HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-12-10, Page 1Voters pick two new reeves;
newcomers tops in four polls
defeating a member of council
Albert Armstrong by 380481..
In Stanley township 'SteeWe
gained 423 votes while Calvin
Horton and Thomas Consitt
trailed with 399 and 308 votes,
respectively, Failing to gain
re-election- was John ScOtehtner
at 276.
Tuckersinith township
council for the next. term will
consist of Ervin Sillery, -Cleave
Coombs and Lambert
Brentlerhorst. Failing to be
elected at Monday's election was
Mrs. Ann James,
The two incumbent members
on the .Huron County Board of
Education for Seaforth,
Bayfie.14, Stanley and.
Tuekersmi th were re-eleetedaJohn
Broadfoot and Mrs. Marilyn
Kunder polled 967 and 881
votes to 'retain their seats while
Morgan Smith the third
candidate was named on 705
ballots.
Treffley (Ted) Geoffrey was
re-elected to the Combines
Huron-Perth Separate school
board edging challenger
Raymond Hartman 185-127.
SHIRLEY SYLVESTER MLIRRAY BAKER CLIFF AlgiOTT •
newcomers top Grand Bend, Hensel', Lucan polls
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Helped get cattle out
— dog dies in flames EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 10, 1970 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
Driver in Zurich accident
pays $300, loses licence
Severe lightning during a rare
December thunderstorm was
responsible for a fire that
completely destroyed a large
barn on the farm of Wilfred
Hunkin in Usborne township
early Thursday evening.
Lost in the blaze were three
40.
head of cattle, 60 tons of grain,
9,000 bales of hay and a
snowmobile, along with the
family dog.
The 10-year-old dog bad been
very instrumental in assisting the
Hunkin family in removing 90
head of cattle.
The house on the farm which
is located a half-mile north of
No. 83 highway and five miles
east of Exeter was threatened by
that the Hensall man was driving
at a speed of 80 m.p.h. or more,
Harburn was fined $250 on
the careless driving charge and
$50 for having liquor in a place
other than his residence.
The court learned that skid
marks indicated the Harburn
vehicle was on the wrong side of
the road and Mr. Laughton
reported on statements made by
several witnesses, one stating
First election
in 32 years
flames from the barn. A heavy
downpour of rain during the
storm was responsible for saving
the house.
The Exeter fire department
was called and concentrated on
saving the house and a nearby
shed.
Neighbours and many helpers
were ready to move furniture
and clothes had been brought
downstairs ready for evacuation.
Loss is estimated in excess
of $30,000 and was covered by
insurance.
The cattle that were safely
removed from the blazing barn
were shipped to market Friday
morning.
Mr. Hunkin has indicated he
will rebuild.
Set new hours
for mail service
Post Master Harvey C. Pfaff
announced the schedule this
week that will be in effect for
the Exeter Post Office during
the upcoming holidays.
Wicket service will be open
Saturday December 12 and 19
and Monday, December 28 from
8:30 until 12:30 p.m.
The wickets will be closed
December 25 and 26 and
January 1. Rural mail delivery
will also be cancelled on the
same days that the post office is
closed.
The final date for mailing of
local Christmas cards has been
set at December 17. Post Office
officials ask that cards be sorted
at home into bundles for local
delivery and also for outside of
the area.
Large red containers are
located in the lobby of the post
office for easy reception of
Christmas cards. One box is for
local cards and the second
container is for out-of-town
delivery.
More Suspensions
Larry Douglas Hockey,
Exeter, also had his licence
suspended in court, Tuesday.
He pleaded guilty to driving
while he had an alcohol reading
over 80 mgs. He was fined $150
and his suspension will be six
months.
Hockey was charged after he
was involved in an accident at a
bridge site on November 14. A
breathalizer test at Goderich
indicated a reading of 180 mgs.
George L. Bieber, Huron
Park, who pleaded guilty to
driving while his licence was
already under suspension, was
given an additional suspension of
six months and a fine of $150.
He had been driving a motor
bike on July 3 in Huron Park
and OPP Constable Bill
Glassford told the court it was
being driven at a high rate of
speed on lawns and driveways.
Bieber was charged after he
pulled out onto Algonquin Drive
to make a turn.
