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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-02-17, Page 1Don Idle 51 per cent say no in, .bean. vote. nesday was 1,021 negative and 994 in favor. There were four spoiled ballots, In Kent it was 469 no, 129 yes; Hunan 310 no, 439 yes; Middlesex 69 no, 105 yes; Lamb- ton 29 no, 54 yes; Elgin 45 no, 120 yes; Perth 70 no, 93 yes; Oxford 3 no, 3 yes; Brant 5 no; Norfolk 4 no; Waterloo 1 no; Bruce 6 no; Wellington 3 no; Durham 1 no. The estimated total acreage in 1964 was 75,000 acres. The vote represented an estimated 67,000 acres or 89 percent of the 1964 acreage, It is estimated there are 4,200 bean growers in the province. The Bean Board motto discuss the results Monday but to date no release has been made. the announcement of this vote. These could be continued now although the new plant might not be on as grand a scale as what the Bean Board would like to see, The Board has also suggested it may carry on with plans for a plant but use an alternate method Of financing, This could be done by private borrowing or by sell- ing shares in the London Company (Ontario Bean Growers Ltd.) which is a wholly owned subsid- iary of the board. It is unlikely, however, that the board would continue with these plans this year in the face of this vote with- out appearing before the growers. The final result of the vote as announced by the Farm Products Marketing Board in Toronto Wed- board made, available to the grow- ers this fall. The price of beans rose from $2-$3 per cwt. shortly after most growers had sold their crops and Many contend the board should have advised them of the true condition of the world mark- et. Growers, dealers and the Board agree on one item and that is the need of more facilities for storing and processing beans in the county. Suggestions as to how these should be supplied are Varied, On the farm storage is one method which is growing in favor in many other areas and will probably be looked at closely by local growers. Another sugges- tion is that a co-operative build these, Negotiations between the board and the co-ops stopped with The question became one of the hottest farm issues in the county in some time weeks prior to the vote as area growers, not in favor of the method of financing or ownership, started a campaign aimed at presenting their views on the subject. The Bean Board held a series of information meetings through the area and growers opposed to the plan at- tended most of these, asking pointed questions about the pro- posals. A great deal of the opposition seemed to stem from whether the Bean Marketing Board was the proper body to build and administer the additional facili- ties rather than the actual cost involved. Many growers protest- ed the lack of Information the Whitebean growers in Ontario turned thumbs down on the pro- posal of their Bean Growers Mar- keting Board to build additional facilities in Huron County and pay for this from an increase In general licence fees charged to all growers. The board failed to get the required 66 2/3 majority it required to put its plans into effect in Huron, the county where it proposed to erect the new facilities and a solid negative vote in Kent County offset a fairly favorable vote in some of the other counties where beans are grown, The strong "no" vote in Huron county came as a surprise to many members of theBean Board who felt the only strong protest would come from Kent County. Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 10 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 17, 1966 OK SHDHS tender call Flash fire destroys home baby girl dies in hospital old Hodgson of Granton and Mr. Leo Harrigan, Highway 23. A very large number of sym- pathizing relatives and friends attended the service at the church. in February It took just a few hours of rain and mild weather to change the appearance of the Ausable River from a small frozen stream to a wide swollen river. These two views from the Highway 4 bridge were taken at the height of the run-off. Just a week earlier residents were struggling through snow banks.(T-A photo) time have been forced to revise their plans to get Department of Education and OMB approval. The tender call is still a race against time in an effort to save money. The project must receive final approval by March 31 or the board will lose the opportunity of getting favorable financing for $187,000 of the cost. The board has reserved the above amount from the Municipal Works As- sistance Fund but the project must be approved by March 31 in order to qualify. Under this plan the board could borrow the amount at a cost of one quarter percent above provincial rates. The $2,000,000 plus addition will provide room for vocational training at the school and even- tually almost all of the stu- dents from the SHDHS area will attend this school rather than Clinton as has been the custom in the past. The federal and pro- vincial governments pay for ap- proximately three qu'arters of the cost while area municipalities will pay approximately $600,000. Approval has been received from the Ontario Municipal Board in Toronto for the calling of tenders for the new addition to the South Huron District High School. The approval was grant- ed last Friday and the architects have