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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-05-27, Page 3FOCUS ON FASHION was the theme of a classy produced by South Huron High School girls last week. were made by the students under the direction of Mrs, L. Lawrence and Mrs. M. Carson, teachers. Above, Gwen Mills and Mary Ann Gielen wear the pant suits they created. Lucan fata - Continued from front page The left headlight of the Farr vehicle was sent to the laboratories to be tested to see if it had been on at the time of the accident, but there was no filament present and it could not be determined if it was on or off when smashed in the accident. The right front headlamp was intact and a test by Don Smith indicated it was operating properly, although Smith noted that the dashboard was so badly smashed that it was impossible to tell if the light switch had been on. Grant Graham, mechanic foreman at Nevin Motors, examined the Macklem vehicle and also indicated it was im- possible to tell if the lights had been on or not, Both Lucan mechanics reported there was nothing in their examinations to indicate either vehicle was not in good mechanical condition prior to the accident. Trace movements Marion Ruth Langford, Lucan, told the jury about attending the Wellesley dance with Farr and four other Lucan area youths. She said they left Lucan around 6:00 p.m. in a car driven by Robert Woodley, RR 1 Arva. She said Farr had three or four drinks of rum at the dance and slept all the way back to Lucan after the youths left at 1:00 a.m. They stopped at a Stratford restaurant and Farr continued to sleep until their arrival back in Lucan around 2:00 a.m. She said he appeared "sober, but tired" and sat in his car for a minute or two to wake up before he left for home. Woodley testified that the drinks Farr was pouring "were not too strong". He said the deceased took a 26-ounce bottle to the dance, while Woodley himself had a mickey. They were in a group of 26 at one long table and both bottles were empty when they left the dance. Jack Macklem, Toronto, brother of the other driver in the HEADS GB DETACHMENT — The 25-man Ontario Provincial Police detachment moved into Grand Bend last week and will police the summer resort for the next couple of months. In charge of the detachment is Sgt. Cecil Hawke, a 21-year veteran of the OPP force. T-A photo MRS. MARTHA MARY RATZ A life-long resident of Stephen Township , Mrs. Martha Mary (Gaiser) Ratz passed away at the Bluewater Rest Home, May 24, .0 1971, in her 84th year. She was the wife of the late Jacob A. Ratz. Surviving are her children, Gordon, of Stephen Township, Mrs. Gerald (Alma) Godbolt, Exeter, Mrs. Emerson (Gladys) Bawden of Windsor, Mrs. Ray (Reta) Collett, Toronto, and Mrs. Harry (Ruth) Jeffery, of Usborne Township; a brother Albert Gaiser of Crediton, seventeen grandchildren and two great- grandchildren, The funeral was arranged by the R. C. Dinney Funeral home and was conducted from Zion United Church, Crediton, May 26, with the Rev. Douglas Warren officiating. The pallbearers were six grandsons, Wayne Ratz, George Godbolt, Bill Ratz, John Godbolt, Robert Collett and Paul Jeffery, Other grandchildren acted as flower bearers and were Roger Ratz, Shawn Jeffery, Mark Jeffery, David Thompson, Gail Bawden, Catharine Collett, Katherine Ratz, Barbara Ratz and Mary Margaret Jeffery. Burial was in Creditor' cemetery, ROBERT JAMES MeADAMS Robert James McAdams, three-month old son of Mr. and Mrs, Marvin McAdams, Zurich, "sN passed away suddenly on Friday, May 21. He was born on February 17, in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Surviving besides his parents are one brother, Terry, and one sister, Elizabeth, both at home; grandparents, and uncles and aunts in the area. The funeral service was held on Sunday, May 23, at the Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich, with interment in Emmanuel United Church Cemetery, Bronson Line. Itev. J. 14uether Offieiated, crash, said he met his brother and his wife at a hotel in Seaforth between 7:00 and 7:30 p.m. and they had two or three drinks each before leaving for the hockey game at 8:15. He said his brother was drinking rye, The deceased. Lucan resident had another drink at the hockey game and they left around 10:00 to 10:15 before the game was over and returned to the hotel where they had one drink, The witness said he and three other people with him then left the hotel, while his brother and wife remained. There was no testimony giver' as to their movements from that point On. The five-man jury deliberated for about 30 minutes before returning their report which listed only the time, date and cause of Farr's death. They also mentioned the point of impact in the report. They made no recom- mendations. In dismissing them, Dr. Robinson thanked the jurors for their efforts and he also congratulated the three police officers for a thorough in- vestigation, Only one mishap for town police The only accident of the week reported to the Exeter police department occurred early Friday afternoon. The mishap took place at the intersection of Main and Victoria streets when a vehicle driven by Norman Earl Thomson, 227 Huron street attempting to make a left turn was struck