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Board picks Clinton school
SHARI ROBINSON
LINDA STADE
CHRISTINE TUCKEY
LARGE CROWD AT STEPHEN BANQUET — Close to 170 persons attended the annual banquet of the
Stephen Township Federation of Agriculture at Crediton last week. The guest speaker, Art Bolton of
Seaforth showed pictures of a trip he took to Europe last year. Mr. Bolton, second from left, is shown
• chatting with Stephen Reeve and Huron County Warden James Hayter, Harry Sheppard and Harry
Hayter, president and vice-president, respectively of the Stephen F of A. T-A photo
Dashwood driver killed
in violent head-on crash
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SKI WINNERS AT USBORNE During Thursday's winter arrival
at Ushoine Central School, the three girls shown above comb ,' 'd to
win the ski championship. From the left, they are, Marit McLennan,
Janet Kerslake and loin Van Duyn. I-A photo.
HARD WORK PAYS OFF — A grade 7 student at Usborne Central
School, Roger Dougall found out Thursday that it pays to do a good
job. Roger was in charge of arranging the Carnival Queen contest at
the school and as his reward was given the chore of crowning the
winner. He is shown above getting close to planting a kiss on the
cheek of Laura Johns, the Carnival Queen. T-A photo
for new office headquar ers LINDA BOURNE
LINDA KLOPP
PATTI ROBINSON
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Many similarities
on queen ballots
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A Dashwood area youth was
killed early Saturday morning in
a violent two-car crash on
* • Highway 4, just north of Arva.
Clarence Milford Ayotte, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Milford
Ayotte, RR 3 Dashwood, was
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CLARENCE AYOTTE
. . killed in crash
Walloy tenders
lowest bid again
Walloy Excavating Limited,
London, have been awarded
their third successive contract
• from Exeter council.
Monday night the firm
submitted the lowest bid on the
annual prime dust layer work
tender. Their total cost was
listed at $10,105, compared to
the $11,210 tender price of
Riverside Construction.
Riverside Construction has
done the job for a number of
years and was the only other
firm to submit a price.
Receive no bid
) • for plane plant
Many interested spectators
turned up Tuesday afternoon at
the old Grand Bend airport site,
but few of them were interested
in a light aircraft manufacturing
plant.
.4, • The occasion was an "en
bloc" auction of all physical
assets of Found Bros. Aviation
Ltd.
Because it was not sold "en
bloc" a "lot by lot" auction will
be held March 11 at the closed
plant,
A lot, company president
Henry Shoji explained, is a
group of similar items.
Crack down on
minor drinkers
OPP Cpl. C.J. Mitchell said
this week the local detachment
officers are undertaking an
extensive crack-down against
minors who drink in cars.
He said the officers would be
conducting the checks
throughout the detachment area.
Generally speaking, minors
who are found guilty of having
or consuming liquor have been
paying fines from $50 and up in
area courts.
northbound when his vehicle
was in collision with one driven
by a 27-year-old London man.
The crash occurred at 4:00 a.m.
Wreckers had to be called to
the scene to pull the two cars
apart and one of the bodies then
had to be cut from the
wreckage. Both cars were
demolished.
Besides his parents, the youth
•is survived by two brothers,
Kirkton man
spots UFO
A Kirkton area man reported
spotting an "Unidentified Flying
Object' near his home Tuesday
evening around 7:00 p.m.
Stan Francis, RR 1 Kirkton,
spotted a large object about 200
feet in the 'air some eight miles
east of Exeter. It hovered
overhead for a few seconds then
took off at a high rate of speed
towards the north of Exeter.
He told OPP Constable Bill
Glassford the black, oblong
object measured about 30' by
15'. There was no noise, lights or
fumes visible.
Constable Glassford put
through a call to the London
airport, but technicians there
reported they had spotted
nothing on their radar screen.
The Kirkton area man joins
the growing list of people who
have reported spotting UFOs
throughout North America in
recent years.
Skeptics have discounted the
possibility of such objects,
although some scientific experts
have spent considerable time
trying to prove their existence.
In some areas, groups have
been formed to carry on
systematic watches for the
strange objects.
