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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-01-09, Page 3NORM WALPER SHOWS CHERYL AND KATHY FORD HOW TO MOVE SNOW IN A HURRY MOH implores smokers to give up harmful ha it Times-Adv*cate, January 9# 190 row* -- Continued from front page Elgin W, Luxton, Kendra, was in collision with a car driven by Neil McAllister, RR 1 Centralia, just south of the Exeter limits. Damage Was $300. There were two more .accidents on Boxing Day, the first when a snowplow driven by Clarence Reid, Hensall, struck a parked car owned by Bruce H. Lyndon, London, in Hensall. Damage was again $300 and Constable Wilcox investigated. He was also called to the scene of a two-car crash on No. 5 County Road when a car 's operated by Mary A. Glavin, RR 1 Olandeboye, collided with the ,e rear of a car driven by Bruce Hicks, RR 1 Centralia. Damage Was $300. • On December 28, damage was listed at $75 by Constable Wright in a crash on Highway 4 north of Exeter when a car driven by Grace E. Cooper, Exeter, went out of control on n ice and rolled over on the west I shoulder. She suffered a sore ,t right arm and shock, • The final crash of the year took place on December 29 at • 12:15 p.m. when a car operated by Robert W. Doherty, Huron Park, went out of control on ice • on the Crediton Road and struck : a snowbank and rolled over. Damage was listed at $500 by • Constable W, G. Glassford and Christine Doherty suffered neck „ and head injuries. BAD START The new year started off badly as Constable Glassford investigated five accidents on • January 1, when driving • conditions were again poor. The first crash involved a car 5 operated by Bryan R. Bonthron, London, and it collided with a e parked car owned by Glen F. Harburn, Hensall, in Hensel!. Damage was listed at $800. • Allen L. Fletcher, Exeter, drove off Highway 4 north of ' Exeter in the storm and struck a ide post with damage set at • $200. A car operated by Ross Dobson, Exeter, collided with a parked car owned by James G. Young, Exeter, which had become stuck in a snowdrift north of the Morrison Dam. Damage was $650. Cars operated by Robert G. Rock, Huron Park, and A. O. Elliot, Exeter, collided on Highway 4 south of Exeter and • damage was $300. Shortly after, a car driven by Helen M. Proulx, London, was stopped for the accident and was rammed from the rear by a car driven by William B. Pipe, also of London, Damage in that one was $300. ftt • There were three accidents on Friday, the first taking place when a truck operated by Kenneth J. Oke, RR 3 Exeter,. collided with a truck that had been parked by Harold E. Knight, Hensall. Damage was listed at $500 by Constable D. 0 A. Mason. An unusual accident in Dashwood resulted in damage of $790. A truck owned by Spiers Brothers, Sarnia, rolled back and struck a light pole and two gas pumps at the Exeter Coach Lines parking lot. The truck was O unoccupied at the time. A school bus on the lot was damaged by the falling light pole, At 11:30 p.m. a truck operated by Gordon Phillips, Exeter, went out of control on Highway 4 at the • Usborne-Tuckersmith line and rolled over, Phillips suffered an injured back and damage was listed at $25. On Saturday, a car operated by Ronald E, Stoneman, RR 1 Cromarty, went out of control on Highway 84 west of Hensall and rolled over in the north • ditch. Stoneman sustained an injured left leg and damage was listed at $1,500. A car driven by Dennis Miller, Sarnia, was involved in a crash on Highway 21 north of Grand Bend on Sunday and damage 0 Discuss salary — Continued from front page GET RAISES Most town employees received pay boosts. Works superintendent Jim Paisley was boosted from $5,940 to $6,800, He also receives a $40 per month car allowance and council pays his telephone bill and turns over to him all building permit fees in his capacity as building inspector, Members of the works department received raises of 10 cents per hour. At the present time the four men's salaries range from $2,27 an hour to $1,84. Recreation director Alvin Willert was given a boost of $500 to $6,300 and his assistant, Gary Middleton, also received a similar hike, bringing his salary to $5,700. In previous years, RAP has set these salaries, but it was felt council may as well do the job this year as they set RAP'e budget anyway. Clerk-treasiirer Erie Carscadden was given a pay boost from $6,480 to $7,000 and his stenographer, Mrs. Jean Keller, received an additional 436, bringing her salary to • 4,000. The salaries were presented as a report of the finance committee and were received with very little discussion, Salaries for the police department were set previously, was