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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-07-02, Page 1YOUNGSTERS SWARM TO SWIMMING POOL - The recent warm weather along with the addition of a heater to the Exeter swimming pool has brought hundreds of district youngsters out for daily swims. Recreation director Alvin Willert reports more than 400 boys and girls have registered for regular swimming lessons. The above picture taken Tuesday afternoon shows the large number of youngsters taking advantage of the swimming privileges. T-A photo. COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF SERVICE — Legion officials joined with several veterans of the 161st battalion in planning Sunday's color dedicating service held in Exeter. Shown above chatting at the Legion after the service are, from the left, Cliffnrintnell, J,K. Cornish, R.E. Pool ey, Reg McDonald, George I ngles, Zone C service bureau officer and Sam 'Doug II. to photo, MORLEY KEN MARTHA LINDA PEGGY KATHY EAGLESON JONES GASCHO STADE PRYDE CANN Thirty battalion members see dedication of replicas Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 2, 1970 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Hensall girl top graduate; six of ers Ontario scholars Kathy Cann is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cann, Exeter and Peggy Pryde is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pryde, also of Exeter. Also achieving first class honors in grade 13 were Martha Kneale, Bernadette Farwell, Elizabeth Kennedy, Joanne Miller, Rebecca Taylor, Shirley Thiel and Cheryl Westcott. Competition for top students in other grades was also close with several champions repeating from last year. Heading the grade 12 students in the five-year course was Anne Herdman, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Squire Herdman, RR 1 Centralia. Finishing next in line were Donna Forrest, Ruth Snider and Julia Burgess. Others obtaining first class honors were: John Knight, Brian Miller, Bruce Simpson, Carol Gascho, Kathryn Hall, Anne Herdman, Ruth Snider, Brian Finkbeiner, David Hunter, Donald Jolly, Julie Burgess, Judy Kraft, Janice Morley, Steve Faber, Brad Pryde, Bill Dietrich, Allan MacLean, Burton Moon, Robert Read, Donna Lynn Forrest, Linda Hay, Joanne H odgert, Barbara Lamport, Pamela Sangster, Yvonne Jaques. Leading the grade 12 four-year arts and science course was Nancy Gifford. The top student in four-year grade 12 business and commerce was Yvonne Jaques who took the same award in grade 11, a year ago while Norman Neilands won the grade 12 technical award, also a repeat win from last year. In grade 11, Sally Verkerk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Verkerk, Crediton took top honors with Maryke De Mooy, Susan Tuckey and Martha Van Esbroeck following in that order. Brenda Koehler, Zurich took the grade 11 four-year Business and Commerce award while Grant Hodgert won grade 11 technical honors. Attaining first class honors in grade 11 were: Jo-Anne Gaiser, ANNE HERDMAN NANCY GIFFORD YVONNE JAQUES NORMAN NEILANDS SALLY VERKERK ' BRENDA GRANT SHERRY WENDY KOEHLER HODGERT TRAVERS GRASDAHL DENNIS HUTTON JEFF' REABURN DARLENE EDWARD D U CI IA RM E FA RWELL Attach no blame in drownings would like top swimming and he consented to take them, On the way to the beach, he ,asked if any of the girls could, swim and was. Advised . by Kathy Ryan she had her junior Red ,Cross badge, although she didn't have a swim suit. Upon their arrival at the beach, McCauley said he advised the girls to swim in the area where sand had been placed in the water and said that the depth in this area was about three and. a half to four feet deep. He pointed out a fence post in the water marking the limit of the swimming area and Advised the girls it was very deep (about 10 to 15 feet) beyond the post. — Please turn to page 3 ACCEPTS TEACHING POST Barbara Elliott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Elliott, Exeter, and a graduate from London Teachers' College has accepted a position with the Kirkland Lake Board of Education where she will teach art. EMPLOYED IN LONDON Jim Parsons, a former student of South Huron District High School graduated recently from Fanshawe College in Retail Marketing, and is employed at Towers of London. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Parsons, Exeter. a, GUELPH GRADUATE Joan Dalwood, a former student of South Huron District High School graduated recently from the Guelph General Hospital School of Nursing. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dalwood, Woodstock. Miss Dalwood won the Bedside Nursing Award. She will attend the University of Waterloo this September. Dashwood gals pedal 30 miles Five Dashwood girls, inspired by Brother Bob Mittleholtz's talk to the Dash wood Women's Institute on his work in India, held a bike-a-thon, June 30 to Seaforth and back. They covered a distance of 50 miles and raised $250.00 to sponsor a child in India. The girls, all members of the 4-H Club, were Marjorie Schenk, Doris Webb, Janice Hayter, Susan Grigg and Adrienne Van Raay. 