While Mr. Francis may have
trouble convincing some area
residents of his experience, he
can point to the fact three
earthmen are now in space
testing a vehicle with which they
hope to land on the moon in the
corning year.
Perhaps some of the people
on the moon won't believe that?
A budget of $197,425 was
adopted by Huron County
Council Friday for the
assessment department. The
report submitted by A. D.
Smith, reeve of Turnberry,
noted the cost was
"considerably higher than the
department of municipal affairs
led us to believe,"
Speaking on behalf of the
budget, assessment
commissioner E. F. Hall said
there was from 40 to $50,000
which the department of
municipal affairs "somehow
forgot about."
He said council was "not
deliberately misled" by the
department but that the
department obviously had "no
idea of what this would cost"
because the department had had
"no personal experience" in
assessment matters.
Keith, Toronto, and. Vincent, at
home, and his grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret Ayotte, Zurich.
Ayotte was a part-time
student in grade 13 at South
Huron District High School and
worked part of the time at
Dunlop Tire at Centralia
Industrial Park.
A large number of the
students attended the funeral
Tuesday. Rev. R. Groome
delivered the sermon and
celebrated Mass at Our Lady of
Mount Carmel Church.
Pallbearers included Michael
Hartman, Dan Kipfer, John
Joynt, Ronald Denomme, Ross
Dietrich and J. D. MacCrae.
Flowerbearers were Patrick
Gallagher, Jerry Dietrich, Victor
Hamel and Michael MacCrae.
Burial was in Mount Carmel
cemetery and arrangements were
in charge of the T. Harry
Hoffman Funeral Home,
Dashwood.
Reeve Anson McKinley asked
if next year's budget would be
somewhat lower.
"I'm shocked to learn this
will cost over $7,000 for every
municipality in the county,"
stated McKinley. "If this will be
the case from now on, we were a
damn site better off the way we
were before."
"The job has not been done
in the past, sir," retorted Hall
who estimated that about
$31,000 (initial setting-up costs)
would be deleted from next
year's budget if salaries remain
static, "The Act states that every
home will be visited annually
and this has not been done. The
records are wholly inadequate."
"It depends on the individual
who is building a set of
cupboards whether he hires a
carpenter or a nail puller,"
observed Hall.
By a vote of eight to six,
Huron County Board of
Education decided Monday
evening to locate their offices in
the town of Clinton.
One wing of Central Huron
Secondary School will be
renovated as quickly as possible
to house the director of
education John D. Cochrane and
his staff. Until the premises is
readied for occupancy,
temporary "free"
accommodation will be found in
Clinton, probably at the school
or in the former nurses'
residence at Clinton Public
Hospital.
Deliberations concerning the
question lasted about two hours
during which time principal
speakers were Robert Elliott,
vice-chairman of the board who
originally outlined the proposal
at last month's Goderich
meeting, and Dan Murphy,
Goderich, who went on record
also at the previous meeting that
he would oppose the suggestion.
The meeting, held in CHSS
board room to permit the board
an opportunity to view the
accommodation, heard the pros
and cons of locating in Clinton
versus Goderich.
In a prepared report, Elliott
estimated the cost of
renovations for the CHSS site at
approximately $17,500. Actual
estimate submitted to the board
by a contractor was $22,300
based on the instructions given
the contractor by Mr. Cochrane
who rearranged to better suit his
needs Elliott's initial plans for
the suite of offices.
This price includes moving a
science lab to another location
in the school to make way for a
board room in conjunction with
the offices. Actual square
footage available is 3500 as
compared to accommodation in
the assessment building
amounting to 2280 square feet.
In his report, Elliott
estimated the board would save
about $25,200 minimum in a
period of five years with savings
increasing at a rate of
approximately $8,500 on the
sixth year and every year
thereafter.
(The five year figure was used
for comparison because it is
estimated that regibnal
government will make its entry
within five years and because the
county was asking $1000 each
year for five years to pay for
furnishings etc. in addition to
the rent of $5000 annually.)
Reeve Roy Pattison,
Wawanosh, asked Hall if there
WAS much "hidden assessment"
in the county as council had
been led to believe.