listed, at $200. There was only one accident on Monday, and it was of a minor nature, involving cars driven by Alberta Bennett, London, and Herbert Roy Collie, Stratford. Damage was $85 in the crash on Highway 4 just south of Exeter, There were only two accidents reported during Tuesday's severe storm, the first at 10:55 a.m. on Highway 4 north of Exeter. A car driven by Marcel J, Laurin, RR 1 Verner, rammed into the rear of a DHO snowplow driven by Clarence R. In his opening remarks to Stephen Township council Monday, Reeve James Hayter said there would be no big projects planned but 1969 could be a year of confusion due to the imminence of regional government. Hayter, who at the moment is the only candidate for the position of Huron County warden said because of the tight money policies brought in by federal and provincial governments, "We will have to watch our own spending." During the morning session, Reeve Hayter, Deputy-Reeve Joseph Dietrich and councillors Cecil Desjardine, Stephen Dundas and Gerald Dearing were sworn into office by clerk Wilmar D. Wein for a two-year term. Rev. Howard Zurbrigg of Zion United Church, Crediton presided for the devotional portion of the meeting. Reeve Hayter treated council to a noon meal at the Dashwood Hotel. Clerk-treasurer Wilmar D. Wein was re-hired and• a bylaw authorizing the borrowing of up to $210,000 from the Bank of Montreal for township purposes was approved. Memberships were renewed in the Ontario Good Roads Association, Association of Rural Municipalities and Ontario Mayors and Reeves Association. The following appointments were made: MODA Council — Joseph Dietrich and James Hayter; Solicitors, Bell and Laughton; Auditors, A. M. Harper Ltd.; Building Inspector, Arnold McCann; Drainage Engineers, J. A. Howes and Gamsby and Mannerow; Ausable Authority, Edmond Hendrick; Welfare Officer, Joseph Dietrich. Stephen Township Community Centre — Mrs. Harvey Hodgins, Mrs. Ross Krueger, William Averill, Samuel King, W. Lorne Hodge, Gerald Dearing, Joseph Dietrich, Roy Hensall council -- Continued from front page shortly to discuss a request by E. R. Davis for a raise of $500 annually from $4200 to $4700 plus $300 car allowance. As road foreman for the village, Davis explained that his salary was considerably below salaries paid to men in similar positions in other villages in this part of Ontario. Council will probably review the entire wage picture of all village employees at the meeting for which no definite date was set. SNOWMOBILES Hein Rooseboom wondered out loud what could be done to curtail the activities of snowmobile fans who enjoy the "noisy" sport during the early hours of the morning when most folks are asleep. He asked if a bylaw could be passed to prohibit snowmobiles in the village after a reasonable hour each night. "Who's going to enforce that?" asked Reeve Jaques. It was noted that householders who are annoyed by snowmobiles should get the licence numbers of the offenders and relay the information to the police. "That may be quite a job in your bare feet on a frosty night," chided Rooseboom. Council learned that the $31.84 received from the province as the village's share of fines collected ire 1968 is to be returned to the office of the provincial treasurer. Members instructed clerk Campbell to inform the Ontario government of the costs involved to purchase, licence and Service the radar equipment owned jointly by the village of Hensel! and Zurich. It was noted that when provincial police come into the village to check for speeders, they use the village's radar equipment. Councillor Baker suggested that if the province hopes to collect any profits made from speeding fines, it might also want to pick up the tab for expenses to the village radar equipment — or provide provincially owned devices for police, In other business, council agreed to prepay $7,000 in county taxes; make application to the department of highways for the remainder of the 1968 road subsidy; and pay membership fees to the Huron County Municipal Officers' Association and the Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities, Knight, RR 1 Hensall, with damage listed at $400, The final crash took place at 4:00 p.m. on the road leading into Huron Park, about half a mile south of the Crediton Road. Drivers involved were Roderick A. Hippern, Crediton, and Robert G. Mitchell, Willowdale, Damage was $500. During the two-week period, the local officers laid seven charges under the Highway Traffic Act, one under the Criminal Code and two under the Liquor Control Act, Some 29 drivers were given warnings. Gibson and Russell Clarke; Crediton Community Parks — Gerald Schenk, Stephen