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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-01-04, Page 1.Ninety third.. year, .EXETER, ONTARIO, .JANUARY 4, 1908 Price Per Copy 15 Coro Mayor urges close scrutiny of '68 council expenditures Tuckersmith hunters bag wolf This wolf, shot Monday in Tuckersmith Township, is believed to be the first wolf bagged in the township in several years. It was wounded by Harold Parker and finally downed by Doug Dalrymple and Leonard Muegge, who saw the wounded animal near the road. Shown in the back row are, the hunters who par- ticipated, left to right: Leonard Muegge, Grant McGregor, Doug Dalrymple, Harold Parker and Ken Parker. Front row: Wilmer Dalrymple and George Parker. T-A photo Three area congregations affected by church unions Teenagers crown local couple Linda Bourne and Bill Farquhar were crowned king and queen of the Exeter Teen Town at a dance held at the Legion Hall, Friday. The young couple were crowned by last year's winners, Linda Lowery and Ken Davidson. — T-A photo Four area ladies hurt Holiday crash total light t. This week, the United Church of Canada gained 10,000 members and the Canada Conference of t, the Evangelical United Brethren Church disappeared. In this immediate area former EUB congregations at Crediton, Dashwood and Zurich became members of the United church with the beginning of the new year. In Dashwood and Zurich very little change will be seen as the United Church will be represent- ed for the first time. Crediton will now have two United churches and services will be held in each for the present. Most of the EUB congrega- tions will be making the change to United Church policies in de- grees. At Crediton, Rev. Howard Zurbrigg said his church would be retaining the EUB hymnals and Sunday School literature, but would be adopting United Church methods in congregational struc- ture, such as electing elders and stewards. While both churches in Credi- ton will be in use, Zurbrigg said, "we are looking forward to wor- shipping together with the pres- ent Crediton United Church mem- bers in joint Week of Prayer ser- vices in January and a special preaching mission during Easter week." The young people of the two churches in Crediton seem to be taking the lead as they have O' held joint meetings for the past two months. Rev. Zurbrigg added "the gen- eral feeling indicates that the first move to unite both Credi- ton congregations would be to appoint a resident minister to serve both churches." At present, Zurbrigg is the minister of the EUB congrega- tion and Rev. Douglas Warren, minister of Main Street United church i n Exeter serves th e Crediton United Church con- gregation. Rev. Warren said he found the two denominations very close to- gether theologically and in work- ing with the EUB people in special services found he could minister Two representatives of a Lon- don firm found out Tuesday that members of Exeter council are extremely knowledgeable when it comes to buying motor vehicles. The two men from London White Truck Sales Ltd. appeared before council to discuss the sale of a used truck and garbage pack- er that was used on a trial basis by members of the works depart- ment that morning. What the two men probably did not expect to find were three knowledgeable mechanics in the persons of Mayor Delbridge and Councillors Taylor and MacGreg- or. The three members detailed several problems they had found during an inspection of the ve- hicle and after listening to the various faults for several min- utes the two men finally agreed to take the equipment back to London and have it thoroughly checked out before council would look at it again. to one as easily as the other. At Dashwood, Rev. Merrill James said "I am personally very happy about the change and as far as I know there are no serious objections from my congrega- tion." In his sermon Sunday morn- ing, Rev. James told his con- gregation, "you are starting out on a new year, a new century and — please turn to page 2 During the discussion, the three council members pointed out the tires were bald, the speed- ometer doesn't work, the truck was running on four cylinders for part of the time, one door Wasn't working 'properly and the garbage didn't eject properly when dumping. This came as a surprise to the two salesmen, who reported in their opening remarks that the truck had been checked over carefully. "I'd never go for something that runs the way that truck is running," commented Councillor Ross Taylor, who even suggest- ed the head may be cracked. However, he was assured it was not. Couttillor George Vriese, who operates trucks himself, pointed out there was no use council having something that was going to be a headache and wouldn't give good service. ' —Please turn to page 2 The last couple of years, the race to decide the first baby to arrive at South Huron Hos- pital has been slowed to a few days after the New Year has be- gun and this year is apparently no exception. Hospital officials told the T-A shortly before press tin. Wed- nesday afternoon that "every- thing was quiet with no pros- pects in sight." South Huron's Centennial baby, Brian Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Cooper, Hensel', who celebrates his first birthday to- day, was, born at 2:45 a.m. on Wednesday, January 4 of last