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READS PROCLAMATION •- Walter Peitsch, crowned prince at the
German Canadian Club in London, Friday, reads a proclamation
decreeing that everyone join in the fun of the mardi gras season for
• the group. His wife is shown on the left. More details in Men
Around. T-A photo
Hughes boat display
• at American show
DON'T NEED POWER — When dad took the family snowmobile off to the races at Pine Ridge Chalet,
Sunday, it didn't end the kids' fun. Some or them just got out the Ski-boose and enjOyed a ride down
the hill. The speed of some of the snowmobiles in the races can be seen below as one of the machines
blurrs its way past a group of spectators. About 100 snowmobiles crowded the Hay swamp site for the
event. 'I'-A photos
KEEPS RECORD GOING— The past two reeves of Stephen Township have become Warden of Huron,
and Jim Hayter, Dashwood, made it three in a row when he was acclaimed to the office in Goderich,
Tuesday. He's shown receiving congratulations from Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle, and the last Stephen
reeve to hold the top county spot, Glenn Wehh, T-A photo
New police chief tackles
double parking problem
RECEIVES PUBLIC SPEAKING PRIZE -- A pupil of tiensall Public School Paul Reaburn was awarded
a prize in the Royal Canadian Legion Zone Ci public speaking contest Above Paul is receiving his
cheque flora /one Commander Edward Bell of Rlyth with Ernie Davis, past presideot of the Ilensall
Branch looking on. 'I'-A, photo
More than 175,000
Americans are expected to
attend the Mid-America Boat
Show in Cleveland before it
closes on Sunday and a district
• exhibit is one of the highlights.
Hughes Boat Works of
Centralia with 38 and 25-foot
sail boats on display are covering
the largest show area in the
Cleveland Hall.
Peter Hughes who attended
the first three days of the show
• with his wife told the T-A
Tuesday morning, "The response
to our display has been very
good. The Canadian government
is doing a wonderful job in
public relations and they should
be congratulated."
The whole Canadian area
• occupied by 18 manufacturers is
covered with blue carpet and
four young ladies are acting as
hostesses presenting small gold
maple leaves and a Canadian
Shopping Bag to all visitors to
the show.
The chief Canadian hostess is
pert, 18-year-old Ann Sepeija of
Toronto. As Miss Canada
Boating, Ann has been specially
outfitted by some of Canada's
leading young designers.
Ann was Miss Teen Canada of
1967, and her ensembles are in
• red and white, Canada's national
colours.
The Canadian exhibit
contains watercraft to appeal to
every taste and income. The
range is from the time-honoured
canoe to an ocean racing
auxiliary.
• At mid-range are power
boats, house-boats, all sizes of
HAYTER ACCLAIMED
WARDEN OF HURON
Huron County's new warden
was acclaimed Tuesday
afternoon at Goderich. James
Hayter, Dashwood garage owner
and reeve of Stephen Township,
has spent close to 20 years on
the municipal scene preparing
himself for the county's highest
office,
Reeve Elgin Thompson,
Tuckersmith, who nominated
the new warden described him as
a man vitally interested in
community affairs and church
matters.
"Although he has never seen
the light politically," quipped
Thompson, "I still think he'll
make a good warden,"
"One thing I've learned in my
experience on county council,"
stated Hayter in accepting the
nomination," is the art of
Area natives
die in crash
Two former residents of this
area were killed Friday morning
in a violent car-truck crash at the
intersection of highways 7 and
79 near Forest that also claimed
the lives of two other London
men. The accident occurred in
dense fog while the four men
were travelling to work in
Sarnia.
They were Gerald Edward
Maier, 30 of 1041 Apache Road,
London, a native of the
Dashwood area and Ralph
Douglas Bern, 26 of 43
Killarney Road, formerly of
Woodham.
Mr. Maier is survived by his
wife, the former Mona
Kellerman; daughters, Karen,
Terri-Lynn and Kimberely at
home; mother, Mrs. Marie Maier,
London; sisters, Mrs. Charles
(Gladys) Mathers, Goderich;
Mrs. Jack (Helen) Fowler,
Mitchell; Mrs. Thomas (Mildred)
Fortner, Mrs. Mervyn (Kathleen)
Mitchell, both Toronto; Mrs.
Howard (Hilda) Tomlinson,
Thamesford, Mrs. George (Edna)
Rendell, Mrs. Gerald (Marie)
Gray, Miss Grace, all of London;
brothers, Donald, London;
Howard, Dashwood.
The funeral service was held
Monday with Rev. Kenneth
Bean of Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church, London,
officiating. Temporary
entombment was in Woodland
Mausoleum with interment in
Zion Lutheran Cemetery,
Dashwoo d.
Funeral service for Mr. Hern
was held Monday from the
Lindsay Funeral Home, St.
Marys with interment at the St.
Marys Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Eleanor Smith;
daughters, Cheryl, Nancy and
Lisa, at home; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Hera, Woodham;
sisters, Miss Norma, Miss
Carolyn; both of London; Mrs.
Clifford (Betty) Meta,
Bowmanville; grandmother, Mrs.
