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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-12-11, Page 1TOP 4-H MEMBER IN HURON COUNTY—The honor of being the best all-round 4-Fl member in Huron County for the year 1969 went to David Marshall of Kirkton. David is shown above receiving the Robert McKinley Citizenship trophy from the Huron MP. COMPARING AWARDS, NOT CHECKING THE TIME—At Friday's Huron County 4-H Achievement program at Seaforth, Marlene Stewart won a wrist watch from Anstett Jewellers in Clinton for the highest score in 4-I-I beef clubs. The watch was presented by Huron-Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt, who won the same award in 1955. They are shown above comparing their prizes. T-A photo. Shut-ins, home patients to get sunshine treats • 4 t LOTS OF CANDIDATES FOR CENTRE ICE—Positions ate wide open for alt spots on the South Huron District High School girls hockey team, More than twenty candidates have been out to practice and more will be welcomed. Shown above ready to battle for ,the puck being dropped by teacher Miss Heather Hartford are Nathalie Scott, Ann Hall, Kathy Grenier, Linda Dietrich, Susan Luther and Carol Grolier. HIRE ADMINISTRATOR FOR REST HOME — The Board of Managment of the Blue Water Rest Home at Zurich, Saturday morning appointed an administrator to succeed Lance Reed, who resigned a few months ago. Taking over on January 1 will be Joseph Risi who is shown above with his wife and Rest Home Board of Management, Ivan Kalbfleisch, Menno Steckle, Orval Wassmann, Dr. Charles Wallace, chairman and Gerald Gingerich. T-A photo. Claims 'discrimination responsible for defeat INSTRUCTIONS IN DELIVERING A ROCK—Youngsters at South Huron District High School are again participating in intra-mural curling. Above, a member of the staff Ted Davies is showing John Dobbs the proper delivering stance while Burton Moon, Corriene Anderson and Bob Read look on. T-A photo. "Wm*,=:-1.7",T• oyo Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 11, 1969 Price Per Copy 15 Cents JUNIOR CHOIR PRACTICING FOR CHRNITIWAS PAGEANT—Members of a junior choir are practicing several times a week for a Christmas Pageant to be held at Exeter United Church on December 21, Shown above are, back, left, Margaret Parsons, Gayle Eckel', Kathy Ecker, Shelly Baker and Bob Iluffman, front, Kim McCaffrey, Doug ticker, David Read and Steven Read, T-A phoio. The League of Mercy of the Salvation Army, will provide A sunshine bags to the patients of five institutions in this district, Saturday. Mrs. Brig. Rawlings will assist Mrs. Eric Luther, Hensall in the project. Mrs. Luther, a member of the Salvation Army, regularly visits Braemor Manor, South Huron • Hospital, Davis Nursing Home, Queensway Nursing Home and the Blue Water Rest Home. About eight members of the London Citadel Band will accompany the ladies and play Christmas carols for the patients. The Huronia Men's Chorus, under the direction of Mrs. R.J. McCaffrey, will perform at their first concert since they remits tered, next Wednesday night at Trivitt Memorial Church. RAP sets new rates; ask gate s lit tables suggesting that groups of Pooley was not in favor of 50 and more pay $5; $a. for asking for "donation '% He said groups from 25 to 50 and $1.00 the rates should be set AS for those from 10 to 25. definite charges. He said this WAS the policy in most parks. Six more win in prize draw The third draw in the Exeter Board of Trade Pic-A-Prize was conducted this week. Six more winning tickets were pulled out by Cpl. Harry Van Bergen of the local police department. Winners included: Miss 0. Parsons, Exeter; Belva Rowe, Woodham; George Shaw, Hay P.O.; Irene Foster, Exeter; Hubert Heywood, RR 3, Exeter; Mrs. Alvin Rader, Exeter.. There are still two draws remaining and there will be seven names drawn Monday. The chorus with Mrs. F. Wildfong as their accompanist has been practicing since September. They will present a concert of lesser known Christmas music, interspersed with scripture reading by the — Please turn to page 3 Clerk appointed at Grand Bend Ivan Luther, chairman of the finance committee of Grand Bend Village council made the announcement late last week that Lorne R. Clemas of London had been named clerk-treasurer of the village. Clemas will take over his new position on January 1, replacing the present clerk, Murray A. Des Jardins, who resigned earlier in the summer citing lack of co-operation as reason for quitting. The new Grand Bend clerk has been employed for the past four years with Haskett Motors in St. Thorhas in complete charge of book-keeping. A native of London, he received his education at Riverview Public School and H.B. Beal High School and spent one semester on credits and collections at Wayne State University in Michigan. Mr. Clemas, his wife Jean and son Robert Lorne expect to make a permanent move to Grand Bend in the spring. They . have owned the property at 38 Huron Street, Grand Bend since 1.962. Exeter's RAP committee set up new rental rates for the arena, parks and fairground facilities this week, but left the rental fee of ice time unchanged. Main reason is the fact the local ice house is starting to deteriorate, and in comparison to other arenas in the area, just doesn't provide the facilities