'Bad news' for drinking drivers About a dozen area drivers 'received some "bad news" last week. N., It came in the form of a ruling by the Supreme Court that Canada's , breath analysis law is valid. It over-ruled a decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court that the law was void because /net had acted beyond .,.) powers in not `P4 proclaiming a section of the bill. The dozen area drivers referred to are those who have been charged with impaired driving with an alcohol level over .08 percent, Those charged will appear in court to face the charge in the upcoming sessions in Exeter. Although the police continued to take breathalizer tests during the period before the Supreme Court settled the issue, none of thins° charged had had a case heard in court. The inquest was presided over by Dr. Fred Boyce, Parkhill, and Was held to determine the cause of death of the two SHDHS teenagers who drowned while on an outdoor educational trip to Parkhill on May 14. The jury made only one recommendation; that being that the matter be turned over to the proper authorities to establish adequate regulations regarding water safety in connection with such educational outings. The jury listened to over four hours of testimony from 10 witnesses, including the three classmates of the two girls who were with them when the drownings occurred. SHDHS teacher David McClure explained that he accompanied the 29 students to the educational facilities at the Parkhill dam, and when asked if swimming had been a planned part of the program, he indicated that a sheet of needs sent home with the students prior to the outing listed swimming attire as one of the items required. However, he said a discussion had taken place among the teachers involved in the program and there was not complete agreement as to whether swimming should be a part of it. He said in his opinion, swimming could be part of such a program if the water and weather Safety equipment destroyed again "The big problem we have is vandalism." Those were the comments ma de by Ausable River Conservation Authority chairman Bill Amos when he testified before an inquest jury in Parkhill last week. The inquest was into the drowning deaths of two SHDHS girls and he told the jury that last year signs warning of deep water near the beach area had to be replaced on three occasions and the lines holding the buoys at the swim area were cut at least twice. The problem, unfortunately, is causing concern among ARCA officials again this year. Over the past weekend, vandals at the Parkhill dam again destroyed the warning signs and two life saving rings placed at the beach area. Mrs. Lila Hume, secretary-treasurer of the ARCA, also reported damage at another of the Authority parks on the weekend too. Grand Bend village council learned very little concerning the controversial matter of who owns what property along the beach. At Monday's meeting of council a map was received from the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests showing the amount of land that is governed by the village under their licence of occupation from the Department. Reeve Orval Wassmann said this was exactly the same as information he had received earlier showing the licence covers five hundred feet from the high water mark. Village solicitor John Gillies is being asked to check further into this matter. Several Grand Bend owners have deeds to their property covering the same area listed on the Department of Lands and Forests licence of occupation. The matter again came up later in the meeting when a representative of Monetta Menard's Tavern asked for some consideration regarding parking for patrons in front of the property in question, on the east side of the road leading to the pier. Greg Lambert of the hotel firm said customers were lost over the weekend because parking in front of the building was filled. One neighbouring property, Bonnie Doon has built a fence allowing patrons to park. A taxi licence was granted to Harry Webber to operate a taxi in Grand Bend for at least the summer months. Mr. Webber, who is a chef at one of the hotels in the village has five years of experience in taxi were warm enough and qualified people such as strong swimmers and life savers — were available. McClure told the jury that some members of the class which had beer' at the dam prior to the one in which the girls were members, had gone swirnmi ng. He said he was returning to camp around 5:00 p.m. when Terry McCauley, co-ordinator of the program, drove up with the five girls and reported they were going to the beach for a swim. The beach area was located about a mile and a half from the campsite. McClure was reading a newspaper when McCauley returned to the house and reported that two of the girls were drowning, He and three boys accompanied McCauley back to the beach where two of the boys immediately started to dive in the area where the girls had last been seen. The water was "completely still" when the group arrived he reported. When asked about the program, McClure said he thought it was a "very good program", especially from an academic standpoint. He said he hadn't thought too much about the students going swimming, because the weather was so cool. He said that air temperature readings recorded as part of the program showed them to be about 59 degrees and the water was 60 degrees. He said he would continue such a program