Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-03-28, Page 1A twistedpile of steel sheeting Theti's all that Ternained of a large poultry barn belonging to 'EA= chicks and was estimated at $25 ,000. Strong winds causedT- cAotivelieortr i Mousseau, 1<ippen, which burned Saturday night, Lott included 7,000 for the safety of nearby homes. Ninety-third Year gxpTER? ONTARIO/ MARCH 28, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Plastic .manufacturers to locate at Centralia A science class at Mount Carmel Parents of students attending Our Lady of Mount Carmel Separate School had an opportunity Tuesday evening to attend an Open House and watch some classes in action. Above, science class members Gerard O'Rourke, Peter McCann and John Gielen are putting on a demonstration for Charles Dietrich, Mrs. John Rutten and Barry Van Osch. — T-A photo County turns down bid for more health service Display tools and weapons Mrs. Larry Hitchon, London, who spent two years in Nigeria with her husband, display's some of the primitive tools, ceremonial swords and a throwing hatchet the couple brought to the ladies night banquet held by James Street United Church AOTS Men, Monday. Looking over the array is Mery Cucimore, left and Carf Cann. T-A photo Births, rabies decline; accidental deaths high Members of Huron County Council on Monday morning passed an increased basic budget for the 1968 operation of the Huron County Health Unit but rejected a plea by Dr. G.P.A. Evans for an added expenditure of $18,675 to finance the develop- ment of several new services. Dealing with the report of the board of health, council approved a $187,260 basic budget repres- enting an increase of more than $10,000 over last year's estim- ated budget. Subsequently, a 22- 16 recorded vote turned down a program development factor which was to have begun work in environmental hygiene, ger- iatrics, mental health, topical flourides and multi-phasic pop- ulation screening. Dr. Evans, medical officer of health for the county, explained that much needed to be done in the field of environmental hygiene including work on pest control, misuse of pesticides, water, sew- age, air pollution and food con- trol. He added that sanitation of recreational facilities and reg- ular inspections of funeralhomes would be covered under this new service. Geriatric work would be a modest beginning on the job of assisting elderly Huron County residents to be happy and wall adjusted* It would simplyprovide additional time for public health nursing staff to call on senior citizens to determine their wants and needs. To improve the mental health of Huron citizens, it was pro- posed to set up a familyguidance centre which would be centrally located to serve the entire com- munity. Another proposal was to intro- duce a service now provided in some cities where young children may have their teeth painted with a flouride solution to reduce the The Exeter OPP investigated 'seven accidents this week in 'Which three peeking Were The rash Of cratlieS started last Monday at 1:15 p.m. When a car Operated by Gordon H. Johns, Hiedelbery, Collided with a oar Operated by Mks. Agnes M. Leine iptiere, RR 1 Zurich, on eoncet, tien 10-11 Stanley Township. Damage was estimated at $606 by"Constable D. A. Mason. On Thursday 'at 8:40'a.m. a ear operated by Mrs. Wilhel, mina Shearer, DathWOOd, was proceeding east on Highway 83 And went out Of control into the teeth ditch and struck a farm fence. Constable F. Giffin Hated damage at $60. A situilat accident occurred on Friday' at 6;35 p.M. when a tar 'Operated by Robert G. Sharp, Sarnia, went Out Of control as it WAS probeecling tertil ti and Went into the eatt diith incidence of costly, painful, un- necessary cavities. Perhaps most pertinent in the business of modern preventive medicine was the proposed clinics for testing to detect lung and cervical cancer in its early stages as well as arthritis and rheumatism. Upon learning that the county was not in favor of raising the funds to maintain this "sound In- Army band to perform The Royal Canadian Regiment concert band will present a con- cert in the new auditorium at SHDHS Wednesday afternoon. Principal J, L. Wooden said the public was welcome to attend the one-hour concert which com- mences at 2:30 p.m. Director of the band is Captain Derek Stannard and he also serves as assistant conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. There are 44 men in the RCR band and their previous appear- ances at the school have been described as "musical treats". Who will be the next Prime Minister of Canada? That's the question that will be answered at the Liberal lead- ership contest in Ottawa next Weekend, and judging from Om- Meets by Huron's voting dele- and struck a farm fence. Damage in that Ohe was ed $320 by Constable "Glass- ford. About the same amount Of dam- . age „Wes reported in two-car erath At 4;45 p.M the same day in a Oath in terieh, Drivers leVOlVed were Max Turnbull; VA 1 Dashwood, and Samuel J. M11ier, 'RR 1 Dash- Wood, Constable ,Mason estimated damage at 025. THREE HURT The three injuries occurred in an accident OnSaturdAY when A car operated by Raynald Des,- ROcktOti, Went out Of control While travelling north On Highway 4 and went into the east ditch and reeled over,. 