Minnie Squire, Kirkton.
humility. No man is an island,"
He was escorted to the
warden's chair by Cal Krauter,
1968 warden who told council,
"Thank God we're the same
height."
In a more serious vain,
Kreuter hung the chain of office
about the new warden's neck
and suggested he wear it with
"diligence and humility."
The oath of office was
administered by Judge R, S.
Hetherington who told Warden
Hayter his acclamation indicates
Ninety-fourth Year
Although he has only been on
duty for one week, Exeter Police
Chief Ted Day Monday night
made recommendations to
council for the curtailment of
double-parking on Main St.
"that all members have faith in
you."
Rev. G. L. Royal, Goderich,
reminded council during the
devotional segment of the pillars
of good government — religion,
justice, counsel and treasurer,
Speaking to council, Warden
Hayter announced his hopes to
"try to maintain our present
spending." lie did predict higher
labor costs.
The road program, he noted,
would remain the same with no
mill rate increase.
He noted there was a problem
with people stopping to get mail
at the post office and also that
"trucks are notorious for
double-parking."
His suggestion to alleviate the
problem was to put a
five-minute parking limit in
front of the post office and to
have two unloading zones
elsewhere on the Main St. for
the use of truckers.
Members of council agreed
with his suggestions, but asked
that he continue his
investigation further in an effort
to determine where the best
spots would be for unloading
and loading zones.
It was indicated the zones
would be for trucks only and
would probably carry a
half-hour time limit. The areas
would be left for the use of
trucks only from 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Alter hours
at post office
The five day week for postal
services announced some time
ago by the federal authorities
has been modified somewhat for
the Exeter Post Office and other
small offices in the district.
Local Post Master Harvey C.
Pfaff received official word
recently that the Exeter office
would be open for four hours
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
each Saturday morning
beginning February 17.
In another change, wicket
service will close 15 minutes
earlier each day at 5.45 but the
lobby would be open 24 hours a
day for the use of box patrons.
Pfaff said the reduced hours
would not make any difference
here as he was already
understaffed.
Semi-staff post offices at
Centralia, Huron Park,
Dashwood, Grand Bend, Hensel'
and Zurich will also be open for
four hours on Saturdays but
revenue post offices at Hay,
Crediton, Claudeboye,
Croinarty, Kipper) and Staffa
would continue with full six-day
Service.
Rural mail carriers will
continue to deliver on a six day
A week basis.
Effective February 1, the
rental rates for post office lock
boxes at non-letter carrier
delivery post offices which
includes all the area offices, will
be increased by one hundred per cent.
Warden Hayter urged the new
agricultural committee to make
some attempt during 1969 to
assist the farmers of Huron to
solve their most pressing
problems — lack of management
training, high machinery costs,
uneconomic farm units etc.
He suggested that a regional
government committee should
be set up to find answers to the
questions, where does Huron
County fit into regional
government plans, what will be
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Members of council were in
full support of the
recommendations, although it
was noted some merchants may
complain if areas in front of
their stores were not available
for regular customer parking,
Chief Day also received
permission to have the new
police cruiser equipped with a
blanket, first aid kit, right hand
mirror and fire extinguisher.
The new cruiser is presently
being outfitted with a wire mesh
guard between the back and
front seats and will soon be in
operation.
Council learned that Chief
Day had issued orders to his
department that the new car
would be cleaned out twice
weekly.
Council also approved the
purchase of two new revolvers
for the department. All four
men will now have identical
weapons.
A couple of older guns at the
police station will be traded in
on the new revolvers. Chief Day
indicated one was much too
heavy for a man to carry around
all the time and said he would be
afraid to use the other one,
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Kenneth Gloor, 19, Centralia,
was sentenced Monday to two
years definite and one year
indeterminate in reformatory in
connection with the February
slaying of Gwen Pfaff, Crediton.
Gloor and Joseph Polzen, 33,
were jointly charged with
non-capital murder. Gloor
pleaded guilty last week to a
lesser charge of being an
accessory after the fact.
Gloor led police to the body
in a watering trough near
Dashwood 40 days after the
woman's disappearance and
revealed at a preliminary hearing
how he had been sitting beside
Miss Pfaff when she was
strangled in the front seat of her
father's car at Morrison dam in
Usborne Township.
New owners
on Main St.
Several changes are taking
place along Main St., with one
new business opened this week
and changes in ownership
announced in others.
Grand Bend Cleaners, owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Waldron,
Grand Bend, have opened a dry
cleaning depot and coin laundry
at the corner of Main and
Sanders St.
The building is owned by W.
H. Hodgson Ltd.
Jim Hennessey will be
manager of the Exeter operation
and the attendant at the depot is
Mrs. Cy Blommaert.
Robert Irwin, Clinton,
announced this week that Mrs.
Clarence Boyle, Exeter, will take
over ownership of his Exeter
store on February 1.
Mrs. Boyle has been
manageress of the local store for
several years.
Irwin's will continue to
operate women's clothing stores
in Hensall and Clinton.
