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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-10-28, Page 1Price Per Copy 10 Cents Martin speaks to area Liberals "Canada needs the strongest kind of government with t h e strongest kind of position," the Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of External Affairs for Canada, told over 300 persons at a Liberal- sponsored mammoth coffee party at Harbourlite Inn In Goderich last,Friday afternoon. Several Exeter residents were on hand for the meeting. "It is important that we have a government that is endowed with the authority of discharging i t responsibility in the most ef- fective way," the Minister con- tinued, "The essential thing in this election Is to make sure we have a majority government," The dynamic Mr. Martin, ap- pearing on behalf of Huron's Liberal candidate Malt Edgar, further urged the assembly to give this riding a voice in a majority Liberal government, "It is important that men like Malt Edgar, with his background, be put to work in Parliament," he said. "Regardless of politics, see to it that Mr. Edgar is elec- ted. Mr. Martin stressed the need for the government "to be alive to the problems of the young people," "Fifty percent of the present Canadian electorate Is made o f people 35 years of age and un- der," he said. Pointing to Malt Edgar, Mr. Martin added, "You have in your candidate here a man of learn- ing, a school teacher, someone who realizes the importance of the younger generation in the world today." Speaking only briefly to the meeting, Edgar voiced concern about the rapid migration of young people away from Huron Coenty. "you as parents, and I, as a teacher and a parent, have en- couraged sons and daughters to stay in the classroom and pre- pare for opportunities," Edgar said. "But where are the opportu- nities in Huron? We have in- vested in edudation to develop potential but have we received the proper rate of interest for such an investment? "Does not the fact that many move elsewhere prove that we have not?" he asked. Edgar praised local IOUs- trialists for fostering opportu- nities to help employees gain security. "But we must help our sons and daughters develop Huron," he said. "E c °nom ic strength brought about by new industries will help each citizen of Huron realize his hopes to make good, find a full-time job utilizing his training, find security when faced with illness or unemployment and provide an adequate home for his family." EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 28, 1965 Ninety-third Year Goderich Liberal rally Honorable Paul Martin, Minister of External Affairs for Canada was guest of honor at the Goderich Liberal rally last week in support of Huron candidate Mait Edgar. He is shown here at left chatting with Mr. Edgar and Mrs. Peter Raymond of Exeter. Early morning fire destroys local barn Annual Kinsmen auto show sets attendance records A tear of happiness Who could blame a pretty girl if a tear appeared in the corner of her eye when she was announced the winner of a beauty contest? Sharon Morenz, first place winner of the Kinsmen 'Miss Auto Show 66' is shown here after being crowned queen of the show by Mayor Jack Delbridge. The mayor looks as though he would like to help comfort, the girl but doesn't quite know how, (T-A photo) Around the town . . The Kinsmen sponsored "Auto Show 66" drew record crowds Thursday and Friday evenings as 31 new models from eight dealers went on display at the Exeter arena. Approximately 200 'viewed the cars Thursday even- ing while 500 braved heavy rain to attend the Friday evening show. Highlight of the two day event was the crowning of the Miss Auto Show 66 queen, Sharon Mor- enz who represented Taylor Mot- ors. The eight contestantsparad- ed before judges and spectators first in street dress and then in bathing suits as used in the annual Miss Universe Pageant. Second place winner was Kathy Rowe of Dashwood, representing Larry Snider Motors and third place went to Pat Scott, repre- senting Graham Arthur Motors. Gifts for the queen were do- nated by Irwin's Ladies Wear. Judges for the show included Fine minors for liquor charges Charges of consuming liquor while under the age of 21 years and illegal possession of liquor brought fines of varying degrees of severity• in magistrate's court Tuesday. Robert Atkinson, RR 1 Cen- tralia was fined a total of $70 and ordered to pay costs of $10.50 following his conviction on two charges under the Liquor Control Act. Atkinson was charg- ed with possession following a routine check of cars at the Ex- eter Arena September 23. In October the youth was arrested in Crediton when he was seen on the street in a noticeable state of impairment. At the time of this offence the youth ran and was apprehendedfollowing a short chase by an officer. Evidence was presented as to previous convictions under the LCA act. Three area young people were fined a total of $90 following their plea of guilty to a charge of consuming liquor while under age. James E. O'Neil of Cen- tralia received the heaviest fine as a second offender. He was ordered to pay $60 and costs of $2.50. Lillian Forest of Credi- ton and Robert Lloyd Reynolds — Please turn to page 3 B. L. Frankel of the Kaiser Roth Corporation, division of Catalina Swim Wear; Mrs. Arthur Gaiser and Mrs. William Huntley. Mayor Jack Delbridge was on hand to officially crown the queen and offer congratulations