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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-02-27, Page 1RECEIVE SAF E DRIVING AWARDS A total of 35 drivers from Exeter, Goderich and Toronto were presented with safe driving awards at the annual awards banquet of Guenther Tuckey Transports Limited. Standing from the left: Eldon Datars, Ross Gwyn, Harold Parsons, Dan McLeod, Leon Williams, Ron Anderson- Ralph Ball, Russell Lee, Jim McLaren, Glen Irvine, Murray Finlayson, Art Walkom, Jack Harvey, Bill Fiscus, Lloyd Hoy, Joe Reihl, Harvey Holland and Xavier Boogemans, Seated: Wilmer Adkins, Tom Voerman, Bev Skinner. Dick McWhinney, George De Jong, 13. W. Tuckey, company president, Leslie Mitchell, John Madge, Cecil Smith, Bob Dykstra and Seldon Nickols. Missing are: Don Ross, George Wilson, Don Phillips, Harold Thiel, Ben Edwards and Gordon Appleton. Photo by Doerr Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, FEBRUARY 27, 1969 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Starts March 10 Eight will stay open CROWNED AT BALL Mrs. Bill Brock, president of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, was crowned Sweetheart at the group's Hawaiian Luau, Friday, She was crowned by Mrs. Peter Raymond, last year's winner, and Mayor :lack Delbridge. T-A photo moo,` ROBINS Ar E OUT EARLY - Spectators at Saturday's skating carnival presented by the Exeter Figure Skating Club were treated to a lot of signs of spring. Three robins are shown above ready to fly off on a skating number. Kathy Willard, iii bout is flanked by Debbie Venner and Ann Jackm. I-A photo At ..least five years before regional rule Results indicated 39 in favor of closing for a full day with 19 opposed. The poll was further broken down to retail merchants only and about the same majority prevailed with 22 in favor and 12 opposed. Reports indicate that some merchants may oppose the move to the full day closing. Eight have already advertised they will remain open Monday and close on Wednesday afternoon as as usual. Two of the barbershops have indicated they will change their closing day to coincide with the Monday closing and the third will not. Most hairdressers in Exeter already close on Mondays. Monday closing is already in Park, reported to police that his car had been hit by an unknown vehicle in front of his residence during the night. Constable J. A. Wright listed damage at $50. The other accident took place at 3:45 p.m. when a pickup truck operated by John R. Smith, Crediton, collided with a parked car owned by William Oestricher, also of Crediton. The incident took place on the main street in Crediton and Constable Wright estimated damage at $90. During the week, 13 persons were charged under the Highway Traffic Act and another 33 drivers were given warnings. One person was charged under the Criminal Code. The officers patrolled a distance of 2,719 miles. Area farmer hurt as truck hits bike An internal squabble among Public Utilities Commissioners halted questions being fired at a department of municipal affairs • spokesman at a meeting in Exeter, Wednesday, The meeting had been called to get some insight into the matter of the commissions' future with the advent of regional government, and was attended by 35 PUC members from Huron, Lambton, Middlesex, Perth and Bruce counties, Ian Reid, executive assistant to he deputy minister of municipal affairs, told the Commissioners that there are no definite pre-conceived ideas on regional government, although • the department has some tentative proposals. He said it would be "a minimum of five years" before regional government came to this area and said at that time • Over 1500 attend college More than 1500 visitors • crowded the Centralia College • campus on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week for the second annual Open House. College staff and students were overwhelmed by the large gathering at 7 p.m. on Tuesday for the official opening • ceremony in Huron Hall. In his opening remarks, College Principal J. A. MacDonald, noted that advertising is essential to the acceptance of a product in the business world. Open House is then a method of advertising the graduates and services of Centralia College to our residents, future employers of graduates and potential students. Assisting with the opening ceremony were Miss Molly McGhee, Associate Principal; Miss Nancy Gilbert, campus queen; Mr, Chris Collard, • student council president and Mr. Robert Drummond, Open House chairman. Highlight of the two day program was the fashion show by College coeds in the home economics course. An exciting • wardrobe featuring styles in morning, afternoon and evening wear was shown. Miss Susan Reycraft, a home economics student, provided the commentary. Of special interest to the ladies was a demonstration on the preparation of beef • stragonoff which was attractively presented by Miss Enid Petherttafn and Miss Esther Moore. Another exhibit which attracted considerable attention was the tractor safety demonstration presented by Paul • Homer and Murray Cole, agricultural students. Other home economics, displays depicted human physiology and nutrition, home management and work simplification applied arts and interior decorating, clothing and • textiles, selection and preparation of meats. OK contract for GB street • The contract for re-construction of Grand Bend's Main Street was let last week to C. A. McDowell Ltd., of Centralia. • a tender of $98,688 only $176 lower than a bid presented by Yundt & McCann of Stratford. The Centralia firm presented There were a total of