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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-04-27, Page 1Ninety-third. Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 27, 1967 Price Per Copy 15 Cents MacDonald to address meeting Boyne will scan Exeter cleric runs for ND The battle lines appear to be drawn for the riding of Huron, ready for Premier John Roberts to announce the date of the next provincial election, The Rev. John C. Boyne of Exeter is the latest to throw his hat into the ring as he an- nounced this week he would seek the New Democratic Party can- didacy at the party's nomination meeting, Monday. The event will be held in the Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton, at 9;00 p.m. and the guest speaker will be the pro- vincial leader, Donald C. Mac- Donald. It is expected that Rev. Boyne will be the only candidate to con- test the NDP nomination for the upcoming election, the date of which still draws considerable speculation. Rev. Boyne moved to Exeter five years ago and now serves Presbyterian churches in Exeter, Cromarty and Hensall. He serv- ed four years on the South Huron District High School Board and was chairman of the Exeter Minor Fire levels Hensall area barn A Wednesday morning fire completely levelled the barn of Marcel Vanneste, RR 2 Hensall. In addition to the barn, the flames also destroyed a new combine, 30 ton of fertilizer and a quantity of hay and tile. In the background, just to the right of the burning barn, can be seen another barn owned by Mr. Vanneste that was destroyed by last week's tornado. — T-A photo Loses barn in tornado —fire destroys another TV personality speaks in Exeter CFPL-TV personality Don Gray was guest speaker at the annual ladies' night staged by the James St. United Church ACTS Men's Club, Monday. Many of those in attendance arrived in centennial costumes and Mr. Gray is shown here examining a fur muffler. With him from the left are Mr. and Mrs. Mery Cudmore, and Mr. and Mrs. Iry Armstrong. T-A photo Mr. and Mrs. Vanneste moved they purchased the home farm. to the Hensall area in 1959 when They are natives of Belgium. Hockey Association for one seas- on. During his three years as a columnist for The Exeter Times- Advocate, Rev. Boyne aired his opinions on church, community and political affairs, resulting in a widely read feature of this newsapaper. Ie addition, he has served on various committees in church functions. The local cleric has been a member of the Huron NDP As- sociation for the past five years, and said he has been a party supporter for the past 10. Commenting on his entry into politics, he said he was "look- ing forward to it". He said the party would hope to attract sup- port from farm and labor fields. He noted that many area farm- ers were now under the impres- sion they were getting "snowed" and commented farmers in gen- eral were more restless than ever before. The congregations of the three churches cleared the way for their minister to enter the po- litical field when they met in a general session on April 23 to pass a motion saying they did not object to him accepting a nomin- ation to contest the riding of Huron in the forthcoming elec- tions for the Legislature or Com- mons. Asked if the motion inferred he may try his hand in the fed- eral field if defeated provincial- ly, Rev. Boyne said it did. "If I am defeated provincially I would run for the House of Commons," he said. Given 14-day jail term for beating Clinton man REV. J. C, BOYNE ALL READY? With Rev. Boyne's entry into the provincial field, it appears almost certain it will be a three- way fight in Huron. Brigadier Morgan Smith, Hay- field, has been named the Lib- erals' choice and it is expected the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton will again represent the Conserva- tives. Regulate fireworks with a new bylaw face a charge of parking on a street and interfering with traf- fic, but Magistrate Hays dismiss- ed the charge when evidence re- vealed the situation hinged on a bad relationship between Mr. Becker and one of the witnesses, Lorne Becker. The charge had been laid after Lorne Becker called Opp to Dashwood on February 2 when he was unable to get V. L. Becker to remove vehicles from the roadway that were blocking the former's attempt to plow streets in the village. Lorne Becker said a request to have the vehicles moved was refused by the defendent. Two village trustees were called to the scene and then OPP asked to come. At the request of the OPP, the vehicles