on be- The centennial projects for both the Town of Exeter and the Township of Hay have been a- warded grants from the Ontario and Federal governments. Ap- proval of the grants was an- nounced jointly Tuesday by Hon. Maurice Lamontagne, Secretary of State and Minister responsible for Centennial affairs and Hon. James Auld, Ontario Minister of Tourism and Information and chairman of the Provincial cen- tennial Committee. The Exeter project calls for the development of a picnic pa- vilion and landscaping in t h e municipal park. The total cost of the project is estimated at $9,- 000 with the two senior levels of government contributing two thirds of the cost. The Township of Hay project calls for the construction of a Voters down in Huron According to the list prepared by enumerators across the riding of Huron, the population of the county has dropped since the enumeration of 1963. Returning officer R. T. Bol- ton said this year the list con- tained 25,436 names, whereas in 1963 the total was 26,076. Mr. Bolton added that undoubt- edly additional names would be included following the rural re- vision. The advance poll will get un- derway in the riding on Satur- day, Oct. 30th, and Monday, Nov. 1st, Any elector who has reason to believe he will be absent from his ordinary polling residence on polling day may vote at the advance poll. half of the town. Special entertainment from Toronto and Hamilton was sup- plied both evenings of the show. .Also as an added attraction this year a door prize of a wrist watch was offered each evening. picnic pavilion at a total cost of $6,447. The two higher levels of government will each put up $2,002 with the township paying the balance. These two projects are in a group of 38 granted approval this week. The grants for these total $165,115. Other projects in- cluded two areahistorybooks and the restoration of two old build- ings. It is hoped to have the Exeter project started this fall with t h e planting of some trees. Prelimin- ary work has been started and planning is still being carried out as to the landscaping plan. Diefenbaker will visit Exeter The Right Honorable John Dief- enbaker will visit Huron riding next Tuesday with short stops at various municipalities both before and after a speaking en- gagement at Goderich. The leader of the opposition will be accompanied by Ontario Minister of Highways C. S. Mac- Naughton and will arrive in Sea- forth by CNR railway at 12:59 From here the party goes to Clinton with arrival at this point scheduled for 1:17. The group will arrive at Goderich at 1:45 and will speak at the Harbour- lite Inn there at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Diefenbaker is visiting the riding in support of the lo- cal P.C. candidate Robert Mc- Kinley. The Diefenbaker party will make a 10 minute stop in Exeter at the CNR station at 5:30 p.m. where he will be met by local party supporters. The flag at the post office mys- teriously disappeared over the weekend. No information was available as to what had happened to it by the first of the week and so anew one was hoisted. Perhaps Hallowe'en pranks have started early. The lane behind the Times- Advocate office caved in last week due to heavy rain. Traffic was detoured for two days until the area could be repaired. * * * * The Legion sports night last week drew a large crowd for a social evening of darts and euchre. The presentation of prizes and trophies, including the Rec League softball trophy, took place at the conclusion of the evening. * * * * The Exeter Bible Society will be canvassing the town this week. The objective of the group is $1000.00. Rev. R. S. Hiltz is chairman of the society and How- ard Ince, treasurer. A report in last week's T-A was' in error, At the last meeting of council the Kinsmen club was given the credit of putting up the street signs in town, We have been informed that this was a project of the Exeter Lions Club. * * * * This weekend we go back to standard time and gain back that hour's sleep we lost in the spring. * * * * Mrs. I. Hamilton, 237 Huron Street West, Exeter was the win- ner Of the Darling IGA expansion Sale weekly draw last week. There is one more week to go in this series of draws. There is also only one more week to enter the draw in the trip to Bermuda contest. * * * * T-A staff member Bob Nicol has been notified of winning a camera from an entry deposited while attending the Graphic A rts Show in Toronto recently. The official sod turning for the Bluewater rest home at Zurich will be held Saturday afternoon followed by a banquet in the even- ing. This is expected to be one of the largest events ever held at Zurich and many area dignitaries including C. S. MacNaughton, Minister of Highways will be on hand for the occasion. * * * * Fall wheat is making satisfac- tory growth. Grain corn harvest- ing is taking place although mois- ture levels are above what makes good harvesting. This could apply where drying is not taking place and corn is being cribbed. Approve loan for for rest home Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation has agreed to loan $350,000 'for the construction of a 65 bed housing project for e 1- derly people at Zurich. The an- nouncement was made recently by Immigration Minister J. R. Nicholson who is responsible to parliament for CMHC. The Zurich loan will be made to the Blue Water Rest Home whose board of directors inclu- des representatives from chur- ches