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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-02-15, Page 1Crown Sorority. Sweetheart MtS. Peter Itaythetid, president of the beta sigma Phi Sorority was CtOWned tWeetlidatt- at the annual dance In Exeter, Friday. Placing the -CrOWti IS last year'S winner, MrS.1416Yd Smith1 Kitkton, While MaYer jack Delbridge and 'the queen's Inisbatid look oti. A large crowd attended the dance despite Stonily weather which added to the snowflake theme at the dance. photo New fair president Harry Hern, RR 1 Granton, was elected president of the Exeter Agricultural Society at the annual meeting last week. He's shown with Garnet Hicks, renamed as secretary-treasurer. — T-A photo Hern fair president, date remains same Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, FERBUARY 15, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents A; Damage was listed at $800. The final crash of the week took place on Monday :at 6:05 On :Highway 4 jtiSt north of Highway 84 in Hensall. A car Opetated byWalker Ceti, nell Carlisle, Hensail, was Stop. ped on the east side of HighWay 4 and was struck by anorthbound vehicle driven by Andrew Grant Atikeni, Clinton. tenetable Glassford listed damage at $500. During the past Week, the Of., heti' charged 23 driVerS tinder the highway Traffic Act and IS, Stied 'warnings to another 41 dtlY. era. Egg yeggs strike again Thieves who socialite 'hi tAtit- Ied eggs and sausages have' Mt again. For the second time in the PaSt Month, thietret 'entered the lien Sall service. :station of BlightOn `erg and and Made off With 'a jar of pickled eggs and one of sans- ages. • Thit weelOt breakin was notic- ed by Exeter AnxillaryCOnsta.ble. Gary Cooper on his waSi home froth duty and was investigated by OPP datatabio J A. Wright. Please turn to page ARCA levy jumps c).110: third --Lucan dam, site unfeasible. Members Of the Atisable River Conservation Authority approved an increase of over 33 percent in the levy to be charged muni- cipalities in the watershed this year at their annual meeting in. Parkhill, Friday. The Authority has approYed 1908 budget of $121,880 including $36,000 tp be raised byleyy from municipalities in the watershed. Last year the mnnicipalities paid $27,000. This is the first time in four years that the local levy has been increased. A large portion of the increase is required to pay for mainten- ance of the various parks throughout the watershed, At the present time there is no avail- able grant for such work. However, the Authority plans to seek government assistance for this expenditure and agreed to contact local members of the pro- vincial legislature and to send a three-man delegation to meet Conservation Authorities Branch officials and Resources Minister J. R. Simonett. A date for the delegation to meet with these officials is now being set up. Blanshard Township repr e- sentative John Stephen warned Usborne Township council has been advised by the Huron County school consultative committee that the pulbic school board's application to build an addition has been approved. At the present time, the board is awaiting final approval from the department of education. Crash damage totals $1,000 The Exeter Police Department reported two accidents this week with damage amounting to ap- proximately $1,000. On Saturday at 12:30 a.m., Cpl. Harry VanBergen was call- ed to the scene of a two-car crash at the intersection of Main and Simcoe Streets. Drivers involved were Edwin A. Lawson, Woodham and Rob- ert. Cutting, 269 William Street. Damage amounted to $350. The other crash took place on Monday at 9:50 a.m. near the corner of Anne and Main Streets involving cars driven by R. Ross Tuckey, '743 Andrew St., and Mrs. Sieka VanSteeg, 416 Carl- ing St. Tuckey was backing from the loading area at the rear of Tuck- ey Beverages and Mrs. VanSteeg was eastbound on Anne Street when the crash occurred. Lisa VanSteeg, one, suffered a bruise on her forehead in the crash. Chief C. H. MacKenzie listed damage at $650. MeInherS that the Authority would have to have ,grants ler park maintenance or be forced Out of" the buSinesS Of operating, them. Mr. Stephen claimed powerful interests are oPPoPeci to making grants available for Authority WELLINGTON BROCK , renamed chairman At their meeting, council open- ed tenders for the supply of grav- el and awarded the contract to Sandy Contracting Co., Goderich. Price is 88 cents for 15,000 cubic yards to be delivered on township roads and a stockpile of afurther 2,000 yards at the Cann pit for 58 cents per cubic yard. The Goderich firm's price was the lowest of three bids sub- mitted. Much of the meeting was again taken up with drainage works. Harold Finlay complained about the