been instructed to complete final detail plans which will en- able a tender call in approxim- ately two weeks. It is expected to take nearly a month until tenders are returned for the board's consideration. The next step after this will be an application for final approval from both levels of government. The OMB is also contacting the eight participating municipalities in an effort to determine their fi- nancial position in regards to assuming their share of the de- benture cost. The addition at SHDHS has been a long frustrating experience for board members. They first made application for a debenture issue to construct a smaller addition March 25, 1964 and since that Around the town . . • Boy Scout week will he ob- served in Exeter as in other parts of the province from Feb- ruary 20-27. Cubs, scouts, brownies and guides will hold a church parade February 27 to James Street United Church to mark the occasion. The annual father and son banquet will be held later, probably in mid- March. * * * * R. E. 'Bob' McKinley, M.P. will be reporting from Parlia- ment Hill, Sunday, February 20 on CKNX Wingham. * * * * The results of the 1st Exeter 'A' Cub Pack Father and Son Project as follows, 1st Prize Winner Bev and Jeff Lindenfield, (A Memorial), Special Award to Bill and Lorne Brock (A Caged Animal), Runners-up Bob and Wayne Simpson,Dick and Brad Roelofson. The udges were Mrs. Fred Simmons and Mrs. Bill Gilfillan. * * * * The wage scale for the Exeter Works Department was approved at the last meeting of council. The superintendent will get a minimum of $6,000 up $200 and including car allowance. His sal- ary depends on the number of building permits. The town fore- man will get $1.85 per hour a raise of five cents per hour. The assistant foreman will get $1.60 per hour a raise of three cents. Other regular employees will get $1.45 per hour, a raise of two cents. The men average a 45 hour week. * * * * Rabbi Kershanbaum will be guest speaker at the James Street AOTS Men's Club, Brotherhood night Monday evening. This even- ing is one of the highlights of the year and it is expected guests will be on hand from all faiths. A delegation of Usborne par- ents will meet with the school board Thursday evening request- ing the board to start a kinder- garten. The parents claim Us- borne will be the only Township in the area which sends students to the Exeter High School which will not have a kindergarten starting in the fall. * * * * The regular meeting of the RAP committee has been postponed for one week and will be held Monday, February 21. Council is also postponed one week and will be held February 28. * * * * Mrs. John Baker, formerly Of Exeter, was a recent winner in a cigarette contest. She wOn$769 by answering a skill question, name the great lakes. The usually reliable Windsor Star reports that another type of electric "chair" is gaining pope , larlty as a status Symbol. This Elect Mrs. Ken Johns to head Huron CAS Will attend Oxford seminar The Lucan Fire Department responded to the alarm but when they arrived the fire was too far advanced for them to stop it, or save any articles. The cause of the fire is unknown. A house on Highway 23 has been secured for the family who are still staying with relatives. An appeal has been made to neighbors in the area and cloth- ing, furniture and dishes are being gathered at the old St. Pat- rick's school. Two years ago the Harrigans were in a position to assist other fire victims. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowerman and their 10 children, neighbors of the Harrigans, were left homeless as a result of fire. The Harrigans took the family into their own home despite the size of their own family. Cheryl Ann Harrigan lay at rest in the C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home, Lucan until Saturday morning February 12, then to St. Patrick's Church Biddulph where the Rev. Father F. J. Bricklin officiated at the Mass of the Angels, at 11 am. Inter- ment was in St. Patrick's ceme- tery. Pallbearers were Leo De- wan, Jerry and Jim Harrigan and Cecil Hodgson. She is survived by her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Har- rigan, eight brothers, Ben 12, Danny 11, David 10, Randy 9, Mark 7, Andrew 6, Philip 5 and Johnny 4, all at home, also her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Har- A flash fire Thursday morn- ing resulted in the death of a two-year-old girl and destroyed a one and a half storey brick farm house about two miles east of Lucan on the Roman Line. Cheryl Ann Harrigan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harrigan died in St. Joseph's Hospital, London early Friday morning. The girl was the only daughter in a family of nine children. Five of the older children, Ben, Danny, David, Randy and Mark had left for St. Patrick's School when the fire broke out. Andrew, Philip, Johnny and Cheryl were alone in the kitchen of the home eating breakfast when the fire was discovered. Mr. and Mrs. Harrigan were at the barn when the fire broke out. Mr. Harrigan was repairing a silo unloader and Mrs. Harrigan had gone out to turn on the switch. The parents heard the boys screaming and turned to see the home enveloped in flames. Mrs. Harrigan's hairwas sing- ed when she opened the door. Mr. Harrigan closed his eyes