and advised that the program did in fact continue the following week. Several students spoke to teachers at the school after the tragedy and asked that it be continued. McCauley, called as the next witness, reported to the jury he was hired on a temporary basis by the school to co-ordinate the program due to his familiarity with such programs and his training. He said he was "very familiar" with the area in which the instruction was taking place because he had been employed by the Ausable River Conservation Authority when the dam was being planned. He said he was familiar with the beach area also. McCauley recalled that the students in his group had been working very hard walking up and down several steep hills in the dam area on the afternoon of the tragedy and many were perspiring heavily. The five girls indicated they driving in Toronto and has a good record in that city. The taxi operator explained his proposed rates to council. While the minimum rate within the village limits for four passengers is 50 cents, he will be allowed to charge up to one dollar depending on the flow of traffic. He explained to council that during peak traffic periods it could take as much as ten minutes to go a couple of blocks along main street. An additional charge of 25 cents for each golf bag and cart will be made as well as 15 cents for each piece of luggage that must be handled by the driver. Shopping bags will be charged at 10 cents each up to a maximum of 40 cents. The village solicitor is being asked to make amendments to the village trailer bylaw. Under the present bylaw a trailer may be parked on private property up to thirty days without a licence. Parking on the beach area or streets is now prohibited during the night and early morning hours. Post office hit by strike again For the second time in the past month, the Exeter post office has been hit by a one-day strike of postal employees. Along with employees at most other post offices in Western Ontario, the local union members did not work on Monday. Union officials announced last week they would intensify their work stoppages. ELIZABETH COOK About 30 of the original members of Huron County's 161st Battalion participated in a nostalgic and impressive ceremony Sunday afternoon at Trivitt Memorial Church when replicas of the Battalion Colors were presented by former lieutenant Charles Hall and received and dedicated by former flight lieutenant, the Rev. George Anderson and Major George Youmatoff C.D., Chaplain, C.F.B., Clinton. It was the re-enacting of a ceremony that took place May 24, 1920 when the original colors were left in the safe keeping of the same church. After knocking on the church door three times the color sergeant, Gerald Campbell, and color bearers Garnet Shipman and Gerald Lawson, escorted by Wilber Edwards and Walter Romaniuk carried the replicas to the chancel where the chaplains placed them on the altar. J. K. Cornish, of Clinton recalled the impressive history of the Battalion and its records of valor while in battle. The men were split up to re-enforce other battalions and divisions and took part in such famous World War I battles as Arras, Amiens, Cambria, A Hensall girl, Elizabeth Cook continued her winning ways at South Huron District High School by gaining the top marks of all grade 13 students this year. Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Cook won similar honors in grades eleven and twelve and compiled an 87 percent average to take the Exeter. Lions club award. She was one of seven Ontario scholars at the local secondary school. Martha Gascho of Zurich was second in the grade 13 class while Ken Jones, RR 2 Hensall finished in third spot. The top three students were named Ontario scholars along with Morley Eagleson, Kathy Cann, Peggy Pryde and Linda Stade. Elizabeth Cook was top Paschendale, Vimy Ridge and many others. Six officers and 111 non-commissioned officers and men were killed in action while several more died from wounds in France and England. Four officers were awarded the Military Cross; four non-commissioned officers and men won the Distinguished Conduct Medal; 18 were awarded the Military Medal and two won the Military Medal and bar. Corporal Harry G. B. Miner Report two hit and runs Two of the five accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment officers this week were hit and run incidents, while the other three involved only one vehicle. The first hit and run was reported in Dashwood Wednesday when a parked car owned by Florence S. Wein, RR 2, Dashwood, was struck by an unknown vehicle. Constable D.A. Mason listed damage at $20. He also investigated the other hit and run, it occurring in Dashwood on Saturday night in the parking lot at the community centre. A parked car owned by Earl H. Reichert, RR 1, Zurich, sustained damage of $100 in the mishap. Most serious accident of the week occurred on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. when a pickup truck operated by Marcel Richer, RR 3, Ailsa Craig, collided with a bridge and tree on No. 20 sideroad west of Exeter. Constable F,L. Giffin listed damage at $1,000. In another crash on Saturday, a ear operated by James A. Sweitzer, Grand Bend, went out of control on Highway 84 as the result of