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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-08-29, Page 1Sign 'in at McCurdy School CT 10,0 F RODEO "Earle§ have never bawl bet, ter.!, That was the word froth Dalton. flakiniaer, Wednesday, 4..P Ex- eter's busy Mid-Western l'ioden committee Pot the finishing touches on the greunds for this weekend's fifth Presentation of the exciting show. Finkbeiner, who is secretary Of the organization., said entries will definitely be bigger thanlast year, and already he has received forma from many cowboys Who have never performed here be- fore. Six came in this week from a group in the U.S.A. and most ef last year's top competitors are expected. 044 to compete for the $2,500 in prize money. The spectators will be In for some added attractions this year and members of the, committee are ,hoping the event will attract /.0,009 people to the two-day Phew. SatPrday's Aerferalattoe will be noid oncter the new floodlights, at.the rodeo ring and WiifP.atare the entertainment of Ali Cneray and the Rhythm pals from the POPIAlar Tommy Hunter show on the C BC, The PerfOrMance commences at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday after- noon's show gets under way at 2:00 13-M, with entertainment 1,4g prervided by one of Canada's top western singers:, Gary peck, He will be accompanied by Donna Ramsey and the Broncos. In the rodeo ring, the big added attraction that is.paranteed.to provide more action than has ever been seen locally before is the Bratima bull ridieg eentest. The local committee have scored a first in this regard as this is the first time in Onter19 that .a bull ticling'conteSt has ever been staged, altheugn some :ex, hihltlenS have been held. There will be lc/ head of the Mammoth bovines to test the cow, boys. and the hnsiest fellows will probahly be the rodeo clowns, The Clowns are reepons thle for 4ITing the animals away from the lallea riders and cowboys would not think of competing without thope chaps around, b e.c au s e those buils can be vicious.. Saddle and harehaeic krone rid, 0e: will be another feature, along with, bull dogging, calf roping, harrel, Ololcon and flag races, To .ensure that the program is faat moving, only the top contenders will perform in 'the three race events,. Trials will be held prior to each show and only the top six finishers will compete before the rodeo crowds, In anticipation of an even iarg, er crowd than last Ye4r., the PPM- mittee have purchased portable hleaCherP providing seating ,ac- cgtrinledati011 for APPther persons at each show, All ,the portable stands .used last year Will alSo be located along side the ring and the grand- stand has hew., repaired to take the usual load,, Advance tickets are available this year for the first time, and Finkbeitier reported they were nitichAn demand from local citiz- ens who expect company for the weekend. The tickets do not reserve ,specific seats, but only to as Please turn to page 2 Charge Centralia driver with leaving crash scene Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 29, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Wins bicycle accessories An Exeter youngster was one of the winners in the first Elmer the Safety Elephant contest, sponsored by the Ontario Safety League. Jeff Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis, 351 Carling street is shown above with his bicycle equipped with a new bell, mirror and streamers, thanks to Elmer, T-A photo. Drivers pay fines for going too fast Lights ready The new floodlights have been installed at the Exeter rodeo ring and Saturday's show will see them put into use at 8:00 p.m, The second event is slated for Sun- day afternoon. Bob Pooley and Gord Baynham are shown above hooking up the new lights. —T-A photo McGillivray rate jumps Farm and residential taxpay- ers in the township of McGil- livray will ba faced with a large increase when they receive their 1968 tax notices within the next couple of months. All residential and farm own- ers will pay a total rate of 80 mills, an increase of 15 mills The largest increase is in the North Middlesex High School levy which jumped 7.5 mills to 28.7 mills. The increase in the high school rate was caused by a change in the billing system of the Strathroy District H igh School from which the Middlesex Board buys