against the flames and entered the kit- chen, picking up the high chair in which the baby was sitting. He stumbled when leaving the house dropping the chair but managed to get out of the kit- chen with his daughter. His hair, eyebrows, beard and hands were burned. The baby's hair and clothes were burned and the parents at first thought she was dead. The parents were driv- ing to the home of a neighbor, Mrs. Adrian DeBouwer to tele- phone police when the baby moved so they rushed her to St. Joseph's Hospital, London. ed a Huron County grant of $24,- 934, a provincial grant of $4,035, family allowances $2,405, wards, $44,066, parents, $4,587 and other counties and societies, $24,275. Other officers are: Vice-pre- sidents, Ivan Haskins, of Howick and Mrs. Albert Taylor, of God- erich; secretary, J. B. Berry, of Goderich; treasurer, B. G. Hanley, of Goderich. Directors, James Doig, of Seaforth; Mrs. Howard Klumpp, of Dashwood; — Please turn to page 3 one represents an important step in the evolution of the most prominent piece of furniture in our bathrooms. Costing $80 and up, installed, toilet seat heating, we are told, is warming the, well the hearts of at least two Windsor families. $2.50 in magistrate's court on a charge of unnecessary noise and very nearly lost an additional $67. Campbell apparently drop- ped the money on the street where it was found by Miss Sylvia Andrews, an employee of the Burkley restaurant, * * * * The Rt. Rev, Harold F. Apple- yard, D,D., Bishop of Georgian Bay, will visit Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church this Sunday at 11:15 a.m. to administer the Apostolic Rite of Confirmation. Seven candidates will kneel be- fore the Bishop to receive the ancient symbol of the receiving of the Holy Spirit, the laying on of the Bishop's hands. The Can- didates are Andria Barrett, Kathy Davies, Diana James, Wayne Prance, Jim Roberts,Cathy Ro- berts and Doyle Talot. Follow- ing the action of Confirmation the Bishop will preach to the congregation. The Exeter Teen Town have decided to sponsor a Viet Nam boy under the Save the Children Program. The boy is 13-14 years of age and it is expected that more details will be available later. This is a new project for this group although other organiza- tions in town, including the Ex- eter Public School, also sponsor children under this program. Grand Bend Reeve, Ory Wass- man managed to defeat the Mayor of Toronto in the Mayors and Reeves snowmobile competition at the Stratford Winter Festival, semi-finals but lost out in the finals. * * * * There will probably be lots of cubs at the annual parents' night in Grand Bend this week but few parents. This is not because of lack of interest but because of the 27 boys in the 8-11 1/2 year group, eight belong to three sets of parents. Danny, David and Donald are all Sons of Mr. and Mrs. Dawe; Dwight, Gary and Richard are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Jennison and Allan and Paul sons of Mr. and Mrs. McCaffrey. And like all Organizations of this type they could always use more help. R. E. McKinley, MP Huron, has been appointed to the par- liamentary committee on Labor and employment and to the joint committee on printing. * * * * Bob Higgins, nineteen year old student at SHDHS has left for a three week visit to his birth- place in Paisley Scotland. His relatives have not seen him since he was five years Old, Bob will attend the wedding of his cousin. * * * * Alvin Earl Campbell Of lien. sail probably left Exeter last Tuesday with mixed feelings. Ile Paid a fine Of $20 and costs of Mrs. Kenneth Johns of Exeter has been elected to a second term as president of the Huron County Children's Aid Society. She was elected at the 55th annual meet- ing held in Clinton Wednesday evening. About 130 foster parents from the area were special guests at the meeting bringing total at- tendance to about 230. Rev. John C. Boyne of Caven Presbyterian Church Exeter told guests that the shortage of adop- tion homes can be overcome, "without pressing the panic but- ton". He suggested pu blicity could solve this problem and pointed to the results of a re- cently published article in an area daily newspaper. CAS director, James Doig of Seaforth was presented with a silver tray in recognition of his 10 years of service. Another di- rector, Mrs. Howard Klumpp of Dashwood made the presentation. Miss Clare McGowan, of God- erich, staff director, reported that last year, 46 children were discharged from the society's care to their own homes and that one other has returned on pro- bation. She said 157 families including 504 children were serv- ed by the society. Society expenses and revenue last year both totalled $105,409. Included in the expenses were $37,216 for boarding homes,$2,- 207, medical expenses and $37,- 406 for salaries. Revenue includ- A report that the Kirkton Lib- rary Association has been dis- solved published last week is misleading, reports Usborne Township Reeve. A resolution was passed dissolving the As- sociation but this was just clear- ing the way to set up a county library board. This might take two years but all smaller as- sociations have to be officially dissolved by resolution before the new board can be Set up. Truck strike problem causes little delay Although many trucking com- panies