a tire blow-out and went into the ditch. Damage to the car was set at $500 by Constable R.T. Whiteford. The other accident of the week happened on. Sunday at 11:30 a.m. involving a vehicle driven by Raymond Edward Kading, RR 2, Grand Bend. Kading had been eastbound oh * Please turn to page 3 student in four subjects, English, History, French and Spanish. Morley Eagleson was tops in Math B and Physics while Ken Jones was best in Math A and over-all Mathematics. Ross Huff was best in Geography, Martha Gascho headed the Latin class, John Godbolt led the Biology class and Peggy Pryde was best in Chemistry. Martha Gascho is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gascho, Zurich; Ken Jones is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones, RR 2 Hensall; Linda Stade is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stade, Zurich and Morley Eagleson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Eagleson, RR 3, Parkhill. was awarded the Victoria Cross and the Croix de Guerre. Two officers survive, former lieutenants W. O'Neil of Halifax and Charles Hall of St. Marys. The latter took the salute during the parade after the service. The original colors had been purchased and presented to the battalion by young Exeter ladies of the Soldiers' Aid Society. Four of them were present at Sunday's service, Mrs. Etta May Young, Miss Stella Southcott, Mrs. Valeria Armstrong and Mrs. Sweetma n. To preserve the originals they have been placed in frames and hung on the walls of the church. Chaplain Youmatoff, who preached the sermon, said, "This is the best gathering of World War Veterans I've seen in my entire military career." He stated while the men who lost their lives in battle should not be forgotten we must remember the others who fought just as hard, were just as afraid, and came back to do 'a job of work.' He said, "Many of you are still doing your own thing—may God grant you many more years, and the rest of us the wisdom and grace to follow in our forefather's footsteps." He told the veterans, "You laid the foundations — we must build on them — a new country, and a new world — none of us are too young or too old to do this. The chaplain said many people look with horror on today's young people. "Don't", he said emphatically. — Please turn to page 3 Looks young for his age! The 'distinction of being the area's "best preserved" resident probably goes to Reg McDonald this week and he'll probably be hounded for his secret to youthful appearance. In TV coverage of the dedication of the replicas of the 181st Battalion colors, the local veteran was announced to'viewers as the only survivingofficer of the Battalion. Actually, he was chairman of the event and while he is a veteran, he served during World War II and not In World War I with the 161st. An inquest jury concluded Wednesday that Geraldine .Moddejonge, Exeter, and Janet Guenther, Shipka, met their deaths through accidental drowning. No blame was attached to anyone involved in the tragedy, GB still uncertain about ownership of beach area Roberta Neil, Elizabeth Troyer, Martha Van Esbroeck, Susan Wooden, Robert Green, Sandra Baker, Ruth Thompson, Sally Verkerk, Maryke De Mooy, Joe Reaburn, Muriel Abbott, D'Arcine McCart, Thelma Ramer, Susan Tuckey, Donald Jones, Stan Rawlings, Marlene Stewart, Susan Davey, Brenda Koehler. Sherry Travers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Travers, Hensall headed the grade 10 five-year course with John Blackwell, RR 2 Hensall second followed by Gerard Dietrich and Richard Ottewell. Wendy Grasdahl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Grasdahl, Crediton headed the grade 10 commercial class followed by Joan Finkbeiner, Elsie Toornstra and Karen Kerslake. Heading the grade 10 technical course was Dennis Hutton. First class honors in grade 10 went to: Douglas Penhale, Deborah Crown, Girard Dietrich, Charles Ford, Ian Johnston, Richard Ottewell, Larry Shapton, Larry Ferguson, David Mohr, Donald Noakes, John Noakes, John Blackwell, Jamie Kneale, Darlene Rader, Wayne Corbett, Joan Allen, Christine Cann, Carmen Currie, Christine Haberer, Catherine Holtzmann, Marjorie Schenk, Sherrie Travers, Nancy Alexander, Ginger Love, Alma Oud, Louise Panet, Sheila Sangster, Adrienne Van Raay, Olga Zemitis, Wendy Grasdahl, Joan Finkbeiner, Elsie Toornstra, Sharon Willert, Dennis Hutton. Jeffrey Reaburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reaburn, Hensall was the top student in the grade nine five-year course followed by Pamela Mickle, Catherine Pratt and Elizabeth Jolly. Topping the four-year course in grade nine were Darlene Ducharme and Edward Farwell. Obtaining first class honors in grade nine were: Donald Ayotte, Gary Hnat, Henry J. Martens, Darrell Finkbeiner, Allan Hearn, Ken McLennan, Beverley Finnen, Marikay Hodgins, Matilda Kester, Nancy Shantz, Robert Heywood, James Kennedy, Henry M. Martens, John Verkerk, Gordon Ward, Debbie Higgins, Elizabeth Jolly, John Deichert, Michael Miller, Jeffrey Reaburn, Jill Drysdale, Patricia Faber, Catherine Knight, Pamela Mickle, Brenda Taylor, Julie Taylor, David Graham, Judith Miller, Hilda Van Veen, Catherine Pratt, Penny MacDonald, Kathy Dewar, Darlene Ducharme, Edward Farwell. — Please turn to page 3 f