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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-11-11, Page 1The smile of a winner Robert E. MCKinley, who won the riding of Huron for the Conservative Party Monday was full of smiles such as this as he received the congratulations of hundreds during his tour of the county Monday evening. He is shown here receiving a warm welcome at Clinton. Hundreds joined the triumphant parade' which included former incumbent Elston Cardiff and party officials as well as a pipe band to add to the merry- making. (T-A photo) Ninety.third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 11, 1965 Price Per Copy 10 Cents SHDHS board will meet councils Four people have been injured as the result of automobile ac- cidents in Exeter during the past week. The most serious of these occurred Wednesday morning at the intersection of Huron and Main Streets when two men were injured, one seriously. Reports indicate that a car driven by Robert James Rundle, R.R. 6 St. Marys entered Main Street, from Huron Street E. The car was struck by a light truck driven by Geo Manddrs of RR 3 Lucan which was proceed- ing north into Exeter. Rundle was first taken to the South Huron Hospital in Exeter and then transferred to St. Jo- seph's Hospital in London. No report as to his condition had "I am not ashamed of the re- cord I have left, but I hope the next member will do a better job than I ever knew how," Elston Cardiff said at the warden's ban- quet here Thursday evening when Huron councillors and staff made recognition of his 25 years' ser- vice as MP for Huron. Reeve Clifford Dunbar of Grey, who with Warden Glenn Webb presented the late member with a silver tray, mentioned that Mr. Cardiff had begun public life as reeve of Morris and a member of county council. "I learned more then than as member of Parliament, Mr. Car- diff remarked. "I so metimes think parliamentary procedure is better in county council. When I came home July first I stepped into the haying; my appetite im- proved and I lost 20 pounds. If you can find anybody else over 75 who Can lose 20 pounds work- ing, I would like to see him." Mrs. Cardiff was presented with flowers by Mrs. Webb. Guest speaker at the dinner in, North Street United Church hall) attended by 300, was Rev. R. S. Hilts, of Exeter. Ralph Jewell of Colborne) last year's warden was in the chair and in- troduced guests at adouble "head table," including Marvin HoWe, late MP for Wellington-Huron; Hon. Charles MacNaughton, On- tario highways minister; Murray Gaunt, MLA, Huron-Bruce; Judge S. Hetherington; Reeve J. H. Corbett of Hay; Ex-Warden John Morrissey; Warden Ivan Hearn of Middlesex; Warden Bert Logan and Clerk J. A, Hair, Lambton; Warden E. Caldwell and Clerk Vera Myers, Wellington; Warded J. C. Snowden and treasurer M. BurgesS, Kent; Warden R. Hauer of Perth; Mrs. Tessie Grigg, warden of Bruce; EloJ warden Lorne Edgar, Lambton, Most of these were accompanied by their wives or husbands. Reeve Stewart Procter of Mor- ris proposed the toast to Warden Webb, and With Reeve JOseph Kerr of Wingham presented a Chest of silver, "One of the best Wardens the county ever had," Reeve Procter said of Mr. Webb. The warden in a witty speech thanked his Colleagues for Sup- been released at press time. A passenger in the truck, Ger- ald J. Kieuskens, 226 George Street London received minor head injuries. The force of the impact car- ried the car across the road into a tree while the truck was turned around facing the opposite direction. Damage was extensive to both vehicles. The accident occurred at ap- proximately '7:40 p.m. The in- vestigation is being conducted by Constable Elgin McNeil of the Exeter Police Department. A five-year-old boy received minor injuries Monday when he darted between two parked cars and into the path of a car driven by James Dennis Prest of Marl- borough Street. The boy, Bradley port given during the year now nearing a close. Ile offered a bit of county history in recalling that at Huron's first election to the Parliament of Upper Canada in 1835 there were 60 voters, of whom 35 chose Dr. William Dun- lop and 25 favored Col. Anthony Van Egmond. The warden introduced to the gathering the members of Ste- phen council and staff, and mem- bers of his family. Reeve Grant Stirling of God- Report shortage Stephen Township A total apparent cash shortage in the Stephen Township records has been announced by the audit- ors. Council was informed of an apparent shortage of $4,524.97 to December 31, 1964 and of an apparent shortage of $3,808.65 to August 12, 1965. The auditor's statement point- ed out the following: The clerk treasurer's salary appears to have been overpaid by $99.18 to December 31, 1964. The records of the municipality were only partially written up and Were therefore quite inaccur- age and only limited information could be obtained from them. 1. Books of original entry were not Completely extended or added, 2. Bank had never been re- conciled, 3. Many cheques and deposits had not been entered. 4. Duplicate receipts had not been entered. 5. Many invoices and vouchers Could not be located. 