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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-07-13, Page 1Break window for entry Will teach .77 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- -- Please turn to page 3 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 — Please turn to page 3 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 Please turn to page 3 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 is 1. 49, V.INO. v. ..v.