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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-08-01, Page 1Coming through the dust One of the most exciting events at Saturday's Frontier Days Horse Show at Hensall was the tire race. In the above picture, an unidentified man is being hauled to the finish line on a tire with Dale Hunt and her horse providing the automation. Judge John Thyssen and Ron Swartz are looking on. T-A photo Five persons injured Accident damage high timated at $1,125 by Constable F. L, Giffin. Linda Fuss, Hensall, a pass- enger in the Bawer vehicle, re- ceived slight injuries to her fore- head and right knee. Receive degree S. Thomas Lavender, native of Hensall, recently received his master's degree in science at graduation ceremonies held at the University of Wales in Bang- or, Wales. The presentation was made by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who is Chancellor of the university. The ceremony was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as Lavender, Hensall, who then enjoyed a three week tour of the British Isles. They returned home this week. Making their own aprons Soine of the girls attendihg last week's Daily Vacation Bible School at the Exeter Pentecostal church took home a remembrance of their activities: They made aprOnS for themselves during draft periods. Above; a few of the girls are Shown With their achievements. Back, left ; teacher MrS,- Shirley Prouty, Kathy Walker& Valerie •Plyriri, Judy Obwer and dell 'Mier., rout, Jane Campbell and ItAthy No edition next week The Exeter• Times-Advocate will be closed for holidays from Friday, August 2 to August 10 inclusive. There will be no edition of the newspaper printed on Thursday, August 8., The next issue will be publish- ed on Thursday, August 15. Correspondents and contribut- ors are reminded that we find it impossible to cover'the news of the holiday week and their bud- gets for August 15 should con- tain only news of that week. Everyone's co-operation in this regard is much appreciated. Fire levels area barn Exeter, Ontario Wednesday, July 31, 1968. To Exeter ratepayers, and visitors to our town. Dear Friends: During the last provincial election, our good friend, the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton pointed out that "progress has a price tag". As we now embark on the reconstruction of Main Street in Exeter, it may be well to remember that this sign of progress and beautification in our community is going to have a price tag. While we are indeed conscious of the cost of this pro- ject, the "price tag" which comes to the fore most is the in- conveniences which will be created, and while we have the as- surances of the contractor and the engineer that such incon- veniences will be kept to a minimum, we all must realize there will be some with such a huge undertaking. However, if the residents of this community main- tain the co-operative and cheerful nature they have shown in the past, we shall have no difficulty in bringing this major pro- ject to fruition without any major obstacles. Business will continue to function in Exeter, and I would hope that area shoppers would viSit Us often to see the progress we are making on the project that will, upon comple- tion, make Exeter an even more enjoyable place in which to shop and meet your friends. "Sidewalk superintendents" will be welcome at any time, I do urge parents to keep in mind that there will be certain safety risks involved, especially in the fact that traffic will have to be re-routed to side streets on occasions. This will naturally mean a heavier flow of traffic through residential area than usual, and parents should make their children aware of this aspect of the project and impress Upon them the need for maintaining good play and traffic habits at all times. In closing, may I ask for your co-operation during this project and remind you that the "price tag" of this pro- gress m out community will be kept at a minimum. 10 Nirieterefeeirth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 1,, 1900. Price Per copy 15 ;Ws T hieves hit Kongskilde agai woman robbed ..at A knife-wielding thief held up a clerk in a liensall store, Sat- urdy, and thieves made off with over $1,000 worth of equipment frem Kongskilcie Ltd. in Exeter Monday to keep area police buay, In the early hours of Monday, thieves forced a small door lead, ing to the faetory at' the north end implement manufacturing plant. Rae Bird, of Kongskilde told the T-A the tools, mostly wrench- es and drills, were valued at ap- proximately $1,000. One acety, lene torch and several lengths of hese were also taken, but thp tanks were left. Toddler dies under tractor William Joseph (Bill) Thomp- son, the four-year-old and only son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Thompson, RR 8 Parkhill, was killed Saturday, July 27 when he fell off his father's tractor and under the rear wheels. He had been sitting oh a fend- er of the tractor his father was using to draw a manure spread- er. When the spreader was emptied, Mr. Thompson attempt- ed to disengage the power take off which operated the spread- ing mechanism. As he was reach- ing down, Bill fell forward off the fender and the tractor drove over him before his father could stop it. Besides his parents Bill is survived by his six-year-old sister, Cindy, and grandmother, Mrs. William Thompson, of Mc- Gillivray Township. The body rested at the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home, Dashwood until Tuesday, July 30 at 10 a.m. when funeral services were held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Interment