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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-02-22, Page 1Wins Clinton crown Karen Jennison, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jennison, Grand Bend, was crowned queen of the at-home dance at Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton, Friday. She is a grade 12 student at the Clinton school and received 15 red roses and a silver tray as she won out over five candidates. — Photo by Galbraith PUC to undertake major construction Fatal accident at Crediton Top speakers at Verse and public speaking contests were held at Exeter public 8chool, Ptidey, With keen 'competition it all lent divitions, The verse "Speaking WinnerS in the back s from the left; grade five whiner, Kim POStill; Valerie Sweet, second, Cynthia Odin'', third; Redhey dteetatte, fourth; grade SIX Wittier, Debi Wooden; Steven -Harr then, Exeter Pb contest second; Debbie Potter, third; Peter Armstrong, fourth. Front row are the public speaking winners, from the left: grade seven winner, Marten Dykstra, Latina l; alter, second, Ann Finder, third; Beverly fotirth; grade eight Winneri Ian Johnston; Joe Darling, second; Lorna Corbett, third; Richard OlieWell, fatirth. T-A photo could turn down tendering the. JO, "It.'S considerably less than what we are paying now?' he said, Prices quoted at a previons meeting Indicated garbagepickup service costs the mwrlielpality 07,200, with the MacDonald bid being $7,360 below that figure. However, Boyle and MacGreg, or both indicated they were still not convinced there would be any saving. Ninety-third Year Pr," Councillor Taylor replied. After the four to three Vote was taken, works superintendent Jim Paisley predicted council would regret their decision withiU 12 months. Tenders were also opened for four new tires for the works de- partment truck and the price Of $40 each submitted by Scott's Shell station was accepted. A motion was presented by District coroner Dr:John God- dard, Hensall, advises there Will be no inquest into the death of Miroslav (Mickey) Fejkl, RR 2 Centralia, who was killed in a two-car crash just west of Credi- ton Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The 44-year-old Fejkl died in the wreckage of his car which was involved with one driven by Mrs. Dorothy P. Mellin, RR 2 Dashwood. Mrs. Mellin sustained lacera- tions to the face and right leg and a bruised hip. She was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in London and released on Saturday. Fejkl was eastbound on the Crediton Road when his car skid- ded and was sliding sideways on the road when struck by the west- bound Mellin vehicle. OPP Constable E. C. Wilcox investigated the accident, the first fatality of the year for this district. He listed damage at. equipment for installing drainage tile. The market potential of On- tario, particularly the Western Ontario area, is the main reason the firm decided to invest in this area, Mr. Kraft said. London, collided with a plow be- ing driven by Clifford Kenney, Crediton. They collided on Concession 2 in Stephen Township, a mile and a quarter north of the Crediton Road. Due to a storm, visibility was limited at the time. Damage was listed at $100 by Constable W. G. Glassford. The other incident involving a plow occurred on Concession 10 and 11 in Usborne Township on Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. A school bus operated by Ar- chie Webber, RR 1 Exeter, was being pushed from a snow drift on the road by a snowplow driven by John Batten, RR 3 Exeter, when the vehicles shifted and the bus sustained damage of $75. Constable E. C. Wilcox listed damage at $75 to the bus. The final accident of the week took place on Saturday at 12:30 a.m. on Highway 21. A car operated by Walter G. SallOws, Goderich, went out of control on the slippery road sur- face and struck a mail box. Constable D. A, Lamont esti- mated damage at $150. During the past week the of- ficers laid three charges under the Highway Traffic Act and is- sued warnings to another six drivers. One person was charged under the Liquor Control Act. The officers spent 200 hours on duty and covered a distance of 1,386 miles on patrol, These are the cars involved in the Thursday evening accident at Crediton that claimed the life of Miroslav (Mickey) Fejkl. The Fejkl vehicle is shown in the foreground. The other car was driven by Mrs. Dorothy P. Mellin, RR 2 Dashwood. — T-A photo No inquest or charges in area's first '68 fatal Reconstruction planned by PUC A major construction program is planned by the Exeter Public Utilities Commission for the Year 1968. This work will in- volve both the hydro and the water departments of the. Utility. While the projects are much larger than the Utility would normally consider, the Commis- sion has no alternative but to proceed , with all of the work this year. R. E. (Ted) Pooley, the Chair- man, said that approval would be forthcoming from the Ontario Hydro for a capital expenditure Can't beat 'em --so join 'em? At a meeting in Huron Centen- nial school at Brucefield, Thurs- day, representatives of Huron County school boards