Dundas, Cecil Desjardine, Mrs. W. L. Hodge, Fred Bowers, Clarence Fahner, Robert Galloway, John Buxton and Mrs. Charles Browning; Dashwood Community Centre — James Hayter, Sydney Baker, Harold Schroeder, Clifford Salmon, Ralph Weber, Mrs. T. H. Hoffman and one representative from Hay Township. Centralia Centennial Centre — Stephen Dundas, Gerald Dearing, Ken Hodgins, Earl Dixon, Wesley Hodgins, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hirtzel and Mr. and Mrs, Robert Breen. Pound keepers — Ervin Devine, James Love, George Hepburn and Walter Weber; Fence Viewers — Russell Finkbeiner, Edward Lamport,_ Ralph Weber and Harry Sheppard; Road Patrolmen, Ervin Rader, Lawrence Hill and Albert Regier. Late in December, council held several meetings to complete the necessary work to make a number of municipal drains eligible for the ARDA grant that was discontinued on January 1, 1969. Contracts were let on five drains as follows: Hill-Schenk Drain let to Kelly Robinson, $1,745; Hill No. 2 Drain to Hodgins and Hayter, $3,300; Sharpe Drain, to Kelly Robinson, $865.00; Fahner Drain to Hodgins and Hayter, $6,810.50; Crediton Drainage Works to Bill Campbell, $12,219, In each case the accepted tender was the lowest of several submitted. Bell Canada announced last week that because of rising costs it has applied to the Canadian Transport Commission for approval of higher telephone rates and charges. The company has asked that the new rates take effect March 1, 1969. Under the new exchange grouping system, part of the company's application, Exeter and Hensall will change from old rate group 5 to new rate group 4. According to W. W. Haysom, local Bell manager, the rate for individual residence service in Exeter would increase from $4.15 to $4.70 per month. Business service would go up from $8.00 to $10.00 for individual line service and the monthly cost of private branch exchange trunks would change from $12.00 to $15.00. No change is proposed in the rates for customer-dialed long distance calls over 35 miles. Most calls requiring the services of a long distance operator will be higher. The proposed rates would produce a revenue increase of about 10 percent. Assuming they were in effect for the full year 1969, they would result in a return of approximately eight percent on the capital invested in the business. In making the announcement, Bell president Robert C. Scrivener said, "Bell Canada telephone service is not only Canada, U.S.A., United Kingdom and Western Europe are in the grip of an epidemic at present. The disease is not diphtheria, is not poliomyelitis, it is Lung Cancer and its cause in the vast majority of cases is the cigarette. The innocent-looking white cylinder with the golden contents is a killer. To those who would regard this statement as an exaggeration or over-forceful no apology is made. The report of the Royal College of Physicians of England, later, the Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service and studies before and subsequent to these reports prove beyond the doubt of any reasonable and reasoning human being that those who smoke cigarettes are risking a premature, and, in many instances, painful death. equal to the best in quality, but also among the least expensive in the world." He pointed out that basic telephone rates have not been increased in the past 10 years. "Since 1958 when our present rate schedules were set, the cost of living has gone up 24 percent, and the cost of operating this business has gone up too." Mr. Scrivener said "Wages, materials, taxes and the cost of capital have all soared, especially in the past three years. "By introducing new kinds of equipment and improving the efficiency of our operation we have been successful in absorbing cost increases that have made many other companies raise their prices repeatedly. But costs are still going up, and we cannot go on absorbing them and still provide the service our customers need and expect with 10 year old rates. "To do our job of providing up-to-date and reliable services to the public," Mr. Scrivener said, "we must have adequate financial resources. It is essential that telephone rates enable us to meet the cost of day-to-day operations, and make possible the financing at reasonable cost of the necessary facilities and research." Bell officials emphasize that the company must spend substantial sums of money for research and innovation. The unconvinced will and do allege that atmospheric pollution is as important a cause of lung cancer as cigarette smoking; after all they argue, factory emissions, diesel fumes, the exhaust from automobiles etc. do contain noxious and irritant materials. Yet in the