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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-10-06, Page 1All set for international, just need good. weather In short, there's something for everyone at the International and It provides an opportunity for all farmers to learn the latest techniques in agriculture. To publiciae the International plowing Match, the Midwestern Ontario Development Area Coun- oil is planning a three-day wagon trip from Guelph to Seaforth. The trap will be made In a conestoga wagon. It will follow the route taken by early pioneers along the Huron Tract, now Highways 7 and from Guelph to Goderich, The trek begins today in Guelph and concludes in Seaforth onSat- urday. The mayors of each community and the wardens of the three coun- ties through which it will pass will be asked to send greetings via the "pioneers" to the Inter- national Plowing Match commit- tee. The wagon will spend the first night in Petersburg and the sec- ond in Mitchell. . ,akt, Plenty of gobbling here Gobble, gobble, gobble are the sounds that are erninating from the large flock of turkeys shown above at Ilayter's Turkey farm near Dashwrod. The five boys and girls in the midst of a flock of some 5,000 are anticipating the gobble, gobble, gobble routine they may be doing on one of these birds come Thanks- giving day. From the left are Tommy, Janice, Jeff,. Rick and Jane Hayter. Jeff and Rick are sons of Mr, and Mrs. Bob Hayter, while the other three are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hayter, owners of the turkey establishment that contains 22,000 birds et the moment. T-A Photo Area gal best of all Marilyn Johns, who two weeks ago was named queen of the Exeter fair, scored another honor, Saturday, when she was judged best of all the fair queens in District eight. She competed against five other queens from Huron and Perth at the Fordwich fair to cop the title and may now go on to the Provincial competition. Marilyn is a student at London Teachers' College and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johns, RR $ Exeter. She's shown above riding in the Plowing Match float enroute to the Exeter fair, --T-A photo Youth acquitted on rock charge Murray Charles Robinson, 18 of Hayfield, was acquitted in magis- trate's court in Forest, Tuesday, on a charge of carrying a con- cealed weapon, a rock, during a disturbance at Grand Bend over the Labor Day holiday weekend. The charge against Robinson was one of a series of charges laid over the holiday weekend. Other cases are scheduled to come up in Sarnia magistrate's court Friday. Ninety-third 'Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 6, 1966 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Next week there will be more visitors in Huron than there have been for any single event in the past 20 years. The attraction, of course, is the International Plowing Match to be held at Seaforth, and of- ficials predict that with the 00- operation of the weather rn an, some 150,000 people could be in attendance during the four days. All area roads will be inundat- ed with heavy traffic starting on Tuesday as residents throughout Ontario and other provinces and states make their way to the largest outdoor agriculture ex- hibit in the world. Next week will mark the cul- mination of over two years' work by the Huron County local com- mittee headed by Exeter's Larry Snider and Gord McGavin, Walt- on. Along with secret a r y Doug Miles, they have been responsible for delegating most of the or- ganizational work for the match, It has been predicted that this year's International could be the most successful on record due to its location in this prime farm- ing district. Manufacturers have been quick to realize the potential of ex- hibits in this area and over 300 will have tents and other dis- plays erected on a 300-acre "tented city" on the Seaforth farms of James Scott. This area has been a hive of activity for the past two weeks, with the erection of streetlights, some permanent buildings and the many displays. Many area firms will be among those displaying their products to those in attendance. In addition, service groups throughout Huron have joined to- gether to handle various details and concessions at the Match. The Exeter Lions will assist with the parking and the Beta Sigma Phi will be staffing one of the concessions on the grounds. Some area farmers will be entered in the plowing competi- tions and elected officials from across the district will be battling it out for the honors in the mayors and reeves division. Predict OPP here within three years; Commission to Crashes hurt three review present force —stray heifer killed Three persons were injured in area accidents this week and one cattle beast was killed, A little Shipka area girl mir- Flowers for a queen Beth Crago, judged queen at the Kirkton fair, receives a bouquet of flowers from the Agricultural Society president, Clarence Switzer. Beth won over seven other candidates. --T-A photo OPP investigate thefts in district STARTS TUESDAY The International starts Tues- day and will be officially opened by the Hon. J. J. Greene, Can- ada's Minister of agriculture. From then on the site will be a hive of activity. Some of the features are as