were moved. V. L. Becker was represent- ed in court by Goderich lawyer James Donnelly, who through ex- amination of the witnesses, point- ed out that there was a bad re- lationship between the two Seek- ers. A charge of racing was with- drawn against two other area youths, but they each paid fines of $50 for speeding. Fined were Keith Leroy Maier, Dashwood, and Phillip Wayne Da- vis, also of Dashwood. OPP Constable Bill Glassford reported he saw the cars driven by the two youths pull out of a Dashwood snack bar lot on April 4 and proceed west on Highway 83 at a great rate of speed. He followed the two to the intersection of Highways 83 and 21 and said their speed reached 90 m.p.h. Both drivers had sev- eral previous driving convic- tions. Another Dashwood resident, V. L. Becker, appeared in court to A 20-year-old Exeter youth was sentenced to 14 days in jail when he appeared before Magis- trate Glenn Hays, Q.C., Tuesday, for sentence on a charge of as- sault causing bodily harm. The case against Barry Lloyd Greenacre, Exeter, had been heard in Goderich on Monday and he was ordered to appear in court here a day later so a pre-sentence report could be given. Greenacre was charged in Clinton on April 20 after assault- ing William Fleischauer, 50, owner of the Elm Haven Motor Hotel. The Clinton man r e qu tred stitches to close a wound under his eye as a result of the attack and he also received a severe kick in the abdomen. Evidence revealed Greenacre had been drinking prior to the assault and it was reported that he apparently attacked Fleis- chauer because the latter had thrown some of Greenacre's friends out of the motel some time previous to the incident. Acting Crown Attorney Page recommended to Magistrate Hays that a jail term be handed down. Failure to report an accident in which they were involved re- sulted in fines of $30 each for Charles Albert Becker, Dash- wood, and Lorne W. Vincent, Parkhill. The two were involved in a crash in Dashwood on March 25 and damage in the crash amount- ed to about $300 to each of the cars. Police did not learn of the crash until April. rockets be set off on private property. The bylaw points out that while the discharge of fireworks is pro- hibited except at these two — Please turn to Page 3 "If it's not one thing it's an- other!" Those were the comments of Mrs. Marcel Vanneste, RR 2 Hensall, as she stood and watch- ed a barn burn down on a farm owned by her husband. Mr. Vanneste sat near a tree, his head in his hands, gazing only occasionally as flames levelled the 36' by 70' steel barn east of Hensall. Only 10 days previous, a barn on the home farm across the road had been destroyed by the tornado which whipped through the area. The Vanneste house had also been damaged and a deep freeze had been yanked right out of it and destroyed by the wind. The barn that burned was on the farm on the south side of the road that the couple had bought two years ago from Mel Traquair. Lost in addition to the barn was a new combine, almost 30 ton of fertilizer and a considerable quantity of hay and tile. Mr. Vanneste didn't know what his actual loss would be, but pre- dicted it would cost him $20,000 to replace the barn, which had been built about 20 years ago. He had been working near the barn when he noticed the fire in the southwest corner of the build- ing. However, there was no phone in the house on the farm and he had to race across the fields to his home to call the Hensall fire department. By the time they arrived on the scene the fire was out of control. The loss was partially covered with insurance. No cause for the blaze has been determined, but it may have started from sparks from a re- cent bonfire. Mr. Vanneste had spent Tuesday cleaning up an old shed that had been blown down in the tornado. Assisted by neighbors, he man- aged to get a few bags of feriliz- er and some equipment Out of the building before it was destroyed. A double setback Marcel Vanneste, with his hand on his forehead, watches his barn burn down, Wednesday. Seated beside him is an unidentified member of the Hensall fire brigade which answered the call. The firemen were unable to save the building. T-A photo The sale and setting off of fire- works will be prohibited in Ex- eter, except for a period of three days prior to the date on which Victoria Day and Dominion Day is marked. The Victoria Day holiday is marked on the Monday im- mediately proceeding the 24th of May, and Dominion Day is the first of July. This regulation came into ef- fect on Friday when