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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-09-19, Page 14 ll k No it wasn't Halloween Lions hold first meeting The Exeter Lions Club opened their 1068-69 year with a dinner meeting at the Dufferin Hotel in Centralia, Thursday. Newly elected president John Grose said the dub hopes to expand their membership and work on more projects, Above, Grose, second from right is greeting District Governor till. Moody of Mount Forest while past president Gerald Webb, left and 1st vice-president Murray Moore look on, Baptists gather at Exeter Emmanuel More than 200 persons attended the monthly meeting of the London and district Association of Evangelical Baptist; churches in Exeter's Emmanuel Baptist church, Friday evening. Some of the officials are Shown above preparing for the meeting. From left, Rev, Richard Qtiiring, Central Baptist, London who led the in , `n Revs Paul kerr, guest speaker; an El3C misSionary in India Rev. Fred Howard, Knollwood Park, London, Association president, Rev, Ivor Boclenhatn, pastor oethe host church and. Vernon Montmorency, clerk of. Emmanuel Baptist, Eketer„ photo, S Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, P.NTARIOf SEPTEMBER 19f: 1908 Price. Per copy 15 Cents Cancel Huron St, work Comploin about messy properties Call bids on 'Riverside sewer London region's top truck driver Dan McLeod, right, was declared grand champion at the London Regional Truck Rodeo in London; Saturday. He placed first in the single axle tractor and tandem trailer class and won the grand championship by attaining the most points of any of the 42 drivers in the three classes. He will compete at the Ontario Championship in Toronto, Saturday. McLeod has been employed by Guenther Tuckey Transports Ltd. for the past six years and shown with him is company president, B. W. Tuckey, —Photo by Doerr Youth pays $50 penalty for $1.25 worth of gas Any visitors strolling down the halls at SHDHS Friday may have taken a second look at the calendar to• determine if Halloween had arrived a little early. Actually, it was Initiation Day for grade nine students and the boys wore girls clothing and vice-versa. Above, Gary Gibson, Randy Preszcator, Dave Rath, Debbie Riddell and. Richard Ottewell are heading for another class. T-A photo. At its regular meeting Monday night, Grand Bend council agreed to complete an agreement with Southcott Pines Park Land Limited that was originated in 1963 and was never completed. Exeter lawyer Peter Raymond, representing Southcott Pines appeared before council to make another request that a parcel of land that could be a road allowance on the west side of the Ausable River bounded on the north by River Road and on the south by Lake Road be formally closed. Apparently verbal approval was given five years ago but official closing was not carried out. Council agreed to finalize the agreement providing officials of the subdivision bear the cost of the necessary bylaw and advertising. Clerk Murray A. DesJardins told council the village's 1968 nomination date may have to be changed. A bylaw was passed several weeks ago naming November 18 as the day for receiving nominations for the position of reeve, councillors and positions on the Public Utilities Commission, Nominations for places on the new County school hoards are to be held throughout Ontario, also on November 18. The villages of Grand Bend and Thedford and the township of Bosanquet will be naming one person to the new board. Bosanquet has the largest assessment of the three municipalities and will host the nomination meeting. If Clerk James Dalton of Elosanquet, who will be in charge of school nominations calls for an evening meeting, the regular Grand Bend nomination night will be changed to November 19, If the school meeting in tosanquet is held in the afternoon, the Grand Bend Exeter council Monday night accepted the recommendation of the public works committee that work be started this fall •on the sanitary sewers for Riverside Drive. Councillor Joe • Wooden reported for the committee and pointed out that it, was unlikely that the reconstruction of a block on Huron St. could start at this late date and it was the committee's suggestion that council use the money set aside for this purpose to build the sewer. In addition, it was noted that the town would not have the huge expenditure anticipated for Main St, work this year and this would make it possible to undertake the sanitary work. The sanitary sewer work would be contracted and Wooden suggested that a good contractor could possibly have the work done in a month. Works superintendent Jim Paisley was authorized to place tender notices in area newspapers with the bids to be received by noon on September 30. The tenders would be opened by council that night and they hope that work would start as soon after as possible so the work could be completed by November 15. This week, council will interview residents in the area north of the river to see how many would hook into the sewer and how many would pre-pay. The amount of pre-payment may be used as a basis to determine if the work will be done this year. Council had planned the work for next year anyway and members felt that in view of the impossibility of doing the street work on Huron St., the sewer should be installed this year. The plans for the sewer have already been approved by the Ontario Water Resources