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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-10-14, Page 1Damage light in district crashes 4 There were only three ae- .eittents in the area this. week, both of a minor nature, On :Saturday, .cars driven by Brian Campbell, Rlt 1 :Exeter, and Walter Winsor, Toronto, collided in Hensall At the corner of Richmond and Nelson Streets. Constable Rill Glassford listed damage at .$2.2$. The same day, a car driven by John Campbell, Dashwood, left the road And damaged a telephone pole and length of wire fence on the 14th concession of Hay. Constable .Qiassford set damage at $00. 'The other crash occurred on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. when a vehicle operated by John Henry Wilds, RR 3 Dashwood, left concession road 2-3 in Stephen and hit a telephone pole. Constable Frank Giffin in- vestiga ged and estimated damage at $150. An error appeared in an ac- cident report in last week's fissile. It said cars operated by David Gibson, Crediton, and Joseph Mathews, Huron Park, collided in Crediton. Gibson's vehicle was parked at the time. 'We apologize for the error. During the past week, the local detachment officers charged 20 persons under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 21 drivers. BINGO WINNER — Mrs. Don Lewis of Exeter was the lucky winner of $500 in Friday's Kin-Fest bingo at the Exeter Arena, Above, Mrs. Lewis receives her cheque from Kin president Harry Stuart. The winning number was 0-60. T-A photo Speeders find fines are being reduced READY FOR SCHOOL — Nursery school classes started this week at the Exeter Scout House under the direction of teachers Mrs. Linda Farquhar and Mrs, Marion Cornish. Above, Mrs. Farquhar is shown at the right with Mrs. Ron Hern and daughter Kelly during registration. T-A photo Suggest week-long event Speeders who appeared in Exeter court this week were pleasantly surprised to learn that a new schedule has been set for fines. In the past, Judge Glenn Hays had been levying a fine of $2.00 per mile for each mile over the limit up to 10 and $3.00 per mile when the speed was in excess of 10 over the limit, However, under the new regulations, a fine of only $1.00 per mile is imposed for speeds up to 19 over the limits and $2,00 per mile for speeds in excess of 19 over the limits. A court cost of $3.00 may also be im posed. Policemen have now been issued tickets on which they can list the amount of fines for various offences for those who wish to settle out of court. Speeders who "saved" under the new program at Tuesday's court were as follows: Four names on Huron's ballots It's official now. Huron voters will see four names on their ballots when they go to the polls Thursday. Ed Bain, Goderich, who lost the NDP nomination to Paul Carroll, has qualified to run and his name will be on the ballot. The other three are Carroll, Charles MacNaughton and Ken Duncan. An advance poll will be held in Goderich, Seaforth, Clinton and Exeter this Saturday and Mon- day, The polls will be open from 12:00 noon until 9:00 p.m. on those two days to facilitate those who may be out of the riding on October 21. On election day, the polls will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Locations of most of the polls will be unchanged, but those unsure of where they are to vote can contact any of the can- didates' headquarters. There are 21,629 eligible voters in the riding, up considerably from the 18,762 in the last election due to the reduction in the voting age. Larry William Blake, Walton, $15 for a speed of 75 in a 60 zone; William Raymond Hawn, Toronto, $12 for 72 in a 60 zone; Keith C. McFalls, London, $10 for 40 in a 30 zone, In other charges under the Highway Traffic Act, the following fines were handed down by Judge Hays: Dale MacKenzie, Exeter, fined $100 on a charge of careless driving in Exeter on September 2. His car hit the bridge abutment on Main St. and he told the court he must have fallen asleep. Braden Henry Klumpp, Dash- wood, was fined $23 for creating unnecessary noise with the vehicle he was driving on Sept- ember 9 in Exeter. Grafton Edgar Weston, Lon- don, was fined $30 for failing to report an accident in which he was involved on August 21 in Stephen Township. type of campaigns being waged by his opponents. Since this is the first vote for many of our young people, I am pleased that we have not sub- jected them to some of the more repulsive aspects of election campaigns," he said, Liberal standard-bearer Ken Duncan, who is fighting to keep