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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-07-29, Page 1Woman loses licence for impaired driving Two drivers — one of them a woman — had their licences suspended in Exeter court Tuesday on charges of impaired driving. Elizabeth Miller, Brucefield, An anonymous person com- plained to police. It was explained that Mathews , had gone into the hotel on business as he was trying to sell some furniture. In other cases: Peter Edgar Thayer, Medford, "e,:ie,eetei.etee a No paper next week A WEAVING DISPLAY — Many forms of arts and crafts were exhibited at last week's Sidewalk Sales Days in Exeter. Above, Mrs. Jack Fuller and Mrs. Tom Arthur are watching Mrs. Ron Merrier with her weaving display, T-A photo Adjourn hearing on drug charge A charge of possession of a restricted drug against Ronald William Walker, Huron Park, was adjourned in Exeter court this week and will be resumed on August 14, Testimony had been given by two witnesses when the Judge asked for a transcript of their evidence and adjourned the hearing. Exeter Police Constable John Cairns reported he and Chief Ted Day entered a building at 443 Main St. on January 25 where seven young people were found. One female appeared to be under the effects of drugs. A search of the accused resulted in the finding of three cigarettes and a small pill. The pill was turned over to the RCMP for examination and an analysis revealed it was LSD. Also testifying was RCMP Constable Stearn, Goderich, who received the pill from the local police and took it to Toronto for analysis. was fined $35 for having liquor while under the age of 21. Angus Hummel, Kippen, was fined $35 for creating un- necessary noise with his motor vehicle in Exeter on June 07, Peter Hummer, RR 1 Exeter, was fined $25 for creating un- necessary noise with a vehicle in Exeter on June 10. Paying speeding fines were: Norman Alan Peel, London, $57 for a speed of 79 in a 60 zone; Ronald C. Smith, London, $45 for 75 in a 60 zone; Patrick Brown Jr., Sudbury, $20 for 70 in a 60 zone; James F. Becker, Dash- wood, $20 for 70 in a 60 zone; Maurice Dykes, $20 for 70 in a 60 zone; Alexine Dietrich, Dash- wood, $20 for 40 in a 30 zone; David W. Dykeman, Centralia, $20 for 40 in a 30 zone; Larry Pridham, Fullerton, $20 for 70 in a 60 zone; Sheldon Ross Boyle, London, $20 for 40 in a 30 zone; Leo Paul Bedard, Hensall, $20 for 70 in a 60 zone ; Robert James Feltz, Ailsa Craig, $45 for 75 in a 60 zone; John A. MacDonald, London, $20 for 50 in a 40 zone. MAGICAL HELPER -- Magician Everett Mires of London received help from the crowd for some of his magical acts during Sidewalk Sales on Saturday. Helping Mires with a difficult knot is Michael Armstrong of town. T-A photo The Exeter Times-Advocate will be closed for holidays from Friday, July 30 to August 9 in- clusive. There will be no edition of the newspaper printed on August 5, The next issue will be published on Thursday, August '12. Correspondents and con- tributors are reminded that we find it impossible to cover the news of the holiday week and their budget for August 12 should contain news of that week only, a widow with four teenage children, was given the minimum fine of $50 by Judge Glenn Hays and had her driving privileges revoked for three months, She was charged in Tucker- smith Township on May 10 when police noticed her car being driven in an erratic manner. A breathalizer test indicated a reading of 150 mgs. Ivan Webber, Hay, was fined $100 and had his licence suspended for three months on a similar charge. It was learned that Webber felt he was too impaired to drive his car and had pulled off into the ditch as a precautionary measure. Many of the other cases on the Tuesday court docket were ad- journed to later dates. However, Joseph B. Mathews, Hyde Park, was fined $20 for neglecting a child. The court was told that on June 15, Mathews left his eight-year- old child unattended in a car while he went into the Dufferin Hotel at Centralia, Area musicians EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 29, 1971 Ninety-sixth Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents IDENTIFIES MR. SIDEWALK — The Mystery of the identity of Exeter's Mr. Sidewalk Sales was cleared up Thursday afternoon by Doug Raymond of town. Doug is shown receiving his $ 10 prize from Mr. Sidewalk Mel Geiser. The prize money was donated by W. H. Hodgson Insurance Limited. T-A photo Area kids among best at Kirkton garden party organizations in the Kirkton- Woodham area. Last year the Association donated $3,000 to help pay for the newly erected floodlights at the park. Bill Waghorn is president of the spons9ring body, the Kirkton Community Association. from the Tommy Hunter show and ventriloquist Cy Leonard and his pals Happy and Chuckles. The annual party opened with a fastball game with the Kitchener- Waterloo Combines downing the Blanshard juveniles 12-5. Monies from the successful event goes to help various Award contract for area paving The office of Ontario Tran- sportation and Communications Minister C. S. MacNaughton announced last week that the contract for paving of Highway 84 had been let. The tender of Levis Con- tracting Company Limited of Clinton for $123,500 was accepted. Work on the 9.3 mile stretch of road between Hensall and High- way 21 is scheduled to start August 9 with completion set for September 30, 1971. With perfect co-operation from the weatherman, the largest crowd in the 27-year history of the Kirkton Garden Party turned out Wednesday night to witness a top notch show of amateur and professional talent, .,The crowd was listed at about 4,000 and officials said overall receipts were at an all-time high. Competitors from Exeter turned in fine performances in the juvenile portion of the show. In