The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-02-06, Page 1LICENCE ISSUING AT RESORT —Although Grand Bend residents
were unable to purchase 1969 automobile licence plates at home for
the first two months they were on sale, an office is now open.
• Above, Orval J. Wassmann is shown handing over the first set of
plates from his Village Inn office to Eric Mcllroy. T-A photo
Okay 5-minute area
• not unloading zones
NEW POST OFFICE OFFICIALS AT KIR KTON — Saturday marked the retirement of Harry Burgin as
post master at Kirkton after 26 years service. Above, Mr. Burgin is shown turning over the date stamp to
the new postmaster, Mrs. Wilson Derbecker. Mr. Derbecker, who will he an assistant is seen at the
right. T-A photo
Lady accepts job
Kirkton postmaster named
SORRY, ANOTHER WRONG NUMBER —The second play
• SHDHS was centred around disturbing phone calls caused by
left, Pauline Greb , Doris Ferguson, David Mohr, Bill Ratz
attending the event is shown below.
presented Thursday by the Drama Club of
wrong numbers. Part of the cast was, from
and Mary Murley, Part of the large crowd
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RECEIVE CHARTER — Peter Gomery (centre) director of programs for the Ontario Association for the
Mmitally Retarded was present Wednesday evening at the meeting of the South Huron Association for
the Mentally Retarded. Mr. Gomery presented the group with its official charter. Seen here are (left to
right) Mrs. C. L. Smith, secretary; Mrs. Lee Dobbs, treasurer; Mr. Gomery; Ivan Sharrow, president; and
Mrs. Margaret Purdy, recording secretary. T-A photo
Official charter presented
to Huron Hope founders
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Ninetrfourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 6, 1969
Stiff fines, driving suspensions
handed out for liquor charges
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SUSPEND PERMITS
Burton Ray Rock, Parkhill,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
impaired driving in Stephen
Township December 14. His fine
was $75 and costs and his license
to drive was suspended for three
months.
Lloyd A. Lee, Hensall,
entered a not guilty plea on a
charge of impaired driving.
However evidence given by
police showed that Lee drove his
car north on Highway 4 on the
wrong side of the road forcing
the police cruiser and six other
cars to the side of the road.
• Police had followed Lee to
Gidley Street in Exeter where
Lee finally halted his car. The
accused had stated he was on his
way home from the Lucan
Hotel.
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to pay $25 and costs for her part
in the fracas.
Huron Hope is the name
selected by the South Huron
Association for the Mentally
Retarded for the school
presently :aced in J.A.D.
McCurdy School, Huron Park.
Teacher Miss Ella Morlock
now has six students in her
twice-weekly classes. Parents
transport the youngsters to
school and the students are
transported home by taxi.
Mrs. Alma Godbolt reported
on the varied training levels of
the students and said the skills
taught range from co-ordination
to spelling and arithmetic.
During the meeting, there was
a report on the region five
meeting in Wingham attended by
president Ivan Sharrow, Mrs.
Godbolt, Raymond IIartman,
Mrs. Margaret Purdy and Mrs.
James Kneale.
Donations were
acknowledged from a former
school trustees association for
the southern townships and
from the Rebekah Lodge, The
Christmas card campaign earned
$115.85.
Walter Fydenchuck will again
be co-ordinator for the Flowers
of Hope campaign in the spring.
During the meeting, the
association's charter was
presented by Peter Gomery,
Toronto, director of programs
for the Ontario Association for
the Mentally Retarded,
Mr. Gomery said it had been
estimated there were 600,000
mentally retarded persons in
Canada,
"An alarming statistic"
quoted by Mr. Gomery noted
that 40 percent of the children
born in the United States come
into the world of mothers who
have had no pre-natal care; 30
percent of these same babies and
their mothers receive no
post-natal care.
"I would imagine that much
the Same figures could be quoted
for Canada," remarked Mr.
Gomery.
"The public needs to be
educated to the problems and
the needs of the mentally
retarded in our society,"
continued Mr. Goniery.
Ile repeated figures to show
that it costs about $3,000 each
year to house the mentally
retarded in institutions as
opposed to a cost of about
$1,000 to provide training told
job opportunities for the
mentally retarded within the
framework of public society.