6. No record was kept of taX monies paid to the clerk-treasur- er. 7. Many errors Were made in the tax rolls, 8. The tax arrears ledger was not kept up to date so that it was Of no value as a book of record. A special meeting of Township Council Was held Wednesday evening to which former clerk- treasurer, Ross Haugh was invit- ed to discuss the matter, Cbun- ell has been aware Of the short- age since shortly after the audit Was started In August. ee*Vegerwl • Serious crash Two were injured in this crash early Wednesday morning at the intersection of Huron and Main Streets. Driver of the car, Ro- bert James Rundle is in St. Jo- seph's hospital with undetermin- ed injuries while Geo Manddrs, R.R. 3 Lucan, a passenger in the truck received slight injuries. The car shown above was dragged across the intersection while the truck shown below was swung around and ended up on the other side of the car but hidden in the top photo. (T-A photos) Taylor, 83 Mill Street Exeter was taken to hospital and later released. The accident happened on Sanders Street near the IGA store. The boy apparently ran from the north side of the street. An accident Sunday afternoon resulted in minor injuries to two people. Reports indicate that a car driven by Harold Broderick 456 Andrew Street was proceed- ing west on Highway 83 at the intersection of William Street North when it was struck by a car driven by Herbert Schenk of Crediton who was pulling out of William Street. Schenk received slight injuries to his hand while Mrs. H. Brod- erick was taken to hospital for observation. Damage was esti- mated at $1,000. erich township proposed the toast to "The Ladies," responded to by Mrs. John Corbett, wife of the Reeve of Hay. Reeve Calvin Krauter of Brussels, proposed "The 1965 Council,", and Warden Hearn of Middlesex spoke to "Our Neighbors." Reeve Archie 'Etherington of Usborne express- ed the thanks of the gathering to the ladies of the church for an excellent turkey dinner. Rev. Mr. Hiltz' subject was "What Time Is It?" "It is too late," he said, "for war, and time for peace. It is time for good men to work to- gether in the world in which we find ourselves. If politicians put before them the interests of all Canadians, things would go better at Ottawa. Huron council will assemble Monday, Nov. 15, for its three- day final session, at which prac- tically all county officers and most committees will report. A special committee on regional government, appointed in June, is expected to report. The Huron- view report will be given on Tues- day afternoon. At the September session, council authorized the architects to proceed with work- ing drawings for the addition to the home at Clinton, and tenders will be called in time for pre- sentation at the January session. A Zurich delegation is sche- duled to address council on Tues- day forenoon. Application will be Made for a grant to the Blue Water Rest Home at Zurich, now under construction, Dr. C. Wal- lace is chairman of the board. Approve Union for Dashwood The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of Amer- Ida has been appointed to repre- sent workers at the' Dashwood Planing Mills Ltd. plant in Dash- Wood. Approval was given recently by the Ontario Labor Relations Board. Office workers and sonie other einployees are not to be included in the union. Announces new highway job Highway 4 will be reconstruct- ed from Highway 83 to Kippen next year. pouncillor Joe Wood- en informed council of this at their regular meeting last week. He suggested that council should meet with the Department of Highways, the engineers and the Public Utilities Commission to discuss the reconstruction of Main Street. The Department of Highways would pay 90 percent of the cost of this but the project calls for a great deal of work to be done by the PUC, Services would have to be replaced and light standards moved back. The suggested re- construction would be for that portion of Main Street south of the bridge over the Au s able River. From Sanders Street to the bridge 28 trees will have to be removed. The engineer will be contact- ed and a meeting set up to dis- cuss this project in the near future. • A car fire Tuesday evening about 11:00 p.m. sent firemen, and hundreds of spectators racing to the north end of town. The car was stopped in front of the Department of Highways build- ings and the fire extinguished within a few moments. Althou g h public and high school -students get a holiday for Remembrance day it wi 11 be classes as usual for night school students at the SHDHS, * * * * Bob Stanbury won the seat In the federal riding of York Scar- borough for the Liberal party. Bob went to School in Exeter and is still remembered by many residents, * * Ken Johns, Garnet Hicks and Irvine Armstrong of the SHDHS Beard attended the opening of the new addition to the St. Marys High School last week, * * During the power failure Tues- day evening it was good to be able to drive past the hospital and see all lights working and business as usual. It is occurrences such as this which prove the value of stand-by equipment, * The new gas heater has ar- rived at the arena for the audi- torium but is not yet installed. This will be hooked up before cold weather sets in. * * * Coaches are needed for the houseleagtie minor hockey. Alvin Willert reports that this Will be bigger and better than ever this year. * * * * Many customers looked in vain for the "trip to Bahamas" dr a w tickets this Week. The tickets have now arrived and have been distributed to the participating merchants. * * * * Fire Friday evening at the Par- sons home Caused damage to clothes and