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Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 7, 1967 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
JOE HOFFMAN
Boat builders
Two young boat builders, who
have $1 million in orders for a
new racing yacht still to be
launched, will move their pro-
duction line and personnel from
Scarborough to the Ontario Gov-
ernment's industrial park at Cen-
tralia early next year.
Hughes Boat Works Limited
Will take over one,-half of a hangar
at the former air forge base in
February, announces. Provincial
Treasurer Charles MacNaugh-
ton.
The move marks the fourth
expansion in five years for broth-
ers Howard, 34, and. Peter
Hughes, 28, who started building
eight-foot dinghies in 1963 and
now are making hand-finished
fiber glass yachts for the inter
national racing community.
Hoffman takes post
in rematch in Hay
If at first you don't succeed,
try, try again.
That's the practice that helped
Joe Hoffman become reeve of Hay
Township in a fight with incum-
bent John Corbett, Monday.
After serving several years on
council, Hoffman oppOsed Cor-
bett last year and ended up a loser
by the slim majority of 18 votes.
This year he made another try
and scored what appeared to be
a major upset by getting a ma-
Struck by auto,
then faces exam
Close to 20 of the firm'spres-
ent staff will move with the
company, most of them into the
houses provided at Centralia by
the Ontario Development Cor-
poration, which is operating the
industrial park.
The men and their families
are in the process of selling
their homes in Metro Toronto
and arranging school transfers
for their children.
Urgent need for larger quart-
ers, unavailable in Scarborough
stemmed from the overnight sue-
cess of the Hughes 38, a racing
cruiser designed for the young
Canadian company by a renowned
firm of naval architects in New
York.
Although the first model of
the 38-foot boat has still to
undergo sea trials, the design
has generated such enthusiasm
that the firm has received 40
orders from yachtsmen all over
North America. The prospective
owners have entered the boats in
jority of 138 votes.
His defeated opponent had
served as reeve for several years
and had announced his candidacy
for the Huron's warden race this
year.
One of the major factors in
Hoffman's win was the fact the
residents in the central portion
of the township didn't have a
representative on the present
makeup of council with Corbett
as reeve.
Dashwood gave Hoffman a ma-
jority of 92 and he gained a 74.,
vote majority in the rural area
south of Zurich and 51 majority
on the poll atthe 14th concession.
Corbett again picked up his
main support from the east end
with the two polls showing re-
spective counts of 73-15 and
73-7 in his favor.
The Pear' Line poll gave Cor-
bett a majority of seven, while
Hoffman had a majority of 23
at the Bluewater and 29 at the
poll north of Zurich.
The race appeared to be strict-
ly a personality fight, as Hoffman
said at the Hay nomination he
had no particular fault to find with
the 1967 council.
Clerk W. H. Brokenshire es-
timated about 65 percent of the
eligible resident voters turned
out to the polls. Few of the sum-
mer property owners bothered
to cast ballots.
coming to Centralia
a number of races, including over its second 5,000 square
transoceanic events, for the 1968 foot factory in Scarborough to
season, establish separate fibre glass
The Hughes 38 was designed and assembly shops. However,
by Olin Stephens, of Sparkman the cost of moving the units
and. Stephens Incorporated, New proved prohibitive and the corn-
York, along the highly sophistic- pany decided to take advantage
ated lines developed for the Am- of the spacious hangar fecal-
erica.s Cup Defender, Intrepid. ties offered at Centralia Indus-
A Syndicate of Toronto yachts- trial Park,
men signed the original order for Hughes Boat Works Limited is
six units, the third firm to announce its in-
The Hughes brothers started tention to Move into the govern-
their boat building operations ment park. The OntarioDeVelop-
three years after emigrating ment Corporation indicates that
from Liverpool, England, in 1960. final negotiations are in process
Since then they have developed for most of the existing manil-
a core of highly skilled crafts- facturing facilities at the park.
men, of a wide variety of na-
tionalities, in such new trades as
fiber glass molding and mag-
nesium polishing.
"We can attribute part of our
international success to the re-
putation of Canadian boat build-
ers", says Howard Hughes. "The SHDHS student Sam Bell, Kirk-
Canadian industry is known for ton, was knocked down by a car
the hand-finishing quality which in Exeter Wednesday noon, but
attracts the discriminating was able to return in the after-
yachtsman". noon to write an exam,
The firm successfully intro- The youth stepped out in front
duced the Hughes 27 and 24 dare of a northbound car on Main St.
ing 1966 and both models were near the John St. intersection
an instant success in local coin- and was tossed to the pavement.
petition. The company continues He suffered a bruise to his head
to make its 27-foot model, along and knee abrasions.
The number of area accidents with the 38, Driver of the car was Fredrick
Early in 1967, the firm took Brintnell, Andrew St.