"Ninety percent of the
Ignorance of the law was no
excuse for John B. DeRover,
Dashwood, who claimed he was
just being a "good fellow" when
he supplied a couple of underage
district youths with a quantity
of beer.
Judge Glen Hays QC was not
impressed by the story told in
provincial court, criminal
division, Friday by DeRover
who pleaded guilty to a charge
of supplying liquor to persons
under the legal age of 21 years.
The fine was $100 and costs to
DeRover.
DeRover said he was "doing a
favor" for Terry Pickering,
Dashwood, when he purchased
beer for the youth in December.
DeRover said he had realized no
profit in the transaction and
explained he was not familiar
with the Canadian liquor laws
regarding age.
DeRover has been in Canada
only two years.
Evidence showed that
Pickering had shared his
beverage with Larry McCarthy,
Parkhill. Both youths pleaded
guilty to consuming liquor while
still minors. Each was fined $50
and costs for drinking during a
tractor hay-ride incident in
which Eric L. Hutchinson, 16,
Parkhill, was killed December 23
in Stephen Township.
DeRover told the court he
was in no way involved with the
accident or the boys who drank
the liquor.
Fifty dollar fines were
forfeited by five other district
minors. George Shrubsole, St.
Marys, Grant Walker and
Richard Buchanan, both of
Hensall, and Peter Lawson and
Await verdict
in fraud case
Local police are still awaiting
the outcome of a Port Arthur
court hearing into fraud charges
against Kenneth A. Dutot,
Hensall.
Dutot was to appear in court
Monday to face three charges
laid by the Exeter Police
Department and one by the
Exeter OPP Detachment. Other
charges were laid by Port Arthur
police where Dutot was
apprehended two weeks ago.
The amount of money
involved in the area cases was
approximately $300, most of it
in merchandise.
As yet no word has been
received as to the outcome of
the Port Arthur trial.
Dutot operated a
bookkeeping service in Hensall
prior to his arrest.
R. Scott Burton, both of Exeter,
pleaded guilty to charges of
drinking while under the legal
age of 21 years.
Burton also pleaded guilty to
a charge of careless driving in
Hay Township November 16.
Inattention to his driving was
blamed for heavy damage to the
car when the vehicle left the
road and struck a culvert. The
fine was $25 and costs,
Another minor, Charles
Regier, Hay Township, paid $75
and costs when beer was found
in his possession, January 12.
Drinking was named as the
main factor in a disturbance
charge against Wilson Curtis and
his wife Susan Curtis, 262
Algonquin Drive, Huron Park. A
large crowd assembled outside
the Dufferin Hotel in Centralia
November 23 when the couple
began shouting, swearing and
using obscene language.
Curtis was fined $40 and
costs while his wife was ordered
Damage high
in accidents
Damage amounted to $2,800
in two accidents investigated by
Constable Jim Dingwell of the
Exeter Police Department this
week.
The first of the two took
place on Tuesday around noon
at the intersection of Waterloo
and Main St. and involved a
tractor driven by Gerald F.
Chapman, Anne St., Exeter, and
a pickup truck driven by Charles
R. Rau, Zurich.
Chapman was proceeding
north and was attempting to
make a left hand turn when the
collision occurred with the
southbound Rau truck.
Damage to the truck was
listed at $1,000. Mrs. Rau
sustained a bruised and cut knee.
Two cars collided on
Highway 4 near the northern
limits on Wednesday at 9:45
a.m.
John S. Elder, Hensall, was
proceeding south and was in the
process of making a left turn
into Newby Tire when his
vehicle was struck from behind
by a car driven by Henry Hartog,
Hensall.
Mrs. Hartog and Elder
sustained minor injuries and
total damage was listed at
$1,800.
Mayor questions
difference in pay
Mayor Jack Delbridge
mockingly chastised members of
council Monday for the pay
increases they gave all members
while he was holidaying in
Florida.
He pointed out he had come
up with the idea last summer to
reduce the number of council
members in an effort to reduce
administration costs, and council
had now increased costs with the
raise.
He also had some comment
on the amount of the pay
boosts. "You birds gave
yourselves a 33 percent increase
and only gave me 27 percent,"
he noted.
Council this week gave final
reading to the bylaw setting the
Mayors salary at $700 per
annum and that of council
members at $20 per meeting and
$10 for special meetings.