a closet, It is be- lieved the fire was started by faulty wiring. F11'011-1°11 were forced to use Scot air packs to enter the house due to the thick smoke. New officer at Centralia RCAF Stn Centralia will ex- perience a change of Food Ser- vices Officer, F/O Yvette Bustin, in charge of messing for 800- 1000 personnel for the past two years, will take up her new po- sition at Air Defence Headquart- ers in St. Hubert, Quebec. Yvette, born in Couillet, Bel- guim, came to Canada with her parents who settled at New Wa- terford, N.S. She completed her high school training and went on to St. Francis Xavier University and graduated with a BSc inHorne Economics. She served at Win- nipeg and Downsview before Corn- ing to Centralia. Her replacement is F/0 Nor- man Lebeau of Jacques Cartier, Quebec. Norman IS a graduate of University of Montreal with a BSc in Nutrition. Before joining the Air Force, he held a position With Eaton8 at Toronto and the OVA Hospital in London. He serv- ed at RCAF Stn Winnipeg prior to his transfer to Centralia. Members of councils from eight participating municipalities will meet with the South Huron District High School Board next week to discuss the rising costs of the new school addition. Mem- bers of the board this week stressed the urgency of getting this project underway im- mediately and have asked all councils to attend the meeting with a quorum so they may meet and make a decision on this mat- ter immediately after the special meeting. So far only one municipality has agreed to the increased cost and that is the Township of Tuck- ersmith. The assessment of this Township is not high and mem- bers would like to have an indica- tion from the other municipalities that they will support this project. Other answers to the request for additional support included the letter from Exeter council which requested a meeting and informed the board that the mat- ter had been tabled pro tern. Hay Township indicated that they have refused this request. Members of the Board will ask Inspector Scott and the repro- Exeter gave solid support to Conservative candidate Robert E. McKinley Monday in the fed- eral election Monday to assist him in holding the riding for the Conservatives. McKinley topped every poll in Exeter as well as making a good showing in all sections of the county. The closest contender in the riding was Mait Edgar who con- ceded defeat at 8:57 p.m. Both these candidates were newcom- ers in the political field as well as being friends. They have play- ed hockey against each other in past years. Edgar was defeated by 1,294 votes. J. Carl Hemingway, NDP can- didate placed last, as most ob- servers predicted, polling 1,279 votes out of a total of 21,131. There was no particular area of, support for the NDP party in the riding with the candidate picking up six votes in Zurich, 16 in Hensall, 7'7 in Clinton, 273 in Goderich, 36 in Usborne, 108 in Exeter, 49 in Seaforth and 40 in Hay with the balance through- out the other Townships. The Liberal party polled strongest in Hay Township and Seaforth, gaining a majority here as well as one or two smaller majorities in other Townships. As well as Exeter the Con- servatives received a majority in Zurich, Hensall, Clinton, God- erich and U sbo rn e and other Townships. A complete list of polls is in- cluded elsewhere in this paper. Robert McKinley who lives in the Zurich area is 37. His father at one time contested the riding when it was part of the Huron Perth riding. McKinley polled a total of 10,573 votes. Maitland Edgar, 36 year old high school teacher from Clinton received 9,279 votes in his at- tempt to wrest the riding from the Conservatives who have held this for the past 25 years. The NDP candidate Hemingway ran unsuccessfully in the 1962 federal election at which time he drew 1,150 votes. The NDP did not contest the 1963 election when this was a two way race between the PCs and the Liberals. In that election incumbent Elston C ardiff held the riding for the PCs with a plurality of 2,375 over Liberal candidate Gordon McGavin. The first polling station to re- port in came at 7:17 from number five Stanley, giving the Liberals a lead, The lead dwindled quickly however and McKinley kept in- creasing his lead throughout the evening as returns came in. The riding incumbent who re- tired this year, Elston Cardiff held the riding for the Conser- vative party for 25 years. He was first elected in 1940 in the old riding of Huron North. HO con- tinued winning from this time after it merged with Huron Perth, a Liberal seat to form the present riding in 1953. A triumphant group of con- servative supporters complete with charter Nis and pipe band toured the riding from the time Edgar conceded defeat until after midnight. McKinley, to g e the r with the former member Elston Cardiff and party Officials visit- ed all major centers to thank his supporters. In Clinton the winning candidate waited for a short period of time until the liberal candidate could be notified of his arrival in town. They met and shook hands in the midst of a boisterous crowd before the party left for Seaforth and then for Exeter. In conceding defeat Malt Ed- gar simply acknowledged his de- feat and thanked his supporters. In almost the Same Manner Mc- Kinley kept up a constant thank you to his well wishers as he shook their hands, sentative of the architects firm, M. Boyce to be