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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-10-03, Page 1Comrades of fifty years ago THE HON, C. S. MacNAUGHTON DEDICATES HURON PIPELINE Kirkton Fair s best decorated bicycle Participants in the parade at Friday's Kirkton Fair parade were very few as the rainy weather discouraged most people from much effort in decorating. Above, Susan Schaefer is shown with her well decorated bicycle along the parade route. T-A photo. OR RIVERSIDE SEW ER PPROVE 'TENDER. BID Swapping stories was the order of the day Saturday when veterans of the First World War gathered at the Exeter Legion Hall for a reunion. More than 100 comrades of Huron County spent the afternoon in reminiscing, marching to the cenotaph and an evening banquet. Exeter and district veterans are shown above. Back, left, EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 3, 1968 Retarded youth need love and some special education Wilf Reeves, Bill Cutting, Ted Pooley, Cliff Brintnell, Louis Day, Joe White and Ivan Hill. Centre, Horace Pfaff, Bill Snell, Wes Venner, Hugh McDonald and Ernie Cerson. Front, Vic Hogarth, Maurice Quance, Sylvanus Cann, John Willis, Rev, Hugh Wilson and Tom Tapp. T-A photo. Price Per Copy 15 Cents Youth pays twice for too much noise • At ..asPeei4tmeetitig, Monday, Exeter accepted the tender .of Frarnat, Construction, London, .to instal the Rivet** prive.sewer„ The 1,ontiOn firm_ submitted a: bid of -.$16,64Q,50,Iriwest of five received on the job, The highest. bid was M.,660;86, The work on the sanitary sewer is to be completed by November 15.. Works Superintendent Jim Paisley reported that only two residents had agreed to pre-pay sewer charges, biit this was not a major consideration in view of the fact council had intended to do the work next year anyway,. $anitary problerns are serious in parts of the area and the department of health recently refused a permit to build a septic tank .for - a new home planned there because of the conditions. couneillor Joe Wooden indicated council would .have to make certain all residents creating any sanitary problem or pollution hook into the sewer by next spring. Council .can enforce hookup if the property owner is found to be contributing to pollution or sanitary problerns. Councillor George Vriese also urged that the contractor not be paid his final payment for the construction until the area is put back into acceptable condition. He drew attention to the fact some areas have not been cleaned up properly after construction and council has been faced with many headaches and a considerable expenditure Cancer fund over $5,000 Robert Luxton was re-elected president of the Exeter and District Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society at their first fall meeting held at South Huron Hospital. It was reported that proceeds for the campaign just fell short of the $5,000 mark, but $400 raised by SHDHS students during their weekend walk to London pushed the figure over that mark. A complete breakdown of donations is as follows: Exeter $1317.12 Usborne 488.65 Stephen 124.60 Hay 55.00 Hensall 281.75 Dashwood 150.25 Zurich 385.00 Grand Bend 144.85 Huron Park 56.70 Crediton 51.55 Centralia 82.00 Anonymous 68.00 In Memoriam 1773.52 Total 4978.99 The branch officers expressed their sincere appreciation to all who helped in any way to raise the campaign quota. Other officers for the 1968-69 season are as follows: Secretary, Mrs. R. E. Pooley; treasurer, Mrs. Betty McIver; education chairman, Lloyd Hem; publicity and advertising, Bill Batten; campaign chairman, R. E. Pooley; assistants, Ozzie Zivkovic, Norman Whiting, Lloyd Henderson; service to patients, Mrs. Ewart Pym; assistants, Mrs. Fred Dobbs, Mrs. R. Dickins, Mrs. Wellington Brock, Mrs. E. C. Harvey; in memoriam, Mrs. John Glenn; medical advisor, Dr. D. A. Ecker; nominating chairman, Fred Dobbs. to have this work completed at a later date. Four building permits were also approved at the meeting, although one failed to gain unanimous approval. It was for Ken Johns, who asked permission to erect a garage ,at 67 John St, All members agreed that there was not enough room to comply with the building bylaws and it would be "bending' the bylaw to approve the permit. Although he noted that the bylaws do make it difficult to make improvements in the.older sections of town, Reeve Derry Boyle presented a motion to deny the request. He said council had to start complying with the bylaws. He gained support from Councillor Jim Newby, but their motion was defeated and a motion to approve the permit was then approved. A permit was also granted to Bev Lindenfield to build a garage; Don MacGregor, to reroof his house; and to SHDHS, for the grade 11 construction class to build an auxiliary storage shed at the school grounds, Ninety-fourth Year McCurdy School at Centralia's