council gave final reading to a new bylaw established to eliminate the dang- erous problem of youngsters set- ting off fireworks at various times of the year. The bylaw stipulates that no person shall display, or offer for sale or sell fireworks within the corporate limits of Exeter, except on the three days prior to the holidays. In addition, no person shall discharge or set off fireworks within the limits except for those three days. The discharge or setting off of fireworks even at these times must be under the supervision of an adult and at no time can the type known as sky Council approves bridge repair job Near settlement over Centralia? The H3n, C. S. MacNaughton reported this week that negotla. tions are "proceeding satisfact- orily" between the federal and provincial governments over the sale of CFB Centralia. The Huron MPP was in Ottawa Monday to meet with officials at Crown Assets Disposal Corpora- tion and the Hon. C. S. Drury, Canada's minister of industry. Neither Mr. MacNaughton nor Mr. Drury released negotiation figures. The provincial option on the former RCAF base concludes May 1 and Mr. MacNaughton in- dicated negotiations were pro- ceeding quickly in view of this fact. Cleanup draws good response Works SuperintendentJim Paisley reported this week many residents on the west side of town took advantage of the special garbage pickup held this week as a centennial cleanup. "It was a wonderful response," he said. The project was authorized by council in the hope of getting residents to clean up cellars, garages and their property. Extra crews have been put on the job to get the added trash to the dump. The special pickup continues on the west side for the remainder of this week and the east side of town will be serviced starting Monday and continuing through Saturday. MINORS FINED Three area youths pleaded guilty to charges of having liquor while under the legal age of 21 and were fined varying amounts. Anthony Alphonse Corriveau, 19, Zurich, was fined $35 and costs. Larry R, Scott, 16, Parkhill, was fined $40 and costs. Irwin Ross Eagleson, 18, Park- hill, was fined $30 and costs. Evidence revealed all three had been drinking on the various -- Please turn to page 3 Teachers get Sister died in same area • Hit head-on by second car pay increases Shipka man seriously hurt in crash Salary negotiations have been completed by two more area pub- lic school boards. Officials of the Stephen and Us- borne school area boards have announced that agreements have been reached with their teachers for the 1967-68 term. In Stephen, chairman Ross Brown announced that minimum and maximum levels have been raised $400 in all categories but number one, where the increase is $500. The Stephen category rates fel' the coming year are at follows: Category 1 . $4,000 to $5,600 Category 2 . $4,200 to $6,500 Category 3 . $4,500 to $7,100 Category 4 . . $4,900 to $9,200 In USborne, figures released by board chairman Tom Hem and principal Allan Taylor show increases to bring 196'7-69 sal- aries to the following level: Category 1 . $4,000 to $5,400 Category 2 $4,300 to $6,400 Category 3 . . $4,700 to $7,100 Category 4 . 0 $5,000 to $7,800 This represents an increase of $500 in the minimum for categories one, two and four, and a $600 increase in three. The maximum is up $400 in categories one and three and $800 in category two. At their special meeting, Fri- day, Exeter council approved an expenditure of $10,000 to have the department of highways make improvements and repairs to the bridge over the Ausable River this year. However, the approval con- tained the stipulation that the work to be undertaken not inter- fere with the centennial activities planned for the park on July 1. The work, Which will, conSist T wo injured in car crash and right arm. Total damage in the crash was listed at $2,500. It was the third serious ac- RR 9 London, received a cut on the forehead and knee injury; and Gordon Cote, 6 Landor St., Lon- don, sustained a sore right leg cident in Stephen Township this year, Two residents of the town- ship were killed in the previous crashes, Two ladies were injured as a result of a two-car collision in Exeter, Sunday. Shirley J. Yantke, Edmonton, sustained two broken ribs and Mrs. W, K. Lippert, RR 2 Kil- worthy, Muskoka, suffered shock when their car was in collision with one driven by William E, Sigsworth, Alice St., Lucan. Mts. Yantke was the driver of the sec- ond car. She had been northbound on William St. and collided with Sigsworth, who Was proceeding