agreed that further opposition to the govern ment's plan for county boards in 1969 appears useless. The boards had agreed to op- pose the plan before the depart- ment of education announced details of it, but members were of the opinion that there was little hope of having the program altered now. D. W. Scott, area superintend- ent of schools, will meet with the board representatives on Monday to set up the interim committee to plan for the start of a county board. Huron will have a 14-member board, but as yet it has not been determined how this represent- ation will be constituted. A Michigan firm this week announced plans to construct a $500,000 drainage tile manu- facturing plant on Highway 4, about one mile south of Hensall. Lowell Kraft, vice-president of Eric Kraft and Son Inc., of Pidgeon, Michigan, said he form- ed the Big 0 Drain Tile Co. Ltd. six months ago with the intention of producing concrete and plastic drainage tile for the Ontario and Quebec farm market. Mr. Kraft is president of the new company and hopes to start building, the plant this spring. It will consist of two buildings on a six acre• site purchaSed from Robert lioWcliffe, RR 1 ilensall. One of the bUildings containing some 4,000 square feet will be used for the manufacture of plastic drainage tubing and the other building will be Used for the manufacture of concrete tile. The size of the latter build- ing is expected tO be between 15,000 to 20,000 square feet. Big 0, which presently has temporary offices In London, will be the first company in Canada Thieves swipe cash and saws CpL Harry Vantiergen and OPP Constable Dale Lamont are in- vestigating a break and entryre- ported at Exeter Farm Eqnip, meet, Thursday. Thieves entered the building by breaking a window on the south Side and made off with three chain saws and $40 in Cash, Total value of the loot *at listed at $640. One Of the saws has been rea covered and arrests are pending. to produce plastic drainage tub- ing. Mr. Kraft indicated plastic tub- ing has been used for about a year and a half in the U.S., but is used widely in Europe. He estimated about 75% of drainage in Europe is done with plastic tubing. It will be manufactured in 250- foot coils and its advantages are that alignment is easier and therefore affords better and faster installation. In addition, the material won't rot or disintegrate in the earth. Big 0 ("....the '0' is for Ontario, province of op- An Open House and the Official Opening Of the new` Centralia College of Agricultural TeChnOl, ogy will be held on Friday, March 1st. Vititors will have an op- portunity to Visit the campus, tour tit-eVAtli:MS campus bbilditigS and participate in the &0'01 oohing ceremonies from 10:00 am 4;00'pliti. The 'Centralia College Of Agri, cultural Technology IS located In the Centralia Industrial Park at the former 'Canadian Perces Base. The new 0;iliege was open,' ed in October, 1967 and students regiStered for the first. yekt Of a two Year course that will lead to a Diploma in Agrietiltute or Home EcOniiiiiieS. EkIStitig Classroom, residential, dining and recreational ladilitieS accommodate 400 ''Attidetita. the OffiCial Opening beretileiiA' Arrange meeting to discuss dogs S. W. Bone, general manager of the London Humane Society, informed council this week he would attend their March 4 meet- ing to discuss the possibility of the Society taking over the role as dog catcher in Exeter. He said it would be an advant- age to have other councils in the area represented as well to dis- cuss the matter of dog control. Members agreed to the March 4 date and asked the clerk to notify area councils. portunity," said Mr. Kraft) will be unique because concrete and plastic tile will be manufactured in a new plant. The product is usually made in converted fac- tories. Mr. Kraft said part of the equipment is to be purchased in Canada and production is sched- uled to permit fall sales to farm- ers this year. Hopeftilly, he said, plastic tile production Is to be ready first. The firm expects to employ about 10 persons initially with another 10 for full production. The Michigan firm, of which Mr. Kraft is vice-president, sells tee Will take place at 200 pm in the main lounge at Huron Hallo The Honorable Wm. Ai/ Stewart, Minister of Agrietilttire and Food, and the Honorable C. S. Mae, Naughton, Provincial Treasurer, Will unveil the official Plaqne that Will be presented to the Centralia College, The Open Hatise,prOVideS VIS, hors an opportunity to tour the campus and to see several 'plays and presentations prepared by the Students. 