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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-06-29, Page 1Wendy Wallace William Ratz Yvonne Jaques Douglas Meidinger Robert Steward son Gail Richardson Marilyn Gascho Margaret Geiger GB and neighbors settle on fire rates victed on a charge of careless driving laid after he was involv- ed in an accident on June 2 on the ninth concession of Hay Town- ship. A witness said he heard the Foskett car pass by and opined it was going at a high rate of speed. Shortly after, he heard a noise and saw lights flicker- ing in the sky and upon investi- gation found the car straddling a farm fence. Damage to the car was $1,500 and Constable Dale Lamont re- ported skid marks prior to the crash scene measured 210 feet. Foskett claimed he was driv- ing about 40 m.p.h. when he lost control in loose gravel. His lawyer argued that Fos- kett had misjudged the speed which would be safe on a freshly gravelled road, but said there was no evidence of excessive speed or careless driving. However, Magistrate Hays said that speed should always be rele- vant to the condition of the road and the width of the road. He said the road prior to the accident had also been freshly gravelled, suggesting this should have determined the safe speed. In fining F oskett $25, the magis- trate said Foskett had been driv- ing without due care and attention and undoubtedly much too fast. Lhhi. ., . ' •_,...,. \. '!,..: , i;:.k.... Ni To teach Miss Marilyn Johns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Johns, RR 3 Exeter, graduated with honors from London Teachers' College. The SHDHS graduate will be teaching a Grade 4 class in Paris commencing in September. A total of 29 names appeared on the court docket facing Magis- trate Glenn Hays, QC, in Exeter, Tuesday and the disposition of those cases took almost eight hours, It was one of the longest sit- tings in Exeter for some time and fines totalled almost $650.00. The heaviest fine — $140.00 — was paid by a Sarnia man, Regin- ald Stone, who had been charged with careless driving in the Hen- sall area on May 28. Mrs. Patricia Kyle, Hensall, told the court she had been pro- ceeding east on Highway 84 when the accused drove up behind her and was tail-gating until he final- ly bumped into her car and pushed it with his car for some distance. Stone finally turned out and passed Mrs. Kyle's car and she took the license number and con- tacted OPP Constable John Wright. Ronald Maxwell, Hensall, who was a passenger in the Stone car, said the latter was going about 25 m.p.h. and was about 10 feet away from the Kyle car when he turned to talk to his brother in the back seat. Maxwell said he heard the screech of tires. He said he was unaware that Stone had hit the other vehicle. When the witness was asked if he had taken time to find out 11 Mrs. Kyle or her children had been hurt in the incident, he said he had not and had gone into a house because he didn't want to be involved. He was severely remonstrated by Magistrate Hays in no uncer- tain terms for this attitude. In his testimony, Stone admit- ted he pushed the Kyle car a few feet because it was going very, very slowly or was even stopped, in distress or stalled. In handing down his verdict and FELL ASLEEP Two area men who claimed they fell asleep and as a result were involved in accidents, were each fined $25 and costs on charges of careless driving. Bryan A. Kyle, Hensall, had been southbound on Highway 4 on June 11 when he crashed into a construction site marked with flashing lights, while John H. Wade, Crediton, drove into the — Please turn to Page 2 FIVE-YEAR ARTS AND SCIENCE GRADE NINE Academic shield — Donna For- rest, RR 2 Hensall; Anne Herd- man, RR 1 Centralia; Mary Ellen Gingerich, RR 3 Zurich; William Dietrich, RR 1 Centralia. Top student in each class — 9B William Dietrich, 9C Anne Herdman, 9D Donna Forrest, 9E Betty Jean Miller, 9F Julia Bur- gess. High marks in each subject — English, Donna Forrest; health and physical education, boy, Mur- ray Hodge and Shane McKinnon, girl, Carol Gascho (from Donna Forrest); history, Ruth Snider (from Donna Forrest), geog- raphy, Anne Herdman; math, Wil- liam Dietrich; science, Brian Finkbeiner and Mary Ellen Ging- erich, tied, (from Anne Herdman and Donna Forrest), French, Ma- delaine Bedard (from Anne Herd- man, Donna Forrest, William Dietrich); art, Melanie West; typing, Barbara Lamport; agri- culture, Joanne Hodgert; home ec. Mary Ellen Gingerich; ind. arts, Douglas Coxon. First class honors — William Dietrich, Steven Faber, Joanne Wallace car which had been northbound on Highway 23. Constable John Wright estim- ated damage at $300. Pot holes on the second and third concession of Hay Town- ship were listed as the cause of a one-car mishap on Friday at 12:40 a.m. Edward N. MacDonald, RR 2 