follows: --A corn day, when Dr. W. S. Young, University of Guelph, will be talking on "Increasing Corn Yields". There will be other dis- cussions and machinery demon- strations pertaining to corn as well. --Queen of the furrow contest attracting young f armer ett es from across Ontario. --The usual contest for ward- ens, mayors and reeves. --Special features for the la- dies will include cooking demon- strations, fashion shows and hair styling. --The inter-secondary school competition when the plowmen of the future get their chance to show their abilities. --Colorful parades will be held each day. --A demonstration of st eam engines will be a daily feature. --A horseshoe pitching contest will be held on the grounds, and there'll be a tractor pulling con- test, plus historical exhibits. let him go in the near future if the Commission recommend- ed using the OPP, This was ironical in a way, because the applications receiv- ed were among the best prospects council has received in some years for the position of con- stable. Of the eight applicants, coun- cil indicated that four would have been definitely worth persuing further. One of the applicants had been with the OPP for 18 months, two others had apparently good po- lice backgrounds and one had recently completed the OPP ex- ams. Council decided to write the applicants to advise them of the situation. The Exeter OPP Detachment were called to investigate two minor thefts in the area over the past week. A new roll of fence wire be- longing to Joseph Miller, Hay Township, was stolen from his property. The wire was valued at $40. The theft of $45 in cash was reported from the home of Mrs. Emery Fahner, Crediton. The OPP are continuing their investigation of the two incidents. They are also attempting to locate the driver of a car which dumped a dog out in Usborne Township. The dog later killed a chicken on the farm of Lewis Johns, RR3 Exeter. A neighbour was able to fur- nish police with a partial de- scription of the car from which the dog was abandoned. OPP Cpl. C,J. Mitchell re- ported the detachment has had several reports of dogs being abandoned in this district. Completes course Keith Ayotte, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milford Ayotte, RR 3 Dashwood, recently graduated from DeVry Technical Institute, Toronto. He is also a graduate of SHIMS. He has accepted a position with the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion in Toronto. APPROVE PAY HIKE In giving council his monthly report, Acting Chief Harry Van- Bergen made the comment that he deserved to be paid police chief wages. "What's Cpl. VanBergen's sal- ary now?" asked Councillor Wooden. "Not very much," VanBergen quickly replied and then added the information that it was $4,- 100 per annum. After the officer had left, coun- cil discussed the issue of t e r Wooden said he felt VanBergen had been justified in asking for the raise, "He's done everything he's been asked to do," commented Councillor Chuck Barrett. However, police committee chairman Ted Wright pointed out that it was impossible to raise the salary and then drop it again. This was questioned by most members, who felt that a salary raised for a specific reason could —Please turn to Page 3 Would you believe . . reduced salaries? meetings in the afternoon of the first Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Gave permission to the trus- tees of the Greenway United Church to pave an area on the shoulder of the road in front of the church. Learned that paving has star- ted on the Development Road from Greenway to the Tri-Coun- ty bridge. Stephen looks after three miles and the balance is under the jurisdiction of Bosan- quet. Noted that arrangements are underway to obtain a five-year agreement with Ed Sillery for the supply of gravel. Three charged over linen theft Bosanquet lays charge GB dump issue flares specifically instructed by h i s council not to discuss the matter with reporters. Date of the hearing over the injunction has not been set, but Wassmann reported that the ear- liest it could be heard was De- cember 15. Crash cost over $900 The Ontario Police Commis- sion has been invited to conduct a review of the Exeter Police Department setup, it was reveal- ed at council's Monday session, The announcement was made by Mayor Jack Delbridge and police committee chairman Ted Wright, who recently had a meet- ing with members of the Police Commission in Toronto. "They offered at no expense to review the whole setup," Coun- cillor Wright reported. He said members of the present depart- ment would be interviewed and recommendations as to the future status of the department would be made following the visit to Exeter by members of the Com- mission. There has been no suggestion of any problems on the local de- partment, other than the fact council have had a difficult time keeping the department at full staff. The Commission is also ex- pected to give council an estimate on what it would cost to have the Ontario Provincial Police handle the policing of the community. Wright indicated that they had been told that the OPP would be policing Exeter within two to three years "whether we like it or not". He said he thought it might not be too costly to have this service provided