lack of drainage in the cellar of his property and the engineer was asked to inspect the outlet of the Wright drain. A petition of the ratepayers on the Horton, Glenn, McDougall award drain to have the drain changed over to a municipal drain was accepted. A complaint was received from Murray Coward and Ted Roestel concerning the state of disrepair of the tile portion of drain C of the Pym drain and the matter was referred to Engineer C. P. Cor- bett. Reports on the Cooke, Kints and Willis drains were filed by En- gineer J. A. Howes and examin- ed by council. Interested rate- payers will be notified of a spe- cial meeting on February 19 to read the reports. In other business, council: Re-engaged Fred Harburn, RR 3 Dublin, to spray cattle for warble fly control at last year's price of 10 cents per head per spray and supply the necessary powder. parks, although a select cora, mittee has recommended, that they should receive theni, "The big fellows are great lobbytat.s",lie said, "and this. is Ile said certain private inter- ests are working againat the grant proposal, Members of the Authority are of the opinion grants should he re, ceiyed on parks because they are used by more than just the resid- ents of the watershed who pres- ently pay the costs. A study done at one time in- dicated only a small proportion of park visitors were from the watershed communities, A fee was charged for park patrons last year, but this only defrayed the cost of those hired to supervise the parks on week- ends. DAM PROBLEM A report received at the meet- ing from Kilborn Engineering Ltd., Toronto, indicated that a proposed dam-bridge over High- way 4 north of Lucan was im- practical. The study indicated the ground conditions are pervious to water — in effect there could be some- thing akin to an underground stream if the dam is built on the proposed site. The dam could be built, but it would be costly to overcome this problem as a river bottom lin- ing of at least 300 feet would have to be added to keep the water from seeping below the struc- ture. The engineering firm recom- mended that another site for the dam be considered. The ARCA representatives from Biddulph and Lucan were asked to meet with their count- oils to see if the latter wished the Authority to proceed with investigation for a new site. A change of site would rule out the possibility of incorporating a new highway bridge with the dam. The engineers gave a rough estimate of $1,500,000 for the dam cost. Members were also advised they face problems with regard Former resident held for murder A former Exeter man h as been charged with non-capital murder in Saturday's death of a St. Thomas taxi driver, Gerald DeViller. Larry Ross Walters, 22, re- sided with his familyonHuronSt. West about three years ago. He is charged jointly with Ernest James Bugler, also of St. Thom- as. The murdered man is also a former resident of this area having served with the RCAF al Centralia. The victim died of a severe beating and suffered multiple stab wounds and several brokenbones. Walters and Bugler are being held, without plea, until February 19. to Stream Dank erosion in the vicinity of their boat decks and raMPS. at Port Franks. It hal been Planned to take some PreteetiVe steps this Year by adding gabion baskets, but the recent flood did consider- able damage to the docks and washed out 15 feet of bank and the money may now have to be used to repair this situation. Big chunks of ice remain on the bank and a detailed study of the damage can not be carried out until these have disappear- ed, ELECT OFFICERS Wellington Brock, Exeter, was re-elected chairman of the Auth- ority at the meeting. He is start- ing on his third term in this office and was unopposed. Bill Amos, Parkhill, is the new vice-chairman. He defeated Bos- anquet's Robert Love in an elec- tion for this post. Mr. Love has been vice-chairman for some time. in other business, the Auth, orlty: Were advised that discussion Was being carried on with owners of land adjacent to the Rock Glen area in an attempt to purchase land to extend the conservation and park area. The project is being pnshed by the Sarnia Lamb- ton Regional Tourist Council who have offered the ARCA $250 as a grant towards the cost, Learned the final report for development of lands surround- ing the Parkhill dannwill be com- pleted by April 19 for study by the Authority. A lake of some 225 acres will be created by the new dam, Stephen Township repre- sentative Ed Hendrick asked how the cost of development would be charged and was advised it would probably be on the basis of the general levy with all communi- ties in the watershed sharing. while they come under the board for financial matters, they are given more independence