was in Mi. Carmel Cemetery,. Pallbearers were Jerry Thompson, Steven Sthith, Dan Lagerwerf and Mike McCann. Flowerbearers were C.o 11 e e n, Bonnie and Bradley Breen, Larry Ryan, Judy and Bev Thompson, Ron, Diane, Carol and Barbara Smith. A fire early Friday morning destroyed a large barn on the farm of Ray Rasenberg, located on the Babylon Line, about two and a half miles east of Dash- wood. Damage in the 12:30 a.m. blaze was, estimated at $22,000. Mrs. Rasenberg said the barn was "very lightly" covered with insurance and they had planned to increase the coverage when the policy came due in August. Lost in the fire were seven heifers and a bull froth the 30- herd dairy operation ; along with 3,000 bales of hay, four ton of grain ) a bulk milk tank and pump, a hay wagon and other farm and dairy equipment. The fire was spotted by a pass- ing Motorist and when. Mr. and Mrs. Rasenberg were aroused from their sleep, the huge L- shaped barn was a mass of flames. The Dashwood Fire Brigade answered the call and assisted in saving the silo and pulling a tract- Or and manure spreader away from the flaming inferno: They also took precautions to prevent nearby gas tanks from exploding„ The owners plan to have the barn on the former William Wein farm rebuilt. Flames frOm the blaze were 'visible for several miles And employees at the Derby Dip in Exeter thought it -*al er and turned in the alarm lb the Exeter Brigade. The Meal firemen drove out to the outskirts, but realized the fire WAS out of their territory and re- turned. The tanks weigh about 150 pounds, which would lead to the theory, that most of the equipe ment was carried away by hand. The equipment lost was cover- ed by insurance. Almost a, year ago, another breakin occurred at the same plant, but nothing of value was taken. The latest incident was in- vestigated by Chief C. H. Mac- Kenzie of the Exeter town police and OPP Constable Dale Lamont. HENSALL YOUTH CHARGED William Hastings, 17, of Hen- sail, was remanded in custody until today, Thursday, when he appeared in Goderich court Mon- day morning, charged with the Saturday night armed robbery at Irwin's Ladies' Wear in Hen- sail. Hastings was arrested in a Hensall house by Exeter OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell and Cpl. Bruce Wheeler of the Goderich detachment, shortly after the robbery., Only five minutes before clos- ing time Saturday, a young man entered the Hensall ladies' wear store while clerk Mrs. Pearl Passmore was pulling the cur- tains across the front windows, Pulling out a knife, he order- ed Mrs. Passmore to "handover all your cash." When she suggested, "You're kidding", the youth said, "No, L'm not idding," and scooped up $131 in cash from the drawer. Warning Mrs, Passmore not to follow, he ran down an alley beside the Imperial Bank of Com- merce. After apprehending the accused, police located most of the loot. It has now all been accounted for. WILLIAM THOMPSON . . . dies under tractor While it cost many area drivers some money after going through the recent department of trans- port safety check in Exeter, it also cost a Dashwood man a $15 fine for not going through the check. Gerald Martene, Dashwood, was handed the fine when he appeared before Magistrate Glen Hays, Q.C., in Exeter court Fri- day. Martene pleaded guilty to a charge of not submitting his vehicle to the safety check when instructed to do so by OPP Con- stable D. A. Lamont. Lamont had observed the Mar- tene vehicle in Dashwood and instructed Martene to take it to Exeter for the safety check. The Dashwood man told the court he was a building con- tractor and didn't want to waste time to come in for the check. While he levied a nominal fine, Magistrate Hays pointed out the offence was most serious and advised that the penalty would certainly be raised if any other persons were found guilty on a similar charge. The maximum fine is $50. A London man, Brian Has- lett, paid two fines in his court appearance. He was ordered to pay a $25 penalty for careless" driving and another $10 for driv- ing without a driver's license. He was charged after an ac- cident on Highway 21 on June 30, when his car rammed into a tree at the entrance to Oakwood park. He and a passenger were injured in the crash. Wayne C. Payne, Hensall, paid a fine of $15 after pleading guilty to not yielding the right of way while proceeding from a private driveway on June 26. He was involved in an accident south of Hensall on Highway 4 and told the court the laneway was Still dropping in some mail While the Canadian postal strike is well into its second week, letters and other pieces of mail are still being dropped into post offices. Exeter Postmaster Harvey C. Pfaff said 19 pieces of mail had been dropped into the local mail slots Monday eye,ning. Pfaff and assistant postmaster Don Ladd, the only two members of the Ex- eter post office staff not affected by the strike are taking turns on holidays. Pfaff returned to work Monday morning after a two week holi- day and Ladd started his vacation on the postmaster's return, The local postmaster said it just happened that their holidays are coinciding with the strike. When asked how much mail had accumulated in the local post office since the strike began, Pfaff said, "The total outgoing mail now on hand would not equal a normal days take. When the strike ends we should be back to normal in five minutes." low and this made visibility of the highway poor. In the only contested case on the docket, Maurice Joseph Le- blanc, CFB Clinton, was found guilty of a careless driving charge and fined $15 and costs. Leblanc had