HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-07-07, Page 1-4
Announce academic winners
at South Huron High School
Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 7, 1966 price Per Copy 15 Cents
Exeter. John Goddard is the son
of Dr. John Goddard and Mrs.
Goddard of liensall. nary Flax-
bard is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Flaxbard of Zurich, Enid
Blackwell is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Blackwell of
Zurich.
T own to investigate parking meters;
backs Huron emergency measures
Girls and boys divided honors
as top students in the four grades
at SHDHS this year, with girls
heading the parade in grades 9
and 12 and boys taking the top
spots in grades 10 and 11.
In 1965, girls were top students
in each of the four grades while in
1964, boys headed the list in each
of the four grades.
The Lions Club awards to the
student in each grade with the
highest percentage this year go to
the following: grade 9, Mary Wil-
son; grade 10, John Goddard;
grade 11, Gary Flaxbard; grade
12, Enid Blackwell,
Mary Wilson is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Wilson of
anne Breen; D, Gerald. Willis;
E, Pamela Sereda; F, Joanne
Lansbergen; G, Linda Keys; H,
Mary Wilson; I, Martha Gascho;
J, Ken Jones.
Grade 10 — A, Marilyn Gascho;
B, Norman Howey; C, Sandra
Leversedge; D, Carol LynnShap-
ton; E, John Goddard; F, Sheila
Hern,
Grade 11— A, Jim Knox; B,
Sandra Dickey; C, Janet Miller;
D, Rosalind Burns; E, Gary Flax-
bard.
Grade 12 — A, Enid Blackwell;
B, Heather Lenz; C, Ruthanne
Pepper; D, Bruce Forest; E,
Sharon Fletcher; F, Ron Young-
ash.
ACADEMIC SHIELDS
Academic Shields have the
names of the top four students
in each grade on them.
Grade 9 — Mary Wilson, 83,4;
Beth Cook, 82.9; Joanne Lans-
bergen, 81.1; Martha Gascho
80.9,
Grade 10—John Goddard, 89.7;
Sandra Leversedge, 87.6; Carol
Lynn Shapton, 86.7; Gwen Fink-
beiner, 84.1.
Grade 11 —Gary Fla.xbard,
86.4; Barry Jeffery, 83.9; Dennis
Hazelton, 81.2; Janet Miller 80.6,
Grade 12 —Enid Blackwell,
83.0; Lynn Lesnick, 82.3; Eliza-
beth Snell, 75.9; Richard Du-
charme 75.3.
HS addition revisions
bring price into line
SCHOLARSHIP BARS
Scholarship Bars are awarded
to the following students who have
75% or over.
Grade 9 A, Don Meidinger;
C, Diane Breen; E, Pamela Ser-
eda; F, Bernadette Farwell,
Richard Jones, Joanne Lansberg-
en, Joanne Miller; H. Peggy
Pryde, Mary Wilson, Beth Cook,
John James, Paula Barrett; I,
Lynda Comishen, Martha Gascho,
Cathy Meurling, Linda Stade; J,
Joyce Dale, Ken Jones, Gary
Ockenden.
Grade 10 — A, Marilyn Gascho,
C, Susan Allan, Collyne Bunn,
Gwen Finkbeiner, Sandra Lever-
sedge; E, June Bender, John God-
dard, Larry Kipper, Richard
Turkheim; D, John Dietrich, Gor-
don Jones, Carol Lynn Shapton,
Jane Pyette.
Grade 11 — A, Jim Knox; C,
Debbie Hynes, Judy Lesnick, Jan-
et Miller; E, Rick Buchanan,
Marie Campbell, Gary Flaxbard,
Glenda Keasey, Mary Meurling,
Joan Pepper, Dennis Hazelton,
Barry Jeffery.
Grade 12 A, Enid Blackwell,
Richard Ducharme, Lynn Les-
nick, Doug Prout, Sherrie Smith,
Elizabeth Snell; B, Heather Lenz;
C, Jacqueline Noble, Ruthanne
Pepper, Sandra Prout; D, Bruce
Forrest, F, Ron Youngash.
SHDHS board learned last week
from architects Page and Steele
that a revision of the plans was
acceptable to the contractor, W.
A. Dougall, at a price within the
financial resources of the board
($600,000).
The project, the board was
informed, has been re-submitted
to Ottawa for federal approval
and it is hoped word will be
received from Ottawa by about
August 1.