by a vehicle driven by James Wilmer Turner, RR 1, Varna. Constable Ardell McIntyre investigated and estimated damages at $900, A former London woman who is visiting her brother in Kippen after spending 32 years in South Africa was disappointed when she didn't see any moose on a trip to the Thunder Bay area early this week. Mrs. Jim Geckle, the former Marguerite Littleton ac- companied by her husband will be leaving today, Thursday for the second leg of a trip that will take them eventually to Greece and back to South Africa by late July. They have been staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Lit- tleton at Kippen and enjoyed many side trips to interesting Ontario points. In her first trip back to London since 1939, Mrs. Geekie said she was surprised with the growth of the City of London and could only recognize two buildings, H. B. Beal Technical school and the Armories. She said she could remember when bus tickets for travel within the city were seven for 25c. They are now 30c a piece. When in this area Mrs. Geekie was able to watch her first hockey game in 32 years. In answer to a question about hockey she replied, "I guess my memory played false with me. The action on the ice didn't seem as fast as I remembered. Hockey is played on a very small scale in South Africa. The Geekie's who live in Pretoria said the main sports are rugby and cricket. They were proud to mention golf and the accomplishments of their native, Gary Player. Lawn bowling is probably the largest sport as far as par- ticipation goes. They said young people are really becoming Accidents — Continued from front page Michael Chater, London, and Robert Carlisle, Hensall, Constable Mason investigated and set damage at $300. During the past week, the detachment officers charged 14 drivers under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 28. There were four charges under the Liquor Control Act and one under the Criminal Code. bowling conscious. The South African visitors found a trip to the nuclear power station at Douglas Point very interesting. They felt the standard of living was much the same as here but the cost of living was much lower. A loaf of bread costs 10c while a quart of milk costs about 15c. In comparison they listed the average wage of tradesmen, such as plumbers and electricians at $2.65 per hour. Shopping Centres and discount stores have also invaded South Middlesex County Judge R. S. Macnab Friday awarded John Burke of Exeter general damages of $7,000 from a motor Lawn bowlers get tax rebate Exeter council agreed Monday night to give the Exeter Lawn Bowling Club a rebate of $100 on their taxes. The request was made by Alvin Pym, Ulric Snell and Howard Ince, club officials. Mr. Snell pointed out it should not be considered a gift or a grant. He explained it had been established rebate of taxes several years ago when club officials appealed the assessment on the, local greens. At that time, it was decided to leave the assessment at the same figure, but reduce the taxes, Reeve Derry Boyle asked the club officials if it may be possible for the town to take over ownership of the greens and have the club operate under the local recreation program, Mr, Snell said this may possible, but such a suggestion would have to go before the shareholders and there would have to be a guarantee that the greens would remain for the purpose to which they are now used. He said he would take the matter up with the shareholders this year. Africa. All stores are on a 40-hour week basis with everything closing at noon on Saturdays. Mrs. Geekie said she finds it difficult to go into a store in Canada when the door is closed. In her country , when the establishment is open for business the doors leading to the interior are also open. Mr. Geekie, who is in the electrical distribution business said there is a great manpower shortage in his country with very little unemployment. vehicle accident in 1967 — despite a jury award of $34,200 for his damages and despite the man being found 30 percent at fault in the crash. The decision ended a four-day legal wrangle which broke out Tuesday when a civil jury awarded Burke $34,200, nearly five times the amount of damages he was seeking in the statement of claim in the suit. Judge Macnab Wednesday denied a motion by Mr. Burke's lawyer, D. G. Arntfield of Lon- don, to amend the statement of claim upward to $34,200 and ruled the most he could recover was the $7,000 sought in the statement of claim. Then the judge had to decide whether the man would get the full $7,000 or only 70 percent of that since Mr. Burke was found 30 percent at fault in the collision. Normally, when a person is found at fault, his damage award is reduced by the percentage of fault assessed against him. Friday, Judge Macnab awarded the full $7,000 saying he was following a precedent set in a Supreme Court of Canada case which was used by lawyer Arntfield in seeking an award of the full amount. Mr. Burke suffered a separated right shoulder in the crash June 10, 1967, at Adelaide Street and Concession 10 of London Town- ship. He said he continues to suffer pain in the shoulder and has a numbness in two fingers of his right hand. Three get relief Most ratepayers :in three district municipalities