year. cadden, secretary Mrs. Lorne Keller, Police Chief C. H. Mac- Kenzie and T-A editor Bill Batten. It was one of the first times in a great number of years that publisher J. M. Southcott had not represented the newspaper at the dinner. He was in Florida. Council's nominating commit- tee had met in the morning and made only two changes in the list of committees from last year. Following his r e qu e st, Joe Wooden was relieved of the chair- manship of public works number two which handles drains and sewers. Don MacGregor replaces him in that position. Councillor Jim Newby, who did not have a chairmanship during his first year on council, takes over MacGregor's position as head of public works number three dealing with trees and side- walks. Gunman hits district bank A man with a sawed-off shot- gun walked into the Bank of Montreal agency at Brucefield around 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, and made off with approximately $9,000 in cash. Provincial police from the area immediately set up road blocks, but at press time no suspects had been captured. The Exeter OPP were involved in the search. Murray Hilliker, officer in charge of the Brucefield bank, along with teller Bill Merrill, both of Clinton, were in the bank when the man walked in. His head was covered with a knitted white garment, believed to be either a sock or a ski hat. One customer was in the bank at the time and another came in during the daring holdup. "It's loaded," the man said tr Merrill as he demanded the '?ank's cash. Hilliker said the man, said to be in his early 20s, appeared extremely nervous "and we did not want to argue with him. The two bank employees and customers were herded into a back room while the thief made his getaway in a yellow 1954 or 1955 Mercury. The holdup was one of the first in this district for many years and the investigation is being headed up by Det. Sgt. Herris, Mount Forest. The Brucefield bank is an agency of the Clinton branch. Problem same as forefathers Centennial year has ended, but members of Exeter council are facing a problem that hasn't existed for a great number of years. While their forefathers had to deal with the problem of horses being frightened by those new fangled automobiles, this year's council is facing a similar prob- lem. However, the horses appear to have overcome the problem of *automobiles but haven't ad- justed to those new fangled things called snowmobiles. Deputy-Reeve Mery Cudmore reported he had received com- plaints from horse owners, and while members of council chuckled, he suggested there was a serious point in that some snow- mobile owners Were creating other problems as well. He told of seeing three ma- chines racing down one sidewalk and added that they were rambling across private property. Councillor Jim Newby, a snow- - Please turn to page 2 Despite heavy traffic through- out the holiday period and treach- erous driving conditions at times, the Exeter OPP were called to investigate only five accidents during the two week period. However, six persons were injured in the mishaps. The first of the accidents took Discuss meters for Main Street Exeter council held another discussion regarding the instal- lation of parking meters on Main Street, but made no decisions, Tuesday. The matter was broached by Councillor Joe Wooden, who pointed out council should decide this year so they could be in- stalled at the time of the re- construction of Main Street. However, Deputy-Reeve Mery Cudmore explained that meters could be installed later as drill- ing equipment would not chip the new sidewalk. "Do we want meters?" asked Mayor Delbridge. "Personally, I do," replied Reeve Boyle, while ooden said he was still open-minded and hadn't made a decision. No other members of council commented. Boyle reminded council the Exeter Board of Trade had op- posed the idea previously, but added that Clinton merchants he had talked to were pleased since meters were installed there. He also reported the Town of Seaforth received $5,000 as their share of receipts from the first year's operation. "`That would pay another policeman's wages," Cotincillor Newby remarked. Meters are riot purchased by council, but are !Mt in by a firm which takes a percentage of the revenue. Council have to police the meters and collect the fees. place on December 21 at 5:20 p.m. and involved three cars. Drivers were Mrs. Dorothy Marks, Exeter; Peter J. Mason, RR 1 Belgrave; and June Essery, RR 1 Centralia. The accident occurred, on High- way 4 south of Exeter and damage was listed at $725 by Constable D. A. Lamont. Four persons were injured in a two-car crash on No. 5 County Road west of Mount Carmel on December 22 at 1:00 p.m. Drivers of the cars were Mrs. Mary T. O'Brien, RR 3 Dashwood, and Miss Madeline Glavin, RR 8 Parkhill. Mrs. O'Brien suffered mouth lacerations and Miss Glav- in suffered a lacerated right knee. Two passengers in the Glavin car were also injured. Miss Clare Glavin, RR 8 Parkhill, suffered mout injury, and Mrs. Charles Glavin, RR 3 Da.shwood, sustained chest injuries. Damage in the accident was listed at $1,500 by Constable F. L. Giffin. A minor crash was reported in Dashwood on December 23 at 5:30 p.m., involving cars driven by Marion MacDonald and Ray- mond G. Keller, both of Dash- wood. Constable Lamont investigated and estimated damage at $85. The final two accidents oc- curred on December 28. The first, at 3:40 p.m., involved cars Operated by John B. Frank, RR 4 Komoka, and Philip S. Ryan, Goderich. They collided OnHigh- WO 4 at the Httroh-Middlesek County line. Ryan and a paSseng- er, Gregory.PrOUse, Tillsonburg, received minor Injuries. Damage Was listed at $400 by Constable J. A, Wright. At 6:15 ,p.m., cars operated by Elizabeth Elleringtoti, Eiceter, and Keith A, Fraser ; RR 1 St. Marys, collided on Highway 84 in Hensall. Damage was estimated at $350 by Constable E. C. Wilcox: During the two week period, the Exeter OPP detachment of- ficers laid 30 charges under the Highway Traffic 'Act and issued warnings to another 66 drivers., Five persons were charged under the Liquor Control Act. The officers covered a distance of 4,784 miles on patrol. Flu in area no epidemic The influenza bug spreading across Ontario has hit several area residents, but doesn't ap- pear to be near the epidemic proportions listed in some com- munities. SHDHS principal J. L. Wooden reported about 45 students absent Wednesday, while the normal number for this time of year is about 30. He said there were consider- ably more reports of flu before the Christmas vacation. Notes being brought to school by those absent prior to the holiday in- dicate most had a battle with the bug. Dogs continue top poisoned Dashwood's dog poisoner did not take a rest over the festive Season. OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell re- ported that a dog owned by Peter Ziler was found dead on January 1 and is believed to have been poisoned. This brought to about nine the number of dogs which have met death in this manner in the past year. The HUM ant S o C iety haVe again been Called in to investigate the situation. Council mechanics make selling tough Members of Exeter council opened their 1968 term, Tues- day, without any of the usual inaugural meeting fanfare. Mayor Jack Delbridge reported he had no inaugural address because it wasn't really an inaugural meet- ing as members are starting on the second year of their two-year terms. However, throughout the meet- ing, he suggested council would have to keep a close watch on the budget and do their part in the senior governments' pleas to watch spending. "We'll try and get as much for as little money as possible," he stated. Later in the meeting when Councillor Joe Wooden detailed some sanitary sewer work he would like to see done this year, Mayor Delbridge suggested coun- cil would have to slow down. "We'll have to curtail some of this work to keep the debenture debt on the reconstruction of Main Street as low as possible," he advised. He said council would have to take a long, hard look at the town's debenture debt, noting that the PUC may have to issue de- bentures for some of their costs related to the Main Street work. He also reminded council that PUC manager Hugh Davis had asked council not to do any more sanitary work than necessary this year as they would find it difficult to get the necessary water work done in view of the large job they face on the Main Street work. CLOSE WATCH Council were also advised at least one provincial government department would be keeping a close watch on municipal ex- penditures this year. A letter from the department said council would soon be ad- vised of the amount they would be authorized to spend on road maintenance and construction this year. The department also advised that they would be giving close scrutiny to all requests for sup- plementary bylaws for road ex- penses and said that under no condition should municipalities make commitments until ap- proval of supplementary expendi- tures is received from the de- partment. In past years, many councils completed extra expenditures be- fore even applying for supple- mentary assistance. "The pressure is on to cut down expenses," Wooden com- mented. Mayor Delbridge replied it was understandable why c ou nc i Is were getting their fingers rapped for making commitments before getting department approval. Prior to the afternoon council session, members enjoyed dinner at Rether's Restaurant and had as their guests former clerk C. V. Pickard, Clerk Eric Cars- New arrival hasn't as yet New officers of Exeter Legion The ''new slate d OffieerS of Eketerts' t„, PeoleY ranch of the bert Oitland, treasurer; Stan Praytiey past president; tidWard Royal Canadian tegien for the year -Mg WaS Installed at the Legion Mann, president; Gordon Sanders, 'first vice-president and Eric Rally latt week by the Seaforth Installation team headed by Gus fleywooci, secretary. Back, Vic.ig britithell, Reg Madbotitild i Glenn RottsSeY. Front, from left, Keith Rrintnell, teiteatit-at-armS;.Robinson, Teti Pooleyy 'Pat Skinner, Garnet Shipman,. IVIptray Moore, Legion ladies executive for 1968 The 1'968 executive nieniberS Of the Exeter Legion Ladies' Atotillary Brintnell, first vice-president; Wirt, Laverne Wells, second vice- Were Installed at a joint Meeting with the Legion offiters, last Week, president and IVIrS. Stan Praytie l secretary. tack, executive meth- roilt, froth left, Mrs. Dan McLeod, treasurer; Mrs. Peg `Minter , berS, Mrs, IiatVey Pfaff, 'Mrs. Keith brintnell, Mrs'. Gerald Lawson, titiva, past 'president; Mrs. Gerald Worm, president; Mrs. rioug Mrs, Andy 'Meiling', Mrs. Eric lleywood and Mrs, Garnet Shipman,