The board was informed that
the Exeter Town Council had re-
ceived a letter from the Ontario
Municipal Board acknowledging
the town's request to reinstate
the SHDHS addition debenture
approval.
This letter also stated: "There
must be submitted an acknow-
ledgment by each of the muni-
cipalities concerned that it is
aware that the application has
been reinstated."
On a motion of E. D. Bell and
L. Lamport, the secretary was
instructed to request the Town
of Exeter to comply with the
W.D. BURTON
New Administrator
CLASS AWARDS
Class Awards are presented to
the student with the highest aver-
age in the class.
Grade 9 — A, Douglas Meld-
Inger; B, Joan Campbell; C, Di-
Plan inquest
for fatality
ENID BLACKWELL
Grade 12 winner
An inquest is to be held some
time in August into the death of
Edgar Monteith, 75, of Andrew
Street, Exeter, who was fatally
injured Sunday morning. Cpl. C.
J. Mitchell of the Exeter detach-
ment of the O.P.P. says the
exact date in August has yet to
be set.
Mr. Monteith met death as he
was walking across Highway 83
to attend the 11 am service on
Sunday at Thames Road United
Church.
Provincial Constable John
Wright of the Exeter detachment
of the OPP reported that Mon-
teith was hit by a car driven by
Mrs. Eileen Fulcher, 40, of RR 1
Kirkton.
Mr. Monteith had parked his
car opposite the church before
walking across the highway. A
bachelor, Mr. Monteith retired
from farming about two years
ago. He is survived by a sister,
Mrs. Mildred Ballantyne of Exe-
ter.
The funeral service was held
Tuesday afternoon at Hopper-
Hockey Funeral Home. Inter-
ment was in Exeter Cemetery.
Charles Simmons, Dearborn,
Michigan, was northbound on No.
81' Highway at 8:45 p.m. on June
29 when struck in rear by car
driven by James Robins of Lon-
don. Damage was estimated at
$150. The crash occurred on No.
81 at the Crediton Road. There
was some confusion as to whether
the Simmons car had its signal
lights on at the time.
Damage was $500 when a car
driven by Gary Mathers of Grand
Bend crashed into the ditch at
2:45 a.m. on July 2 on the Credi-
ton Road, half a mile west of
Khiva. He escaped with bruises
but a passenger, Rose Magalino
of London, was thrown out of the
car and suffered cuts on the right
leg. As he approached a culvert
under construction, Mathers ap-
plied brakes to his car but they
failed to work and the car careen-
ed into the ditch.
Joe Flynn of Hensall was
travelling west on the 15th side-
road of Hay Township at 2:45
p.m. on July 2 when his car hit
a gravel ridge and rolled over.
He suffered a broken left leg
while car damages amounted to
$800.
parking tickets were handed out.
It was decided to erect a fence
near the race track where a gate
once stood to prevent through
traffic. It will be at the north
end of the drive way passing the
arena and leading on to Welling-
ton Street.
The Ausable River Conserva-
tion Authority stated the roof
on the building in which their
offices are located leaks and
should be inspected. The pro-
perty committee was authoriz-
ed to make any necessary re-
pairs.
The P.U.C. suggested that
there be a "light turning on"
ceremony after the new lights on
Main Street were all installed.
Council was in agreement with
the idea and will pass it on to the
Board of Trade.
The P.U.C. complained that any
building permits issued should
also be authorized by the P.U.C.
if the builder wants to be as-
sured of water and light services.
The Town Clerk was instruct-
ed to make a final offer for
property adjacent to the Town
Hall in the plan for consolidation
of town offices.
When the sidewalks on Main
Street are eventually torn up
to install new ones, numerous
trees will have to be removed.
A resolution was carried that
some 50 new trees be planted
next spring on Main Street, of
necessity on private property,
to replace the trees which will
have to be removed because of
the new sidewalk program.
Works Superintendent J i m
Paisley was instructed to obtain
the services of a man for Satur-
days for necessary work on the
grounds to be done at Riverview
Park.
Council decided to investigate
the possibility of having the
swimming pool open from 9 to
10 pm for the use of adults only.
The police committee recom-
mended that one new revolver
be purchased, at about $91, for
the town police, and another one
be purchased the following year.