will be paying less in taxes this coming year than they did in 1970. Boot recovered, investigate theft A wooden rowboat which was stolen from Norman Heights subdivision north of Grand Bend in January, was found at the fishing wharf in Grand Bend this weekend. The owner of the boat, John Cunningham, Toronto, saw the boat docked in the river. Investigation by OPP Con- stable Don Mason revealed it was found wedged in the ice about a quarter of a mile west of Grand Bend by one of the fishermen, OPP are continuing their in- vestigation into the break, enter and theft at the Lakewood Gardens cottage of Heinz Herrler, Detroit. Property, including lamps and cutlery, were missing and value was set at $130. Seek help May 19, 1971 Letter to the Editor Huron County Newspapers Dear Sir: The Huron County Children's Aid Society for several years now has been actively engaged in a summer camping program for both its own wards and in par- ticular, children in the com- munity at large. This program of referral to several church sponsored and Single Parent camps has progressively increased in volume over the last several years. In the summer of 1970, over 60 children attended various church camps and seven mothers and 28 children went to Single Parent camp. This activity of the Huron County Children's Aid Society has been financed by the very gracious voluntary contributions of the many service clubs, church groups and individuals in Huron County. We are particularly en- couraging people to assist us once again this year in view of the anticipated increased demand. I would ask that you bring our request to your readers in the anticipation that the people of Huron County will once again support our Society in its efforts on behalf of the many children in the County. Sincerely, (Mrs.) Frances Ball, Chairman Auxiliary Committee Court — Continued from front page He was charged in Exeter on April 8 also. Lloyd Leroy Gould, Exeter, was fined $25 for having liquor in a place other than his residence. The charge was laid in Exeter on April 18. Gould was a passenger in a car and was found to have a part bottle of beer. A fine of $40 was levied against Alvin F. Weiberg, Zurich, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having liquor in a place other than his residence after a quantity of beer was found in a car on May 2 in Stephen Town- ship. Careless Driver A London driver, Robert John Logan, was fined $100 on a charge of careless driving arising out of an accident in Exeter on April 17. Logan was proceeding north and was following another vehicle which made a left turn. The London man then pulled to the right and struck a parked car. Several persons paid fines for speeding and other charges under the Highway Traffic Act. They were as follows: Barry Tomlinson, St. Marys, was fined $30 for following another vehicle too closely. James Edward Augustine, London,wasfined $20 for a speed of 40 in a 30 zone; Marian Jean Frayne, Exeter, $54 for a speed of 48 in a 30 zone; Joseph Peter Uniac, Guelph, $90 for a speed of 90 in a 60 tone; James R, Mt. Hope, $39 for a speed of 73 in a 60 zone; Bert D. Koteles, St. Thomas,$45 for a speed of 45 in a 30 zone; Eugene Anthony Regier, Zurich, $45 for a speed'of 45 in a 30 zone, Penny scale dispenses following fortune card to fat lady: "You are very fond of food, You lack will-power and you overdo everything. Either that, or a baby elephant has just collapsed on this stale." * Three Cubs; We got into trouble doing a good turn l Cubmaster: What was it you did? Three Cubs: We put up a sign on the road that said, "Drive Slowly, police ahead!" Taxpayers in the village of Lucan arid the townships of Hay and McGillivray will find their 1971 tax bills, somewhat lower. There area few exceptions due to variance in school area support. In Hay township, farm and residential owners with public school taxes assessed in the former Hay township area will be paying a total mill rate of 84.7, a drop of 7,75 mills. The com- mercial rate for the same per- sons is down to 92.35 mills from 100.67 a year ago. Due to a difference in public school levies, those ratepayers living in the southerly areas of Hay township that were formerly within the boundaries of the Stephen township school area will be paying 93.35 mills, an increase of .9 mills. Public school supporters in the police village of Dashwood will be Clinton Mayor Don Symons last week suggested at a meeting of his council that the county should take over all costs of recreation in all areas of the county. The mayor said he felt it was Board okay low tender A tender of $349,152 for con- struction of an addition to Seaforth Public School was accepted Tuesday night by Huron County board of education. The addition is to replace seven one-room elementary schools in McKillop Township. The tender, submitted by Cale Doucette Construction Ltd., of Clinton, was the lowest of eight tenders received. Although completion date is tentatively set for Jan. 1, 1972, director of education D. J. Cochrane said it is expected disruption of classes at Seaforth school in the fall will be minimal. The addition will include a library resources centre, three classrooms with facilities for special education, an industrial arts shop, a home economics laboratory, a