Industrial Park will be the site of the nursery school for the mentally retarded in South Huron this fall. Mrs. James Kneale said enrolment is expected to be four students again this year. Some disappointment was registered in the Association at the report for it was hoped that more parents of mentally retarded children in the South "The availability of a constant supply of high quality water will ensure the growth of this entire region," the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton stated in officially dedicating the Lake Huron water supply system. Construction of the 30-mile pipeline, running from Grand Bend to Arva, and associated facilities, took almost three years and involved the expenditure of about $20 million. The system was sparked by the increasingly difficult problem experienced, in the London area to obtain ground water in sufficient quantities to augment the existing supplies. While London is the major user of water from the system, Grand Bend, Parkhill and the Township of London are also hooking .in and Ailsa Craig is considering such a move along with the Township of Stephen, who may supply residents in the area north of Grand Bend with waters Mr. MacNaughton pointed out we live in an age when the e n gineering fantasy" of yesterday hecoineS the reality of today and questioned who among the forefathers of those in attendance dOtilci have envisaged such a system. Huron area would register their children for the twice-weekly morning classes. Walter Fydenchuk said he was certain there were more youngsters in the district who would benefit from the type of program being offered in McCurdy School. Classes are scheduled to begin October 8 but it is understood that children will still be accepted for — Please turn to page 2 He termed it an auspicious occasion, not only because of the significant engineering feat, but also because of the far-reaching consequences it will have in the economic development of this entire region. "This program represents a highly significant development in the water supply field in Ontario," he said, adding "it opens the door to the provision Lads out fishing —bicycle stolen Two young Hensall fishermen had their faith in humanity shaken a bit last week. Michael and Steven Vernier, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Venner, were enjoying a fishing expedition to the creek SOuth of Hensall when someone stole their bicycle, `rite boys were under the bridge on Highway 4 When they heard a car trunk shut. Walking up to the highway to investigate, they Saw a man in a brown car drive off with their bicycle. Provincial Police in Exeter are investigating the incident. Rev. Harold Seegmiller of Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church as special guest speaker at the meeting of the South Huron Association for the Mentally Retarded Wednesday urged parents of mentally retarded youngsters to admit their children's handicap. "It is difficult for parents to realize the child IS retarded," he explained. "They try to hide this knowledge even from themselves. It is even more difficult for them to admit it to other people." Rev. Seegmiller spoke with See painting waste of time An offer from the Exeter Lions to help paint the street signs in Exeter was turned down by Exeter council at a special meeting, Monday. However, it was not because council didn't think the local service club could handle the job. They were just of the opinion the signs were in such a state that repainting them would be a waste of effort. The Lions offer was made following an executive meeting of the service club. The letter pointed out the signs were "in a poor condition" and the club would be willing to assist in repainting. The signs have been the topic of discussion by council before, and it again spurred them into thinking about replacing the worn out signs carrying the street names. The matter was turned over to the roads committee for study. of adequate water supplies to areas and communities in a way which has not been possible in the past." Speaking about the benefits to this area, the Huron MPP said tenderness about his son, Peter, who was retarded. "He needed more than we could give him," Rev. Seegmiller confided. "We gave him love — yes. But that wasn't enough. We finally reached the decision to send our son to a special school." Speaking in support of schools for the mentally retarded, such as the nursery school supported by the South Huron Association to be held this year at McCurdy School at Centralia's Industrial Park, Rev. Seegmiller noted that a great deal was being done to educate and train the mentally retarded. Of 1300 children born each day in Canada, about 40 are mentally retarded the speaker told the meeting. "Of every 30 people who are born mentally retarded, 25 can be educated and trained to live useful lives and to become completely