'Three passengers' wore in- jured. Linda Turner, Hamilton, sufferedWhiplAth and head bruise itlittied t ,..--Pleate turn to page .2 vestment" Dr. Evans warned that Huron County could be "stepping backward" as far as the pro- vision of an up-to-date public health unit was concerned. Council had learned earlier that the board of health will lose the National Health Grants ef- fective March 31, 1968 which last year totalled more than $13,000. The government has discontinued these grants in view of the new legislation which permits health districts. Under the health dis- trict arrangement the entire pro- gram would be subsidized at the rate of '75 percent. Capital costs would be subsidized at the rate of two-thirds of the cost of new buildings etc. Huron last year rejected the idea of amalgamating with Perth County, the town of St. Marys and the City of Stratford to form a health district. With the county of Huron remaining as a health unit only, maximum subsidy available to council is now 50 percent. Of the total budget, the cost to Huron taxpayers is,estim- ated to be $91,163 for this year. Cost to the county last year was about $71,000. Clerk John Berry pointed out that increased salaries accounted for the great- -Please turn to page 2 gates, it's going to be a real battle. This riding's delegates are clearly mixed in their choices and they'll apparently be backing a Variety of contestants. Paul Hellyer has the Most sup- port at the present time, with Paul Martin and Joe Greene get- ting single Votee froth those who have decided. while he isn't supported At the top candidate by any of the seven delegates, Pierre Trudeau is listed by them as one of the top tentefidets and some indidate they'll swing to him if their can. didate is ousted, litiron't lady delegate, Mrs. Dan Murphy, Goderich, is back- ihg agriculture Minister JO0 Greene and that's hardly surprit, hag. Her hutbatid is campaign tiger for Greene In Western be- brie and Only this Weekend was involved in the spectacular plane crash involving Greene and some sUpporterS. He and hit party Were leaving A Woodstock field when the plane nose-dived into the field. NO one was injured in the crash, but Dan Murphy seffered a sprained ankle "as he slid down the plane's Wing after the crash. The Goderich lawyer is a strong tnpporter of dreetle,have Mg- worked for him le his two unsuccessful attempts to Vie tie leadership of the'Ontario Liberal party, MetipilY Indidated the weekend tour in this area gained consid- erable support for the federal agriculture minister, elthetighlie A new plastics manufacturing operation will be the fourth firm to locate at Centralia Industrial Park, it was announced jointly to- day by the Honourable Stanley J. Randall, Minister of Economics and Development, and the Honour- able Charles MacNaughton, Treasurer of Ontario. The company — Ferro Plastics. Associates of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver—will produce packaging materials including synthetic baler twine and plastic package strapping for industry, Magistrate will return to work Justice of the Peace Mrs. Mabel Gray again presided over Exeter court Tuesday, and heard seven traffic charges. It was reported that. Magistrate Glen Hays, Q.C., will return to. duty next week after a prolonged absence due to illness. His first session in Exeter will be on April 5, The stiffest fine handed out this week was for $25 to Michael Gough, Niagara Falls, who plead- ed guilty to a charge of careless driving resulting from an acci- dent on Highway 4 on March 2. Gough's car went out of control and damage of $1,000 resulted. Milo Westlake, Exeter, paid a fine of $20 and costs for follow- ing too closely. He was involved in an accident in Exeter on March 4 when he hit the rear of a car turning into Beaver Lumber. All other fines were for speed- ing and $10 was paid by the following; Charles James Evans, Goder- ich; Anton F. Dykstra, Bayfield; Fred Arthur Wafters, Campbell- ville; George Clarence Bell, Campbellville; Malcolm Tennant, London. The charges were laid after