tiered music room, and a new staff room. With the closing of the McKillop Township schools, the four room Walton school becomes a junior school for students from kindergarten to Grade 4 from McKillop Township and Walton, The addition at Seaforth will accommodate all of the Seaforth pupils and students from Grades 5 to 8 from McKillop Township and Walton, paying a total of 97.69 mills, An increase of 5.07 mills from 1970.. The total mill rate for separate school residential supporters in Hay will be 86.97, a ,decrease of 5,48 mills. McGillivray down The majority of ratepayers in McGillivray township will find a reduction of two mills in their 1971 taxes, While several rates are up slightly, the reduction is possible because of a decrease of 10.9 mills in the secondary residential school rate. To offset most of the decrease, the Middlesex county rate is up two mills, the township levy is up by the same amount and the public school rate is up by 4,9 mills. Middlesex separate school supporters will be paying 86.6 mills while Huron-Perth school the only equitable method of distributing the costs of recreation over both urban and rural areas. Earlier this year Clinton council had met with representatives of the township councils of Stanley, Tuckersmith, Hullett and Goderich. One of the topics of discussion at that time was the cost of recreation, Clinton councillors felt it was unfair for town taxpayers to pay all the bills for expensive facilities while rural residents gained the benefits too. Most of the rural represen- tatives seemed to agree on the subject. A stumbling block arose however as to how such costs The Federal census starts June 1 and the census representatives for the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for this area who were appointed by Commissioner Mrs. Shirley McAllister are as follows: Stephen Township, Mrs. Mary Hall, Mrs. Joyce Baptie, Mrs. Norma Fahner, Mrs. Margaret Willert, Mrs. Marie Beaver, Mrs. Nile Schade, Miss Geordie Laughton. I-lay Township, Mrs. Hilda Rader, Miss Donna Forrest, Mrs. Margaret Deichert, Mrs. Maxine Miller, Mrs. Patricia Hendrick, Mrs. Joy Hogg. Exeter, Mrs, Doris Dettmer, Mrs. Elsie Tuckey, Mrs. Marion Porter, Mrs. Marjorie Tuckey, Mrs. Helen Mickle, Mrs. Gladys Chambers, Mrs. Margaret Wein. Pay I supporters will be charged 90.2 mills, No school tax Due to an overlevy in previous years, public school supporters irl the village of Lucan will not be paying any elementary school rate this year. This means the overall Lucan rate for residential owners is down 6,7 mills to 21.3 mills and the commercial rate is down 8.2 mills to 23,1, For the past two years Lucan has been assessed on a different basis therefore making quite a reduction in the amount of mills charged as compared to neigh- bouring townships. Separate school supporters in Lucan will be faced with a slight increase. Their rate will be 28 mills, up 1.3 mills from a year ago. could be realistically assessed since all of the townships bor- dered on another town or village besides Clinton where some of its rural residents also use facilities. It was this problem that the mayor felt a county takeover would eliminate. He explained that a mill on the county level raises more than $70,000. At that rate it would take only half a mill over the county to pay recreation costs at Clinton, which has one of the larger recreation complexes in the county. The Mayor felt it would help the smaller municipalities such as Hensall and Blyth to meet the costs of good facilities. Zurich, David Stark, Those representatives working under Mrs. Margaret J. Strang are: Usborne, Mrs. Fern Dougall, Mrs. Mary Rowcliffe, Mrs. Patricia Down, Mrs. Alma Ballantyne, Mrs. Anna Ballan- tyne. Biddulph, Elmer Summers, Mrs, Muriel Lewis, Mrs. Grace Pym, Mrs. Jacqueline Glavin, Mrs. Elsie Gibson. McGillivray Township, Mrs. Donelda Lewis, Mrs. Mary Amos, Wilfred Hogan, Mrs. Ruth C. Whiting, Miss Joan McNaughton, Lucan, Mrs. Eileen Currie, Mrs. Pamela Knoblauch. Ailsa Craig, Mrs. Dorothy Slater. lity inquest little fashion show The clothes Visitors from South Africa enjoy trip to Kippen area Civil case decided, man gets $7,000 A HAPPY REUNION — A brother and sister met in Kippen last week for the first time in 32 years. Mrs Jim Geekie, the former Marguerite Littleton, second from the left is showing her brother Ron Littleton some souvenirs she brought from South Africa, At the left is Jim 'Geekie and at the right, Mrs, Ron Littleton. T.A photo Times-Advocate, May 27, 1971 Area tax rates decrease THE FIREWORKS LIGHTERS — Members of the Hensall volunteer fire brigade were responsible for setting off the giant fireworks display at Hensall Community park, Monday night. From the left, the lighting crew are, Glenn Nixon, Bob Lavery, Gerald Flynn, Ken Pollock, Don Dixon and Bruce Moir. Clinton mayor suggests county assume rec costs Census personnel named for district NO DAMAGE Exeter ilremen quickly extinguished a fire which broke out in the wooded area at the north-east side of Riverview Park, Saturday, Firecrackers are being blamed for starting the blaze. Fireman Bill Gilfillan sprays on water while others in the photo are: Pete McFalls, Frank Brintnell, Harry VanBergen, Punch Wells and Roy Hunter, T-A photo