It declined to agree with the
proposal that a fingerprint out-
fit be purchased.
Concern over the present and
also the future problem of car •
parking on Main Street was ex-
pressed in discussions of Town
Council on Monday evening.
Councillor Joe Wooden sug-
gested that parking meters be
installed for a two-year trial
period.
With no off-street parking of
any consequence, the problem
of car parking on Main Street
was seen as one of increasing
irritation.
Finally, town council passed a
resolution that the installation
of parking meters on Main Street
be fully investigated and that all
available information be obtained
on it with a view to adopting park-
ing meters for Main Street on a
trial basis.
Council was asked by W. Stuart
Forbes, co-ordinator for Huron
County for Emergency Measures,
to pass a by-law expressing the
willingness of Exeter to partici-
pate in the E.M.O. program.
He said officials at Toronto
were unhappy about the degree to
which Huron County was par-
ticipating in the organization.
Huron County Council, he said,
is to make a decision this Sep-
tember on whether to drop EMO
or continue it. While there is
negation in the viewpoint of
County Council at this time, an-
other threat such as the Cuban
situation could change their
minds, he felt. He was of the
opinion that county councillors
as a whole didn't know much
about the importance of EMO.
Exeter Town Council finally
passed a by-law expressing its
willingness to fulfill the require-
ments of the Emergency Mea-
sures Act.
In giving his police report for
June, Cpl. Harry Van Bergen
said 155 bicycle licenses were
issued for that month. A total
of 31 complaints were investigat-
ed.
Five premises were found in-
secure during checks. Domestic
problems investigated numbered
four. There were two cases of
break-in and entering. Charges
under the Highway Traffic Act
numbered 10 and under the Liquor
Control Act, one. A total of eight
Name new
administrator
aforementioned instruction and
have the municipalities acknow-
ledge over their corporate seal
that they are aware that the ap-
lication for a debenture of$600,-
000 has been reinstated at the On-
tario Municipal Board.
The secretary was instructed
to obtain from the Ontario De-
partment of Education the figures
used in the project approval which
went to Ottawa. These figures, it
was pointed out, will be useful in
seeking final approval from the
Ontario Municipal Board.
It was announced that the
school's vault was ruined during
the break-in at the school on
June 15 and the matter of a
replacement was left with the
property committee.
Members of the board felt that
a regular meeting of the board
would probably not be necessary
on July 12 unless definite word of
approval re the school addition
had come from Ottawa.
It was moved by Dr. R. W.
Read and seconded by E. D. Bell
that the retirement gratuity be
paid to Mrs. E. L. Dixon and E.
D. Howey.
Area grads
take posts Find many cars
in poor shape
A total of 401 cars passed
through the safety check equip-
ment located in Exeter from
Monday afternoon to Thursday
evening of last week. Of this
number, only 68 cars were ap-
proved. There were 259 found
with defects and '74 were re-
checked after the owners were
informed of defects. A total of
26 cars were found to be in suf-
ficiently bad shape as to have
their license plates removed and
ordered off the roads entirely.
W. D. (Wally) Burton, 141 Gid-
ley Street East, Exeter, was ap-
pointed business administrator
of SHDHS at a special meeting
of the board.
His duties commenced July 1
in order to get acquainted with
the office operation at SHDHS.
Mr. Burton succeeds E. D. How-
ey, who recently resigned from
this post.
Dr. R. W. Read, chairman of
the management committee, re-
ported there were 14 replies to
the advertisement which appear-
ed in a district daily newspaper.
Five of the applicants were inter-
viewed by the committee.
W. D. Burton is a retired
squadron leader of CFB Cen-
tralia. His home town is Ren-
frew, Ontario. In 1940 he enlist-
ed in the RCAF at Montreal.
When he retired from the RCAF
in 1964 with 25 years service he
held the rank of squadron leader
and was senior accountant of-
ficer.
BOARD AWARDS
Board Awards are given to the
student with the highest mark in
a subject,
Grade 9—Eng, Gary Ockenden;
Hist, Beth Cook; Geog, Berna-
dette Farwell; Math, Pauline
Baechler; Sc, Joanne Lansberg-
en; Ag, Paul Passmore; Fr, Mary
Wilson; Corn, Joanne Mille r;
Shop, Ken Jones; Home Ec,Shir-
ley Thiel.