Damage high
— no injuries
Special awards for area youths
While the major awards at the Huron4-H Achievement Night went to members from northern and central
clubs, youths from South Huron still managed some special prizes. From the left are: Larry Herm RR 1
Granton, who received a certificate for completing 12 projects; Duncan Etherington, RR 1 Hensall, who
won a similar award, also the coat he's holding as top member of the Huron sheep club, and recognition
as the top member of the South Huron tractor club; Barbara Dougall, RR 3 Exeter, highest score in the
Exeter sweet corn club; David Marshall, RR 1 Kirkton, top member in the Huron forage club and runner-
up in the Exeter calf club and the Huron sheep club. — Photo by Phillips
Amos retains seat
in McGillivray vote
Grant 8% pay boosts
for all but policemen
George Robertson asking for po-
lice pay increases, shorter work
week and an additional officer.
Their suggested salary scale
was $6,000 for the chief, $5,800
for the corporal, $5,500 for con-
stable, $5,000 for probationary
constable and $1.75 an hour for
auxiliary police.
The chief presently receives
$5,200, having had an $800 in-
crease last year; the corporal
gets $5,100 having received a
$900 increase last year and the
probationary constable receives
$4,200.
McGillivray Township Reeve
Grant Amos successfully with-
stood the challenge of two mem-
bers of his 1967 council in a
three-way fight for the reeve's
chair, Monday,
Scoring majorities in five of
the seven polls, the incumbent
picked up 276 votes, 60 more
than runner-up Bryden Taylor.
Les Morley ended up third in the
voting with 106 votes.
Returning officer Bill Amos
estimated turnout at the polls
at about 60 percent of the resid-
ent voters, although it was about
50 percent of the total eligible
voters.
Reeve Amos received the ma-
jority of his support from the
centre of the township. He got
62 of the 97 votes cast at poll
three in the Brinsley area, 46
of the 91 at West McGillivray
and 36 of the 76 at poll four in
the south-centre area.
Taylor scored his bi gge s t
margin in poll six in the south-
west section with 67 of the 90
votes.
Only two votes separated the
two in poll one, which was the
only one in which Morley re-
corded a majority. He had 27
votes, and Amos and Taylor had
26 and 24 respectively.
In poll seven around Corbett,
Amos had 49 and Taylor 45,
while Morley scored only six.
Amos received 39 votes at poll
two in the south-east section
and Taylor had 21.
Wins $500 in pool
Mrs. Clarence Reid, Hensall, could be excused for doubting her son
when he called to suggest she was the winner of $500 in the Seaforth
Legion's Grey Cup pool. Even after looking at her ticket, Mrs. Reid
couldn't be convinced until she read the rules on the back page.
The rule was that no tickets were sold with scores under 10 points,
and if one team scored less than 10, then 10 points would be added
to the score of each team. That made Mrs. Reid's 34-11 ticket the
winner, despite the fact the score was 24-1. "It'll come in handy at
this time of year," the Hensall lady said in reference to her winning
ticket, which was purchased from her cousin, Al Nicholson.
Exeter residents will again be
awarded prizes by council for the
best decorated residences this
Christmas season.
Council approved awarding
turkeys to the three best decor-
ated homes and left the necessary
arrangements in the hands of
Mayor Delbridge.
Judging will be done around
December 21.
Magazine salesmen came into
the area this week and told house-
holders they were selling maga-
zines on behalf of the Legion.
However, Stan Frayne, presid-
ent of the R. E. Pooley Branch,
reported that no persons have
been authorized to sell magazines
on behalf of the Legion in this
district,
VanBergen and Rober tson
pointed out their work week
should be reduced from 48 to 40
hours per week and that this
would require the hiring of one
more officer for the department.
They also asked for a larger
office and "would appreciate it
if it was heated".
After the letter was read by
police committee chairman Ted
Wright, Reeve Boyle suggested
council write Cpl. VanBergen and
tell him that the request for pay
increases would have to come
through Chief C. H. MacKenzie.
He termed the request of the
two men "very unorthodox".
"What's wrong with employees
making a request?" Councillor
Joe Wooden asked. "It has noth-
ing to do with the chain of com-
mand,"
"It has to come through the
Chief and we'll leave it at that,"
Mayor Deibridge sternly ruled.
Cpl. VanBergen told the T-A
the officers would submit the re-
quest again, and pointed out they
had not gone over anyone's head
as members of council had sug-
gested.
The Police Act points out that
when presented by a request in
writing by a majority of the full-
time members of the police force,
council shall bargain within a
specified time.
The Act points out this does not
cover the Chief of Police, as he is
appointed on an annual basis.
"We followed procedure as out-
lined in the Police Act," he con-
cluded.
Most town employees were
given an eight percent pay hike
Monday, with the exception of the
police department.