nine tenders submitted. Approval of the contract must be approved by the Ontario Department of Highways. The contract calls for completion of the project in 50 working days. residents would have an opportunity to help draft the form they wanted regional government to take. Reid explained that two regions have already been established and the matter of PUCs has been handled differently in each. In the Ottawa area, the Commissions remained as they were, while in the Niagara area, some 26 municipalities were reduced to 12 and there were 12 Commissions to be established. "We're leaving as much as possible to the local areas to discuss," Reid said, adding that figures being used in some regions may not be practical in a rural area such as this, The department has indicated that a region should have about 150,000 people and the second tier would encompass between 8,000 to 10,000 people. After looking at population figures and noting that three counties would be needed to meet these standards here, he said this would be too large geographically. Reid said that counties and county councils will disappear under regional government. In answer to a question of whether regional government would be more economical, he said only that it was the hope that more efficient service would be received for the tax dollars spent. He said it would be complicated, but doubted that it would work out more expensively than the present form of governments. Most of the questions for Reid halted when Frank Sills, Seaforth, introduced himself as chairman of Zone 6 of the Ontario Municipal Electrical Association. He was immediately put under fire by other Commissioners, who noted the executive of the OMEA had suggested to the department that electricity would be a regional function, which most area Commissioners oppose. "This worries us," Sills was told by Gordon Hess, Zurich. Ory Wassmann, Grand Bend, said most members were of the opinion the OMEA executive had over-stepped the mark in presenting the brief without consulting with the general membership. Sills replied that it had been done quickly because regional government was being implemented before the annual meeting and it was felt the —Please turn to page 16 Damage in accidents Three accidents were investigated by members of the Exeter Town Police Force during the past week, but total damages were light. The first occurred Saturday morning on Main Street south, near Simcoe between vehicles owned by Frederick W. Lecky, Parkhill and Ernest A. Collins, London. Both vehicles were moving slowly when Lecky attempted a right hand turn and was struck from behind by Collins. Constable Jim Dingwell estimated total damage at $200. Early Tuesday morning, William Brock, 121 Wellington reported to police that his car had been damaged to the extent of $75 while parked on the Royal Canadian Legion parking lot. Chief 'Ted Day investigated the mishap. Damages of only $125 were incurred shortly after noon on Wednesday at the north-end Fina station lot in an accident between a CJB Plumbing truck driven by Brian R. Jones, 113 Main and Ronald H. McMillan, London. Corporal Harry Van Bergen listed damages at $125. GIVEN SNOWMOBILE — Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., who retired last year after several years as president of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Association, was honored recently in Toronto. I he Exeter lawyer was the recipient of a snowmobile from his friends. Seated behind Mr. Bell is the Hon. Robert Stanfield, while standing from the left are: Leslie Frost, former Ontario Premier; the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, and Ontario Premier John Roberts. — Photo by Bruce Dunstall He'll make history! will make history Tuesday The Hon. C. S. MacNaughton afternoon when he presents his 1969 budget to the Ontario Legislature. Television cameras from both the CBC and CTV networks will be allowed into the Legislature and a live broadcast — in full color — will be carried over both networks. The broadcast starts at 2:30 p.m. and will be carried over CFPL-TV London, and presumably over Wingham and Kitchener channels as well. This is the first time that TV cameras have been permitted into a provincial Legislature to televise actual business proceedings and is the first major move in this area since Ontario Premier John Robarts indicated he would be in favor of greater TV activity in the Legislature. This is the third budget Mr. MacNaughton has presented. Film coverage will include his address as well as the replies from the two Opposition leaders. Establish date in rape hearing A date has been set for the preliminary hearing into the charge of rape laid against a Hensall man last week. The hearing will be held in Goderich on March 13. Lloyd Salter, 35, was charged with rape following investigation o an incident in Hensel] involving a two-year.old girl. Exeter businessmen have voted by a wide margin to close stores for a full day each Monday. A poll taken among all businesses indicated 36 in favor of closing Monday, while 18 voted for closing on Wednesday. After tabulating the poll, the Exeter Board of Trade executive decided Tuesday that the full day closing would come into effect on March 10. Stores closing that day will then remain open for the full day on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The move to close for a full day started three weeks ago and the Board of Trade conducted a poll at that time among all businesses to determine what support there was. Three persons were injured in accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment