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YEGGS $111,1PE 6,000 AT IGA
Safe-crackers made off with
almost $6,000 in cash and cheques
when they broke into, Darling's
IGA in Exeter early Sunday morn-
ing.
The yeggs broke a window in
one of the rear doors at the local
store and then gained entry by
removing the bolts from the door.
The safe was located in a small
office in the south-west cerner of
the building and an acetylene
torch was used to cut through the
steel door.
A crowbar was then used to
break through the lock to open
the door.
The breakin was discovered
around 8:00 a.m., Monday, by Jim
Darling, son of owner Fred Darl-
ing.
Chief C. H. MacKenzie arrived
at the scene and called in Exeter
Ontario Provincial Police. Con-
Canners Ltd. Which had been
cashed in the store Friday night
and Saturday.
Owner Fred Darling has asked
that any persons having cashed.
any cheques at, the store during
this period notify him or Tony
Charrette,
Plan hearing
Damage is high
as three collide
Damage was estimated at
$1,800 when cars driven by three
Exeter residents collided at the
intersection of Main and Alex-
ander Streets at 7:15 p.m., Sat-
urday.
Involved in the crash were
Ernest C. Kerr, 88 Alexander
St.; Robert J. Jones, 88 Sanders
St.; and Basil N. Crawford, 411
William Street.
Kerr had been proceeding west
on Alexander St. at the north end
when he pulled onto the highway
and into the path of the Jones
vehicle, which had been north-
bound.
The two cars collided and then
Jones was struck from behind
by Crawford, who had been
following him north on Main St,
Cpl. Harry VanBergen inves-
tigated and reported that the
highway at the intersection was
slippery from the calcium that
had been tracked onto the pave-
ment from the bridge repair
work.
Damage to the Jones vehicle
was listed at $800, $400 to the
Kerr car and $600 to the car
driven by Crawford.
stable Fred Tueker of the identi-
fication branch at the Mount For-
est district headquarters office
conducted an investigation in an
effort to find, finger-prints, but
none was found.
It appeared the safe-crackerS
had used gloves in their work.
Their equipment was left be-
hind and included two acetylene
tanks, a torch, and a crowbar.
They had also used some of the
butcher knives from the store.
Several documents were scat-
tered about the floor, and many
of them were charred from the
intense heat of the torch used by
the yeggs.
The amount of cash stolen as
determined to date was $3,097.66
and cheques worth $2,769.25 were
reported missing.
A small amount of the cash had
been taken from a box in a cup-
board, but the thieves left $8 in
change behind.
Police learned in their investi-
gation that one resident in the
area had heard noises through the
night and one person reported
having sighted someone in the
store around 2:00 a,m.
However, none called police.
The method used by the yeggs
in cutting open the safe indicated
it was the work of experienced
safe-crackers and investigation
is continuing.
It was the second time the
store was broken into. However,
the first attempt was unsuccess-
ful when a nearby resident tipped
off police who caught a would-be
thief in the act.
Many of the cheques taken were
payroll cheques from Canadian
• on rezoning
Fred Darling looks through the broken window at the rear door of
his store, Monday. Safe-crackers broke the window and then re-
leased the latches on the door to gain entry to the office where the
safe was kept. T-A photo They knew their business
Safe-crackers who hit Darling's IGA early Sunday were obviously experienced in their line of work. The
steel cover of the door on the safe was neatly cut with an acetylene torch and then the lock broken with
a crowbar. Fred Darling is shown here sweeping up some of the debris left by the thieves who took
almost $6,000 in cash and cheques from his store. T-A photo Damage in crashes
average to $700
Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 13, 1967 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
Both had been proceeding north
on Highway 21. when Morris stop-
ped behind a car making a left
turn. Williams failed to get stop-
ped and slammed into the rear
of the Clinton car.
Damage was listed at $1,050
and Morris sustained a minor
neck injury.
On Saturday at 7:05 p.m., half
a mile north of Grand Bend, a
similar crash involved Franz
Burek, Kitchener, and D av id
Cecil Franklin, Waterloo.
Burek had stopped on the high-
way because he thought children
and a dog may cross in front
of him, and Franklin ran into the
rear of him.
Damage was listed at $425.
Expect ag school plan
to be listed next week
who reported that a news release
on the department's plans for
Centralia will be forwarded next
week.
Mr. Etchen said ODC officials
have "accomplished a surprising
amount" at Centralia already
and three hangars have already
been rehabilitated and metered
for water, light and steam heat.