education for about 35 stu- dents. This account was previously paid at the end of the term, but now Strathroy requires payment in advance and as a result the township faces a double charge this year. Other increases in the tax rate were: 1,9 mills in the township rate to 15.2 mills, county rate up 3.9 mills to 24.4 and McGil- livray Public School up 1.7 mills to 11.7. Councillor Jack Dorman is act- ing Reeve of McGillivray town- ship in the absence of Reeve Grant Amos who is recuperating in a Toronto hospital from a hip operation. Amos is expected to be confined to hospital for an- other month or so. Rain misses bean eaters At the best attended Zurich bean festival ever, 5,000 hungry folks ate about 1,000 pounds of home grown white beans which had been baked to perfection Saturday in large iron kettles right out on the street. The crowd began flowing in and out of the village in early afternoon and continued coming well into evening. , Parking space was at a pre- mium all day although, accord- ing to local newsman Herb Turk- helm, few visitors lingered long in Zurich' because of the intense heat and humidity of the day. The weatherman did his best to do-operate, thetigh. Dark clouds which dutnped tons of water on the areas surrounding Zurich failed to hang over Zurich long enough to bring rain to the af- fair.. Most popular ride at the bean festival was the hay rides through th e neighboring cou passengers could enjoy a cool breeze and See White beans and other cropS growing in the field. Festivities were brought to a close by ChOosing a bean queen 15,Y ear' Old MISS Debbie Mettler. A Centralia man has been charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident follow- ing a crash at Huron Park Satur- Require leaders for girls' groups Guide and Brownie groups in Exeter are in need of leaders for the fall and winter inntings. Mrs. Robert Luxton told The Times-Advocate this week that two Brownie leaders are required for Tuesday afternoons and one Guide for Thursday evenings, beginning in September. "Experience is not necessary" said Mrs. Luxton. "It's interest we need." Interested persons may tele- phone Mrs. Luxton at 235-0776. Many kids wade at Victoria Park Exeter's RAP committee, meeting in regular session last week heard encouraging reports of the good attendance during the past weeks at the Victoria Park wading pool. Mrs. Ruth Durand, a member of RAP and resident of the south area of town said Many small children were taking advantage of the afternoon supervised wading activities. This will continue un- til the beginning of school as will regular swim sessions at the pool at Riverview Park. The committee learned that renovations to the grandstand at Community Park had been com- pleted in time for this weekend's rodeo performances. Seven cem- ent pillars were installed at the rear of the stand and both entrance steps were repaired. Permission was given to South Huron District High School to use park grounds for 1968 football games. RAP chairman Ron Bog- art, also athletic director at the local high school said due to alt- erations to their field it would probably not be in shape for the coming season. Assistant arena manager Gary Middleton recently passed the comprehensive examination leading to an arena management certificate and will qualify for same in less than two years when he has completed five years of work in this field. day night in which,two youngsters were injured. Percy W, Knee, 312 Algonquin Drive, appeared in Goderich court, Monday, and was remanded until. September 9. He was re- leased on a $200 bail. He was charged after two small boys were injured by a car which left the scene of the accident at the former air base. Peter Soame, 8, of 104 St. Lawrence Ave., and Hugh Connon, 9, of 100 St. Lawrence, were taken to Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, for treatment of injuries after the crash. The Soame lad suffered lacer- ations to the back and knee, while his playmate sustained head lac- Drowning ends lengthy record A Hamilton man beca,ne Grand Bend's first drowning victim in three years, early Sunday morn- ing. Norman Henry Blanchard, drowned When he fell into the Ausable River from the break- water. He was walking with five companions from the Hamilton area when he lost his footing and fell in near the Pier Booth at the mouth of