been involved in an accident at the intersection in Hillsgreen on May 21 in which he and two passengers were sent to hospital with various injuries. Damage in the mishap was listed at $2,450 by OPP Con- stable D, A. Mason. Evidence revealed Leblanc's car skidded into a tractor and cultivator, and the implements in turn smashed into a parked car. A Hensel]. mechanic, Robert Erb, testified he found the brakes on the Leblanc car were in poor condition. The accused said he had ,had nd trouble with the ,brakes prior to the accident and had a cer- tificate from a car dealer list- ing the car in good condition. Defence lawyer P. L. Raymond' said the man had no way of knowing the brakes would act as they did and suggested it was the failure of the brakes that caused the accident rather than care- less driving. Acting Crown Attorney R. K. McAvoy, Owen Sound, contend- ed the accused was on a gravel road unfamiliar to him, and sug- gested he should have been driv- ing more slowly. In addition he suggested Le- blanc was an inexperienced driver and this may have con- tributed to the accident. Magistrate Hays reviewed the evidence and said the accused was probably not keeping' a proper look-out, and questioned whether he was driving with a view to the conditions experienced on the gravel road with the sun shining in his direction. Several speeders also paid fines in court, with the highest — Please turn to page 3 Save teenagers at Grand Bend Two visiting teenagers were rescued from Lake Huron at Grand Bend early Sunday after- noon after experiencing difficulty in rough water. Richard Attridge, 15, 161 Eas- son St., Stratford got into trolible about 200 yards off shore and was being helped to shore by 'his companion, Donald Leonard, 17, of Ayr when they both started to go under. Their cries for help brought assistance from Clara Ross, Grand Bend and an unidentified man. They were given oxygen on shore and taken to South Hur- on Hospital, Exeter. Both were released after treatment and re- turned to a Grand Bend cottage for the reminder of the week- end. Assisting on shore were OPP Constables Brian Leigh, Ken Handler, Bill Rogers and Ron Gravall and Dave Cox of the Grand Bend Times staff. Only one crash reported in town Only one accident was MVOS. tfgated 'by town police (luting the past Week, A car owned by John 10, 2 TharnesfOrd, parked On Main Street suffered $400 datti ,, ages when struck by a Ii6ppet, Hockey delivery trtick late Fri, day afternoon, Driver of the truck was fvietle Idle, 85 Victoria Exeter arid the ihvestigatitig Officer was cori,' stable teorge ttoberisob., Main street being reconstructed Work has started on reconstruction of Exeter's Main Street. Workmen of general contractor, Levis Contracting of Clinton and C. A, McDowell Ltd., Centralia, the sub-contraztor started on excavation, Monday morning. Above, is shown a view of the progress of the work, early Wednesday afternoon. Pays penalty for failure to submit to safety test The Exeter OPP investigated only three accidents daring the past week, but two resulted in extensive property damage. In addition, five persons sustained minor injuries. The first crash occurred on Wednesday at 7:30 p,m. involv- ing vehicles driven by Marvin J. Bower, Exeter, and Orval I. Rap- son, Hensall. Bower was southbound on the second concession of Hay and Ranson was proceeding west on No. 15 sideroad when they col- lided at the intersection of the two roads. Damage in the crash was es- Police watch detour traffic The Exeter Police Department advised this week they would be keeping a close check on traffic using the detour routes on Wil- liam and Andrew Streets during the reconstruction of Main St. The radar _unit has already been set up on these streets this week and the police say they will continue to use it to crack down on speeders. Reports also indicate that many motorists appear to be of the opinion that the detour route is a through route and many have failed to obey the stop signs on both streets. Police indicate they will keep a close eye on this as well. However, they also urged par- ents to advise children of the added hazards with heavier traf- fic on the side streets. On Friday at 9:45 p.m. Con- stable D. A. Lamont was a wit- ness to a two-car accident that took place at the intersection of Highway 4 and No. 21 County Road near Centralia. Kazik Zaborowski, London, was southbound on the decelera- tion lane at the intersection, when Whilhelmina Shearer, 187 Col- umbia Drive, Centralia, who was a short distance ahead of him in the .through lanee made a right turn in front of him. Damage was listed at $150. In the only other accident, damage was listed at $1,000 by Constable E. C. Wilcox, and four persons were injured, none ser- iously. Involved in the accident were vehicles driven by Harry Plan- tinge, Zurich, and William W. ,Munn, Hensall. They collided on Highway 84, about one mile west of County Road 31 on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Both were proceeding in the same direction with Plantinga in the lead, His car was struck from the rear by the Munn vehicle. Mr. and Mrs. Plantinga suffer- ed whiplash injuries, while two passengers in the Munn vehicle were also injured. Peter Wil- liams, Hensall, received a bump on the head and Larry Consitt, RR 1 Hensall, sustained a bruise on his right leg. During the week the OPP laid 16 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 32 drivers. OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell re- ported a Suzuki model motor- cycle-was found in Oakwood Park, Monday evening, and they are attempting to locate the owner.