'The Heine Econ- omies students Will offer a 'millin, ety show and a display of applied arts. Information will be pro- vided in a range Of'subjects from textiles to teen age nutrition. Kitchen &Sign is important in the modern hotisehOld and guests can view the nettreqiiipment in the' POWS Laboratory and receive the .Please thilito page 2 Mayor .1)01.t?ricige presented figures worked out if council purchased their own truck and packer. He .said the CPA PPP year was $9,444.60. The Mayor pointed out the con- tractors make money at the prices they quoted, indicating this suggested council could do the work at around the same cost, 4fAll other towns are going to contracts, so it must be pheaP, $4,000. No charges are expected. Fejkl, an employee of Found Brothers Aviation Ltd., Grand Bend, was buried in Chatham, Monday. The native of Czechoslovakia is survived by his wife and two children, Peter and Mary Ann. The accident was one of four investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment officers this week. Two of the crashes involved snow plows. On Sunday at 2:35 p.m. a car driven by Kenneth John Harrell, Exeter native new senator A native of Exeter was appoint- ed to the Senate last week by Prime Minister Pearson. Richard J. Stanbury, Q,C., is the son of the late J. G. Stan- bury who at one time was partner in an Exeter law firm. He later became a judge. Another son, Robert, is Liberal MP for York-Scarborough. Senator Stanbury is a graduate of the University of Western On- tario and is a partner in a Tor- onto law firm. He was president of the Tor- onto and District Liberal As- sociation and chairman of the standing committee on policy of the Liberal Federation of Can- ada. Reeve Boyle, that ,the• tires be. purchased from. Newby Tire A e; pat of $45, but he failed to .,get a secoader for the motion. "It's not right to.accept a. tend, er from a member of cottricil," Ross Taylor pointed.put, NOWby, P12StSineti from voting. Reeve Boyle also failed to gain any support for a suggestion that council consider placing a refer, endum regarding Sunday sports It will be a long time before federal politicians forget Monday night and the same holds true for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lovell, Ex- eter. The local couple were in the House of Commons when the Lib- erals went down to defeat on a motion regarding increases in income tax rates. "I've never seen such a sight in my life," Mr. Lovell stated in describing events which follow- ed the 84-82 vote. He said Opposition members were like a bunch of kids let out for recess as pandemonium reigned when the results of the vote were tabulated. They shouted, "Get out! Get out", at the Liberals in a man- ner which Mr. Lovell said one would normally use in shouting instructions at a dog. He said he had never seen any- thing like the smile Mr. Diefen- baker had. The local man joking- MICKEY FEJKL . • • dies in crash Policies covering the operation Of the Grand Bend dump for the year 1968 were set by village council meeting in regular ses- sion, Monday. BOSanqUet Township has in- fanned GB council that they are not interested in using the dump facility in its present location. They would consider the joint purchase of an incinerator that was suggested by a Department of Health official last year if it could be ideated more suitably for the majority of Bosanquet ratepayers. before the electors tnthePe4Prxli- ber IngrdciPal, •elections. "We should give the people a chance to yote," he said, conncillOr Wept.* noted that Sunday sport Is already being carried on and said no one was complaining. "What would happen if it (Sun, , day sport) was turned dovinr questioned clerk Eric carsca.d, ly suggested it was one Mr. Diefenbaker had been s av i ng since his party suffered the same fate back in 1963. The Lovells almost missed the historic event as they had come to the conclusion it was a waste of time sitting in the gal- lery while the bell rang for members to come for the vote. The bell rang for an estim- ated 70 minutes and Mr. Lovell said someone would have to be deaf to miss it. "We were just on the verge of leaving," he said, adding that there were very few people in the gallery to watch the event. The Exeter man said there was no inkling that anything so startling was going to take place, but he did recall that some Lib- erals did appear a bit nervous as they entered the. Commons. Mr. Lovell was sitting beside the wife of one MP and she told him that her husband had sug- gested that something might hap- pen that night. Mr. and Mrs. Lovell were the guests of Huron MP Robert Mc- Kinley, who cast one of the votes that defeated the government. Mrs. McKinley was also in at- tendance for the vote. While the House of Commons vote was the highlight of the week for Mr. and Mrs. Lovell, they also had another experience they won't soon forget. They drove to Quebec for the Winter Carnival and were in the midst of a severe blizzard, which Mr. Lovell said was one of the worst storms he had ever been in. Winds ranged from 40 to 50 m.p.h. and many motorists were stranded. Mr. Lovell has been in Ottawa regarding the crisis involved with — Please turn to page 2 From May 1 to Thanksgiving weekend, the dumping grounds located south of Grand Bend will be open mornings, six days a week, with an employee in at- tendance. For the balance of the year, facilities will be available to Grand Bend residents each Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning. For the fall and winter months, acting road foremanJim Connolly will be opening the gate three mornings a week and lock- ing it again at noon. The new policy is expected to save the village several hundred dollars per