this week. Clifton Roy Carrick, RR 1 Hay, was knocked off his bicycle at 11:20 a.m., Monday. He was proceeding west on Highway 83 about one mile west of Exeter when the side mirror on a truck driven by Lorne W. Kleinstiver, Dashwood, caught the bicycle as the truck was passing. Carrick sustained a scrape on his left elbow and was shaken up in the mishap. Constable D. A. Lamont investigated. On Saturday at 8:45 p.m., two persons were injured in a two-car crash on Highway 4 south of Exeter. Lloyd W. Lemmon, Exeter, collided with a car operated by John P. Kraft, also of Exeter. Kraft was fixing a flat tire on his car at the time. Judy Mayer, Exeter, who was a passenger in the Kraft vehicle, suffered a whiplash injury and Lemmon sustained a cut nose. Damage was listed at $150 by Constable E. C. Wilcox. The other two crashes of the week occurred on Friday, one involving a hit and run incident. Donald McCallum, Huron Safe drivers get awards Thirty-five drivers were presented with safe driving awards ranging from one to 12 years of unpreventable accident free driving at the Guenther Tuckey Transport Limited annual safe driving banquet. The event was held at the Shillelagh Motel in Lucan and was attended by 160 persons, The drivers were presented with safe driving award pins as well as a special award from the local transport firm. Leslie Mitchell was the top driver with 12 years of safe driving. Jim Kneale of W. H. Hodgson Ltd. presented a cheque to the ten-year drivers. Charles Anderson, London, a representative of the Transport Safety Association of Ontario presented a film and also spoke briefly on safe driving. Other guests were Jerry Leckie, London, representing the, department of transport and OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell. batwing to the Country Squires Orchestra concluded the evening. School board debates fairs Enron County board of education enjoyed considerable discussion when it met in Godericb last week with Art Bolton and Earl MeSpadde0, representatives of Seaforth Fall Fair, regarding the question of time off from classes for students in Huron to attend fairs within the county. Although director of education Cochrane announced he was against giving students a day off school just to attend a fair, he would encourage active participation in fall fairs. This would be more than simply marching in a parade, he said. Jim Taylor, Hensall, complained he was not in favor of school children attending small fairs even as participants. He pointed out that in many cases, the parents do the preparations and the children get the holiday. "Small fairs are on their way out," said Taylor. "They want the kids to come because they will bring their parents," There was some discussion that a county fair might be the answer, especially in areas where a school is situated in a district where students have previously attended more than one fair. How ever, the decision concerning attendance at fall fairs will be left to the discretion of the individual principals. In other business, Dan Murphy was named chairman of the striking committee. The board did not give approval to an Ontario Teachers' Federation request to the Ontario Trustees' Council for an advisory committee comprising six teachers and four ratepayers to be set up. Again, Dan Murphy was opposed to the board's decision because he felt there was no harm in providing the legislation to make such an advisory committee possible so long as it was left to the individual boards to decide whether or not they wanted one in their own county. TOP SPEAKER IN HURON — Richard Ottewell, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Ottewell, Exeter, is a Grade 9 student at SHDHS who brought honor to the local school by winning first place in the Huron County Ontario School Trustees, Municipal Councillors Association and Ontario Hydro speaking competition held in Wingham last Wednesday. Competing Saturday at Strathroy in the zone 4 level competition, Richard held second place in a contest which included students from the counties of Elgin, Essex, Kent, Lambton, Middlesex and the city of London. These contests are open to all high school students from Grades 9 to 13. Richard's topic was "The Canadian Indian." 9. y store closin practice in communities. several area While the Exeter poll was being taken, it was learned that the move to close Wednesday afternoons was approved in 1942 and at that time a bylaw was passed by town council setting down these hours. The bylaw also stated that retail stores could not remain open past 11:00 p.m. on Saturday nights. The Saturday night shopping trip to town has, of course, given way to Friday night opening and few municipalities now have stores open on Saturday evenings. In 1943 an addition was made to the Exeter bylaw setting penalties for any stores which remained open after noon on Wednesday or after 11:00 p.m. an Sal- —day. First oin.rice resulted in a $15 fine and the second was $25. A third offence brought about a $50 fine. It is not known whether any charges were ever laid under the bylaw. Attempt to rob Exeter garage An attempted robbery at the office of Graham Arthur Motors early Thursday morning failed to produce any loot for the would-be thieves. The hinges of a safe were smashed but they failed to get it open. Graham Arthur made the discovery when he opened his place of business about 7:30, Thursday. The method used to enter the building has not been established by the local police department. Chief of Police Ted Day and Constable Jim Dingwell were in charge of the investigation. e Mond