by the OPP, but added that others had suggested it would require the services of four con- stables and one corporal. It was also pointed out that the town would still have to have their own policeman to enforce the local bylaws, as the OPP would not handle this duty. "What would they do with their time?" questioned Joe Wooden, noting that enforcing the bylaws was what took most of the time of the present department mem- bers. After the discussion, council decided to concur with the ac- tions of Delbridge and Wright in inviting the Police Commis- sion to conduct the study, and it was also agreed to continue to engage Irwin Ford as an Auxiliary Policeman for an indefinite peri- od of time. The Township of Bosanquet has filed an injunction and charg- es against the Village of Grand 'Bend in an effort to keep the re- sort from using the dump in the Township. The property is owned by Grand Bend, having been bought in a tax, sale in 1944 for the explicit purpose of a dump. The dump has been a conten- tious issue between the two muni- cipalities for the past year, and Three men from Quebec were lodged in Huron jail, Friday, charged with the theft and pos- session of bedding from the Le Pines Motel in Exeter. The theft of about $60 worth of bedding was reported to Ex- eter's Acting Chief, Cpl. Harry VanBergen, at 10:30 a.m. He notified the local OPP of the names of the suspects and they were picked up in Grand Bend by OPP Constable Ed Wilcox. Charged with theft is Raymond Laflorge; while Yvon Vallee and Rene Labeaume were charged with possession of the stolen goods. They appeared in Goderich court, Monday, but no plea was taken, and the three men were remanded until Thursday (today). aculously escaped serious in- jury when she was run over by a truck last Wednesday at the field office of the Radford Con- struction Co. Ltd. Shelley Darlene Wasson, dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wasson, was playing near her parents' trailer on the Shipka field office site when a pickup truck backed over her ankles. The truck was driven by Ed- ward K. Stephenson, Brussels, After backing over the one and a half year old, the driver then went ahead and ran over her pelvic area and lower legs. She was taken to South Huron Hospital where investigation re- vealed no broken bones. OPP Constable Dale Lamont investigated. On Saturday at 10:15 a,m. a lady driver and her six-year-old daughter were injured in a two- car crash at the intersections of Highway 4 and 84 in Hensall. Mrs. Wilhelmina Shearer, RR 2 Kippen, was stopped at the in- tersection waiting for northbound traffic on Highway 4 to clear before proceeding. However, she pulled out in front of a south- bound car driven by Barend Hu- bert Van Steeg, RR 3, Exeter. Mrs. Shearer was admitted to South Huron Hospital with arm and shoulder injuries, while her daughter, Joyce Linda, sustained cuts and bruises. HEIFER KILLED On Friday at 11:00 p.m., a heifer owned by William Pin- combo, RR 3 Exeter, was killed when struck by a car driven by Grant ,T, Thomson, RR 6, St. Marys. He was driving a car owned by Ruth Horne, RR 1, Woodham and had been proceeding west on the St. Marys Road when he spotted several cattle on the road, It was raining at the time Damage to the car was estim- ated at $300 by OPP Constable Bill Glassford, laah weeDen- .rums lalopper, 130w- Damage amounted to about $925 in three accidents in Exeter this past week. No one was injured in the mishaps. Most serious of the crashes took place yesterday afternoon when two cars collided at the intersection of Anne and William Streets. Involved were cars driven by Scott Trevithick, 76, Ailsa Craig, and Alvin Willert, 190 Anne St. Damage to each of their cars was listed at $300 by Cpl. Harry VanBergen. He reported Trevithick had been northbound on William Street and Willert was travelling east on Anne St. prior to the crash. On Monday at 8:00 p.m. two 16-year-olds collided on Main Street. The drivers were Danny S. Wilson, 23'7 Andrew Street, and Randy Weber, 351 AndreW Street. Each was driving a car owned by his mother. Cpl. Harry VanBergen report- ed that both cars were proceed- ing south on Main Street When Weber slowed down. in attempt- ing to stop, Wilson's vehicle Skidded on the wet pavement and ran into the rear of the Other vehicle, Damage was listed at $175 to the Wilson car and none to the one driven by Weber. The following eight at 8:30 p.m. Mrs, Earl Gackstetter, AR 1 0rediton, backed into a parked car on Victoria Street and caus- ed damage to it estimated at $150. There was none to her ear. ,eia • 0 ea a., manville. NO ACTION Due to the fact the commission has been asked to study the local department, council took no ac- tion regarding the appointment of an officer to fill the present vacancy on the police depart- ment. It was felt it would be unfair to hire a man and then have to Plan service at museum Bosanquet passed a bylaw that came into effect on January 1, 1966, forbidding the dumping of rubbish on the property. Bosanquet notified Grand Bend by registered mail of the bylaw enacted last year, but the resort continued to use the facilities. About two weeks ago, the Town- ship then filed an injunction, but the Grand Bend solicitor was able to have this quashed until