Royal College report already referred to it was shown clearly that even in the most rural areas of Britain heavy cigarette smokers develop lung cancer 15-20 times as frequently as non-smokers. It is a matter of great interest when referring to Britain to observe that the latest figures available, i.e. for 1967, give lung cancer deaths as 28,000 and road accident fatalities as 7000. Grave concern is expressed at the slaughter that goes on on the roads of Canada, Britain and other countries, and it is right and proper that this should be so, but where is there comparable concern over the prodigious ' and increasing slaughter as the result of the cigarette. The smoker will shrug his shertIclers when confronted with thf evidence against the cigarette and say "So what, I've got to die some way." Yet would the same person deliberately step in front of a moving automobile or truck making the same comment. The sober fact is irrefutable — for every person who died on the roads of Britain in 1967 four died of lung cancer. Why? Because they smoked cigarettes. In Huron County, during the week commencing January 13, 1969, a concerted attack will be made on the problem. The Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, The Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association of the County and the County Public Health Service are co-operating in an intensive campaign to bring the facts fairly and squarely before the people. Needless to say the main force of the campaign will be directed to the junior grade children and High School students but it is not intended to overlook the adults. A good example of this is the television program on Tuesday, January 14 at 2:30 p.m. when, due to the public-spiritedness of CKNX Television there will be a presentation on smoking; participating will be Dr. J. L. Penistan, Director of Pathology at Stratford General Hospital, Dr. T. E. Wood, a chest physician who works at St, Joseph's and Beck Memorial Hospitals, London and Dr. G. P, A. Evans, Medical Officer of Health, Huron County. WILFRED THOMAS -PENOMME Wilfred 'Thomas Denomrne, Port Huron, passed away December .30 in Port Huron General. Hospital at the age of 73 years, Survivors include one brother, Adolph of London; two sisters, Mrs. Laurin Charbonneau, Detroit, and Mrs. Wilfred (Beatrice) Corrivean, Zurich. Funeral was from St. -Boldface Roman Catholic Church, Zurich, with temporary entombment and burial in . the adjoining cemetery. MRS, WINOGENE FOOTE Winogene Foote, Vancouver, passed away December 15 at the age of 86 years. She was the widow of Rev, James Foote, formerly of Carleton Place and Exeter. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Alexander; and two brothers. Funeral was December 18 in Vancouver with Rev, Ian S. Rennie officiating. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery, PETER FRANCIS MATHYSSEN Peter Francis Mathyssen, 79, RR 2 Zurich passed away Saturday at South Huron Hospital. Funeral service was Tuesday from St. Peter's Church, St. Joseph, with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Marinus (Joanna) Vermunt, RR 2 Zurich, and a sister in Belgium. HUGH W. LADD Hugh W. Ladd, 61, Clinton, passed away Tuesday at Clinton Public Hospital. Funeral is today (Thursday) at 2 pm from the Ball Funeral Home, Clinton, with interment in Clinton Cemetery. Among the survivors is a son, Donald of the staff of the Exeter Post Office. MRS. VIOLET PENHALE Violet Mary Houlden Penhale passed away at South Huron Hospital December 26 in her 77th year. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Clayton (Grace) Merner, RR 1 1-lay PO and Mrs. Lewis (Ruby) Masnica, Crediton; four sisters, Mrs. Jack (Mary) Elliott, Mrs. Lewis (Mable) Kirk and Mrs. Elmer (Ethel) Reeder, all of Exeter, and Mrs. Dora Ford, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan; eight The Mid-Western Rodeo, held annually in Exeter, became known to horsemen throughout the world recently when a three-page article on the venture appeared in The Western Horseman. This is an international magazine printed in Colorado Springs and has a circulation of about 200,000, making it the largest such magazine in the world. The article was written by Dr. D. A. Ecker, an enthusiastic member of the local rodeo association and details the success of the rodeo since being moved to the community park. The feature also carries seven rodeo action pictures which had appeared in the T-A following randchildren sIX great-grandchildren. Funeral was from the T. Harry Hoffman Funeral Home December 30 with interment in Exeter Cemetery. Rev. Bruce Guy was in charge of the service. Pallbearers were Thomas Kooy, Bob Wearing, Ed. Keernan, Lorne