The pay boost will be given to
members of the works depart-
ment including superintendent
Jim Paisley, along with Clerk
Eric Carscadden and his sec-
retary, Mrs. Lorne Keller.
The recommendation for the
pay increases was made by the
finance committee and accepted
by council and are effective Jan-
uary 1.
Mayor Jack Deibridge noted the
increase was about half of what
members of the works depart-
ment had requested last meeting.
Works superintendent J im
Paisley pointed out an employee
receiving $2.10 an hour will get
a bigger increase than a man
making $1.85 on a straight per-
centage increase, but members
of council noted this was a matter
of only two or three cents per
hour.
The present salary range for
members of the crew is $2.10
an hour for the foreman to $1.70
for laborers.
They received a 25 cent an hour
increase last year.
Present salary of the works
superintendent is $5,500 plus car
allowance and ail building permit
fees; the clerk receives $6,000
and the secretary $3,300. All will
receive the eight percent boost.
They received increases of ap-
proximately 10 percent for 1967.
A letter was read from Cpl,
Harry VanBergen and Constable
Hearn is successful
in comeback attempt
Zurich man dies
in flaming inferno
jumped substantially this week,
and while damage was high in
several, there were no bad in-
juries.
The officers investigated six
accidents with total damage of
about $2,800.
Three of the crashes occurred
on Saturday, the first at 5:45
p.m. on County Road 11.
A car operated by Gladys L.
Hern, RR 1 Granton, went out of
control on the slippery road as
she attempted to turn into a lane
just north of the Middlesex-Perth
County Line. The car struck a
tree and the damage was estim-
ated at $550 by Constable H. J.
Beyer.
At 7:00 p.m. the same day, two
crashes were reported on the
main street in Hensall.
In the first one, a car operated
by Clarence Hohner, 56, Exeter,
collided with a parked car own-
ed by George W. Taylor, Hensall.
Damage was listed at $850 by
Constable F. L. Giffin.
He estimated damage at $225
in the other one in which a car
operated by Orville Ford, 54,
RR 1 Hay, collided with a parked
truck owned by Robert Wareing,
RR 2 Kippen.
There was one accident on
Sunday, it taking place at 10:15
a.m. at the intersection of High-
way 4 and 84 in Hensall.
Colin Edwards, London, told
Constable E. C. Wilcox he caught
up to a northbound truck and
assumed it was going to make
a left turn.
However, the truck turned right
and forced the London man into
the ditch where he broke off a
highway sign and landed up
against a light standard.
His car was damaged to an
estimated $600.
The driver of the truck has
not been determined by police.
The final two accidents of the
week took place on Monday, the
first at 8:00 a.m. on the St. Marys
Road about one and a quarter
miles west of Highway 23.
Involved were cars driven by
Norris William Webb, RR 6 St.
Marys, and Miss Marilyn Mar-
shall, Kirkton.
The Webb vehicle was pro-
ceeding north on the county road
as Mr. Webb was taking his wife
to Stephen Central School, where
she is a teacher, while Miss Mar-
shall was proceeding out the lane
at her father's farm. She was on
her way to Huron Centennial
school, Brucefield, where she is
on the teaching staff.
Damage in the accident was
listed at $400 by Constable J.
A. Wright.
The other crash happened just
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day from St. Peter's Lutheran
Church, Zurich, with burial in
the church cemetery.
Apply for industrial aid plan
Attempted come-backs don't
always turn out successfully, but
they did for Ivan Hearn this week.
On Friday night, the former
Lucan Irish puckster donned his
skates for the first time in sev-
eral years and helped his squad Council debates liquor vote Okay trial
of equipment meeting, with members indicat-
ing they had received a request
from one party as to the pro-
cedure required to conduct a ed that council could call a vote
vote. if presented with a petition sign-
Clerk Eric Carscadden report- — Please turn to page 3
Newcomer Harry Wr aithtop-
ped the polls in the voting for
council members. Another form-
er Irish puck star, he picked up
260 votes to edge his nearest
competitor by 15 votes.
A. L. Kernick placed second
with 245 and Bernard Avery and
Elmer Huffman won the final
two seats with respective totals
of 242 and 193.
William Mathers and Gordon
Whitehead were the defeated can-
didates, Mathers losing out by the
slim majority of five votes.
Whitehead was far behind with
only 87 votes.
A total of 372 of the eligible
578 voters turned out to cast
ballots.
Production
slows down
Exeter council agreed this
week to operate a garbage truck
with a packer for a trial period
of one week.
The packer is one that is
being traded in by the City of
London to a dealer in that city,
and could be bought for $2,500.
Councillor Jim Newby report-
ed the packer could handle 15
cubic feet of packed garbage
and reported the dealer had sug-
gested it could handle garbage
from 500 houses in one day.