such a time as it can be heard by the Supreme Court of Ontario. Charges were also laid a- gainst Grand Bend for violating the bylaw and this was to have been heard in Forest court, Tees- day. However, it was postponed until a decision has been made in re- gard to the injunction. "We're still using it," Grand Bend Reeve Ore/ Wassmann told the T-A this week. He also ex,- plained there were as many Bos- anquet residents using the dump grounds as there were from Grand Bend. He said that Bosanquet claim- ed that the dump was both a health and fire hazard. When questioned about the is- see, Bosanquet Reeve William Sitter replied he didn't know any- thing about it. However, he reported that Sar- nia lawyer, William DawsOn has been engaged by the Township to represent them In the matter. Sitter went on to report that the area in the vicinity Was get- ting built up and that the dump definitely constituted a fire haz- ard, He said it would burn Grand Bend out some day if it was al- lowed to continue, In etteMptifig to find out Carnation on this issue, the ,r-A also talked with Bosanquet Clerk Dan Ritchie. Ile said he had been What's that! A decrease in pay? That's exactly what happened at the Stephen Township couhcil meeting, Tuesday. Council voted to decrease their reeve's sal- ary from $400 per year to $350. However, Stephen council hasn't gone completely against the trend of the times. In ef- fect they boosted the reeve's salary to a total of $500 when they decided to institute car al- lowances in their pay scale. Previously, the reeve received $400, and while the actual salary dropped to $350 under the new move, council added a car al- lowance figure of $150 to bring the total remuneration to $500. The deputy-reeve and mem- bers of council will also have their stipend boosted. Persons in both categories previously re- ceived $300 per annum. Now the deputy-reeve receives $300 in salary and $100 car al- lowance for a total of $400. Councillors received a total of $375 made up of $275 in salary and $100 in car allowance. The institution of car allow- ances helps in income tax pay- ments. At the meeting, the assess- ment roll was received showing a jump of $39,000 in assessment. The new figure stands at $4,055, 180. Population in the township is also up to 2,628. This is an in- crease of 50. In other business, couneil: Decided to hold their winter Hensall okays bid on centennial plan Hensall council Monday night accepted the tender of Glenn Koehler to build the centennial pavilion in the community park. His was the only tender and Was in the amount Of $3,887.78. Of this figure, Hensall res- idents will have to pay $2,051.78. The remainder will be shared by the federal and provincial governments. Work is expected to commence on the building in the near future. At the meeting, Clerk-Treas- urer Earl Campbell reported that the population of the village had increased 13 over the past year. It nor r stands at 933. His report also noted that the taxable asseesment had jumped over $2 0,0 0 0 to a high of $1,172,675. in addition there is an exempt assessment of $98,775 In the Village, for sehooLs, char- dies, public buildings, etc, In other business, council: Set nomination for Nevember 2$ and it an election is required it will be staged On December Isseed building permits to James Petty for the erection of a house on Queen Street, Mrs. Fanny Clark for repairs to a verandah and William Puss for renovations to a building. Approved payment of $285 to Hammond Construction for the paving work recently completed around the municipal hall. Made a grant of $800 to the Parks Board after hearing a request from P, L, McNaughton and Douglas Manh. The two Parks Board members explained that much of the money Was heeded to pay the $1,400 insurance pre- mium oh their buildings. Instructed the clerk to adver- tise the gale of the three Geiger barns recently purchased by the municipality for about $2,000. The buildings, which constitute a fire hazard, are to be removed from behind the village hall. Learned that Ernie Davis had repaired a catch basin in front Of John Skeas:1 put in a new out let for the catch basin behind the MAO; and that the dump grounds had been bulldozed. Lots of support for new champions No wonder the Blanshard 8th Wile school won the tug-of-war contest at Kirkton fair last week. They certainly received all the moral support and urging they needed from their teacher, Miss Mildred Cowdrey. She's :shown here doing everything but grabbing the rope in her efforts to pull the kids to victory. photo An ecumenical Thanksgiving Day service will be held again this year in the quaint Mary Ellen Memorial Chapel at the Eisenbech Museum at Grand Bend. Clergy from various faiths will participate in the Service. The address will be given by the Rev. Daniel COughlin,C.S.B., Assumption High School, Wind- sor. Assisting him will be: The Rev, A.M. Grant, Rev. Lyall H. Crawford, Rev. John Graham, Rev. Eat Wattarn, Right Rev. Msgr. J.A., Feeney, and Rev. G.E. Morrow. John Aselatyne will be the song leader for the service and WS. Clark Kennedy will provide the music. Orie of the highlights of this year's service will be the tact the choir will be dressed in cen- tennial costiene The prop J con w,‘ .0 2:00 p.m.