and most communities are suffering hardships due to the truck shut-down, now three weeks old, Exeter appears to be in a favorable position. At Guenther- Tuckey Transport Ltd. it is "business as usual" according to B. W, Tuckey. He stated Tuesday that he has "umteen" trucks running in and out of Toronto every day and as yet has not had any trouble. Some merchants in town have complained they have not been able to get their spring merchan- dise out of Toronto but Mr. Tuck- ey commented that he had not heard of this, "in some cases shipments might be a day late be- cause of a delay in Toronto", he said and added that his company is looking after their regular customers first. The main source of trouble appears to arise from shippers in Toronto attempting to change their manner of shipping from truck to express. The express depot in Toronto is "snarled" and shipments from there are as much as a week behind schedule, One merchant at least is still waiting for a shipment which left the supplier in Toronto over a week ago, R. E, McKinley, P.C. Huron, speaking in the House of Com- mons for the first time Tuesday asked Transport Minister Pick- ersgill the reason. lie was told that railways have embargoed express in a number of Ontario areas because of their inability to handle all goods offered them due to the Ontario Truckers' strike. Mr. McKinley had asked the Minister why the CNR is re- fusing to pick up express from the Area officers at RCAF Centralia Saturday, February 12, the an- nual Royal Canadian Air Cadet conference was held at RCAF Station Centralia. Over 100 dele- gates, from as far east as Welland and west from Windsor, gather- ed to discuss mutual problems relating to enrollment, fl ying scholarships and accounting. The Air Cadet Officers were ac- companied by their wives for the one day session. While the men were at their business meeting, the ladies were given a tour of the station facilities. The day was capped by a dinner dance in the Officers' Mess. Some eighty couples were accommodated in local and district motels and hotels. Mr. Don Idle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Idle and a graduate of South Huron District High School has been selected to attend the English Speaking Union Se- minar at Oxford University in England. Each year the Hamilton Branch of the English Speaking - Union selects two teachers from the Hamilton Board of Education to attend the two week seminar during the month of July at Ox- ford. The purpose of the Seminar is to foster good-will and under- standing among English Speaking countries of the world. Don will meet with about one hundred other representatives of the English Speaking Union from all over the world. Outstanding speakers and lecturers from England andScot- land will address the Seminar during the two week period. After the Seminar, Don will spend three weeks touring Great Britain and visiting members of the English Speaking Union in that country. Following his tour of Britain, he plans to visit Hol- land, Northern Germany, Scan- dinavia and France. He will spend four days in Exeter, England. SHDHS teacher speaks to Lions If it were more difficult to get into high school students might appreciate it more. These were the views expressed by A, F. William s, mathematics teacher at SHDHS and a native of Trinidad in speaking to the Exeter Lions Club Thursday evening. Mr. Williams explained that in Trinidad there are 2,000 places in high schools with 20,000 stu- dents writing exams in an at- tempt to qualify. Mr. Williams described the social and economic situation of Trinidad briefly as well as their educational system. During a half hour question period he presented many little known facts about the country as it compares with Canada, Huron County area for delivery to the Montreal area. General Electric dealer, Rus- sell Electric, has had to pick up supplies in London. Apparently the company has rented some of their own trucks and haul ma- terials from Toronto to London for distribution. Board ups school costs The cost of sending students from Exeter area to Clinton for Vocational courses has been in- creased by the Central Huron Secondary School Board. Last Wednesday evening the board ap- proved an increase for non-re- sident students, The figures art' based on the actual cost of pro- viding education in 1965. The cost for students taking academic courses is increased from $3.25 to $3.60 per day and from $3.40 to $3.70 for the tech- nical course. There are now 99 students from South Huron attendingClin- ton as well as nine from RCAF Station Centralia according to the most recent report of SHDHS principal L. 0, Palmer. The SHDHS board anticipates sending 96 students to Clinton in September of 1966. The figure is composed of 20 students in grade 9 occupations or two year program, five students in grade 10 occupations, .25 Students in grade 10 In two and four year programs, 27 students In grade 11 in four year programs and 10 students in grade 12 in four year programs. All that was left It seems ironic that One of the few things saved from the Harrigan home was a child's rocker "Punkitihead". The home was completely (T-A photo) destroyed by fire Thursday and two year old Cheryl Harrigan who received burns to 80 percent of her body died early Friday morning.