Commission. Councillor George Vriese opposed the move at the outset, pointing out that tooanany jobs were started —and not enongt. were cleaned up. He gave his approval when he was told that none of the town's works department employees would be on the sewer job and Legion to host War 1 veterans Members of the R. E. Pooley branch Legion will host all veterans who served from Huron County during World War I at a 59th anniversary on September 28. Howard Holtzmann, president of the local Legion, said about 150 veterans are expected from Huron, as well as veterans who now reside outside the county. Any veteran, Legion member or not, is invited. A fellowship hour will start at 2:00 p.m. and the veterans will then march to the Exeter cenotaph to place a wreath to mark the 50th anniversary of the termination of the first war. Dinner is at 5:30 p.m. and the speaker will be the Rev. Hugh Wilson, Exeter, who is also a veteran of World War I. Entertainment will also be provided. they could still be used for cleaning up some of the other areas in town. Woo den's committee also received support on a recommendation that the works superintendent arrange with a local contractor to undertake the laterals on the sewers on Mill and Carling St. and that the residents be billed for the service when the laterals have been completed. MAKE WALKWAY Wooden told council he had also been approached by a number of residents on Pryde Boulevard with the suggestion that the town open up a walkway in the middle of the block which will give youngsters access to the school grounds. At the present time many of the youngsters walk though the back yards of private property to get to the two schools. The town owns an eight-foot walkway through the middle of the block and Wooden pointed out it was presently in quite a mess. — Please turn.to page 2 Area driver best in rodeo Dan McLeod, Exeter, was declared grand champion at the London Regional Truck Rodeo held in London, Saturday. • A driver for Guenther Tuckey Transports Ltd. for the past six years, the local man placed first in the single axle tractor and tandem trailer class and then was declared grand champion for attaining the most points of any driver in the three classes. McLeod will now represent the London region in the Ontario championships to be held in Toronto this Saturday. There were 14 drivers in his class and a total of 42 in the three classes. The rodeo consists of an obstacle course and various.tests of the driver's skill and many of the tests require pin-point accuracy. McLeod was third in the test in 1966 and placed second last year before gaining the top in his recent try. Two other drivers from Guenther Tuckey Transports Ltd. also competed in the event. Russell Lee was entered in the straight truck class, while Bev Skinner was driving in the tandem trailer and tandem tractor division. The truck rodeo is sponsored by the Automotive Transport Association. May announce I another industry The Hon. C. S. MacNaughton has called a press conference for 9:30' a.m. tomorrow at Centralia Industrial Park. Essentially, the press conference is being arranged to review the activities and development of the industrial park to date and was spurred by requests from area news media for such a review. However, there is also speculation that the Huron MPP may announce another industry for Centralia and it may well be the industry which recently advertised for 200 female workers. Gals create real mess They're at it again! The ladies' washroom facilities at the Exeter town hall were closed down for a short period last week after it was found the condition of the facilities were left in a deplorable state by some person or persons. Works superintendent Jim Paisley detailed the condition of the facilities (they're not fit for print) and said they were so bad h e wouldn't even ask the caretaker to clean it up. However, he said it had been cleaned up and the facilities were now open again. Words such as "disgusting" and '`foolishness" were used by council members, who on previous occasions have had cause to question the mentality of those using the facilities. In ,most communities, it is Usually the case that the ladies' facilities are often abused 'much more than the men's. Although taxes keep hiking the price of gasoline, an Exeter youth found out in Exeter court Friday it is cheaper to buy it than steal it. Cornelius Henry Plomp, 17, pleaded guilty to theft of about $1.50 worth of gas from Exeter District Co-Op on July 12 and ended up paying a $50 fine. He was charged by Cpl. Harry VanBergen. The court learned Plomp stole the gas for a car which had been stolen earlier by William Arthur Hastings, Hensall, now serving time for the armed robbery of a Hensall clothing store. Hastings was also mentioned in a case involving Michael Davis, Hensall, who was charged with common assault, Davis pleaded not guilty to the charge. Complainant in the case is Hastings, who told police that he had been hit and kicked by Davis on July 13. Entries pour in —hope rain won't Officials of Exeter Fall Fair didn't have time Wednesday to try to figure the reason for the increased number of exhibitors and exhibits this year. In fact, they were pressed to handle the steady flow of people who arrived to register in the morning. Secretary-treasurer Garnet Hicks said a "record number of entries" promised to make this the best Exeter fall fair in many years. He noted that new