Hall said that after working in
Huron County for only about
two months, he was convinced
that there has been a great deal
of business assessment which has
been overlooked..
He told Reeve James
Armstrong, Clinton, that a
businessman pays "strictly on
the property he occupies" and
not .the volume of business he
conducts.
Hall told council his
department would assess
properties according to the Act.
"I assure you, you will hear
about it," advised Hall.
Newly .appointed .directors of
the Children's, Aid Board are
Jack Alexander, reeve of
Dan Murphy told the board
them were "too many
intangibles" in Elliott's report.
He criticised the suggestion to
spend about $25,000 at this
time because it is still not known
exactly where the new board is
headed. Murphy advocated
"tenporary location" in the
assessment building where it
would be possible to work
efficiently until a clearer picture
of the overall situation was
revealed.
"Vingham board member
Sheppard said he was not in
favor of temporary location
anywhere because "temporary
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Hensall youth
hurt in crash
The Exeter OPP detachment
officers investigated five
accidents this past week with
only one injury being reported.
Michael Davis, Hensall, lost
control of his vehicle on
Highway 83 east of Dashwood
and struck a hydro pole and
fence. He suffered lacerations to
the mouth and chin and broken
teeth in the mishap.
It occurred on Saturday at
2:45 a.m. and damage was
estimated at $575 by Constable
F.L. Giffin.
The first of the week's
crashes occurred on Thursday at
8:45 p.m. when a car operated
by Earl N. Coughtrey, Huron
Park, collided with a parked car
owned by Joseph P. Regier,
Crediton. The crash took place
on Columbia Drive and damage
of $300 was listed by Constable
Giftn.
A similar accident took place
on Friday at 8:30 p.m. when a
car operated by Gloria Naves,
Huron Park, collided with a
parked car owned by William L.
Phillips, Exeter.
This mishap occurred on the
eilL"C parking lot and damage
was estimated at $85 by
Constable Giffin.
The final two accidents
involved single-car crashes, the
first at 6:30 a.m., Saturday,
when a car operated by Nils
Riise, London, went out of
control on Highway 23 south of
Woodham when the hood flew
up.
The car went off the highway
and struck a farm fence and
damage was listed at $125 by
Constable E.C. Wilcox.
The other crash was at 3:15
a.m., Sunday, when a car driven
by Richard Harold Thiel, Zurich,
went out of control on the 12th
and 13th concession of Hay and
went into the ditch.
Constable Giffin again
investigated and listed damage at
$300.
Some won't
change hours
New store hours come into
effect in Exeter this week, but
there is still opposition to the
move.
Several stores plan to remain
open Monday and close
Wednesday afternoon as usual
while the others will follow the
decision made after a vote taken
in the past three weeks indicated
the majority wanted to close for
the full day on Monday.
These will initiate Monday
closing this week and will remain
open all day Wednesday.
One retailer indicated he was
thinking of opening for six full
days.
Wingham, and Lloyd Hendrick,
deputy-reeve of Hay. Reeve A.
D. Smith and M. Allan are
former members.
Other budgets adopted by
council were for the general
government (executive)
expenses, $61,100; the general
government (administration)
expenses, $67,700; and
construction safety, $7,400.
Huronview budget was
approved at $746,466 with the
county share being $78,900. In
his report, Reeve Robert Lyons,
chairman of the Huronview
committee, noted that salaries
and employment benefits now
account for $541,000 or over 70
percent of the total budget.
A new roof for the 1954
addition estimated to cost
$th1e1b,0u0d0geth.as been included in
JANE TUCKEY
Dump rules
could cost! !
Unless Exeter's dumping
grounds meet the new standards
to be enforced by the Ontario
government, it could cost local
ratepayers between $40,000 and
$50,000 to find a new location
and provide new equipment at a
dump.
This was the opinion of
Councillor Ross Dobson, who
came up with the figures after
talking to some other municipal
councillors while attending last
week's Good Roads convention
in Toronto.
He said Goderich is faced
with an expenditure of some
$100,000 this year because that
community has to find a new
dump location. In addition, the
county town will need one
additional truck and will have to
have a bulldozer on hand most
of the time because the refuse
must be covered each night.