Grade 10 — Eng, Gwen Fink-
beiner; Hist, John Goddard; Geog,
Kathy Whittington; Math, Gordon
Jones; Sc, Carol Lynn Shapton;
Ag, Larry Kipper; Fr, June Bend-
er; Lat, Sandra Leversedge;
Corn, Norman Howey; Shop, John
Dietrich; Home Ec, Judy Estey.
Grade 11 — Eng, Mary Meur-
ling; Hist, Janet Miller; Geog,
Rick Buchanan; Math, Marie
Campbell; Sc, Jim Knox; Fr, Bill
Jeffery; Lat, Dennis Hazelton;
Span, Gary Flaxbard; Com, Gor-
don Greenwood; Shop, Richard
Shantz; Home Ec; Joy Seldon.
Grade 12 — Eng, Enid Black-
well; Hist, Lynn Lesnick; Geog,
Cathy Pett; Math, Marie Powe;
Sc, Ron Youngash; Fr, Sharon
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Officials salute new home for aged
SHDHS graduates, who have
been successful candidates at
London Teachers' College and
have accepted positions include
Marion Walker, who will be
teaching at Wilmington Junior
Public School, North York, Tor-
onto, next term; Carolynne Sim-
mons at Dixie PS, Cooksville;
Susan Dinney at Wortley Road
PS, London; Sue Ann Svendsen at
Grand Bend PS;
Margaret Johns at Hensall PS;
Brenda Smillie and Margaret
Hyde on the LondonPublic School
Board; Sharon Lightfoot at Ste-
phen Central School; Patrick
Soldan at Grand Bend PS and
Kathy Scene at North York, Tor-
onto.
Mrs. George Vriese and Bruce
Delbridge also graduated from
London Teachers' College and
will be on Exeter PS staff. An impressive corner stone
laying ceremony was held Sunday
afternoon at the $626,000 Blue
Water Rest Home at Zurich. The
home now under construction will
provide accommodation for 65
senior citizens.
Chairman for the event was
Dr. C. Wallace of Zurich. Par-
ticipating in the actual laying of
the corner stone were Hon.
Charles MacNaughton, Robert
McKinley, M.P. , Reeve John Cor-
bett of Hay Township and Mr. C.
A. Atkinson of the Ontario De-
partment of Welfare. Blessing
the stone was Rev. A. Blackwell
of Zurich.
Mr. Atkinson spoke of the great
service to the district that the
new Rest Home would provide
and praised those responsible
for bringing to reality its con-
struction.
Special music for the occasion
was furnished by the following
quartette: Irvin Martin, Dwight
Bender, Stewart Steckle and John
Geiger.
The closing benediction was
given by Rev. Ephriam Gingerich
of RR 2 Zurich.
The Blue Water Rest Home
will be one of the few fully-
approved homes for senior citi-
zens in Ontario, containing full
facilities for care and recreation
for the elderly, in accord with
modern medical knowledge of
geriatrics.
The new building will include
pleasant sitting and dining rooms,
work-shop, laundry, recreation
areas, garden patio and wooded
picnic ground.
Hon. Charles MacNaughton and Mr. C. A. Atkinson of the Ontario Department of Welfare are actively
engaged in the corner stone laying of the new Blue Water Rest Home at Zurich. Standing by and ready to
assist is Robert McKinley MP of Zurich. The ceremony was held on Sunday afternoon.
GARY FLAXBARD
Best in grade I I
Farm delegation protests
odors from liquid manure
JOHN GODDARD
Tops grade 10 •
waiting replies from these auth-
orities.
The clerk of Tuckersmith
Township, J. L. McIntosh, RR 3,
Seaforth, said that Tuckersmith
Township Council Tuesday even-
ing told the protesting delegation
that the Township had no regu-
lations governing the s u bj e ct
under complaint and, therefore,
had no immediate remedy.
Council plans to wait until such
a time as the delegation hears
from the OWRC and the Huron
Health Unit.
In the meantime, the odor and
the flies continue to gather over
the liquid manure ponds and pro-
testing ratepayers hold th e i r
noses in disgust.
Start roads
at Hensall
Milk goes up
before hike
MARY WILSON
Grade 9 leader
Where are
you going?
"Pigs is Pigs" was the title
of a humorous book written sev-
eral years ago, but some rate-
payers of Tuckersmith Township
don't find anything humorous
about the problem of liquid man-
ure from the pigs which is cur-
rently waiting over some parts
of the Township. The odor has
been accentuated by the recent
heat waves.