the river, about 3:45 a.m. Grand Bend Ontario Provincial Police Constable Leon Arsen- ault and Constables Darryl Stutt and Tony De Jagger of the Forest OPP detachment used grappling equipment and a boat supplied by the Forest OPP to recover the body at 7:50 a.m. Huron County Council, at a special session in Goderich on Tuesday afternoon, authorized the Warden and Clerk to sign a general building contract with Monteith-McGrath Limited, Wa- terloo, to erect a new County Assessment Building at a stip- ulated sum of $115,365, plus ex- tra costs of $19,013, for a total of $134,378. The two-storey structure will be built on county-owned prop- erty adjacent to the County jail in Goderich. Work will start tins fall. erations, concussion and back injuries. OPP Constable F. L. Giffin was in charge of the investigation of the hit and run accident. It was one of four accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment this week. The first occurred on Wednes- day when a parked car owned by Richard D. Vosles, Birmingham, Michigan was struck by an un- known vehicle at the parking lot at the Oakwood Golf Course north of Grand Bend. Damage was listed at $25 by Constable E. C. Wilcox. On Saturday at 6:50 p.m., dam- age was estimated at $1,900 by Constable 1), A. Lamont in a two- car crash on Highway 4 in Hen- sell. Drivers involved were Ray D. McLean, RR 9 London, and Dave J. Kuracina, Parkhill James Kuracina, Parkhill, suf- fered head injuries in the crash and Dorothy McLean, RR 9 Lon- don, suffered a bump on the head and a cut on the left knee. The final accident also involved two cars and occurred on High- way 21 near St. Joseph on Sun worth, RR 2 Palmerston, and Elvira E. Evans, RR 1 London. Mrs. Evans sustained a whip- lash injury in the crash and dam- age was listed at $1,600 by Con- stable E. C. Wilcox. During the week the local de- tachment officers laid 10 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, two under the Liquor Control Act and one under the Criminal Code. A total of 36 motorists were issued warnings. Lab technologist Miss 1Vlarion Carscadden grad- uated as a Medical Laboratory Technologist from Victoria Hos- pital recently. She is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Cars- cadden, Exeter. Marion plans to continue her studies in cytology at Toronto General Hospital in January, Hensall youth William Arthur Hastings, the 17-year-old Hensall youth who robbed a Hensall drygoods store in July was sentenced in Goderich Monday to 12 months definite and nine months indeterminate in On- tario Reformatory at Guelph. The youth held Mrs. Pearl Passmore, 60, at knife-point un- til she emptied the cash drawer of $131. Hastings fled but was later apprehended by police. "Aren't we entitled to some firm answer for this increase of $40,000," he asked. Don Snider, the architect, fielded this question by stating that the only answer was that the sub-trade prices on the con- tract were higher than the gen- eral contractor thought they would be. "I think the building will be just right for the pur- pose for which it is intended," he added, Roy V. Pattison, East. Wawa- nosh, was of the opinion that the longer you wait, the more expensive it would be. Clarence E. Boyle, Exeter, Publish T-A on schedule Although Monday will be an of- ficial holiday, The Times-Ad- vocate will be publ i s h e d on Thursday as usual. The deadline for display ad- vertising will be extended until Tuesday noon, but the classified deadline will remain as Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.. CorrespondentS and news con- tributors are asked to have their Material forwarded at the usual time where possible to ensure publication. Waair Fair prize list soon in mails The Secretary of Exeter Fair, Garnet Hicks, reports that prize lists will be mailed shortly with Many changes In the liVestoek section, Spaee is going rapidly In the arena: Vitereated parties sheluid Contact the secretary. Entries are now lading received for the Beauty queen and Baby shows. It appears that a very exciting fair is in the nicking for Sept. 18 and 19, Planes draw large crowd Despite heavy skies and the threat of rain throughout the day, the fifth annual fly-in at Sex- smith Airport, one and a quarter miles north of Exeter was a huge success, Sunday. A total of 73 aircraft from many parts in Ontario