their vehicles were detected speeding in Hensall and Dashwood where the Exeter OPP had setup radar units. Hits hole then car Exeter police report only one accident this week, that occurring on Monday at 11:30 a.m. onHuron St. East. Involved were cars driven by F. H. Wilkinson, 198 Andrew St., and Neil Murray Newman, Cen- tralia. Wilkinson was proceeding west on Huron when the front wheels of his car struck a rut in the packed snow and the vehicle veered to the north side of the road coming into contact with the Newman vehicle, which was parked. Damage to the Wilkinson ve- hicle was listed at $175 and $200 to the Newman vehicle. is listed as only an outside chance by the so-called experts. Murphy, who was confined to his home and missed part of the tour, said Mr. Greene picked Up from 30 to 35 votes in his week- end stay in Western Ontario. While he admits to being a long- shot, Greene is pointing out that even if he loses, his stature in the cabiriet Will be improved and this could help him in getting farm legislation throegh cabinet. At the convention, Murphy Will continue his duties and Will be one of many who will attempt to make sure Greene personally meets as many of the delegates as possible before next Satur- day's Vote. The Goderich lawyer will also be one of the 10 persons designat- ed by each candidate to be on the convention floor. Murphy Sees Trudeau as one of the strong centeedert. "His entry into the ratelias cited the whole Of Canada and het gaining support every day," Mur- phy 'commented. Two Clinton delegates also have Trudeau as their possible second choices. SHDHS teacher Mait E dtar, Who was the defeated candidate in the last federal election, indic- ates he is atpresent favoring Ex- ternal Affairs Minister Paul gat- tin, With Trudeau and P Feel HellYer in his list Of the top three Choices. lie agrees that Mr., Martin's' age may work 'against hint, but he also points out that with his ex- periehee he certainty has the qualifications to become the next and reinforcing tapes for the cor- rugated industry. In addition, the company will provide service facilities for automatic strapping and tying machines which will sell to in- dustrial users from its new plant at Centralia. Initially, 20 people will be em- ployed in the new project and the company will undertake a com- plete training program for them, New equipment for the opera- tion is now on order and it is expected that deliveries will be complete towards the end of June. The company hopes to commence operations early in July 1968. Mr. Randall said that negotia- tions between the Ontario De- velopment Corporation and other prospective tenants of Centralia Industrial Park were proceed- ing well and he expected to make further announcements over the next few months. Mr. MacNaughton said he wel- comed the company's intention to locate in Centralia and he said its operations Would help to diversify the activities of Cen- tralia Industrial Park. The industrial park is operat- ed by the Ontario Development Corporation on behalf of the Gov- ernment of Ontario. The Cen- tralia College of Agricultural Technology is occupying the non- industrial sector of the former R. C. A. F. Base. Three industries already oper- ating at the Park are Dunlop of Canada Limited, Carter Engin- eering Limited from Tamworth, England, and Hughes Boat Works Limited. Prime Minister. Coral-netting on Trudeau, Ed- gar notes he has "a fresh image on the political scene" but says he could be hurt if the news media continue to play up the play-boy aspect surrounding the QUebed minister. Clinton lawyer Beecher Menz- ies says his present leanings are . towards Paid Hellyer with Tru- deau second. "I'm capable of conversion though," he quickly adds. lie sees Hellyer as being young and inia.einative with the detnen- The natural increase— which is the difference between the birth and death rate—in Huron's pop- ulation Is declining. In 1962 the natural increase was '700 people, but this declined to 284 in 1966, the last year for which figures have been tabu- lated. Major reason is the decline of births, which is above the national trend. Commenting on the situation, Huron MOH Dr. G. P. A. Evans notes that "Canada is a vast strated abilities of leadership and firmness of decision which is es- sential for a leader. "He has the courage to imple- Meet imaginative ideas," he claims, adding that Hellyer is a top speaker and has an excellent image. Menzies sees Trudeau's lack of experience as being one of his feW drawbacks. "His qualifica- tions are iMpeccable and he's able to speak both languages," he noted. The Clinton man said he's not — Please turn to page 2 country with a small