on hand to answer miestions and explain this pro- ject to council members. Secre- tary of the Board E. Howey and E, D. Bell Hoard member will speak to the group on behalf of the board. The board needs approval of five of the eight municipalities and they feel that if this is de- layed for another month before tenders can be called costs will rise still further. Members felt that councils would be saving themselves money if they would decide on this matter on the night of the special meeting and allow the board to get this matter underway. Chairman of the Board, Ken Johns and two members who at- tended the recent opening of the new school wing in St. Mary s pointed out that Exeter's project will receive far more in grants than the St. Marys School. In St. Marys the municipalities share of the $1,200,000 project was $500,000. In Exeter the munici- palities share of a project cost- ing over two million dollars will be approximately $550,000. The difference is caused be- cause Exeter will have more vocational area, In regards to the chance that 100 percent grants may be intro- duced by the senior levels of government members indicated they felt the chance of this was so slim it would not be worth holding up the project for. Mem- bers indicated that final approval will not be given for several months and so the project would still qualify if the grants were reinstated within this time. The Board was told by the architect at their last meeting that costs could increase a furth- er 10 percent if there is a delay in the project. Higher estimates are being reported for schools now planned and members are attempting to have this project underway before costs go still higher. RAP suggest band committee The setting up of a band com- mittee will be investigated to as- sist with the new junior band in town. At the regular meeting of the RAP committee Monday even- ing members pointed out to Bruce Cann that it is necessary to have a committee before RAP can grant any funds to support this group. The money would be hand- led through the RAP committee's books. Mr. C ann appeared before RAP requesting a grant of the $200 which RAP received from the sale of junior band instruments recently. Mr. Cann stated that while he would sooner have had the instruments it was impossible to get these back and so request- ed the proceeds from this sale to assist his band. Outlining the position of the band Mr. Cann told members that he now has 65 members willing to come out to practice but he lacks instruments. He s aid he needed immediate help. Mr. Cann now has a senior band as well as a junior band started. No committee is need- ed for the senior or citizen's band but a committee will be needed before assistance can be given to the junior band. Members in reviewing the set- up of the old junior band pointed out that members were charged 50 cents per lesson with this money added to that collected by tag days was used to purchase instruments and sheet music. Advance booking T-A Choristers For the fourth year the T-A Choristers will be entertaining throughout the area during the Christmas season. The group which is larger than ever this year with over 30 members has been practicing at the High School Wednesday evening, They will be looking for opportunities to en- tertain in the very near future. This year the group has chosen the cantata "The Chorus in the Skies" and will present this as well as various groups of carols which are favorites in countries Other than the North American continent. The group has a new accompa- nist this year, Miss Janet Miller of Dashwood. The girls in the chorus represent five areas, Ex- eter, Zurich, Hensall, Hur on Park Centralia and Dashwood. In past years the group has received wide acclaim throughout the area for their presentations and it is expected that the demand for thern will be high again this year. Anyone wishing to book this group in advance should contact Ron Heimrich who was respon- sible for the organization of the group and has guided it through its Successful seasons. A trip to the Bahamas Everybody dreams of his ideal island. it is off the beaten track but easily accessible, Warm-hearted people who love music and laughter, live there. Just enough' of the fresh beauty of Creation has been sacrificed to assure your complete comfort. There are sunny skies and fleecy clouds for looking up at through the trees on any lazy day of the year. There are warm seas, clear as crystal for fishing, boating, skin diving and other kinds of play. Your dream island should be ringed with soft sand beaches with a glint of coral-pink. This just about describes what the Exeter Board of Trade has in mind. They've picked The Bahamas as the grand prize of this year's Christmas promotion. That's not the only prize by any means. There's 10 weeks of $10 and $5 draws as well. But somehow everything else is overshadowed by The Bahamas. The Exeter businessmen, newly renamed the Board of Trade, have a large number of businesses taking part this year so that chances of winning are greatly increased. Merchants give numbered coupons with each dollar's purchase or payment on account. No names to sign this year. The contest is already underway and will continue to January 15. u MIMS Two injured in crash at Main street intersection Huron County Council pays tribute to Elston Cardiff Around the town . . McKinley takes Huron riding