and the United States dropped in for the day and were joined by about 1,400 spect- ators who arrived by automobile. The fly-in, organized by ten men who have planes based at the local flying field located on the farm of Leonard Greb is nowone of the largest and most popular in the province. Both the people that arrived by air and those that came by more conventional means proved to be a hungry bunch as they consumed two ton of corn on the cob and more than 70 dozen hot dogs. Many prizes were given out throughout the day. Jim Mitchell of Windsor was the first pilot to arrive, touching down at 10:15 in the morning. Ed and Lucille Greb of Kansas City, Missouri came the farthest distance by air to attend the popular event and Miss Marie Walker of London was the first lady pilot to fly in. Bob and Gwen Wilson and five children flew in from Port Elgin and received the prize for the largest family to attend by air. The youngest pilot to appear was 19-year-old Fred Omstead of Wheatley and the oldest was Ewart Griffith of Stratford. Mr. Griffith, 68 years of age cele- brated his 50th year of flying on Sunday by taking a Chipmunk up and doing a perfect loop. Several aircraft were on dis- play including a Stearman Spray plane from Bright, a home-built — Please turn to page 2 pointed out that the new build- ing, in addition to being an as- sessment building, would pro- vide facilities for future expan- sion of county services. OKAY PLANNING By a recorded vote of 34.5, Council also decided to request the Minister of Municipal Af- fairs to define the County of Huron as a planning area and set up a Planning Board to consist of eleven members com- prising the Warden, or appoint- ee, five other members of County Council and five per- sons who are not councillors. Regarding cost, in reply to a query by J. P. Alexander, Wingham, Clerk-Treasurer J. G. — Please turn to-page 2 Motorists who had been too much in a hurry to reach their destination's made up 32 names on the magistrate's court dock- et containing 59 names when session began Friday morning in Exeter. A fine of $31,50 was paid by Gerald John Mahoney, London, who was travelling 91 miles per hour in a 60 mile per hour zone, He also paid $2.50 for hav- ing no drivers' licence. The fine was $22.50 to David Mark White, also of London, who travelled 80 miles per hour in a 60 m.p.h. zone; and fines of $21.50 were rendered by John Norris, Exeter and Mur- iel Murphy, Goderich, for simi- lar offences. Other speeding fines were levied against Keith Wilms- hurst, Exeter; Robert Miller, Dashwood; Wayne Fullager, London; Brian Ernest Smith, Kincardine; Michael H. Ken- nedy, Kitchener; Patrick Har- die, London; John Tillger, Hain- ,ilton; Paul .1. Mullen, London; Wallace Featherstone, -London;-, Patricia Barwick, London; Le- land Mahood, London; C. C. Jastrebski, Germany; Francis Thompson, London; Fred Cul- bert, Biddulpb; Chas. Rohde, London. Toiro Ka uusm a, Preston; Douglas Taylor, Exeter; John Horvath, Ford wic h; James Petzke, Kitchener; Bernard Hooke, London; Robert Tyrell, London; Jas. Coughlin, Guelph; Gary Lorentz, Kitchener; Albert Clements, Kitchener; Lorraine Kowalchuk, London; Egbert Hamer, Guelph. TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS James Lorne Lofstrom, Oak- ville, failed to stop at a stop sign in Exeter north and was fined $16.50. Harold Westlake, E x e t e r, made a turn from Gidley Street onto Andrew Street with- out stopping and was fined $11.50. A Kitchener man, David Bru- der, didn't stop at the intersec- tion of Highways 83 and 21. His fine was $11,50. William A, Glaister, Kitchener, failed to stop at the same intersection and was fined $16.50. Failing to yield the right of way was the traffic offence of George Knapp, Brantford. He was fined $21,50. In edition to a speeding fine of $16.50 for travelling 70 miles per hour in a 60 mph zone, Bruce F. Shaw, Exeter, was without a drivers' licence at the time of the offence. His fine for the latter was $11.50. John M. Harding, Kitchener, followed another car too closely and paid $29 and court charges. John Blair Fletcher, Exeter, pleaded guilty to a charge of making unnecessary noise by squealing his tires ' in Exeter and was fined $27.50. Unnecessary noise on, a mo- torcycle with no muffler was the offence of James Campbell in Hensall. His fine was $15 plus