population and cannot afford a drastic fall in its annual births. In 1962 there were 1,292 births recorded in Huron and while the population increased by over 5,000 in the next five years, the total number of births in 1966 was only 825. On the other hand, the death rate dropped only fractionally. There were 592 deaths in 1962 and 541 in 1966. The Huron birth rate in 1966 Fire levels chick barns Loss has been estimated at $25,000 in a fire which levelled the large two-storey poultry barn of Elzar Mousseau in Kippen, Saturday night. The fire broke out shortly after supper and fire brigades from Hensall and Brucefield appeared to have the blaze under control when the supply of water was exhausted for about five minutes and it roared out of control again. With strong winds blowing flames dangerously close to nearby houses, brigades from Exeter, Clinton and Seaforth were called in to assist. Cause of the blaze, which was finally quelled shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday, is unknown. Heavy snow and high winds hampered efforts of firemen to contain the fire, first spoleed by a neighbor Gary Cooper. The home of Vivan Cooper, about 40 feet from the Mousseau barn along with a small garage only two feet away from the fire were saved. About 7.000 month-old chicks were in the 100 x 40 foot double decked barn that was originally built in 1957 and added to a couple of years ago. Mr. Mous- seau said the loss was partially covered by insurance and he is undecided about rebuilding. In commenting on the weather conditions at the time of thefire, Mr. Mousseau said, "I have lived here for Srl years and it is one of the worst storms I have ever seen. The winds were so strong that they blew windows in on the general store owned by Norman Dickert." HIT BY FIRE An early Sunday morning fire destroyed 13,000 chicks and a 70 by 50-foot structure owned by a former area resident, Sheldon Wein, AR 3 Woodstock. The chicks ranged in age from one day to three weeks. Mr. Wein said he will rebuild the poultry house as Soon as possible. was 15.2 per 1,000 census pop- ulation, while the Ontario average Was 18.9. Dr. Evans also noted in his report that Huron has a high rate of accidental deaths in compar- ison to the provincial figures, calculated as a rate per 100,000 population. In 1966 the county had a rate of 95.5 for accidental deaths in general and for motor vehicles the figure was 51.4. This com- pares with the provincial figures of 52.6 and 23.4 respectively and for Metro Toronto of 38.9 and 13.1. RABIES DECREASES A "gratifying decrease" in the number of cases of rabies was contained in the 1967 report of Huron County Medical Officer of Health, Dr. G. P. A. Evans. There were 19 animals in which the disease was diagnosed, com- pared with 66 in 1966 and '71 in 1965. "There is a very striking re- duction in the bovine „incidence over the three years analyzed, and this is a reversal of the general tendency in Canada in recent years," Dr. Evans ex- plained. There were only three cases of rabies reported in cattle in 1967, compared with a total of 27 and 23 in the preceding two years. The number of rabid foxes declined from 24 to seven and there were only five skunks found with the disease compared to 14 in 1966. During the three years there has only been a total of seven dogs and six cats found 'with the disease, Students' work much in demand Several new faces will appear in area business and industrial offices this week. The senior commercial stu- dents frotn SHDHS commence their "work week" on Monday and all have been given positions in area businesses. In fact, the cooperation ex- hibited was so great that there weren't enough students avail- able to fill the jobs offered. Prineipal J, L. Wooden said some students may go Out to work for a second week if the businessmen who didn't receive students for the coming week wished. The students will not be paid tor their work. The program has been set up to give them an opportunity to see what goes on in a business or industry office so they can gain some practical experience before graduating, Drivers lose control on roads in district Greene, Martin get support Local girl third A member of the South Huron Junior Farmers group, Miss Barbara Dougall, RR 3 Exeter, placed third among eight competitors seeking the title of "Miss Broomball Queen" at a Junior Farmer Sports Day held at Centralia Industrial Park, Saturday. Above, Barbara is re- ceiving a bouquet of roses from Doug Jamieson, a member of the staff at the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology and the judge of the contest. T-A photo Trudeau second choke' Huron Liberal delegates lean to Hellyer