A delegation of three rate-
payers appeared before a meet-
ing of Tuckersmith Township
Council Tuesday evening to air
a protest.
They claimed that a number of
Tuckersmith Township farmers,
and one in particular, are using
a liquid manure system which is
producing offensive smells for
neighboring residents and for
any motorists passing by.
In the system used, a large
excavation is made in the ground
to produce somewhat of a pond.
Into this water is dumped the
manure from pigs on the farm,
thereby producing a liquid man-
ure which is eventually used on
the farm fields.
The delegation told council that
it had registered a protest with
the Huron County Health Unit and
also with the Ontario Water Re-
sources Commission and was a-
A traffic survey was conducted
Tuesday on No, 4 Highway, about
11/2 miles south of Exeter by
representatives of the Ontario
Department of Highways. It
sought to determine the nature of
the traffic, where it was from,
etc.
Cars were stopped and its oc-
cupants asked such questiens as:
What address did you come froM?
What address are you going to?
Are you going on business, shop-
ping or on a pleasure trip?
The type of vehicle was classi-
fied as either commercial or
passenger and whether it was
from Ontario, other parts of Can-
ada or from the U.S.A.
Even a Motorways bus was
halted and its passengers were
queried along the aforementioned
lines.
As if anticipating the approach-
ing hike in the price of milk set
for July 1, many quarts of milk
itself went up on June 29 and then
came down with a bang on Highway
21, half a mile north of Highway
83.
A Hamilton Dairy truck from
Grand Bend was crossing No. 21
Highway from one lane to another
when it was struck by a north-
bound car on No. 21 driven by
Charles Annan of Sarnia. Total
damage in the crash amounted to
$900. Driver of the dairy truck
was Bradley Hamilton,
Boat vanishes
during night
When W. S. Scott of the Kings-
mere subdivision on No, 21 High-
way walked out of his summer
cottage and headed for his boat
and motor at 8:45 am on Sunday,
July 3, it was nowhere in sight.
Last time he saw it was at
10 pm on Saturday, July 2.
He immediately reported the
theft to the 0.P,P.
But, while driving along No.
21 Highway Sunday afternoon he
spotted his lost boat and motor
at the side of the road near St.
Joseph's at about 4:15 pm. Row
and by whom the boat had been
used during its hours of absence
remains a mystery.
Sidewalk riders
to get 'ticket'
The town police committee will
try out a scheme to shame young-
sters against riding their bi-
cycles on the sidewalks of Main
.treet. It is called a violation
form and the young offenders will
be given them to take home to
their parents so that the latter
might know that their youngsters
are violating town regulations.
Three separate wings for normal, special and bed care will be pro-
vided. Interdenominational, Blue Water Rest Rome will give priority
of accommodation to residents of South Huron and Blue Water Area.
Work is progressing rapidly on the construction of the spacious
new Blue Water Rest Home at Zurich. The corner stone laying cere-
mony took place Sunday afternoon at the extreme right in this photo.
A road paving program was
scheduled to get under way at
Hensall on Tuesday.
It includes: Richmond Street
South, from Highway No. 4 to
Nelson Street; a 300-foot stretch
on Mill Street from Highway No.
4; a nine-foot strip alongside of
the Town Hall.
This was announced at a coun-
cil meeting Monday evening. T.
G. Hammond of St. Marys is the
contractor.
At this council meeting, Fire
Chief David Sangster requested
additional supplies and also of-
fered suggestions for the im-
provement of the village's pre-
sent fire equipment.
Clerk Earl Campbell was in-
structed to notify the mill own-
ers to meet with the council on
July 12 regarding the care of
the mill dump.
Permits for building were
granted George Armstrong, to
apply aluminum siding on his
garage, and Mrs. John Goddard,
to renovate the doctor's office
and Waiting room.
Council gave permission to
the PUC to install seven new
fluorescent lights on King Street
and one on York Street at a cost
of over $2,000.
The clerk was instructed to
notify the Township Of Usborne
that the council will only agree
to Usborne Township paying the
third of the cost of operating
the domestic dump ground per
annum with no limit.
The council instructed Police
Officer E. R. Davis to issue
a summons to any owner not hav-
ing a dog license.