Judge Hays told the accused
the infraction could have
resulted in a jail term, but he
decided against this in view of
the short distance the bike was
driven on the street.
The Judge again indicated to
area youths that if they have
money to buy liquor they
should have money to pay fines.
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There has been little activity
in the Police Village of Crediton
as far as municipal politics are
concerned but ratepayers did get
a chance to exercise their
franchise, Monday.
A total of 124 Crediton
ratepayers went to the polls for
the first time in 38 years and
were confronted with five names
with three trustees to be elected.
Gordon Slaght, in his first
attempt in the municipal field
headed the polls with 97 votes.
Completing the slate with 90
and 73 votes, respectively were
Alfred Smith and Fred Sims.
Sims was the only member of
the present trustee board that
tried for re-election. Completing
the field of candidates were
Norman Eveland and William
Averill.
A Hensel! man was fined a
total of $300 and had his
driver's licence suspended for 18
months when he appeared in
Exeter court, Tuesday, to face
charges arising out of an
accident in Zurich on September
12.
Glen F. Harburn, 23, pleaded
guilty to charges of careless
driving and having liquor in a
place other than his residence.
Judge Glenn Hays was told
by acting Crown Attorney Van
Laughton that Harburn was
proceeding east through Zurich
when he collided with a pickup
truck driven by Mrs. Isabel
Gascho at the main intersection
in the village.
The Gascho truck was
northbound.
After the impact, the
Harburn car careened into the
window of the Zurich Pro
Hardware store, while the
Gascho vehicle was pushed 67
feet by the impact.
Both vehicles were
extensively damaged and Mrs.
Gascho sustained serious injuries
including a broken right leg,
broken right arm, concussion
and chest injuries. She is still in
hospital.
Her 15-year-old daughter,
Maura, suffered a head injury.
GETS CANNERS AWARD — David Marshall of Kirkton gained the
highest score in this year's Exeter sweet corn club. He received the
Canadian Canners trophy from Exeter manager Jack Urquhart at
Friday's 4-H achievement night in Seaforth. T-A photo.
engulfed in flames as the gas
tank burst.
Paquette was pulled from the
burning vehicle by firemen Bill
Milian and Lloyd Hodgins and
rushed to London hospital.
The other two were
pronounced dead at the scene by
Dr. Frank Mills, Goderich.
The death toll from the fiery
crash north of Exeter on
Sunday, November 28 climbed
to three this week when.
Telesford Paquette, 20, died in
St. Joseph's Hospital, Londod.'
Paquette, who suffered severe
burns to a large portion of his
body, died Tuesday at hospital.
He was a native of North Bay
and had been residing in
Kitchener, as had the other two
victims of the crash, Allen
Thompson and James Masse.
The three men were
proceeding south on Highway 4
around 4:30 p.m. when their car
went out of control and shot
backwards into a tree on the east
side of the highway about two
miles north of Exeter.
The car was completely Huron MPP
not retiring
T-A photo
LARGE CROWD AT PARADE — Saturday's Santa Claus parade drew one of the largest crowds ever to
throng Exe ter's Main Street. A part of the large crowd is shown during a lull in the parade.
Pick six more
contest winners
Six more winners have been
named in the Exeter Board of
Trade Pic-A-Prize contest.
There are still 12 winners to
be declared with draws
scheduled for December 14 and
21.
This week's winners were as
follows:
Ethel Bruce, Exeter; Harold
Finlay, Zurich; Mrs. Tom
Penhale, Exeter; Tom Brew,
Exeter; Mrs. P. Toornstra,
Hensall; and Gordon Hamilton,
Exeter.
To be eligible for prizes,
coupons must be placed in stores
each week.
May be year before construction
First-time success, a winner
on the second try and a third
unsuccessful attempt featured
t l e numerous municipal
elections held throughout the
district, Monday.
Newcomers to the municipal
field led the polls in three
villages, Murray Baker headed
the four-Man council election in
Hensel!, Mrs, Shirley Sylvester
Was tops in the Grand Bend
vote, Cliff Abbott headed the
polls in a Lucan council election
and Paul Steckle was at the top
of the Stanley poll,
At Grand Bend John J. Payne
Sr. took over the Reeve's
position by edging incumbent
Orval J, Wassmann 177167.