George E. Rether has taken
over operation of the family
restaurant in Exeter, previously
owned by his mother and father,
Mr. and Mrs. George Rether.
The latter came to Exeter 23
years ago and besides operating
the local establishment, had a
restaurant at the Canadian
National Exhibition Grounds in
Toronto for many years.
The new owner has been
involved in restaurant and
catering business for several
years in partnership with his
wife,
Last week, it was announced
that Fink's Meat Market,
operated in recent years by
Harold Holtzmann, would be
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A pathologist's report also
indicated five stab wounds in the
area of the heart.
In sentencing Gloor, Mr.
Justice Patrick Hartt of the
Ontario Supreme Court, said he
will recommend the youth be
sent to the Ontario Training
School at Brampton to learn a
trade.
James Donnelly, Goderich,
counsel for Gloor, said his client
had given up drinking and was
anxious to pursue a trade to be
of some use to society.
He also pointed out Gloor
had spent three months in
Goderich jail before his release
on $10,000 property bail.
Polzen will be tried in
Toronto on the non-capital
murder charge on a date to be
set by the chief justice of the
Supreme Court. He remains
under observation at the Ontario
Hospital at Penetanguishene
where he has been most of the
time since his arrest,
The venue for Polzen's trial
was changed after his counsel,
Dennis O'Connor, Toronto,
argued that publicity given the
case in this area would be
detrimental to his client.
He added that certain
evidence brought out at the
Gloor trial could be inadmissable
at the trial for Polzen.
Crash total
shows drop
Weather conditions improved
in the area last week and the
accident rate showed a sharp
decrease.
However, heavy fog on
Friday was partly blamed for
one trash. It occurred at 8:15
a.m, when a car operated by
James D. Hawes, London, ran
into a snow bank on a curve on
No. 21 County Road at Huron
Park.
Damage was listed at $50 by
OPP Constable E. C. Wilcox.
On Thursday, Constable F. L.
Giffin reported damage of $300
to a car operated by David
Martens, RR 1 Varna, which
went out of control on No. 31
County Road and rolled over.
The only other crash
happened on Sunday on Mary
St., Zurich, when a car operated
by Alexander Becker,
Dashwood, slid into a parked car
owned by Gerald J. Denomme,
RR 1 Zurich.
Damage was only $20.
During the week the Exeter
detachment officers laid three
charges under the Highway
Traffic Act and issued warnings
to another 27.
Kinsmen appear
on quiz program
Community service work
carried on in Exeter and district
by the Exeter Kinsmen club will
be enhanced as the result of a
trip by Kinsmen, their wives and
friends to London, Saturday
night.
More than 35 in number,
they participated in taping a
"Take Your Choice" show at
CFPL and came away with a
total of $136.
President Dave Cross said the
money will be used for service
projects that include sponsoring
of the local playground program
and the midget hockey club and
sick and shut-in visits at
Christmas time.
The show will be seen on
CFPL-TV Channel 10 on
Saturday, February 1 at 7:30
pen. Taking part in the panel
show from the Exeter club were
Dave Gros's, Gernot Dauber and
Peter Cluff.
Still no backer
for plane plant
"Nothing new at all to
report," is the latest statement
from Henry Shoji, president of
Found Brothers Limited,
regarding the closing of the
Grand Bend Aircraft plant.
Shoji went on to say there
has been some interest expressed
in supplying finances to
continue productiOn of the
Centennial 100, a single engine
plane, but nothing concrete.
The Canadian firm moved to
Grand Bend in. 1967 from
Rexdale and had plans to build
10 of the planes valued at
$3 1,0 0 0 before Toronto
financier John David Eaton
withdrew his support in late
November.
Only "key Managerial
people" are being kept on staff
Until the end of January,
sailcraft for beginners or skilled
sailors, and a hydro-jet seahorse
that tows a rider through the
water.
Hughes added, "All boats in
Canada's display are of a very
high quality and we are very
pleased with the acceptance of
our boats in the United States to
date."
The Centralia based firm has
six distributors in the United
States and only one in Canada as
they do most of their own
selling here.
A new 29-foot sail boat is
being introduced to the Hughes
line and will be in full
production by the second week
of March. Presently the Hughes
manufacturing plant is turning
out three boats of the 38-foot
variety and four, 25-feet in
length each month and has a
total of 54 employees on the
payroll.
Howard Hughes and his wife
Mary were in charge of setting
up the display in Cleveland while
Peter and Pat are returning to
Cleveland for the last two days
of the show.
Displays of the Centralia boat
company will also be seen at the
following boat shows: Toronto,
January 31 — February 9;
Detroit, February 1 — 9 and
Washington, February 14 — 24.
EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 23, 1969
JUMP AND DUCK — The pickup race at Sunday's snowmobile races
at Pine Ridge Chalet proved to be exeitipg - for the spectators. The
riders had to jump on a toboggan and then were pulled through the
snow to the finish line by a snowmobile, Wayne Prance is shown
driving one of the entries in the contest. T-A photo
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Gloor gets two years
in area girl's murder