Lease terms have been set
for the various buildings at a
HITS DITCH
The other accident of the week
took place last Monday at 3:15
p.m. when a truck driven by Dan
W. Sheardown, Goderich, plowed
into the ditch at the intersection
of the Crediton Road and the 4th
and 5th concession.
Sheardown had been eastbound
on the Crediton Road and lost
control as he turned onto the
concession road.
Damage to the truck, which
was owned by William Colter,
Crediton, was estimated at $500
by Constable Wilcox.
During the week the Opp in-
vestigated 29 occurrences and
issued 31 warnings under the
Highway Traffic Act. Sixteen
drivers were charged.
One person was charged under
the Liquor Control Act and one
under the Criminal Code.
The officers spent 48 hours
on patrol and covered distance
of 2,514 miles.
The Exeter Planning Board
plans a public meeting on Thurs-
day, July 20, regarding their plan
to have a section of property
from the Brewers Retail north
to Alexander St. rezoned as gen-
eral commercial.
At present the land in this
area is zoned as residential.
The plan to rezone the land
was prompted by a request from
Alvin Taylor and Robert Hamath-
er to build a garage and auto
agency on land directly north of
the Brewers' Retail store.
Letters have already been sent
to 26 property owners in the area,
who must approve the change.
They are all within 400 feet of the
land to be rezoned.
The request for the building
permit from the two men was re-
ceived at a special meeting of
council, Thursday, and then turn-
ed over to the Planning Board
which promptly called the spe-
cial hearing.
The special meeting had been
called to consider the insurance
program on town buildings.
M. J. Gaiser of Hodgson Lim-
ited and a representative of the
Frank Cowan Company, Prince-
ton, were in attendance and re-
commended no changes in the
present coverage.
Council took no action regard-
ing the matter until it can be
presented to a full council. Three
members were absent from
Thursday's special meeting.
In other business at the meet-
ing, council gave final approval
to a bylaw making traffic through
Riverview Park one-way only and
this has been forwarded to the
department of transport for ap-
proval,
It is planned to have the one-
way traffic enter at the entrance
at the bridge.
cost of 50 cents per square foot
for hangar space. In addition,
industries moving to Centralia
would pay their own water and
heating costs.
The ODC manager said the
rates were not set to provide
any subsidies for industries.
"We hope to cover our costs
and break even," he explained.
One hundred of the houses in
the PMQ area have been offer-
ed to the military personnel still
living there, and Mr. Etchen
reported this week the "major-
ity" of the 100 indicated their
intention of staying on.
Monthly rental charges range
from $50 to $100 per month.
In addition the tenants will pay
for their hydro and water, the
latter at a rate of $7 per quart-
er. Each tenant is also respon-
sible for his own heat.
Such general services as gar-
bage collection, street lighting,
etc., will be the responsibility
of the Ontario Development Corp.
Tenants will be responsible for
routine maintenance of their
homes.
They will also be responsible
for payment of taxes to Stephen
Township, who will provide edu-
cation for the students living in
Huron Park. A very unofficial fig-
ure on the taxes has been estim-
ated in the neighborhood of $8
to $15 per month.
Mr. Etchen also indicated that
industries locating at Centralia
would pay reality and business
taxes directly to Stephen Town-
ship.
William Sheffield, who is in
charge of the Centralia operation
at the present, reported that all
houses on the base would be
painted before winter.
Ask hazards
be removed
The Ontario Development Cor-
poration starts in earnest this
week to attract industry to the
facilities at Centralia.
Managing director A, E. Etch-
en reported that a full-scale ad-
vertising program will be under-
taken to acquaint industrial lead-
ers with the facilities available.
Advertisements will be carried
in the business section of the
Toronto Globe & Mail, in addition
to the Financial Post and the
Wall Street Journal.
"We hope to get a substantial
number of enquiries," Mr. Etch-
en stated. He said it was the plan
of ODC to have a person devote
full-time to following up the
leads expected from the adver-
tising program.
While ODC contacted all the
industries which had shown an
interest in Centralia when it
became vacant, he reported many
of those interested at that time
had already made other plans.
He noted that when industries
plan to move or branch out, they
often don't want to wait for in-
definite periods.
However, he said he would be
"out of town" this week to discuss
Centralia with a "major comp-
any" which had shown some in-
terest in moving into this area.
One person sustained a minor
injury in five accidents investig-
ated by the Exeter OPP detach-
ment this past week, but property
damage ran to over $3,500.