costs. Dennis Charrette, Dashwood, and Orval Isaac Rapson, Hen- sail, both paid $16.50 for failing to yield the right of way in separate incidents. CARELESS DRIVING William Munn, Hensall, who was involved in a rear end col- lision in Hay Township pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving. About $1,000 damage was done in the accident which occurred on Highway 84 about one mile west of County Road 31. Passengers in the other car, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Plantenga, Zurich, suffered whiplash in- juries in the, mishaPa,Taro sengers in the Munn car, Peter Williams and Larry Consitt, re- ceived minor bruites. Munn's fine was $21.50. Mr. Plantenga was found to be without a drivers' licence for the current year and was fined $16.50. John Robert Lowther, London, passed a stalled vehicle on the right shoulder, off the roadway. His fine was $5 and costs. A fine of $27.50 was paid by Roy Allan Smith, Crediton, for having liquor in a place other than his residence. It was the only liquor charge heard in magistrate's court Friday. Investigate fire cause Exeter OPP Constable W. G. Glassford and D. Campbell, from the Ontario Fire Marshall's of- fice in Windsor, are, investigat- ing the fire which last week gutted the former SS #3 (P I ugto wn) school in Usborne Township. The building is owned by Herb- ert Anderson, Kirkton. The fire was spotted last Wed- nesday at 2:30 a.m. and was en- gulfed in flames when the Exeter Fire brigade arrived at the scene, about seven and a. half miles east of Exeter. The school was built in 1935 and was sold when the Usborne Central school was put into Oper- ation. EdWin and Lucille dieb of Kansas City Missouri travelled 960 air miles to attend 8undayog SejtStilitti Airport fly,iti and received a OHM fot nothing the farthest di§tance, In the picture above, the American coule are being' welcomed by Leonard Greb do WhoSe farm the airstrip is iodate& photo Okay planning board Originally, four general con- tractors submitted the follow- ing bids: Monteith-McGrath, Waterloo, $139,501; Refflinghaus Construction Co. Limited, God- erich, $151,798; Dietrich and Koehler, Waterloo, $157,765; Lo- gan Construction, Stratford, $157,720. The property committee, un- der Harry Worsell, deputy reeve of Goderich, met and authorized the architect, Don Snider, of Huget and Snider, Waterloo, to interview the low bider to try and arrive at a lower contract figure. As a re- sult, the committee agreed to certain changes in foundation and exterior trim which would result in a decrease of $7,986. The "extras" totalling $19,013 comprise; air conditioning, $6,800; paving, $2,850; landscap- ing, $500; architect fees, $8,163; audit and legal fees, $700. The new building will provide space for the County Assessment Department and future expan- sion of other county depart- ments. Elgin Thoinpson t Tuckersmith, who acted as chairman for dis- cussion in committee of the whole council, asked Clerk- Treasurer J. G. Berry what the building might be used for. Mr, Berry replied that the new County Planning Board would need space and When the administration of justice de- partment required more space in the County House proper, then other offices might be moved there, The entire ground floor will be Occupied by the Assessment ,Department mak- ing the second floor available for the above purposes. Carl Dalton, Seaforth, re- called that when council de- cided at the June session to go ahead with the new building, the estimated cost provided Was about $90,000 whereas the present figure was about 50 per cent higher, Kenneth Stewart, MeKillop, also stressed this great dispar- ity between estimated cost and actual cost and as far as he could see the ultimate cost might 'reach .$175,000, or over With extras that might prop up ,from time to times day at 11:20 'a.m. Involved were gets sentence cars driven by Douglas G. Holz- Hold special session County building cost jumps Monday WAS registration 'day at MeCtirtlyPublie chool at Huron Park. Principal at 'Soidlin and two assistants were kept busy most of the afternoon jotting down particular on Student's' that be attend, ing the fernier- 'ett Avebo$ MraeteraldGaiter and Brian are checking in With the principal. ,., he Gainer's are in the p'r'ocess of moving to 306 Algonquin, 'Huron Park froth' London.% T -A tihOto.