and an oppprtunity to present their own programs. Interested ladies will be meet- ing today (Thursday) in an at- tempt to ascertain what interest there may be in initiating this change locally. A Da.shwoOd area youth, Ivan Miller, 19, remains in critical condition in hospital from in, juries received in One of seven ateidentS investigated by the Ex- eter Opp detachment OfficerS this Week. Preperty damage amounted to over $8,000 in the ctasheS, many Of Whith occuttedditring times of heayy shoWfall and drifting which Made conditions hazardous. The most serious Of the Crash- es took pike on Highway 4 south Of EXetet -on Saturda.y at 3:45p.in, involving cars driven by Keith J. Miller, DaShWood, and Albert E, Wright, Clinton, Students ready for Quebec visit Thirty students from grades 12 and 13 at SIiDHS leave tonight fOr a trip to Quebec City. They Will travel from London by train and will be ateompanied by inenaQ hers of the school's language de, partment. While in Quebec they twill 'take in some of the festivities of the Quebec Winter Carnival and other points of Interest and will attempt to communicate in Ptendh as much as pOsSible. They will return late Tuesday evening. Morley Sanders, a veteran member of the teaching staff at SHDHS, was Tuesday night ap- pointed vice-principal by the board. The school has been without a vice-principal since J. L. Wood- en took over the position of prin- cipal. Mr. Sanders joined the local staff in 1946 and has been head of the history department. He also acted as vocational guidance instructor for some years. His appointment was recom- mended to the board by the man- agement committee and becomes effective September 1. A considerable portion of the board meeting centred around the plan to form county boards. De- spite the fact boards in Huron have opposed the proposal, sev- eral meetings are planned to get underway with the program. There has been no indication that Huron boards will hold up any plans until the legislation regarding county boards has been passed. Garnet Hicks, who has repre- sented the high school at the meetings at which county boards were discussed and opposed, was asked to continue as the repre- sentative on the steering com- mittee which will be known as the Interim School Organizational Committee (ISOC). District superintendent D. W. Scott has announced that the first meeting of the Huron committee will be held in Brucefield on February 22. However, Mr. Hicks said there was a possibility Scott would at- tend a meeting planned for the Brucefield school tonight by the Huron boards. The SHDHS board will also be represented at the initial meet- ing of the Lambton group, in view of the fact Lambton students in the Grand Bend area attend the local school. The position regarding Grand It was snowing and drifting badly at the time of the accident OPP Constable W. G, Glassford reported. Wright suffered lacerations to the head and left arm and was taken to South Huron Hospital as was Miller, who sustained head lacerations and a bruised ankle. Ivan Miller, 19, a passenger with his brother, suffered two broken legs and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital by Hoffman's Ambulance, Dashwood. Damage in the crash was esti- mated at $5,500„ The first of the Week's ae., cidents took place last Tuesday At 4:40 p.tn, tin No. 21 County Road, Involved were cars driven by S, Pitie, London and. Richard G. Neil, Centralia. Constable D. A. Lamont esti-, mated damage to the two Ve- hicles at $900. At 17:45 p.m. the Same day, Constable Lainont investigated a one vehicle 'crash at the inter- Section of Highway 4 and Water- loo St. at the southern limits of Exeter. Herbert 'Broom, Exeter, was driving a station Wagon that went out of control while turning onto Waterloo Street'from the highway and struck a stop sign anti two trees. He sustained a bump atidenten the forehead and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $270. Bend is still unknown. Although the village is in Lambton, all residents on the north side of the main street support SHDHS and the public school is operated by the Stephen Township board. Regulations regarding the new county boards states that stu- dents presently attending schools outside their county will be per- mitted to complete their studies there. The details regarding new stu- dents from these areas entering high school is not known. NEARLY DONE Business Administrator W. D. Burton told the board most of the inside work on the addition is completed although none of the outside work such as landscap- ing has been started as yet. Equipment is also coming into the school on a regular basis and Burton said most of it had now arrived. The board approved recom- mendations from the property committee