constable Harry VanBergen of the Exeter Police Department assisted by the staff of the Exeter Detachment of the OPP. The victim was an auto mech- anic's apprentice in Waterloo and was active in baseball and junior hockey. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yeo of Clin- ton, three sisters, Mrs. Bert (Mary Helen) Clifford of Clin- ton; Mrs. Douglas (Barbara) Nor- man of Holmesville; and Miss Marilyn Yeo at home; and grand- mothers Mrs. Effie Yeo of Clin- ton and Mrs. Mary Bissett of Goderich. Funeral services were held in Clinton on Monday with burial in Clinton cemetery. New addition estimate up Estimates of the cost of the addition for the South Huron Dis- trict Secondary School have risen 10 percent since May, members of the board were informed Tuesday evening. It will be over a month before the tenders will be returned and members know what the true cost will be but most expressed shock upon being informed of the new figure. A meeting is planned between the board and the architect next Tuesday evening to go over the plans in detail prior to the call- ing of tenders. If the board de- cides to accept the plans as pre- sented at this meeting then it will take approximately two weeks be- fore tenders are called. It is ex- pected that these would be re- turned within 30 days so that the board could review these before the end of November. The new estimate for the cost of the addition is $1,851,874 re- ceived by letter October 6. The cost of the project in May as estimated was $1,696,041. The amount to be debentured by the participating municipalities is now $512,837 according to the new estimate. The previous fig- ure given in May of this year was $464,510. F/O HANK MORRIS Officer trains for olympics F/O Hanx Morris, born in Barcelona,Spain, will commence his secon season of training with the Tri-Service Biathlon Team. Before enlisting in the RCAF in 1959, F/O Morris spent se- veral years with the British Army. He obtained his Radio Of- ficers wings in Winnipeg and served 4 years on the east coast in Maritime Air Command. In February of this year he joined the National Biathlon Ski Team and trained at Valcartier, Que- bec, and the Military Ski Camp near Banff, Alta. During the sum- mer the team has been in Camp Petawawa for conditioning and rifle training. While awaiting the beginning of the 1965-66 season F/O Morris has been employed in the Recreation Section at RCAF' Station Centralia. The Tri-service Biathlon team is training for the 1068 Olympic games. The Biathlon event con- sists of Cross-country skiing and marksmanship With a 7.62 bore rifle. The course is usually 20 km long over mountainous terrain with four rifle ranges located at various intervals along the course. The competitor car- ries his rifle and ammunition and stops to fire five rounds at each range With a miss counting as a two minute penalty and added to the total running time. The tswko.let must fire standing at two of the ranges and prone at the other keting should be set up similar to the Department of Agriculture and charged that the present marketing board is set up to see that farm marketing is control- led. He pointed out that there is no bean station in Hensall and sta- ted this has been stopped by the Ontario Government. Still speaking of the farmer Mr. Hemingway said the NDP will have to give loans and mort- gages to farmers for afew years, — Please turn to page 2 Religion course will be offered Religious education will be in- stituted at the SHDHS this fall but it will be freedom of choice for the individual student. The course is being set up to start in the near future and will be held after school hours. The course is aimed primarily for grade 12 students but if there is not a sufficient number of these then some grade eleven students will be given a chance to take ad- vantage of this to complete the class. Grand Bend ecumenical service of thanksgiving SHDHS text books approved by board Thanksgiving Day services The Mary-Ellen memorial chapel located at the Eisenbach Museum at Grand Bend was the scene of an ecumenical service Monday in which clergy and laity of five faiths participated. James H. Dalton, Roman Catholic layman and former reeve of Grand Bend was co-ordinator for the service and a member Of the planning committee. Other members of the committee included Ken Young, Anglican; Kenneth MacGregor, Church of God; Mrs. Clarke Kennedy; United Church; and Peter Eisenbach, curator of the museum. This was the first anniversary service of the chapel which was dedicated last year. Special recognition was given to Dr. Judith Brighain of Grand Bend and Louisville Ky., for her work in arranging the service. (T-A photo) -4a