year. At the present time an attendant is on hand when- ever the dump is open and this policy is being discontinued at the end of February. Operation of the dump in 1967 cost the village about one mill, Clerk Murray A. DesJardins informed council he had made arrangements with Lambton MP Lorne Henderson to set up meet- ings with Various 'provincial de- partinents while council mem- bers are in Toronto during the upcoming Good Roads convention. The Departments of Lands and Forests and Tourism and Pub- licity along with the Attorney General's office and ont a r i o Water Resources ConimiSsion will be visited by most Member§ — Please turn to page 2 Suffers cut lips in town crash The Exeter Police Department report only One accident during the past week with damage in It amounting to $275. It occurred ThUrsday at 8:30 Drivers involved were John Raymond, Ancaster, and Miss Judy Estes, 254 MariboroSt.the latter was eastbound on GidleY and R 'aym end Vas proceeding north On William when theY col- lided at The Intersection 'Of the two streets. The Exeter girl sti§tainedactit to her lip in the 'mishap. Chief 04•It, MacKenzie inVes, tigated, Council approve garbage cont ract I all five questions on liquor vote t Build in spring Employ 10 to 20 Tile firm locate near Hensall by the Hydro Department of $118,209.00. The Chairman advised that the major portion of this budget will be spent on .work in the area north of the Ausable River in preparation for highway rebuild- ing in that area. Existing poles on the Highway #4 road allow- ance will be removed and a new street light system with under- ground conductors will be in- stalled. The second large expenditure planned by the Hydro Depart- ment will be the construction of a new substation. This station must be in operation before the winter of 1968-69 as the exist- ing Sanders Street Station has reached its maximum capacity. Commenting on the program, Mr. Pooley said that, theselm-, provements to the system would allow the Commission to provide still more efficient service and will also improve the appearance of the Town. Mr. Pooley advised that, al- though the Utility had experienced a large increase in the cost of power from Ontario Hydro, the Commission would not find it necessary to increase hydro rates to the local customers at this time. The Chairman also advised that a large reconstruction pro- gram is planned by the Water- works Department for 1968. The O.W.R.0 has been asked to approve an expenditure of $90,698.00 for main replace- ment on Highway 4, between Huron Street and Mill Road. Due to extensive excavation planned by the Engineer in the recon- - Please turn to page 2 Exeter:council's new regula- tioa regarding the length of meet- ings wasn't heeded, Monday, as council debated !Intl], Past Mid- night with several major decis- ions being reached at the lengthy meeting. The debate over a liquor vote and contracting garbage pickup were on the agenda and both were approved. , There was little discussion regarding the liquor vote and Mayor Delbridge took steps to alleviate the stalemate which fea- tured discussion at the last meet- ing. He asked council to first of all approve the liquor vote without any 'mention in the motion about the number of questions to be placed on the ballot. This was done and then coun- cil started the debate regarding what questions would appear. However, this too was short as the members quickly agreed to place all five questions on the ballot. It was indicated that most had discussed the issue with many ratepayers and this was the de- cision they had reached. There was no indication when the liquor vote would be held, but Mayor Delbridge indicated it would take at least three months to comply with the regulations. Residents over 21 will be given an opportunity to vote on beverage rooms, liquor and beer with meals and cocktail lounges. It took council considerably longer to reach a decision over letting a contract for grabage pickup and it carried by the slim majority of four to three with Councillor Ted Wright leaving his chair to abstain from the vote. The calling of tenders for the work resulted in a considerable saving as the low tender of Gord- on MacD,onald, RR 1 Crediton, was $9,840. It was the one ac- cepted. At a previous meeting, council had almost approved awarding the contract to a Goderich firm for $12,000 per year. The God- erich firm submitted the same price in the official tender call and an Ingersoll firm quoted a price of $10,500. After the tenders were opened, Mayor Delbridge said he was still of the opinion council should pur- chase their own equipment and hire local men to continue pick- ing up garbage. Reeve Derry Boyle and Coun- cillor Don MacGregor then pre- sented a motion that tenders be Called for a new garbage truck, but it was never voted upon.. Councillor Joe Wooden said he couldn't see how with any business sense at all — council Arrange open, house. at Centralia college EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 22, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Exeter pair witness turmoil in Commons GB changes hours for dump facilities