self-supporting," Rev. Seegmiller reported. "Of the remaining five, four can be trained to a certain degree of self-reliance. Only one out of 30 Family returns from Africa stay Mr. and Mrs. Donald C. Taylor and Suzanne returned to Canada this week after a three-year stay in Nigeria. They are presently visiting with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Taylor, Huron St. While in Nigeria, Mr. Taylor was West African manager for the International Business Machines. He has not yet received a new posting from his firm. housing development, industrial expansion, processing of farm produce and commercial enterprises of all kinds can be accelerated. — Please turn to page 2 can not be helped to any degree." Rev. Seegmiller asked people not to confuse mental retardation with mental illness, the former being permanent brain damage and the latter, a sick mind which in many instances could be cured. He offered to travel anywhere in Huron County to talk to parents who had any reason to suspect their child was, mentally retarded. Rev. Seegmiller advised that borderline mentally retarded Please turn to page 2 Terms set for youths A two-year suspended sentence with probation was handed out to each of four youths charged with the Labor Day thefts from three Exeter area businesses. Appearing in Goderich court, Thursday, before Magistrate Glen Hays, Q.C., were: Richard Weber, 17, Exeter; Gregory Revington, 16, RR 1 Clandeboye; James Parker, RR 1 Lucan and Wayne Mayer, 18, RR 1 Kirkton. The four were charged following the discovery of breakins at Huron Tractor and Equipment, the Derby Dip and the Exeter Golf Course club house. Over $14,000, mostly in cheques from Huron Tractor, were stolen. In addition to the suspended sentence, the four were ordered to make restitution in the following amounts for goods not recovered and property damage: Huron Tractor, $25; Derby Dip, $75; Exeter Golf Course, $146. Each was also ordered to personally apologize to the owners of the three businesses. The four youths had to post personal bonds of $500 each to keep the peace during the term of their sentence and were ordered not to associate with each other during that time. Squealing tires and in general, making unnecessary noise on a public highway with a motor vehicle cost Glenn D. Stire, Exeter, $65. Stire was appearing in Exeter magistrate's court Friday on two charges of making unnecessary noise. One cost him $25 and costs while the second offence cost him $35 and costs. William John Dennis, Parkhill, Gets 21 years for robbing MP A Parkersburg, West Virginia man received a 21-year prison term in Lexington, Kentucky last week for the armed robbery of four Huron County residents. Robert E. McKinley of Zurich, Huron's Conservative MP testified that he, his wife, father-in-law Donald Hendrick and Mrs. Hendrick, RR 1 Dashwood were robbed by two men just after they had checked into Lexington motel rooms last December. About $380 was taken from the four district persons. Ronald Lee Watson was sentenced to 21 years in prison and the other man William Lee Holland has asked for a separate trial. paid $15 and costs for permitting an unsafe vehicle on the highway. A fine of $15 was levied against Arthur Devlin, Toronto, who failed to report an accident. Failing to stop was the offense which cost Harold Hardy, Clandeboye, $15 and costs. Another Clandeboye man, James Parker, was fined $5 and costs for littering. Marion Ruth Johns, Woodham, failed to yield the right of way and was fined $15 and costs. Failing to dim lights when approaching an oncoming vehicle cost Percy Henry Vanalstine, Hensall, $5 and costs. A fine of $2 and costs was paid by Thomas William Kell, Exeter, who failed to produce a licence. Those who paid speeding charges were David B. Hetherington, Agincourt; Joseph Anthony Miles, London; Gail Edgar, London; Adrian J. Clathoorn, Mitchell; Frances C. Sneets, Dorchester; Gordon W. Tischler, London; Brian Patrick Dalton, London. William Clare Stewart, Watford, and Gordon John Logan, London, both charged — Please turn to page 2 Presentation of the key Although facilities of Exeter's Emmanuel Baptist church have been used by the congregation for some time, the official dedication was held, Friday evening. Above, board trustee Walter Davis is receiving the key from contractor, Gus Gregus. T-A photo. Nursery school classes beginning at Huron Park Mac Naughton dedicates pipeline Area officials attend Cites benefit for area growth Some complete trip to London Four of 10 students or a grade t I class at South Huron bistrict High School were able to finish a S0 tittle walk to the gates of the University of Western Ontario in London, Saturday. The balance Dr marchers, who made the trip in aid of the Canadian Cancer Society travelled the last six to eight miles by automobile, They are shown above, just south of Lucan. T.A photo,