Hensall, told Constable Bill Glassford he had been southbound on the concession when he lost control of his vehicle when it hit a series of pot holes. The car went into the ditch and rolled over with damage listed at $400. Constable Dale Lamont was called to the scene of a crash Friday at 9:25 a.m., involving Charles R. Rau, RR 2 Zurich, and James Lott, RR 4 Leaming- ton. Both had been southbound on the 14th and 15th concession of Hay and had crossed over High- way 84 when Lott stopped his truck and proceeded to back up, hitting the car driven by Rau. The latter was damaged to an amount listed at $150. The truck was not damaged. TRUCK ROLLED Damage was estimated at $600 when a truck owned by Hensall Sales Barn rolled over on High- way 84 on Saturday at 6:30 a.m. The vehicle was being driven by Jack M. McKenzie, Hensall, and he had been proceeding west on Highway 84 about one and a quarter miles west of Hensall when he lost control and it went into the north ditch. The truck rolled over in the ditch and was almost completely wrecked. OPP Constable John Wright investigated. The last crash of the week was investigated by Constable Ed Wilcox and resulted in the heaviest damage. Involved were cars driven by — Please turn to Page 3 hour to $75 and for additional hours or part hours from $35 to $50. Although the three townships have not as yet paid their new rates for 1967, primarily be- cause they have not met in regular session since the special Grand Bend meeting, GB Reeve Orval Wassmann said the Grand Bend fire truck will service any emer- gency that arises. Meeting with Grand Bend coun- cil were Reeve James Hayter and Councillor Cecil Desjardine of Stephen, Reeve Bruce Scott and clerk-treasurer James Dalton of Bosanquet and Hay Councillors Lloyd Hendrick and Jack Tinney. One area municipality has re- solved its problem of coming to terms with its neighbors on the amount of yearly fire retainer fees to be charged while two others have failed to complete negotiations. At a special meeting in Grand Bend, Thursday, the summer re- sort council reached an unani- mous agreement with the town- ships of Bosanquet, Stephen and Hay for the rates to be paid for the services of the Grand Bend fire department for the year 196'7. The villages of Hensall and Zurich have not as yet come to terms with their neighboring municipalities. Bosanquet had agreed a few weeks ago to pay $800 per annum as requested by the Bend but Ste- phen which had previously paid $300 flatly refused to go to the higher figure and made other ar- rangements for fire protection in the westerly portion of the township. Under the new contract which will be reviewed again next year, Stephen and Bosanquet will pay $500 and Hay $350. At the same time the three townships agreed to have the fire call rates in- creased from $60 for the first Damage amounted to almost $3,000 in six accidents investig- ated by the Exeter OPP detach- ment officers this week. One per- son involved sustained a minor injury. That was Barbara Attfield, 14, Crediton, who was a passenger in a car driven by Arthur J. Attfield which was involved in a one-car crash at the main inter- section in Zurich last Tuesday at 10:15 p.m. He had been proceeding east on Highway 84 and was in the process of making a right turn onto County Road 2 when the steering failed in his car and it hit the stop sign at the side of the Dominion Hotel. Damage was estimated at $400 by Constable Ed Wilcox. Miss Attfield suffered a bump on the head in the crash. On Wednesday at 10:05 a.m., vehicles driven by Lawrence Amos, RR 2 Ailsa Craig, and Alton Wallace, RR 1 Granton, collided at the main intersection in Kirkton. Amos had been eastbound on the St. Marys Road and was mak- ing a left turn when he struck the Very few students will be re- peating their year at South Huron District High School acting prin- cipal J. L. Wooden stated this week in announcing the promotion results. He said he was very pleased with the promotion results, point- ing out the number of students at the area high school who had scored first class honors was high. The numbers attaining honors Damages run high in district crashes Three.5H.D.H$ students repeat as best in class Donna Forrest Mary Wilson reached over 15% in some class- es, which he explained was "quite good". Seventy-five students qualified for secondary school graduation diplomas for completing their work in grade 12 and another 15 will be given their diplomas for satisfactorily completing the one-year special commercial course. The girls at SHDHS once again maintained the edge they have John Goddard Gary Flaxbard enjoyed over the boys in recent years. Of the top students in the vari- ous 24 courses, 14 were girls and 10 were boys. Among the winners were three former champs, Mary Wilson, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Wilson, Exeter, topped