for the installation of lights on the school parking lots at a cost of $1,135 and also re- MORLEY SANDERS . . new vice-principal On Thursday at 3:55 p.m., ve- hides operated by Wilbert G, Rivers, RR 3 Exeter, and Ken- neth W, McDougall, RR 1 Glan- Worth, collided on Highway 4 at the intersection of the Kirkton Road. Constable Glassford l i st e d damage at $200. LADIES INJURED Two ladieS were injured in separate accidents later in the week. on Friday at 9:30 p.m., a cat operated by Presley D. Levier, Huron Park, collided with a car owned by Arthurj. Clarke,Gran, ton, Which had motor' rouble on Concession 6-7 of Hsbotne town, ship. mr. Clatke had gone for as- sistance when his vehicle Was struck by the Lavier cat during heavy snow and drifting. Mrs. Myrtle Lavier, a pas- senger, suffered a tither injury to the left leg and damage 64150 was estimated by Constable J. A. Wright. Constable Wright alsO inves- tigated the other accident which Occurred On HighwaY 33 east :Of Dashwood on Sattirday at 4:20p.m. Drivers involved were John W. 'Fortune, Warren, Michigan, and George A, Clark, TotOnte. Barbara Cross, Torente, osseuger in the Clarke vehicle „sustained miner injuries. Osborne addition given county okay Harry Hern, RR 1 Granton, was elected president of the Ex- eter Agricultural Society at the annual meeting last Week. He succeeds Howard Pym in that position. Don Dearing, RR 1 Exeter, is first vice-president and Robert Down, RR 1 Hensall, is the new second vice-president. Gar ne t Hicks retains the position of sec- retary-treasurer. Eighteen members were pres- ent for what was described as a "very , enthusiastic gathering" and the financial report given by Mr. Hieks showed a good bal- ance from last year despite the fact much of the activity on fair day was rained out. He reported the Wet weather grant helped out. A discussion regarding last year's fair indicated membets of the board of directors were pleased With the number of new exhibitors in the ladies division, as Well as in the swine and poultry classes. Some discussion was held re- ga.rding possible changes and Members learned that many Ag- ricultural Societies were making revisions in flower, fruit, vege- table, grain and seed -classes, Rather than having individual classes where four or five done variety are Shown on one plate, four or five different varieties are grouped together as one ex- hibit. In addition, the exhibit is decorated in such a manner as to make it more interesting for the viewers. 'It should give local exhibit- or a better chance," commented Mr. Hicks. Some disctission Was again held in regard to changing the fair date to be in "conjunction With the rodeo, but it Was decided to carry on with the third Thutt- day in September for the pret-i ent Members present also approv- ed an idea Whereby an attempt Will be Made to establish a la., dies' division for the Society. Many ladies' divisions no have their Own eXeCutives, and Storms make driving hazardous Scenes such as this were easy to come by during the past week, as the area was hit by frequent heavy snow squalls and drifting. This photo was taken Sunday afternoon on Exeter's Main Street and indicates the extent of visibility. It was even worse on rural roads. T-A Photo Veteran school teacher appointed vice-principal placement of plumbing in one of the laboratories. The board will also replace lighting in one of the older class- rooms at a cost of $700. There are 20 rooms with old type light- ing, chairman Lloyd Lamport stated. One will be done on an experimental basis. In other business, the board: Learned that the full payment from the recent attempted safe breakin had been received from the insurance company. Approved increasing the sal- ary of W. D. Burton to $8,900 retroactive to January 1. Granted a payment of $1,000 to Principal J. L. Wooden in view of his extra duties with the build- ing program. Hired L. deHaan as machine shop teacher. Bell assumes new position Exeter lawyer Elmer D. Bell, Q. C. , has been named chairman of Organization for Ontario by the Hon. Robert Stanfield, National Leader of the Progressive Con- servative Party. The role of the provincial com- mittee is to implement organiza- tional policy as set by the na- tional committee and to advise the national committee and na- tional headquarters on the state of organization in the various rid- ings within the province. Mr. Bell has been president of the Ontario Progressive Con- servative Association since 1960 and will be relinquishing this po- sition at the annual meeting later this year. The local lawyer is also past president of both the Western Ontario and Huron Progressive Conservative Associations. Storms lead to crashes Property damage high Area youth critically hurt