the vocal section, The Inner Soul, a group of five Exeter girls placed second while Vincent Glaab, also of Exeter was runner- up in the instrumental division with his accordion version of "Foreign Rhapsody", Making up the Inner Soul were Brenda Cooper, Cynthia Gunn, Valerie Sweet, Denise Wyatt, and Heather Mills. The Henderson Trio of Seaforth won the vocal class with Susan Perry of London placing third. A ragtime piano solo won the instrumental championship for Scott Temple of Strathroy while Michael Brine of Woodham playing a piano solo was third. The specialty class winner was Alanna Perry of London with an authentic Arabian dance. Julie and Lynn Thompson of Atwood with a Dutch song and dance were second while the step- dancing Monkton Marionettes were third. Adjudicating the 15 numbers and making the final selections was Jason Roberts of CFPL Radio in London. The professional show featured top notch artists including Al Cherney and Maurice Beaulieu No sign yet of settlement RECENT GRADUATE Karen Leigh Sararas successfully passed her C.S.R.T, examinations recently. A graduate of Seaforth District High School, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sararas, RR 2, Staffa. She has accepted a position in the radiology department of Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital. win at Sarnia Youthful musicians from Exeter and district turned in excellent performances at last week's Ontario Music Festival held in Sarnia. Denise Wyatt was the winner of two piano solo classes and received a plaque and a $25 scholarship. Vincent Glaab gained two firsts and the same number of seconds in accordion sections. Jim Koricina and James Kuracing each won a first prize in accordion while Mary Lou Grigg was second in steel guitar and Doug Easton was third in the spanish guitar division. All are students of the Acadeniy of Music. / .Damage total light in six area crashes KI R KTON GALS COMPETE two of the contestants at last week's Kirkton Garden Party didn't have far to travel to the juvenile competition. Lisa and Lynda Morrison are shown above with adjudicator Jason Roberts of CFPL Radio. T-A photo There were six accidents in the district this week, but none resulted in injuries to the drivers involved. Damage in most was also low. First of the accidents occurred Wednesday when a truck driven by Gordon Pryde, Hensall, and a car operated by Muriel Maxwell, Hensall, collided on concession 2- 3 Hay north of Highway 84. " Constable Bob Whiteford listed damage at $350. There were three accidents, Thursday. Constable Whiteford investigated a two-car crash on Highway 21 north of Grand Bend involving cars driven by Ask townships to define fire areas Ice machine is on order committee felt the township residents should know exactly which fire department they were to call for assistance. The committee has not yet come up with any recom- mendations regarding the cost sharing terms for the new agreement. "We want to make it as fair as possible 'for everyone, and we still require some additional information," Mrs. Jermyn stated. She said she was amazed at the work entailed in coming up with detailed information for the agreement. NDP ready for election The Townships of Hay, Usborne and Stephen will be asked to define the specific areas for which they require protection by the Exeter fire department before a new fire agreement is drawn up. Helen Jermyn, chairman of Exeter's protection to persons and property committee, said this week the committee had met to discuss the new agreement and decided the areas to be protected should be more clearly designated. She said the areas had been enlarged since the original agreement was drafted and the Napolean Cantin, Royal Oak, Michigan, and Michael Merrit, Wallaceburg. Damage was $200. Cars driven by Donald Bell, Exeter, and John Webster, Zurich, collided on the Crediton Road at the west of Crediton, resulting in damage of $400. Constable Ed Wilcox in- vestigated'. The final crash occurred in Crediton when a car driven by Donald Cyr, Zurich, was in collision with a truck driven by Dennis MacDonald, Crediton. Constable Frank Giffin set damage at $500. The other two crashes of the week happened on Friday, with Constable Bill Lewis in- vestigating. A car driven by Freda Farrell, Parkhill, and a tractor operated by Clifford Kenney, Crediton, collided on the 22nd concession of Stephen, south of Highway 81. Damage was $1,225. Two cars collided on the L.C.B.O. parking lot at Zurich in the final accident. Drivers were Beatrice Forrester and Martha Webster, both of Zurich. Damage was set at $350. During the week the local detachment officers charged six persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another six. Three collisions on Exeter roads The Exeter police investigated three accidents this week, none of which was of a serious nature. On Friday, a motor vehicle driven by Barbara Ballantyne, RR 3 Exeter, was in collision with one driven by John Riddell, RR 1 Hay. The crash occurred on William St. near Anne. Constable Cairns listed damage at $350. Vehicles driven by Edward Roberts, RR 2 Kippen, and Terence Haugh, Exeter, collided at the corner of Carling and John St. Monday afternoon, Chief Ted Day investigated and estimated damage at $250. The final crash was Tuesday at 11:10 a.m. when vehicles driven by Mary C. Kopec, London, and Faustina Tugwell, Exeter, collided on Main St., north of Nelson, Constable Robertson listed damage at only $50. A car stolen in London Friday was recovered in Exeter, Saturday. A local citizen called police to report a strange vehicle had been left overnight on Carling St. Painter undaunted by blindness to the large workshop and office he constructed on Victoria Street. Business was flourishing when fate lowered the boom on him and he commenced to