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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-05-22, Page 1LOCAL LADIES TOUR REHABILITATION CENTRE — A tour of rehabilitation facilities in Toronto was made last week by 41 • volunteers from southwestern Ontario, all campaign leaders for the Ability Fund (March of Dimes). Seen here watching Paul Griffith filing components for switchboards are, left to right, Mrs. Harvey Pfaff of Exeter and Mrs. Jim Kneale of Grand Bend. Griffith was disabled by polio and is one of 180 disabled workers employed by eleven workshops operated throughout the province by the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled. • Church groups meet to start amalgamation • • • INTERESTING PROBLEM NURSE—Dr. Lynn Clark, one of the Grade 2 and 3 students on tour at South Huron Hospital Tuesday, examines Percy the Skeleton who resides in the classroom at the hospital. Miss E. Rheinhart helped young Dr. Clark into her surgical cap and gown for the difficult examination, (T-A photo) GB residents to get brand new sidewalks We're sorry about that! Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 22, 1969 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Only four accidents . . . . BUT Weekend road toll One ci. s, seven others hurt Many seek Huron Park seats Duncan, W. Fiscus, Captain. J. Kingwell, Mrs. B. McCracken, Ward 3 — Harold Smith, John T. Hill, Jesse Reed, Bob Burr, Tom Duffy, Ward 4 — Michael Soldan, Joyce Baptie, Don Ladd, Ward 5 — No election necessary. Ward 6 — Jack Cutting, Raymond Cluett, Don Forbes, Phillip Joudrey, John McBride, Tom Penny, Glenn Neal, David Roger, Peter Sutherland, William Thomas, Each elector will have the opportunity to vote for two candidates or for only one if he or she so desires. Temporary chairman Frank Capstick said the results will be announced later Monday evening and the first meeting of the new council would be held Thursday night of next week at the Curling Club. The object of the new council will be to direct community and Department of Lands and Forests. The fee will continue to be 25 cents per foot and owners of private property abutting the river will be allowed to dock one boat for their own use free of charge and will be charged the same rate of dockage of 25 cents per foot for any additional boat space being used. The property committee was — Please turn to Page 3 • • The official boards of James St. and Main St. United Churches met Tuesday night and prepared several recommenda- tions to be presented to a congregational meeting planned to bring about the amalgamation • of the two churches. The Rev. Bert Daynard, chairman of the consolidation committee of Huron-Perth Presbytery chaired the meeting. The two pastoral charges have agreed to cease to exist on June 30 and a new pastoral charge • will come into being on July 1. The meeting recommended that it be known as the Exeter Pastoral charge. Date for the congregational meeting was set for June 3 in James St. Okay permit for 2 houses Two new houses were • included in the building permits approved by Exeter council, Tuesday. Larry Taylor was given permission to build a new house for Elmer D. Bell, Q.C., on Huron St. West and Milt Keller received a permit to erect a • home on Hill St. Other permits okayed, all subject to final approval of the building inspector, were as follows: G. Mal, to rebuild patio at rear of 64 Wellington; Dan McLeod, to repair and partially rebuild porch at 144 Andrew; L. L. Wells, to reshingle roof at 435 William; R. B. Williams, to repair verandah at 59 John; Garnet Hicks, to shingle roof on T. 0. Southcott residence at 413 Andrew; Edwin Sims, to demolish old house and rebuild basement floor and build porch at 145 Mill; Raymond Greenlee, to replace sidewalk at 321 Pryde Boulevard; Frank Triebner, to paint eavestrough at 518 William; William Batten, to demolish barn at 64 Sanders. • • • Recommendations approved by the official boards were as follows: — that the elders and stewards of the new congregation be the present elders and stewards of both churches until the next annual meeting in January. — that all members of both trustee boards form a nominating committee to bring in a suggested slate of trustees at the congregational meeting. — that the names of Reg Beavers, Peter Raymond and Garnet Hicks be recommended as auditors. — that the ushers of both charges be recommended to the new congregation. — that Larry Snider be chairman of the trustees, Oscar Tuckey be convener of the stewards, and Rev. Hugh Wilson — Please turn to Page 3 AWARD WINNER—Lawrence Otis graduated from the Commercial Art and Design Course at the first convocation 'f Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, Brampton, recently. Mr. Otis received the William Archdeacon award for English. If residents of Huron Park don't have time to go to the polls to elect their council representatives on Mday, the portahle polling b00 0n t h,s will come to the home. Nominations, also collected in house-to-house fashion by members of the temporary council named a few weeks ago were completed Monday night and a full slate of candidates will face electors in five of the six subdivisions of the park. Election day is Monday, May 26 and a regular polling booth will be set up in Smith's Barber Shop, which is located in the building on the County Road, opposite Centralia Industrial Park that formerly housed the RCAF Civilian Personnel Officer. All