However, Deputy-Reeve Mery
Cudmore pointed out that was an
average of over one per minute
during an eight-hour day, and
suggested that was impossible.
The equipment is expected to
be available within a couple of
weeks and a decision regarding
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Bible canvass
raises $971
Howard ince, treasurer for the
local branch of the Canadian
'Bible Society, reported this week
the recent canvass netted the
group $971.02.
ThiS is approximately the same
amount received last year.
"We are very appreciative of
the fine work done by the can-
VaSsers from the d if fer ent
churches and of the generosity
of the donors," Mr. Ince stated.
Following a suggestion made
last week by former T-A editor
Don Southcott, Exeter council
this week decided to apply to the
Ontario Development Corpor-
ation for designation under the
Equalized Industrial Opportunity
Program.
Southcott, who is now executive
assistant to the Hon. C. S, Mac-
Naughton, pointed out in a talk
to the Exeter Board of Trade
that Exeter and all other com-
munities in Huron should explore
immediately their eligibility for
the program.
Under the program, significant
financial aid is available for new
plants establishing in non-metro-
politan areas and for existing
industries which would consider
expansion.
Councillor Joe Wooden asked
Monday night if council should
consider applying and it was
approved unanimously.
"It won't do any harm," com-
mented Mayor Jack Deibridge.
Councillor George Vriese ex-
plained that Industries looking
for new sites would naturally pick
areas in which they could get
government assistance,
"It's a good idea," he said,
"let's apply."
Council ease received notifi-
cation of a workshop to be held
in Tillsonburg relating to the
management of small manufac-
. tering enterprises and decided to
turn the notice over to the Exeter
Industrial Development Com-
m ission.
The question of holding a liquor
Vote was also broached at the
An elderly Zurich man was
burned to death early Saturday
morning when his small house
was levelled by flames.
A retired flour mill operator,
Robert Williams, died in the
flaming ruins of his small Mill
Street home, just a short dis-
tance from the village firehall.
It is believed Mr. Williams,
a bachelor who lived alone, was
about 83 years old.
Officers from the Exeter OPP
detachment investigated t h e
blaze, and Cpl. C. J. Mitchell
said there was no suggestion of
foul play.
A post mortem revealed the
man had been alive when the
flames broke out in his small
house.
"There was no way anybody
could get into the house to get
the man out," reported Herb
Turkeim, a witness to the blaze
which was spotted around 6:00
a.m.
By the time the fire alarm
was turned in there was nothing
anybody could do.
The firehall is next door to the
house and Zurich volunteer fire
department just had to back the
trucks out.
For many years Mr. Williams
operated a chopping flour mill in
Zurich.
Funeral service was held Sun-
day at Westlake Funeral Home
with burial in the EUB cemetery
in May Township,
ANOTHER DEATH
Later on Saturday, another
Zurich man, Earl Weido, 71,
died from a heart attack. It is
believed the excitement of the
fire may have been part of the
cause.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Marjorie Gellman;
sons, Kenneth, Mitchell; Paul,
Zurich; daughters, Mrs. Law-
renee (Dorothy) Bedard, Zurich;
Mrs. Joseph (Ruth) Hogan,
Exeter; Miss Shirley. London;
brother, Percy, Kitchener.
The funeral was held Tues-
IVAN HEARN
score a decisive win over the
old-time Zurich Flyers at the
opehing Of the artificial ice at
Zurich.
Monday, Hearn attempted a
come-back in municipal politics
and again scored a victory, this
time whipping incumbent Mrs.
A, E. Reilly by a majority of
267 to 103 for the post of reeve
of Lucan.
Hearn, who is a former reeve
and warden of Middlesex, cam-
paigned On the platform that Lu-
can required experienced leader-
ship with the advent Of several
major projects facing the com-
munity in the coming year or two.
Mrs, Reilly served a little over
one year as reeve,
Elderly man dies in fire
An elderly Zurich man died when flames levelled his house near the firehall early Saturday morning. The
building was already engulfed in flames when the first persons reached the scene, making it impossible
to save the man, Zurkh C itizens News
Three aircraft have been pro-
duced at the newly-opened Found
Brothers Aviation Ltd. factory
at Grand Bend, but production
has been more cautious than an-
ticipated.
Hendy Shoji, president, said
yesterday operations had been
"a bit slower than hoped for"
but he expressed confidence
the factory would be produc-
ing two planes a month the first
of next year, and one a week by
mid-1968.
He said manufacturing a nd
sales have been retarded await-
ing provisional approval of air-
worthiness by the Department
Of Transport, Mr,. Shoji said the
wait for the certificate was not
unduly long considering the Cen-
tennial 100 aircraft model under
production only came off the
drawing boards 14 =Mils ago.
The WOrk force of 75 has
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