The heaviest damage was re-
ported from a two-car crash in
Usborne Township on Thursday
at 7:45 a.m. It took place on
County Road 11 at the intersec-
tion of No. 15 sideroad (Huron
St.)
Involved were cars driven by
Isabelle Coward, RR 1 Woodham,
and Spencer Jeffery, RR 1Staffa.
Mrs. Coward has been west-
bound on the sideroad and Jeffery
was travelling south on the county
road when they collided at the
intersection.
Damage to each car was listed
at $600 by Constable Ed Wilcox.
He also investigated an ac-
cident at 1:30 a.m., Thursday,
on the Crediton Road, about two
miles west of the Mt. Carmel-
Dashwood Road.
A. Roy Smith, Crediton, was
eastbound on the Crediton Road
and when he veered to miss a
dog, hit a guard rail. Damage
to the car was estimated at
$500.
Two accidents, similar in na-
ture, were investigated by Con-
stable Harvey Beyer on Highway
21.
On Friday at 10:15 p.m. he
was called to the scene of a two-
car crash two miles north of
Highway 83, involving Knox Wil-
liams, Clinton, and James Henry
Morris, London.
Await audit
to set rate
Due to the fact the 1966 audit
report has still not been filed,
Usborne council deferred action
on setting the 1967 tax levy at
their regular July meeting.
Council was advised that county
and school requisitions now total
50.3 mills for the township this
year. The general township levy
last year was 14 mills.
Council also discussed three
other topics that have been under
debate for some time. These
were the request for funds from
the Zurich Rest Home, the fire
agreement with Hensall and the
Kirkton Library.
No action was taken on any of
the three topics.
In other business at the meet-
ing, council:
Accepted a drainage petition
from Harold Rowe and others at
the upper end of the Eiimville
drain and appointed J. A. Howes
as engineer on the work.
Provisionally adopted the Wood
drainage works and asked that
bylaws be prepared and served on
each of the assessed ratepayers
and a court of revision be held
if necessary at the regular Aug-
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At the suggestion of Councillor
Ross Taylor, Exeter council last
week decided to ask residents
to remove a dangerous hazard —
that of abandoned refrigerators
and similar appliances.
Taylor made the suggestion
after noting a recent news item
that a resident in Simcoe had
been fined for having an old
refrigerator in his back yard
that still had the latches and
doors on it.
Members didn't know whether
the fine had been levied under a
local bylaw or whether it was a
provincial legislation and they
asked that the matter be checked
with their solicitor.
However, they authorized that
an advertisement be placed in
this issue asking residents to
either seal the refrigerators or
render them unfit to close tightly
so small children can not crawl
inside and be suffocated.
In recent years the number of
children being killed in such ap-
pliances has been numerous.
Reeve turns to prospecting
One of the more interesting entries in the Gala Days parade at
Grand Bend last week was entered by Reeve Ory Wassmann. In
suitable attire and with his donkey laden with equipment, he was
off to do some prospecting. However, when the parade returned
from the beach area later in the evening he reported to onlookers:
"there's no gold down there", — T-A photo
School construction
nearing completion
AG SCHOOL COMING
The Times-Advocate learned
this week that tenders have been
called for the painting and re-
decorating of the educational fa-
cilities on the former base, in-
dicating that the department of
agriculture will follow through
with their plans to open a school
there.
This was more or less con-
firmed by a department official
Miss Dianne Stone, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Stone, RR 3
Exeter, graduated from London
Teachers' College and will be
teaching at Grand Bend Public
School, Grade 4. At present she
is at Guelph University taking a
five-week course in physical edu-
cation.
room, secretary's office and the
home ec kitchen.
The following recommenda-
tions from the advisory voca-
tional committee were also
approved:
— That the firms supplying
the heavy equipment be engaged
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Three pay fines
on liquor counts
Three persons paid fines fJr
infractions under the Liquor Con-
trol Act when they appeared in
Exeter court, Tuesday.
Burton Rae Rock, Parkhill, was
fined $50 and costs for having
liquor in a place other than his
residence.
He was charged on June 11
when stopped by police for a traf-
fic violation. A quantity of liquor
and beer was found in his car and
it was reported he had been drink-
ing.
Morris L. Goldenberg, London,
was fined $35 for having liquor in
a place other than his residence.
He was charged in Usborne Town-
ship on July 9 after being stopped
for a traffic violation when the
liquor was found in his car.
He gave the investigating of-
ficer some problems and spent
a night in jail.
Harold Leddy, Goderich, was
fined $40 and costs for having
liquor in a place other than his
residence.