and service clubs of that community. Among those rep- resented are, St. Peter's Luther- an Church, Zurich Evangelical United Brethren Zurich Menno- nite Church, Blake Mennonite Church, St. Peter's Roman Ca- tholic Church, Zurich Lions Club and Zurich Chamber of Com- merce. The housing units will be con- structed on lands adjacent to the rest home On Highway 84, about a mile west of Zurich. Rents will be $70 per monh. The com- pany will receive a capital grant from the province equal to$2,500 per bed. A flash fire early Wednesday morning gutted the large Dow barn in the Wellington Street area, killing livestock and de- stroying a complete crop of hay and straw in the lofts. The fire raged out of control within mo- ments after it was observed and although some of the 70 he ad of cattle which were kept in the barn were released others were trapped as the flames swept through the building. The barn which is owned by the Dow family had been rented to Arnold Whitney. Mrs. Whitney said following the fire that she looked out the window at about 6:30 when she heard the Whitney car drive into the yard and the barn seemed OK, and then a few moments later it looked as though the whole sky was on fire. Firemen were powerless in the face of the blaze as the lofts were filled with some 10,000 bales of hay as well as an unestimated quantity of straw. They assisted in attempting to get some of the animals from the building upon arrival and protected one shed east of the barn which started Exeter's new band, the March- ing Ambassadors, received en- couraging support Wednesday ev- ening when a capacity crowd turned out at the Legion Hall for a variety band concert in support of this new group. The Strath- roy Band under the leadership of bandmaster Frank Hendry was the feature entertainment of the evening. The Honorable C. S. Mac- Naughton, Minister of Highways and former president of the local band association was master of ceremonies for the e vening. Guests of honor included civic officials, the heads of local s e r- vice clubs and area band mas- ters. An estimated 400 people we re on hand for the two hour concert which was well received by an enthusiastic audience. The con- cert raised some $200 for the new band and served to focus attention on the need of such an organization in the community. Several members of the se- nior section of the band were on hand in uniform to serve as ushers. Since the band was started some 50 junior members have enrolled in the band and major- smouldering from the heat of the blaze. The house on the pro- perty was not endangered by the blaze. Some equipment was saved a s were two large wagons which were towed away from the side of the barn with a tractor. A farmer, who had been plow- ing in a field some distance from the barn, reported to have seen a small red glow for a time without identifying it as fire before flames burst through the roof. By 7:00 a,m, the fire had burn- ed down to the first level and was still burning in the founda- tion at 11:00 a.m. Also lost in the blaze was the contents of a recently filled silo which was attached to the barn. The terrific heat started the contents of this smouldering as well. Hundreds of spectators flock- ed to the area in various stages of dress and undress despite cool temperatures as the flames were clearly visable from most sec- tions of town. No estimate of the loss was available at press time. ette corp while there are now 18-20 members in the senior section. The RAP committee have given the group the use of the arena to practice while many other organizations in town have indicated their willingness t o help. The band practices Tues- day afternoon and evenings. Start work on new school Construction on the $287,773 Stephen Township Central School will start this week. The 11-classroom school will be located 21/2 miles west of Crediton. Contractor is the George and William Construction Co. Ltd., of London. It is expected to be ready for September, 1966. Five school, including the four- room Crediton Public School and the three-room Dashwood school, will be closed when the central school is completed. The increase in pupil enrol- ment in the area has caused the township school board to re-open Khiva Public School. The school had been closed in 1964. First meeting minor hockey The Exeter Minor Hockey As- sociation held their first meeting of the season at the Town hall last Friday night but only a few people turned up at the organiza- tional gathering. As a result no policy was set at the meeting and another one will be held at a later date. The Association received the resignations of President Rev. John C. Boyne and Secretary Wally Burton and are now looking for a new President to work with Secretary Bill Gilfillan. Centennial project receives approval Spectacular blaze This early morning barn fire Wednesday drew the attention of most residents and at the height of the blaze was visible for a great distanoe. The fire was out of control when firemen arrived and the barn was leveled by noon, (T-A photo) Variety band concert in aid of new band Ghosts and goblins for Hallowe'en Ghosts and goblins such as these will be roaming the town this Hallowe'en in search of treats and playing tricks. lie extra careful when you drive. The girls shown here are members of the second Exeter Brownie Pack: Virginia Smith, Trudy Stagg, Latina Fuller, Alison Sturrock, Karen Morley and Valerie Flynn, (T-A photo)