Route of detour
may be problem
The detouring of traffic may
be a problem when the next
stage of the reconstruction of
Exeter's Main St. gets underway
this spring.
The second phase of the work
includes the area from Gidley St.
to the bridge and there is doubt
on the part of some people that
either William or Andrew Streets
in this area are strong enough to
handle the heavy detour traffic.
Burns Ross, consulting
engineer, met with council
Monday night to discuss the
matter, after he had been
advised of the situation by the
contractor.
The contract states that the
contractor must maintain the
detour routes and leave them in
the same shape as he found
them, but the firm on the local
job have indicated they don't
think they should be responsible
for building the roads up to a
condition that will facilitate the
traffic in the first place,
Several suggestions were
discussed at the meeting,
Monday, but it was finally
decided that the roads
committee should meet with the
contractor and engineer to
discuss it further'.
Did you ever hear of post
office musical chairs? The story
of Kirkton Post Office reads like
this.
Saturday, Feb. 1, Mr. Harry
Brugin retires after serving
nearly 26 years as postmaster .
In August, 1943, he became post
master and the post office was
mentally retarded can function
adequately and ably in public
society," added the speaker.
He blamed the public for the
difficulty to secure funds to
support educational and training
facilities for the mentally
retarded. He said there had been
"no public outcry" and noted
the mentally retarded are in
competition with roads etc. for
their share of government funds
to help finance various projects.
• Mr. Gomery claimed
Canadians are "infantile in our
approach" to the problems of
the mentally retarded and said
Exeter firemen — and their
equipment - won't have to be at
the mercy of the elements when
they travel to and from fires in
the area in the future.
Local curlers
lose close one
Exeter's entry in the Ontario
Curling Championships in
London lost their first game,
Wednesday.
Skip Jim Hewitt and his rink
of Jim Finnen, Bob and Paul
Coates, suffered a close 9.8
defeat at the hands of a
Kitchener rink in their opening
match,
The championship is being
played at, the Ivanhoe Curling
Club and features Ontario's top
rinks.
Huron appoints
school director
James W. Coulter of Goderich
has been appointed
superintendent of schools for
Huron County, effective April I.
For the past right years, Mr.
Coulter has been employed by
the department of education as
area superintendent for Iluron
No. 2 inspectorate.
The announcement was made
by John Cochrane, director of
education, Huron County board
of education. Mr. Cochrane said
the appointment was approved
by the, board at Monday night's
meeting.
moved diagonally across the
street from the Ed. Shier store
which was located on the north
west corner of Kirkton's main
streets. Saturday, Feb. 1, the
post office returns to this store
with Mrs. Wilson Derbecker post
master in charge.
Behind this store on the creek
people tend to "under-estimate"
the potential of these persons.
"We must work to change
attitudes and public opinion,"
said Mr. Gomery. "We segregate
the mentally retarded through
special programs but we should
integrate these people wherever
possible."
He reminded his listeners that
very often the mentally retarded
"out perform" other workers on
the job.
"We have not even begun to
shed the degree of light this
problem requires," concluded
Mr. Gomery.
Monday night, council
approved an expenditure of
,000 to purchase a panel truck
which has been used as a rescue
unit by the London Fire
Department.
The 1962 Chev truck has an
aluminum body, built especially
for the London brigade, and it is
equipped inside with
compartments which will hold
the firemen's coats, hats and
special equipment which now is
stacked up on top of the area
fire truck,
The air-packs and resuscitator
will be carried in the panel,
which will accompany the fire
truck to all fire calls,
Chief Gary Middleton told
council the fire brigade felt the
expenditure was worthwhile and
he said it was rather ridiculous
that the area had the use of a
resuscitator that wasn't taken to
tires.
Firemen will also be able to
ride in the panel and will be able
to get warm in it while fighting
fires in the winter.
Russ Snell, who accompanied
Middleton to the meeting, asked
council if there was a ny way
that onlookers could he kept
from impeding firemen on their
way In a fire.
Ile said it was most difficult
to get up Main St. when the
siren sounded due to the number
of people who rush to the scene.
Council discussed the
possibility of lights for firemen's
cars, but made no decision other
than advising the brigade to take
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bank, the first Kirkton Post
Office was opened in 1856 by
Timothy Eaton in the store
operated by he and his brother.