Dobson said the government
regulations prohibit the burning
of any garbage and seepage from
dumps into streams is contrary
to the new rules.
He suggested Exeter council
should take an inspection tour
of the local dump, located in
Hay swamp, and get it into good
shape.
in swimming activities. She plans
to attend university.
The youngest of the second
sister duo is Patti Robinson,
17-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Glenn Robinson of Exeter.
She has been a South Huron
cheer leader and received a
school letter this year.
Among her school sport
activities are gymnastics,
basketball, volleyball and
badminton and she has been a
member of the Exeter Greys
softball team for the past three
years. Patti hopes to become a
teacher of English.
Shari Robinson,
18-years-of-age represents 13B in
the Queen competition. She has
been busily engaged in school
activities. Is now vice-president
of the student council and in
1966 was on the athletic
directorate and also chosen as
the school Posture Queen.
Shari participates in all school
sports activities, is a member of
the Exeter Teen Town executive
and expects to attend Teachers'
College next year.
Representing 12B is blonde
17-year-old Linda Stade of
Zurich. The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Stade, Linda was
chosen Queen of the Zurich Fall
Fair in 1968.
This is her third bid for a
Queen award as she was chosen
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Youth faces
forgery count
A former Hensall youth is in
Huron County Jail in Goderich
waiting trial on charges of
uttering and forgery.
Robert Moir, 20, now of
Atwood was arrested in
Listowel, Monday by Exeter
Police Chief Ted Day and
Constable James Dingwell.
He will appear in Provincial
Judge's Court in Goderich, this
morning, Thursday to hear
charges of uttering and forgery
in regards to a number of
cheques involving Bob's Variety
in Exeter.
Moir was doing bookkeeping
for the Exeter firm owned by
Bob Baynham. The amount of
money involved in the cheques
has not been released by
investigating officers.
Maintain stand
on gas pipeline
Exeter council decided
Monday to stand fast in their
earlier decision prohibiting
Union Gas from laying lines
along the new portion of Main
St.
Company officials stated
earlier this year they doubted
the need for using the new road
for any line construction, but
Clerk Eric Carscadden indicated
they have had a change of heart.
Main reason for the
company's change and informal
request to put lines on the street
stem from the irregular pattern
of the back-lot easements.
Reeve Derry Boyle, who
earlier opposed the request from
the company to service Exeter at
all, again led the opposition. He
said he was definitely opposed
to cutting into the new portion
of street.
Councillor Ross Taylor noted
that previous experience had
proven that when pavement had
been torn up it never attained its
previous condition,
"There's always a bump" he
commented.
Students at South Huron
District High School will need to
use extreme caution this week in
marking their ballots for the At
Home Queen candidates.
Among those aspiring to the
position of Queen of the At
Home dance that will be held
Friday night are two sister
combinations and three girls
with the same first name.
The sister combos are
Christine and Jane Tuckey and
Shari and Patti Robinson while
the girls with the other similarity
are Linda Bourne, Linda Stade
and Linda Klopp.
To add to the uniqueness of
this year's contest, a mother of
two of the girls, Mrs. Ross
Tuckey is believed to be the first
Queen crowned at the local
school. Mrs. Turkey, the former
Elsie Geiser of Shipka was
elected Queen in the spring of
1946.
Representing 13B in the
contest which will be decided by
secret ballot among the students
of the school is Christine
Tuckey. The 17-year-old blonde,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Tuckey, Andrew Street,
Exeter plans to follow a
registered nursing course at
Victoria Hospital in London
when she graduates.
She is very active in Sunday
School and young people's work
at Main Street United Church
and is co-editor of the year book
at SHDHS. Also at high school,
Chris participates in volleyball,
basketball and curling in
addition to membership in the
Russian and Home Economics
clubs.
Her sister, Jane, 16 years of
age represents 12A and shared
editorship of the year book with
Christine. She is accomplished in
the music field having passed
grade seven in music and grade
two in theory.
Jane is also a Sunday School
teacher and was a member of
South Huron basketball and
volleyball teams for three years.
Among her hobbies is water
skiing and she holds a bronze bar
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About $50,000 over estimate Hidden business assessment
Assessing to cost $19,425