the grade 10 course as she did In grade nine last year, while John God- dard and Gary Flaxbard were highest in grade 11 and 12 re- spectively. John is the son of Dr. and Mrs. John Goddard, Hensall, and Gary is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Flaxbard, Zurich. This year's winner in grade nine was Donna Forrest, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edison For- rest, RR 2 Hensall. In addition to winning grade 10 honors, Mary Wilson recorded the highest percentage among all the students. She attained a per- centage of 89 in her course, nar- rowly edging Beth Cook, Hensall, who had 88%. In detailing the results, Mr. Wooden explained that the argu- ment that athletic students don't excel in academics was certainly defeated by this year's results. Several of the academic win- ners were tops in the physical education classes as well. Several changes appear in this year's list of top students. A winner may win only one prize for the top mark in the vari- ous subjects in each grade, so the winner listed may not have the highest mark if he has won the prize by reversion from another student. In cases of reversion, the name in brackets is the stu- dent with the highest marks. In addition, readers will find the top students listed in the various four-year courses in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. A complete listing of the re- sults for the top students is as follows: GRADE TEN Academic shield Mary Wil- son, Exeter; Beth Cook, Hensall; Joanne Lansbergen, RR 2 Zurich; Bruce Woodrow, CFB Centralia. Top student in each class — 10A Beth Cook, 10B Elizabeth Snell, 10C Mary Wilson, 10D Shirley Stutt and Wendy Williams. Subject winners —English, Linda Stade ; history, Mary Wil- son; phys ed, boys, John Loader (from Bruce Woodrow), girl, Trudy Creces, Marg H u nk I n, Elizabeth Kennedy (from Beth —Please turn to Page 2 Hodgert, Mary Ellen Gingerich, Anne Herdman, JohnKnight, Judy Mayer, Ruth Snider, Linda Hay, Donna Forrest, Donald Jolly, Kathryn Hall, Barbara Lamport, Betty Jean Miller, Julia Bur- gess, Carol Gascho, Robert Tow- ton. Lions officers installed District Governor Ken Wains, centre, was on hand Thursday to install the new officers of the Exeter Lions. He watches as incoming president Gerald Webb, left, receives congratulations from past president Gerald Godbolt. — Photo by Doerr Ninety-third Year Over 1,600 at Stephen event Eldest was 87 MN Hit with $140 penalty for pushing lady's car EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 29, 1967 the $140 fine, Magistrate Hays said he did not believe a word of either Mr. Stone or Mr. Maxwell, suggesting Stone was making a nuisance of himself. He also said it was a most de- plorable act to walk into a house without investigating the circum- stances or finding out if anyone was hurt — especially any of the four little children with Mrs. Kyle. It was reported Stone had sev- eral previous convictions under the Highway Traffic Act. DANGEROUS DRIVING In another contest case, Rich- ard V. Foskett, London, was con- Price Per Copy 15 Cents Gets two years for taking tires A London man was sentenced to two years in Kingston Penit- entiary, Monday, when he ap- peared before Magistrate Glenn Hays, Q.C., in Goderich court. Gary Wayne Gray had been charged with the theft of tires and wheels valued at more than $200 from a car on the lot of Larry Snider Motors, Exeter, on June 16. Gray had served previous sent- ences in reformatory, and in sending him to penitentiary, Mag- istrate Hays explained that the earlier stays in reformatory had apparently not served any pur- pose. Tug-of-war features program OPP airplane nabs speeders Persons expecting to do any driving over the upcoming holi- day weekend may be well advised to keep a close watch on their speedometers. In view of the heavy traffic expected, Cpl. C.J. Mitchell in- dicated the local OPP officers would be out in full force to crack down on speeding and driv- ing infractions in an effort to keep accidents to a minimum. Radar units will be used in the district and the OPP air patrol will also be in the air. The air patrol paid its first visit to the area this summer and in cooperation with the local detachment officers on the ground, nabbed nine speeders, Tuesday, on Highway 4. The weatherman tried but unsuccessfully to spoil the centennial celebrations of the Township of Stephen on Sunday. Despite cold winds and extreme youngest baby on the grounds was Wayne, the four-month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Becker of Dashwood. In addition to Stephen Reeve — Please turn to Page 3 Crash delays Lions honor 25-year man trip to Expo cloudy conditions of Sunday morning, more than 1600 resi- dents and former residents of the municipality gathered at the Stephen Central school to