loose his With just over a month until school opening, there is no sign as yet of a settlement between the Huron board of education and the county secondary school teachers, John Broadfoot told the T-A yesterday no new offers have been made. Negotiations have been removed from the local level, with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation acting on behalf of the county teachers and the Trustees Council on behalf of the board, When asked if there was any sign as yet of a settlement, Mr. Broadfoot replied "none that I've heard of anyway". The large majority of secon- dary teachers have resigned their positions and schools will probably remain closed unless a settlement is reached before the fall term begins. sight in 1967. A gradual process, it left him completely sightless about one and a half years ago. The cause of his blindness is — Please turn to page 3 and the surrounding territory of about 25 miles. To be a successful sign designer it is assumed, besides a natural ability for design and color, one would require an average amount of eyesight. Don Webster is unique. He is blind, and according to statistics from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind he is the only one of his kind in Canada. How does he do it? Well, it's not easy. "It's pretty tricky," he admits, You don't hear the word in- vincible much these days. Yet this is the word that sticks in your mind after you've talked to Don Webster. The well known, Exeter sign painter seems to have an un- conquerable spirit that nothing can destroy or defeat. Don Webster's Signs are familiar landmarks in this part of the world where his highway bill boards, plastic electric and truck signs are seen by thousands of people passing through Exeter The proposed additions to the Exeter arena should be a reality by the time the 1971-72 hockey season rolls around. RAP member Bob Pooley who is in charge of construction plans said this week he expected the addition to house larger dressing rooms and office space would be *completed by September 15. The addition at the west side of the arena, 150 feet in length and 10 feet wide will be constructed immediately north of the present wash rooms. Included will be an office for .the arena manager, a referees and first aid room, a larger dressing room for the Exeter Hawks and five other dressing rooms. The present dressing rooms at the north end of the arena will be used to store a new ice machine '}being purchased by the Exeter Kinsmen club. Kin president Harry Stuart announced this week that the ice scraping and flooding machine has been ordered and is expected to arrive in mid-October. The machine is a tractor drawn model built by the Vab-Met Manufacturing Company of St. Jacobs at a cost of $2,910. Appointment was completed this week of the Huron New Democratic Party election team for the anticipated provincial election in September. The Huron riding organization held its nomination meeting in Clinton, June 23, and elected Goderich Reeve Paul Carroll as the candidate for the coming election. Other members of the election team are as follows: Rick Dodds, Goderich, campaign manager; Dave Gower, Goderich, official agent; urban canvass organizer is Shirley Weary, Goderich; rural coordinator, Wilf Glazier, Clinton; sign chairman, Phil Walker, Grand Bend; publicity, Stan Profit, Goderich; finance, John Fisher, Clinton; chairman of the agricultural advisory committee, Herb Klopp, Zurich; election secretary, Ina Fisher, Clinton. Zone Chairmen have been appointed for all rural town- ships, villages, and urban municipalities throughout the Riding. Plans for initial pre- election canvasses are now in full swing with workers to be on the road within two weeks. Campaign workers were ad- vised that NDP leader, Stephen Lewis, is expected to visit Huron Riding after the date of the election is announced. Tentative arrangements have been made for calls in Goderich as well as Wingham, Seven members of the election team attended a strategy meeting in London this week to forinali2e the ND? plans,and discuss local issues with ew Democratic leader Stephen Lewis, "but of course, I've had prac- tice." About five years ago, when doctors told him he was losing his sight, he began to work out a system whereby he could still do the work which he enjoys so much . "The colors and lettering are easy," he points out, "because my two sign painters are professionals and understand what I want. The big trick is to get them to understand the design I have in my mind. A line, half an inch off, could spoil the whole effect." Using chalk and blackboard he strikes a point on the board with the index finger of his left hand, Using that point for a starting position he quickly sketches the diagram of the sign, Drawing square, rectangle, oblong, oc- tagon, round or oval shapes he expertly creates visually what he sees clearly, but only, in his mind. His employees then transport his ideas to the large signs that are sold to many area firms and companies. Don moved to Exeter from Forest in 1949, He married in 1960 and Donna, who came from Strathroy, has been his devoted helpmate since then, His first sign painting shop was opened in 1960 in a tiny room behind Ersman's Bakery, Trade proved good and hi 1965 he moved SIGN FOR LOCAL INDUSTRY is loaded into truck for delivety. Webster's Signs are well known throughout this area and the business continues to thrive under the management of its blind owner. BLIND MAN DESIGNS SIGN: Don Webster, proprietor of Webster's Signs, who became sightless one and a halfyears ago, discusses the design of a sign advertising ladies' wear with one of his employees, Mel Lather, "Using the index finger of his left hand for a starting point he is able to draw the diagram fr om the picture he has in his mind, T.A photo