east on Ann Street, Total damage in the crash was estimated at $950. The impact spun the Sigswerth car right around so it was fading west, and the car being driven by Mrs. Yantke was spun around twice. The crash took place at 5;45 13.111 4 of removing the asphalt and con- crete on the deck and replacing it, along with the replacement of the sidewalk and installation of bigger drains. The department will provide a 90% grant, so the work will only cost the town $1,000 ap- proxiinately. Reeve Derry Boyle said it would make more sense to him to have the work done on the bridge at the same time Main St. is being reconstructed next year. However, Councillor Joe Wooden replied that there would be a big enough bottle-neck next year viitholit the bridge being out too. He went on to explain council had already turned down a re- quest from the department to authorize work at the north end intersection and felt they should perhaps co-operate on the bridge proposal. WorksSuperintendent J ire Paisley advised council it was his understanding the department planned to widen the bridge, but there was no mention made of thiS in the letter received. It was at Paisley's suggestion that the Work only be undertaken if it not interfere with the centen- nial proceedings. In view of the planned recon- struction of the Main St. council dedided to advise the department of highways and the firm which annually paints Centre lines that they will not undertake the work this year. Members felt it would be a Waste of money because the street will soon be ripped up anyway. Driver seriously hurt A Shipka resident was seriously injured when his car was in collision with one driven by a Lendon Man on the Crediton road, Sunday. Fred Gibson IS in the "intensive care" ward of a London hospital with undetermined injuries. Above f it his vehicle after the Impact. A Shipka resident remains in the intensive care ward in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, fol- lowing a violent two-car crash on the Crediton Road, Sunday. Fred C. Gibson, RR 2 Dash- wood, was rushed to hospital after his car was hit head-on by a vehicle driven by Robert C. Soilleux, 1070 Hamilton Road, London. Mr. Gibson was returning from work at CFB Clinton around 5;00 p.m. Sunday when the crash oc- curred just west of Khiva. A Sister of Mr. Gibson was killed in an auto accident near the same intersection some years ago. OPP Constable John Wright reported Gibson was westbound on the Creditor: Read and Soil- leux had been eastbound, The latter pulled out to pass other eastbound cars and hit the Gib- Son car as it came over a hill. They met head-on on the north side of the road. Mr. Gibson suffered severe injury to his legs and chest. SOIlleUX and two passengers in his ear also sustained injury. The driver received a Out nose and knee injury; Robert Redden, Both had been southbound on Highway 4 and Datars was in the process of making a right turn into a laneway. The Goderich man pulled out to pass him, but failed to pull out far enough and struck the rear of the Datars vehicle. Damage was listed at $500. There were no injuries. The final crash of the week took place on Sunday at 4:00p.m. just south of the main intersec- tion in Hensall. OPP Constable Bill Glassford reported the driv- ers involved were Ellsworth Steven Kidd, Desboro, and Ed- ward George Bissett, Goderich. Bissett was southbound on Highway 4 when hit by Kidd, who had been eastbound on Richmond St. in Hensall. Damage to the vehicles Was estimated at $250. During the week the Exeter OPP detachment officer's in- vestigated seven other occur- rences and issued 40 warnings under the Highway Traffic Act. Four persons were charged. They spent 82 hours on patrol and covered a distance of 2,058 miles. DAMAGE HIGH Damage ran high in three other accidents investigated in the past Week. Two of them took place last Tuesday. At 12:30 a.m. on April 18, a car driven by Samuel 3. Kiagma, RR 1 Exeter, left the road in Stephen Township on the side- road extending west from the St. Marys Road. The accident took place about two and one half miles West of Highway 4. Kingrna was westbound and went oft the south shoulder, knocked off a mail box and crash- ed into a hydro pole. Damage to his car was listed at $400 byConstable John Wright, and kingma was shaken up in the mishap. At '7:45 a.m. Constable Dale Lamont WAS called to the scene Of a two-car crash on IlighWay4, about half a mile south of Hensel'. Involved were Seines E. Young, Croderich, and Edward John bat- ars, Zurich.