today's hockey players want. "We just don't have the facilities to charge more for ice time," stated Jim Newby, chairman of the committee which brought in the new rate structures. Arena manager Alvin Willert heartily agreed, noting that teams from London will pay as much as $5 per hour more than Exeter's $10 rate just to have better facilities. He said they would rather go to St. Thomas or other arenas and this year he has had no London teams return after making one visit. The meeting started out with a discussion regarding the arena and Willert told RAP members that a new floor would be required under the office section. He said it was sinking badly and it was now almost impossible to close the door. Willert recommended that no further major expenditures be made on the budding, stating this would only be a case of throwing good money after bad. Reeve Derry Boyle noted that Goderich planned a $100,000 renovation to their arena, which was built several years after the local one. "We have had good service from our arena," he said. Main complaint about the local arena is the fact there are poor dressing room facilities and the ice surface is small in comparison to most. HIT RODEO The group which will notice the greatest effect from the new rate structure will be the Mid-Western Ontario Rodeo committee. Their new fee will be $100 per day for use of the arena, grandstand and grounds, but in addition RAP will get five percent of the gross receipts. The $100 per day fee has been in existence, but the percentage of receipts is a new twist. .It resulted in some lengthy discussion and a warning by RAP chairman Gord Baynham, a member of the rodeo group, that RAP would be asked to pay for more facilities at the grounds in the future. Until this year, the rodeo committee has provided most of their own facilities, including the rodeo ring and portable bleachers. Any profits from the rodeo have been turned back PROMOTED A former district resident Lilla Heywood was recently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. She is with the American Nursing corp of the United States army and is presently stationed at Washington, D.C. Lt.-Col. Heywood attended Winchelsea public school and Exeter High School. Her parents were the former Mr. & Mrs. John W. Heywood of Elimville. into capital expenditures at the groends. This year's total receipts were listed at approximately $15,000 and Baynham suggested that if RAP had taken the $750 (as the five percent) the rodeo group would have been in the red. Reeve Boyle agreed RAP would have to spend money on capital expenditures but suggested that it was not a good policy to have various groups putting their pwn equipment on the grounds. He said he was quite prepared to adopt the committee's recommendation for the five percent of gross receipts. The Exeter Agricultural In a letter to this newspaper this week, Minnie Noakes suggests that the main reason for her defeat in a comeback try for the reeve's position in Hensall was due to discrimination — discrimination against women. Her remarks were as follows: Dear Sir: I should like to convey my belated thanks to the people in Hensall who voted for me in the recent election and who had enough confidence in my intelligence to support me. I promise you, I shall try again. I have learned that my defeat cannot be entirely attributed to anything personal against me, but is largely a clear case of discrimination against women. It seems that a cross section of the public has been badly misinformed about County Council and I quote the reason "county Council is no place for a woman because all that goes on up there is drinking and telling dirty stories", end quote. Such a fallacy is beyond comprehension! Anyone who has served on 'Christmas' year round Similar to all Middlesex County school children, those attending Ailsa Craig School are looking forward to Merry Christmas and all Its joys but after January 1 they will have Christmas with them all year long. Only it will be Mary Christmas, a teacher whose appointment to the Ailsa Craig position was approved by the board at its December meeting. Mrs. ChristmaS cornea to Middlesex from Brant Counts Extend services at post office With Christmas only two weeks away Exeter post master Harvey C. Pfaff has announced the deadlines for mailing and extension of some services during the holidays. The last date for out of tovvri points in Canada is December 13 with December 17 listed as the last day for local Tletiveries. For the next two Saturdays before ChristmaS, December 13 and 20 full wicket services will be open at the local post office from 8.30 a.m. to 5,45 p.m. County Council will tell you that the sessions are conducted with dignity and respect for the position of the representatives. I was at all times treated with more respect at the County level than at the municipal level. More important, I was regarded as an equal by the rest of the members. Pitchers of water and drinking glasses are APPOINTED CLERK AT GRAND BEND — Grand Bend council late last week announced the appointment of Lorne R. Clemas of London as clerk-treasurer of the village. Mr. Clemas, a G rand Bend property owner for many years begins his new position on January 1. Using bridges said dangerous The controversy over the