cattle and sheep exhibitors would be showing livestock this year along with regular competitors. Officials were also pleased by the number of women who would be showing articles in the ladies' division of the fair for the first time this year. Judges of the school exhibits said the articles on display were of the highest quality. An outstanding flower display is set up in the arena where the largest number of merchandising booths ever are open for viewing. The weatherman promises scattered showers for today but many are hopeful the forecast will be wrong — just for once. The matter was adjourned until October 11 and Hastings will be brought from jail to testify at the court session on that date. Stiffest penalty handed out by Magistrate Glen Hays, Q.C., Friday, was on a careless driving charge against Mervin William Riehl, 430 King St., London. He had been charged by Exeter police on June 22. The accused ran into the corner of the horse barns at the Exeter ' park and when Cpl. Harry VanI3ergen went to investigate from his nearby home, Riehl drove off at a high rate of speed. The police chased him along Highway 83 but finally had to give up the chase because they couldn't catch the London man. However, he was later apprehended and charged. Fine was $80. Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane termed it "very bad driving" and told the court Riehl had a careless driving conviction about one year ago. Magistrate Hays agreed it was very bad driving, but did not suspend the man7s driving permit after, 'being told he needed his car to get to his job each day. Fines of $25 were levied against two men who pleaded guilty to creating unnecessary noise with their cars in Exeter. James Lloyd Smith, Corunna, and Kenneth John Horrell, London, paid the fines after Magistrate Hays pointed out he could suspend their driver's permits. The two men were charged separately on different occasions in Exeter. Others who were fined after pleading guilty were: James P. Coughtrey, RR 2 Kippen, fined $10 for driving a motorcycle without a valid permit. His father appeared in court for him. Mrs. Wilhelmina H. Shearer, Huron Park, fined $15 and costs for an improper right turn. Thomas W. White, RR 2 Crediton, $10 for not having lamps on farm wagons he was towing at night. Damage was over $1,000 when a car slammed into the rear of the vehicles at 9:30 p.m. on a Sunday evening this summer. William H. Forrest, Exeter, paid $10 for following another vehicle too closely. He was travelling south on Highway 4 and swerved into the ditch at the intersection of the Kirkton Road because a car ahead was stopped to make a left turn. Emerson John Gloor, Centralia, was fined $15 and costs on a charge of failing to yield the right of way. He was involved in an accident on July — Please turn to page 3 Zurich boy hurt in crash The Exeter OPP report only one accident during the past week involving a six-year-old Zurich youngster. Michael Haggitt was riding a bicycle and was in collision with a car operated by William A. Siebert, also of Zurich. The youngster sustained a lacerated left, leg and abrasions to the right side in the crash, which was investigated by OPP Constable F. L. Giffin. During the week the officers travelled 2,423 ,miles,;on patrol and laid 28 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 54 drivers. Receive taste of smaller council Mayor Jack Delbridge had an opportunity to see how his reduced council will work this week, and he apparently liked the results. Councillors Taylor, Dobson and MacGregor were all absent and this reduced the number of council members to six, as opposed to the seven being suggested by the Mayor and which Exeter ratepayers will be asked to decide at the December election. As council adjourned at 10:00 p.m. the Mayor pointed out the abbreviated meeting was an example of what can happen with smaller numbers. Other members pointed out the amount of correspondence had been light. In addition there were no delegations, no bylaws and three less committee chairmen to report. It was one of the shortest council meetings this year. It was good exercise This is not football practice as the picture might lead one to believe. During Friday's Initiation Day at SHDHS, grade nine students were asked to do many things for members of this year's grade 12 and 13 classes. Above, Claire Lawrence and Wendy Ford are putting Graham Robinson and Debbie Riddell through a couple of push-ups. T-A photo. Resort summer projects show good net profits session will go ahead as previously scheduled. Desjardine said in order to avoid unnecessary confusion at election time, he would attempt to have school ballots printed on white paper and have colored ballots for municipal voting. Clerk DesJardins submitted pleasing reports on the operation of the lifeguard program, bath house, parking lot and boat docking operations for the 1968 season. The lifeguard program was handled, for a total cost of $1,800.47, about $200 below the budgeted figure. Desjardine noted in the report that this was the fifth drowning free year in Grand Bend. He said a drowning at the harbour at 4:00 a.m. could hardly be charged against the lifeguard program. The bath house and parking lot operated by Vera Rue and Wes Venner brought in a net profit of $1,369.09 and municipal docking handled by Alex Leatherland returned a net of $935.18 to the village. 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