He too was stopped on a traf-
fic matter when the police found
the liquor in his car. It was re-
ported he had been drinking in a
hotel earlier in the night.
In the only other case in court,
other than the traffic and liquor
charges, Ronald Edward Stone-
man, RR 1 Cromarty, was fined
$40 and costs on a charge of
creating a disturbance.
Evidence revealed he had been
a passenger in a car in the Hen-
sall area on June 4 and when the
car came upon a slow moving
vehicle he began yelling and using
obscene language.
Court suspends licences
for noise, careless drive
Two Crediton youths had their
driving licences suspended for
various terms when they appear-
ed before Magistrate Glenn Hays,
Q.C., to face charges under the
Highway Traffic Act in Exeter
court, Tuesday.
Richard Glanville, 19, was
charged with careless driving
on July 7 and was fined $75 and
costs or 10 days in jail and had
his licence suspended for nine
months.
He had been charged after
residents of Crediton told police
the accused had been driving in
an erratic manner. The court
learned some of the people were
in terror over the incident en-
dangering anyone on the Street.
Glanville spent two and a half
days in jail when he could not
provide bail following the charge
being laid.
Donald G. Averill, also of
Crediton, was fined $25 and costs
and had his licence suspended
for 20 days when he pleaded guilty
to creating unnecessary noise in
the vicinity of South Huron Hos-
pital on June 8.
It was reported he squealed
his car tires around the hos-
pital at 10:20 p.m.
Roy Ratz, PR 2 Dashwood, was
fined $25 and Costs on a charge
of failing to yield the right of
Way. He had been involved in an
accident on May 27 at the inter-
section of HighWay 81 and the
Crediton Road.
He pulled across the highway
and was involved in an accident
with a northbound car on High-
way 21.
A charge of making,. an im-
proper left turn resulted in a
fine of $20 against Alton Wallis,
Granton.
He was pulling around a corn-
er when he struck another vehicle.
Robert Ernest Jackson, Exeter,
was fined $30 and costs for fail-
ing to make a turn safely on June
26,
He had made a left turn into
a service station south of EXeter
and pulled into the path of a
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The construction of the addition
at SHDHS is "going very well"
business administrator W. D.
Burton reported this week.
He indicated about 95% of the
construction would be completed
by the end of September, earlier
than had been anticipated.
Many sections of the addition
are now nearing completion and
will be ready for school opening.
This includes the upstairs por-
tion of the new wing, the science
area, carpentry shop, and the
renovations to the present office
area.
The library, gymnasium, auto
shop and cafeteria are scheduled
for completion by the end ofSep-
tember.
With the new wing available,
the board has taken steps to sell
the temporary classrooms erect-
ed two years ago.
The highest bid for the build-
ing was received from Mel Gaiser
and Jim Kneale. It was $5,100,
but was submitted on the con-
dition they could receive a per-
mit from town council to have
the building moved.
At their last regular meeting,
the board:
Engaged Sam Sweitzer to level
the addition to the Sports field,
instal drainage and prepare It for
seeding. Payment to be made at
an hourly rate.
Authorized Harry Clausis to
carry out alterations in the home
economics department and to ar-
range for painting of the medical
Assaults officer,
gets seven days
A 23-year-old Hensall man,
Arnold George Max W el 1, was
sentenced to seven days in jail
When he appeared in Goderich
court, Thursday, on a charge of
assaulting a police officer.
He had been charged after
assaulting OPP Constable sill
Glassford on Tuesday, JUly 4.
The officer had been in Hen-
sall investigating a complaint of
unnecessary noise, and when he
went to the man's house to ques-
tion him, became involved in an
altercation with the accused.
The OPP also report two Cases
Of theft in Hensall in the past
week,
A red and white CCM bicycle
WAS reported missing by Roger
Venner, The bike was owned by
hiS son, Steven,
13111 McKinnon, ItenSall, re-
ported the theft of his rifle,
sCOpe and case from lienSall
also.
Blames politics for lost
Liberal supporter Murray DesJardins, clerk of Grand Pend, has cited the fact that all three judges of
the Gala Days parade were Conservatives as the reason he failed to win with his entry. The editor isn't
certain how he persuaded Mrs. William Sturdevant to ride with him in his horse and buggy, but we do
know that Mr, Sturdevant was seen running down Main St, after the couple had passed by, There has also
been some indication the clerk may be in trouble over his float due to the fact the resort council does
not permit horses to be ridden or driven along the main street. T-A photo
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