This was a reversal of the 1968
election when Wassmann
downed Payne 225-129.
Mrs. Minnie Noakes was
foiled in her third attempt to
regain the post of Reeve in
Hensel], a position she held for
three years previously.
John Baker, a member of
council for twelve years defeated
Mrs. Noakes 274-124 in
Monday's election.
Grand Bends vote for Reeve
was a three-man battle with
Howard Green, an eight-year
veteran of council placing
behind Payne and Wassmann with
124 votes.
While Mrs. Sylvester led the
Grand Bend council parade with
311 votes, former clerk Murray
A. DesJardins was close behind
with 290 votes.
Completing the four council
seats were incumbents David
Jackson and Ivan Luther with
259 and 255 votes, respectively.
Failing to make the grade were
present council member Ian
Coles and newcomer Bill
Cochrane. Cochrane claimed 205
votes while Coles was named on
147 ballots.
Lawrence Mason and Prosper
Vanbruaene were named to the
Grand Bend Public Utilities
Commission with 247 and 224
votes, repsentively. Following in
also-ran positions were Roland
Grenier 141, Bill Baird 113 and
Jack Mennen 90.
The 288 votes polled by
Murray Baker was tops at
Hensall with one of three
incumbents, Paul Neilands
placing second. Neilands had the
distinction of picking up the
same number of ballots as he did
last year, 261.
Leonard Erb was third with
251 votes while Harold Knight
who regained a seat midway
through the year after the death
of councillor Hein Rooseboom
had 237 supporters. The fourth
and last candidate John Sangster
polled 186 votes.
At Lucan, Reeve Ivan Hearn
was returned to office for a
two-year term in a resounding
win over a present member of
council Harry Wraith.
Hearn polled 249 votes to 92
compiled by Wraith. In the
council race, Cliff Abbott gained
207 votes in his first attempt at
a municipal post.
Current sitting members
William Mathers and Bernard
Avery were close behind with
204 and 201 votes, respectively
while another newcomer Mrs.
Elizabeth Goddard finished
fourth with 170 votes.
Finishing out of contention
were incumbent Elmer Huffman
with 150 votes and first time
candidate Art Bates with 142
ballots in his favor.
Only one new face will
appear on the 1971-72 slate of
officials in Stephen township.
Ken Campbell in his first try in
municipal politics gained 481
votes to place second in the
battle for three seats on
township council.
Leading the race was
incumbent Gerald Dearing with
517 votes while another sitting
member Steve Dundas picked up
421 votes to place third in the
running. With 329 votes and
failing to make the grade was
David McClure, a teacher at
South Huron District High
School.
Stephen's Reeve Joseph
Dietrich and Deputy-Reeve Cecil
Desjardine were named to their
respective positions by
acclamations,
George Dixon had little
trouble in retaining his Reeve's
post in McGillivray township
Jim Dingwell
Mitchell chief
An Exeter police constable
for the last two years and a half
has been named Police Chief for
the town of Mitchell.
James Dingwell, who joined
the local force in July of 1968
resigned his Exeter position
Wednesday morning and will
take over his new duties in
Mitchell, January 1.
Dingwell will be in charge of
a three-man force in Mitchell. He
expects to move his wife and
family to the Perth County town
early in the new year.
Third man succumbs
to burns from crash
Ninety-sixth Year
Saturday picked
for Boxing Day
git Exeter council settled the
matter of Boxing Day when they
declared Saturday, December 26
as a public holiday.
There had been some thought
of naming the following Monday
as a holiday, as this is apparently
'being done in some
4 communities.
Mayor Delbridge said he
interviewed 11 businessmen and
each had indicated a preference
for the Saturday holiday.
The Mayor sympathized with
Clerk Eric Carscadden, who had
indicated a desire to have a
Monday holiday as do most
other people who normally get
the Saturday as a day off work
any way.
The Monday holiday would
have given them a four-day
holiday period, while those who
normally work on Saturday
4" would have had their holiday
period broken up by having to
return to work the day after
Christmas and then taking
Sunday and Monday off.
To start plans for drains
Commercial use
for church okay
The Ontario Municipal Board
has approved a zoning change in
Exeter which will permit
Whiting's Used Furniture to
operate out of the former
Pentecostal Tabernacle on Main
St.