residents will have the opportunity to cast their ballot for the candidates of their choice in their particular ward between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p,m. on Monday. At six o'clock, the ballot boxes that are on loan from Stephen Township will be carried by neutral persons to all homes in an attempt to get all eligible voters to cast their ballots. After completion of the voting trip, the ballot boxes will be taken back to the Huron Park Curling club where the counting will begin under the supervision of Frank Capstick, chairman of the temporary council. Capstick will be assisted by Trudy Kern, Bob Johnston, Harold Sissons, Don Mason and Chub Lenz, Several of these persons were also on the temporary council and Johnston Similar to most other newspapers in Canada, The Exeter Times- Advocate finds it necessary to increase subscription prices. While the increased cost of materials and labor is partially responsible for this move, the main reason is mailing costs. The mailing charges on some of our newspapers have gone up from 400 to 600 percent in the past month and the post office department plans further increases on October 1 of this year and again on April] of 1970. As readers will well realize, we find this tremendous increase just too great to absorb, and in fact we only hope that the next two increases will not be as great as the last and will not force increased subscription rates again. As of June 2, the annual subscription rate for the T-A will be increased to $6.00 per year in Canada, and $8.00 per year in the U. S.A. and other countries. All subscriptions renewed before June 2 will be charged at the present rates, but we regret we must limit subscribers to a one-year renewal at the present $5.00 rate. The newsstand price will remain at the present 15 cents per copy for the time being, although increased rates may be required here in view of the mailing costs in getting bundles to area dealers, as well as the increased costs of servicing these outlets. eaal, • :M.PA is a member of the new council by way of.. acclamation in Ward Ward 5 is the only subdivision that does not need an ,election, in fact Johnston was the only person nominated that agreed to accept the position. The second member for Ward 5 will be named by the new council at their first meeting on Thursday, May 29, All candidates will be allowed to accompany the ballot boxes on their trips around the park and may follow to the entrance to the curling club but will not be allowed to look in on the actual counting. Following is a list of the candidates that will be on the ballots for Monday's election at Huron Park: Ward 1— Mrs. Alice Beer, James Beer, Peter Catlass, P. Campbell, Rev. D, Ellyatt and J. D McCall.. Ward 2 — Pat Brabazon, J. Anderson, R. Carpenter, V. Under final arrangements made at a regular meeting of Grand Bend Council, Tuesday night, the summer resort will be getting brand new sidewalks throughout the village, Reversing an earlier decision, in connection with Main Street reconstruction, all sidewalks on both sides of the street from Highway 21 to the beach will be replaced with new concrete. On Highway 21 the original plans called for cement sidewalks only for part of the way at a cost of $8,219. The entire distance of 3,650 lineal feet of sidewalks on both sides of the street will now be constructed of asphalt Of a thickness of three inches at a total cost of $6,834.76. Tom Parker of Grand Bend was hired to cut the grass on all green areas owned by the village. Parker's tender, the lowest of two received calls for an hourly rate of $2,75 an hour, using his own equipment, After considerable discussion, the property committee was given the task to review the leasing of docking space along the river on property leased by the village from the Ontario Still no details regarding car Exeter OPP have been unable to uncover any information relating to a car found in Lake Huron a week ago, The :1963 light greet' Volkswagen was found abandoned in about a foot and a half of water at Drysdale. The license plates and serial numbers on the car had been obliterated. Constable W. G. Glassford is in charge of the investigation, recreation programs for the residents of Huron Park and to be the official negotiating body with Stephen Township council and ODC. Many activities planned b y the temporary council are already well underway, In addition to the projects mentioned in last week's T-A, F. Hunt has organized a model airplane club. Last Friday, more than 60 ladies of the park provided the goods for a successful bake sale that netted slightly over $50. A few nights earlier, close to 100 people attended a bingo that gained another $50 for Huron Park activities. The bingo was so successful that others are being planned, Monday evening, a crowd of more than 500 gathered at the parking lot across from J.A.D. McCurdy school to watch an exciting display of fireworks, Funds were gathered in a door-to-door canvass by a group of volunteers. One man was killed and seven other persons injured in holiday weekend accidents. Ronald J. "Ronnie" McKenzie, 33, of Exeter, formerly of Hensall was killed shortly after midnight Saturday when he was struck by a truck as he crossed Highway 4, south of Centralia. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Investigating officers of the Lucan Provincial Police detachment said he may have been crossing the highway in order to get a ride home by hitchhiking. McKenzie was hit by a north-bound pick-up truck driven by Brian Smillie, 20, RR 2 Hensall. The accident victim, a native of Hensall was a son of the fate Wfr. and Mrs. rtotThrt McKenzie and was working and living in Exeter at 94 Alexander Street. Two months to stop fires Exeter council learned Tuesday they will have to cease open burning of rubbish at their dump in Hay Township within two months. This information was contained in a letter from the department of health and there was no indication that council's request for a special permit to burn brush and crating would be approved. Members of council expressed displeasure over the department decision. Don MacGregor said the dump wasn't creating problems for anyone and Ross Taylor called the regulations "plain stupid". Indications are that all municipalities will receive the same directive. After some discussion, council decided to hold a meeting among neighboring townships and villages and have a department official present to help solve the problem of area dumps, if in fact rubbish can no longer be burned because of air pollution. MOHAWK COLLEGE GRAD—Richard Westcott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Westcott graduated with honors from the mechanical technology course at Mohawk College, Hamilton, and has accepted a position with the Steel Company of Canada, Hamilton, The accident was investigated by Constable W. J. Wicks of the Lucan detachment and no inquest is expected. The deceased's mother was killed in a similar accident while walking along the same highway in the village of Hensall on October 21, 1964. He is survived by three brothers, Glenn and Jack of Hensall and Ray of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. A public funeral service was conducted Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Robert Bisset of Avonton from the Bonthron Funeral Home in Hensel'. The pallbearers were Herb Little, Wes Sims, Frank Cooper, Otto Smale, John Elliott and George Smith. - FOUR INJURED The most serious of the accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment officers occurred on Saturday at 1:15 p,m. when a car operated by Matthew L. Ducharme, RR 2 Zurich, collided with a car operated by Harry Sing, London, on Highway 84 at concession 12-13 Hay. Mr. Sing suffered head lacerations and bruises and his son, John, sustained facial lacerations. Mr. Ducharme suffered neck injury while his son, Michael, sustained a rib injury. OPP Constable W. G. Glassford listed damage at $1,800. On Sunday at 9:50 a.m. cars driven by Darryl C. Wyatt, Exeter, and John Moddejonge, also of Exeter, collided near the intersection of Highway 4 and the Kirkton Road. Harold Moddejonge, 11, sustained a bump on the head and Vickie Wyatt, Frankford, injured her nose. Damage was listed at $1,000 by Constable D. A. Mason. The only other crash occurred on Monday at 7:00 p.m. on the Crediton Road at concession 2-3 Stephen, involving cars driven by Gary R. Leger, RR 1 Clandeboye, and Harry Siemon, London. Siemon injured his left arm in the crash. Constable Glassford estimated damage in the RYERSON GRAD—Kenneth J. Oke, RR 3 Exeter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Oke, has graduated from Ryerson Palytechnical Institute in Toronto following a course in civil technology. Mr. Oke was among 900 graduates at Spring Convocation. collision at $850. During the past week, the local detachment officers laid 11 charges under the Highway Traffic Act and warned another 31 drivers. RECENT GRAD—Linda Snider, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Snider, graduated from Mohawk College, Hamilton, last Friday. She was one of twenty-four to receive her diploma in Early Childhood Education. GRADUATE NURSE—Miss Terri Elizabeth Laughton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Van Laughton, Grand Bend, will graduate Friday from Montreal General Hospital School of Nursing. Miss Laughton is a graduate of Exeter Public School and Mount St. Joseph Academy. Fear pipeline detrimental The plan of the Union Gas Company to extend their main line north through Exeter to Hensall has created some concern to Exeter council and planning board. The Concern centres around the fact the line will extend north through Exeter along land adjacent to the CNR tracks and may hinder some types of development in this area. Council learned that a spur line from the CNR may be impossible if the gas line is installed in this area. A spur line, in many eases, would be a requirement of industry wishing to locate in the lands west of the tracks. It was decided to write the gas firm to get full details about the planned line and any problems it may present for land development. TRAVELLING NOMINATION MEETING—In an unique Manner, residents of Huron Park were able to make nominations for their upcoming council election in their own home, Above, a member of the temporary council Mrs. Michael Kern, left, is receiving a nomination return from Mrs, Dave Roger with daughter Lynn looking on, T-A photo. KINDERGARTEN YOUNGSTERS VISIT FIRE HALL A visit to the Huron Park fire hall and a chance to perch on the fire truck was an unexpected thrill for JAI) McCurdy school kindergarten students, Tuesday afternoon. Above, Huron Park fire chief Robbie Robichaud alldws Anna Marie Duffy, Kathy Hardy, Martin MeNeeny, Grant Clarkson, Teddy Anderson and Laura Overall to hop on the vehicle. At the right is teacher, Mrs. M. Bowen. T-A photo.