In addition to these two sites
the post office was located in a
store on the south-west corner
of the village across from the
present store for many years.
Mr. John McCurdy was the post
master here for the longest term.
Other postmasters recalled
are Fawcett Stinson, Misses
Annie and Mary Leigh and L.
Collie.
There is one rural route
served from Kirkton, Mr. Harry
Burgin will still keep in touch by
continuing to serve as mail
courier on this route.
As in all small, rural post
offices, public relations of the
highest was maintained by the
Burgin's. The morning call for
the mail was looked forward to
by all.
May improve
GB harbor
After several years of
correspondence and telephone
calls, the hopes of Grand Bend
village council in getting their
much needed harbor
improvements are rising.
At Monday's regular rneeting,
council was told that the Hon.
Arthur Laing, Minister of Public
Works will be in the summer
resort some time on Friday,
February 21 to give the problem
his personal attention.
As the result of a recent
Department of Transport
inspection at Grand Bend, Clerk
Murray A. DesJardins was
instructed to call tenders for
painting of the 80 foot radio-fire
tower at the Grand Bend fire
hall.
The report said the antenna
structure is acceptable from an
aviation point of view providing
it is painted properly.
A special meeting will be held
at the village hall, Monday,
February 10 at eight o'clock in
the evening to discuss the bylaw
and regulations governing the
hook-up of services to the Grand
Bend water system.
All certified trade plumbers
in the area are urged to attend
this important get-together.
Considerable discussion was
held on securing the services of a
beach cleaner. Beach committee
chairman Douglas Martin is
checking into the possibility of
securing a used machine from
Rondeau Park.
In other business, council:
decided that any meeting
attended by members of council
exceeding eight hours per day
would constitute two meetings
as far as pay was concerned.
For dumps
as well??
Regional government is
coming, and members of Exeter
council were advised Monday it
is even coming in the matter of
garbage disposal.
Councillor Helen Jermyn,
who attended a recent
conference on pollution, said
one of the speakers explained
the Ontario government was
enforcing new regulations
regarding dump grounds in the
near future. He hinted that the
cost to comply with them may
be such that it would necessitate
two or three municipalities going
together to pay them.
She said she had no idea what
effect it may have on the Exeter
dump grounds in Hay Township.
Her report was one of three
received by council on recent
seminars.
Councillors Ross Taylor and
Ross Dobson gave reports on a
recent housing conference they
attended in Stratford.
Taylor said that one of the
speakers pointed out that
recreation facilities and activities
for senior citizens was a must.
He said that in view of the
fact council planned to turn the
"'card room' at the town hall
into police offices, they should
be attempting to find another
spot for the card players,
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Exeter council Monday night
decided to proceed with Police
Chief Ted Day's suggestion of
five-minute parking in front of
the post office, but decided not • to provide unloading zones for
trucks.
Chief Day made the
suggestions at the last meeting in
an effort to curtail
double-parking on Main Street,
and in addition to the
five-minute area at the post
• office, suggested 80-foot
unloading zones along two
sections of Main St.
However, members of council
decided to try only one part of
the plan to halt double-parking,
but at the same time urged the
police to crack-down on truckers
• who double-park to make
deliveries to local stores.
Mayor Delbridge questioned
the need for the two 80-foot
unloading zones, estimating that
they would be used very little
during the day and they would
cut down on the number of
• parking places along the street.
"I feel the truckers should be
trained," commented Councillor
Ross Dobson.
Deputy-Reeve Mery Cudmore
contended there was ample
room for trucks behind the
biggest percentage of local stores
and it was a matter of educating
the truckers to use them.
Other members agreed,
noting that trucks had been
forced to use rear-yard delivery
zones during the reconstruction
of the street and few problems
had been encountered.
Although he noted that the
various parking zones along the
street would be confusing for
motorists, Councillor Ross Taylor
spoke in favor of trying the
unloading zones.
He explained that the
problem of double-parking had
been mentioned many times in
past years and council always
came up with the same answer —
have the police crack-down. He
said this had never solved
anything.
Members agreed, but pointed
out the new Chief may be able
to implement stricter
enforcement.
The five-minute zone at the
post office will extend from the
southern entrance of the
building to the laneway north of
the Bank of Montreal.
Council also gave permission
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Okay panel truck
for local firemen