bridges in the flats between the bridge and the dam opened up again this week. Members of RAP, who in the past had recommended that the bridges be left in all winter, expressed concern this week over the fact they were dangerous for children to use. It WAS reported one youngster had already got trapped on the island after crossing a bridge and had to be rescued because he had been frightened. He was in no apparent danger. However, it was noted that if the bridges become covered with show and ice they will be hazardous especially at high water periods. RAP members recommended that fencing be placed across the bridges to prevent children from using them, Rates for the use of the arena facilities were also set, Teen Town's rental for dances will be jumped from $5 to $15 and any event outside RAP's jurisdiction will pay $25 and five percent of gross receipts for the gym and $50 and the five percent of receipts for the ice surface. SEEK DONATIONS No specific charges will be made for the use of Riven/low Park, but RAP hope to boost their revenue from picnics by suggesting a minimum donation from various groups. Cards will be placed on the placed for the members' convenience at the back of the Council chambers. At times some of the members indulge in bits of humour and wit which helps to make the business at hand less boring. What each member does in his own free time, I would not know nor is it my business to know. I only know that County Council to me is a wonderful opportunity to serve the people and in the process, to better educate oneself in a higher form of government. It is high time many people abandoned their "back-woods" way of thinking and realize that in many places, women are equal to and often better than men. My prime objective has been and will be to serve the community to the best of my ability with no thought of personal glory whatever. If people do not stop discriminating against women and begin accepting our ideas for better communities, municipal, county and at all levels of government, we will regress instead of progress. I will continue to fight for the rights of women — to be equal. Respectfully, Minnie Noakes + 6 6 6 • • Society will continue to be charged $100 per day for use of the facilities for the local fair without a percentage of receipts, It was suggested this was unfair, but members noted that the grants received through the fair board had provided most .of the facilities in the first place. The pony club and saddle club will be charged $25 per day, but again RAP will not ask for a split of receipts, Newby explained these events were in the class of hobbies. The ball diamond will be rented at $5 per game plus five percent of gross receipts and snowmobile races will pay the same rate. Willert told RAP that most people at picnics didn't stop to RAP member Bob Pooley realize the costs involved in said Monday that even this maintaining the park. He said ilgure, may be low, suggesting this was particularly true of that not all park expenses were older people, most of whom shown as such. think 50 cents to $1,00 is "If the ratepayers knew the enough rental fee. actual cost of Upkeep of the "I think people will be fair park they'd suggest $25 for about paying what is suggested," picnics," he added. Tom MacMillan predicted. Last year there were some .80 picnics at the park, but revenue Boyle argued that the WAS just over $1oo. in donations. committee's donation scheme Expenses at the park have been should be given a one-year trial. estimated at over $6,000 by Clerk Eric .Carscarlden. Drivers commended on safe driving habits "We should have Safe Driving Week every week," stated OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell as he congratulated area drivers for their splendid record during the annual promotion to cut down on accidents. Safe Driving Week concluded Sunday and during that time there was only one accident. It occurred just a few hours before the special week concluded — at 4:45 p.m., Sunday. Elmer Lorne Desch, Zurich, was proceeding south on County Road 2 near Zurich when his car went off the west side and struck a hydro pole. Constable E. C. Wilcox estimated damage to the car at $200. During the past week, the local detachment officers charged three drivers under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 30 drivers. One snowmobile operator was charged for operating his machine on a highway and also for driving without a licence. Exeter Police Chief Ted Day also commended local motorists for their fine efforts in observing safe driving week. Day said it was a pleasure to announce that only two very minor accidents had been investigated by his department during the seven-day period. At the same time, Day is asking for public assistance in locating a stolen motor vehicle. Anyone seeing a 1963 light green Pontiac with 1969 Licence 88-292 are asked to call the local police department at 235-1235. The missing vehicle was taken from the used car lot at Mathers Brothers Garage early in December. GIRL FINED An Exeter girl was fined $60 or six days in jail in Provincial Judges Court in Goderich, Monday morning. Judith Borscht, 55 Simcoe Street who pleaded guilty to a charge of supplying liquor to a minor was arrested in Exeter Friday by the Exeter town police.