Whiting submitted the highest
bid oti the building when it was
offered for sale this spring after
the congregation bought the
former Main St. United Church
building.
However, it was in a
residential zone and approval
had to be received to permit the
commercial use of the building,
There had been no objections
locally to the change.
No word has yet been
received on the disposition of
the proposed change for the lots
north of the Brewers' Retail.
"This has gone- on to the
point where it's ridiculous,"
Councillor Ross Dobson stated
over the delay in getting word
from the OMB.
"It's beyond ridiculous,"
added Mayor Delbridge,
It was decided to write the
Hon. C. S. MacNaughton to tee
if he could investigate the matter
in view of the fact a prospective
buyer is waiting to develop the
property if a commercial use is
approved.
The Hon. Charles
MacNaughton ended speculation
that he may be one of the senior
cabinet ministers who will join
Premier John Roberts in
retirement.
"To clarify recent
speculation, I simply wish to
state I have NOT decided to
retire from public life," the
Huron MPP said in a statement
to the T-A, Wednesday.
"I would then ask my
constituents to regard any
comments about my future
activities as pure speculation,"
he added.
The Provincial Treasurer, who
regards Premier Roberts as the
greatest statesman in Canada
today, received the
announcement of his retirement
plan with personal regret,
Mr. MacNaughton had
strongly backed Mr. Roberts
when he was named leader of
the Progressive Conservative
Party and the Huron MPP has
been considered the number one
man in the cabinet for some
time.
The bill has not yet been
received from the engineers for
the survey.
While council has moved
quickly to get plans for the
work, it was estimated at
Monday's meeting that it may
take up to a year to get approval
for the projects' from the
Ontario Municipal Board and the
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Council learned that a subsidy
of some $18,000 could be
received from the department of
highways on the William St.
storm drain.
The department also advised
council they would pay a
subsidy of 50 percent on 62
percent of the total cost of the
survey recently completed by B.
M. Ross & Associates on
Exeter's sewer system,
Exeter council this week
agreed to ask B. M. Ross &
Associates to proceed with plans
and specifications for two of the
drains which the firm had
recently listed as "urgently
needed" to curtail basement
flooding.
The work will include a new
storm sewer on William Street
from Sanders to the river and a
new sanitary sewer in the
Thomas St. area to the Marlboro
St. pumping station.
Total cost of this construction
had previously been estimated
by the Goderich firm at
$88,070.
A third drain listed as
"urgent" was the storm sewer on
Andrew and Victoria Streets
from the public school to the
river, but this was not included
because a sanitary sewer is also
needed there.
Investigate theft
at Zurich office
OPP Constable Prank Giffin
is investigating a break and enter
at the Zurich Post Office. Entry
was Made late Sunday night or
early Monday morning.
A number of parcels were
ripped open, but only a few
itetris were taken,
No attempt had been made to
take stamps Or money orders
and it is believed the breakin
may have been the Work of
juveniles.
FIRST PRIZE WINNER — The CGIT of exeter United Church copped tint prize for floats in the Santa
Claus Parade, Saturday. A live Iamb added to the authenticity of the nativity scene which depicted the
national Christmas theme of CGIT,Christmas rION! Anybody Care? T-A photo,
TOP JUNIOR WINNERS — The top junior rnetnbers of the Exeter Saddle club were honored at the
annual banquet held in Dashwood Saturday night. Receiving the Exeter' Community Credit Union
trophy from Harold Patterson as the high point junior games winner it Allan Parsons. Other junior
winners with their tropics are Janet McDowell and Steve Prestcator, T-A photo.
JOHN PAYNE
. . win reeve's post in Grand Bend, Hensall
JOHN BAKER
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Dashwood native
given promotion
Todd Webb, a native of
Dashwood, has been named a
district manager of the Conklin
Lumber Company Limited.
He will be in charge of the
company yards at Thedford,
Grand Bend, Exeter, Goderich,
Kincardine, Southampton and
Owen Sound, as well as retaining
his position as manager of the
Goderich yard. During his
absence from the Goderich yard,
another Dashwood native, Ken
Keller, is acting manager.
Webb has been with the
lumber firm for some 10 years
and spent over seven years at
Exeter, where he was manager.
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