Ford, Harold. Glanville and. Roy Kirk. ELGIN SPEIRAN Elgin Speiran, London, passed away December 28 at Vietoria Hospital at the age of 62 years. A sister, Mrs. John (Audrey) Wade, resides in Crediton. Funeral was December 31 from the A. Millard George Funeral Home. Interment was in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Issue warning to snowmobilers People who drive snowmobiles on Exeter streets may be deprived of the privilege if they fail to show more consideration than some have in the past. This was the warning issued this week by members of Exeter council, some of whom reported receiving complaints about the noise of the machines late at night and damage to property by drivers who run over rose bushes, shrubs, etc. In many communities, councils have passed bylaws restricting the use of snowmobiles on public roads, but Mayor Delbridge said council did not want to take this action unless they were forced into it by repeated complaints from other residents. He noted there were complaints that the noisy machines were whizzing past houses as late as 3:00 and 4:00 a.m. and were disturbing peoples' sleep. There were also complaints from other residents about the fact the machines were being driven over their properties, Reeve Boyle said parks officials were concerned about operators driving through Riverview Park. especially in the area west of the swimming pool where there are a number of shrubs and small trees. "We don't want to penalize them, but we'll have to if they don't co-operate," stated Mayor Delbridge in conclusion. An advertisement appears in this issue in which council urges snowmobile enthusiasts to show due consideration for others in their use of the machines. the 1967 version of the popular event. Explaining the creation of the new ball diamond and the elaborate rodeo ring, Dr. Ecker says "it was a great sight to see men from all walks of life working together: farmers, veterinarians, bankers, jewellers, physicians, office clerks, and of course, all the sons that were available." "Ail worked well together, digging holes, fencing, driving nails and painting. Many of these people did not own a horse, but they wanted this community project to succeed. Numerous businesses donated equipment, paint, and special services as their contribution to the project," he added. The recent very welcome comments by the Honourable John Munro, Minister of National Health and Welfare with regard to the cigarette and its unquestionable perils represent considerable progress in the attitude of Federal Government to smoking, but there is much that can be done at the personal, family end local community levels. The individual, if a child or adolescent, can and should resolve never to start smoking cigarettes. If he or she is an adult and cannot break with tobacco completely then a drastic cut should be made in cigarette consumption or a less dangerous form of tobacco indulgence such as a pipe or cigars should be adopted. (It is worthy of note that the pipe or cigars while more or less exonerated from blame with regard to lung cancer are still incriminated markedly in the causation of other serious diseases, notably those of the heart and blood vessels). The attitude in the family group to cigarette smoking can be a powerful influence for good or the opposite. Parents who give up cigarettes, or who have never smoked them, and tell their children why they do not smoke can do much in promoting a sensible view of cigarette smoking among their children. The community can help also. Teachers, doctors, nurses, youth leaders and others to whom youth looks for a lead should not smoke cigarettes, or, if they cannot achieve this, most certainly they should not smoke in the presence of children or adolescents. The old standby "Don't do as I do, do as I tell you" makes little impression on the young people of today. This is excellent, but it imposes a serious responsibility on the mature adult. The concepts of success for the ambitious professional or business men or an attractive girl's glamour to eligible suitors being contributed to by cigarette smoking are in the same category as Grimm's Fairy Tales. Stephen make no plan until future cleared Telephone rates rise effective March 1, '69 A MAIN STREET GLIMPSE 01," MONDAY'S STORM Exeter rodeo headline in horseman magazine ENJOY REFRESHMENTS AFTER BLOOD DONATIONS - District blood donors attending the annual clinic at the Exeter I egion Hall recently were treated to coffee and cookies by members of the local Legion Ladies' Auxiliary. Above, Wendy Neil, Mrs. Maurice Haist and Mrs. Lloyd Jones are shown enjoying refreshments. 'f -A photo Heavy damage in storm 0