con- tribute to Canada's 100th birth- day party. A complete seven-hour pro- gram was arranged by the plan- ning committee headed by chairman Percy Noels. A valley program presented by pupils Plan inquest into fatality At their final meeting before summer holidays, members of the Exeter Lions voted unani- mously to recommend that A. J. Sweitzer be given a life member- ship in the club. The recommendation will have to be approved by the board of directors of Lions International. Mr. Sweitzer, who is presently a patient in South Huron Hospital, has had 25 years of perfect at- tendance and has been an ardent worker during those years. He is a Past District Governor and Past President of the club. He served during 1952-53 and was instrumental in the building of the Lions summer cottage at Grand Bend. Proceeds from a draw on the cottage were turned over to help build South Huron Hospital, Guest at the Thursday meet- ing was District Governor Ken Wains, Owen Sound, Ile gave a talk on Lionism and then installed the Officers for the coming year. They are as follows; past pre- sident, Gerald Godbolt; preSid- - Please turn to Page 2 from the Stephen Central, Grand Bend public and Mount Carmel Separate schools opened the af- ternoon activities under the guid- ance of Stephen principal Ronald Heimrich. The feature of the afternoon was a tug-of-war contest bringing together eight teams of strong men from all corners of the township. After a series of elim- ination and semi-final events, the ten-man crew gathered from Concessions 14 to 17 by captain Cliff Russell reigned as the grand champions. Putting up the opposi- tion in the final was a crew of able bodied citizens from north of Crediton organized by Ross Krueger. Due to the wetness of the grounds, the test of strength was held on the paved section north of the school. A full pro- gram of races and games for children wa s held under the supervision of Donald Fink- beiner. The Women's Institutes from Crediton and Dashwood arranged an interesting array of antiques that received a lot of attention throughout the day. The prize for the best dressed family in centennial fashion went to Mr. & Mrs. Ray Shoebottom and Mary of Centralia. Henry Beaver of Crediton was the oldest gentleman present at 8'7 and Mrs. Catherine Morrissey of Mount Carmel, 83, received a prize as the eldest lady in attendance. An award Mr the greatest com- bined age of a married couple went to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph IPiiikbeiner of Crediton who are 78 and 75 respectively. T The strong men of Stephen One of the features of Stephen Township's Centennial Day, Sunday sloes 14 to 174 Prom left, Anchor man Vyrne Weido, Harry Shepherd, was a tug-of-war contest bringing together eight powerful teams Doug Rtisell, Ken Lovie, Tom Russell, Donald Ratz, Gorti Vincent, from all corners of the Municipality. Above, captain Cliff Russell 13111 yinkbeiner, Harvey Ratz and Ray Webb. of Shipka poses with his championship entry drawn from Conces- T-A photo Provincial Police at Sebring- vine reported this week, that an inquest has been ordered into the death of Stephen C, Robinson, Kirkton, who was killed when his motorbike was in collision with a car about one mile east of the village Thursday at 9;00 p.m. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Robinson, the 16-year-Old had been returning from a barbecue when his bike was struck by a car driven by Larry R. Dobson, 19, of 512 William St., Exeter. Both vehicles had been west- bound, The Kirkton youth was pro- nounced dead at the scene by Dr. James Town, Mitchell coroner, who has ordered the inquest. Investigating the crash was Con- stable Dougl a 8 Swackhammer, Sebringville OPP. Robinson was a grade 11 stu- dent at St. Marys Collegiate and Please turn to page 3 A Michigan family on the way to Expo 6'7 had an unexpected stay in Exeter, Monday, after they were involved in an accident at the intersection of Highways 83 and 4. John Raymond Spencer, 22, Or- tonville, Michigan, failed to Stop at the intersection as he was proceeding east and pulled into the path of a northbound vehicle driven by Linda Litt, 17, 437 Carling St., Exeter. Damage to the Michigan car, owned by the driver's father, was estimated at $500 by Cpl, Harry VanBergen, and the Litt vehicle damage was estimated at $800. Spencer pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to stop at the intersection when he appeared before Justice of the Peace Eu- gene Beaver in the afternoon. He was fined $25 and costs of $2.50. The Michigan car was made Operative by a local garage the seine afternoon and they were back on their way. The incident turned out to be an unfortunate beginning to driv- ing for Miss Litt, She had istic- cessfully passed her driveros test only three hours before the Michigan car pulled into her path.