the Liberals in second place in the country, said this week he has visited about 75 percent of the riding and hopes to get it covered before election day, He said he would 'not be un- dertaking any of the "bear-pit" sessions in the high schools. Duncan said this week that as a life-long farmer in Usborne, he knows the problems facing rural people; these include problems in education, problems in assessment and "those that come from the centralizing tendencies of the Davis government." He suggested the efforts of a Liberal government would be directed towards getting results, greater effectiveness and more control on costs from the education system and in addition, the Liberals would phase out grade 13 over a period of four years. Duncan went on to point out that assessment should be returned to the 'counties, — Please turn to page 3 In one week, Ontario electors will go to the polls and at this point all three parties appear to be in the thick of the race to form the next government. Optimism pervades all three camps and nowhere is this more evident than in Huron, where NDP candidate Paul Carroll suggested this week his party Supporters advise him that he could win the riding from the Hon. Charles MacNaughton. "A week and a half ago they predicted a strong second place showing, but now they are talking about winning," the Goderich reeve stated. He'll get some last-minute assistance from party leader Stephen Lewis, who will visit Goderich on Sunday. It was in- dicated Lewis was visiting the ridings "where he can be most beneficial." Carroll said he expected to gain most of his strength from the rural areas and in areas where he is best known. "The response to the NDP is much different than it was in the last election,"hestated this week. He and his workers have called on almost 90 percent of the homes in the riding and the Goderich teacher has personally visited 2,000 farms. Despite his busy schedule attending to government business and making guest ap- pearances in other ridings on behalf of Progressive Con- servative candidates, the Hon, Charles MacNaughton has also been conducting a busy cam- paign throughout the county. By voting day on October 21 he'll have visited most municipalities, high schools and a number of industries. This week he paid tribute to the Centennial group plans Exeter's centennial committee held its first meeting this week under the chairmanship of Reeve Derry Boyle. Ile explained to the seven club representatives present it was an "exploratory" session to start the ball rolling for the 1973 celebration. "We have to get this thing on the road," he stated. Tentative plans formulated at the meeting call for a week-long celebration during the first week of July to coincide with the Canadian and American holidays. of July 1 and 4. All organizations within the Weather cuts event, Kin-Fest unprofitable Kids enjoy second feed The weatherman was a big thorn in the side of the officials of last week's Kin-Fest sponsored by the Exeter Kinsmen club. Rain cancelled sone of the ac- tivities Saturday and cool weather in the evening kept the crowds down. The six heats of harness racing set for Saturday afternoon were cancelled because of the heavy rains in the morning and the spare ribs and sauerkraut dinner and the dance at night were spoiled by cool temperatures in the evening. The three-day event did get -off to a good start with a very suc- cessful car show Thursday night. Anne Morrissey of Crediton was crowned Kin Queen during the car show. Mary Murley placed second and Brenda Parkinson was third. Rifles among district loot The Friday night bingo drew only a fair crowd: The winner of the jackpot prize of $500 was Mrs. Don Lewis of Exeter. With many participants needing only one number to claim the big prize, number 0 60 was called and Mrs. Lewis became excited and was unable to holler — Please turn to page 3 A GOURMET DINNER — Saturday afternoon and evening visitors to Kin-Fest '71 held at the Exeter arena had their appetites well taken care of. Kinette Joanne McKnight, and Kinsmen Fred Lankamp, Gord Kirk and Dean McKnight are shown dishing up a couple of platters of sauerkraut and spare ribs. Stephen gets H-P streets Usborne tile drain loans increased to $150 an acre 4 original submission. A verbal report from the engineer on the Ausable River drain stated that the drain is not yet fully completed and three ratepayers are entitled to ad- ditional damages. The next meeting of Usborne council will be held, Tuesday, November 2 at 1:00 p.m. at the township hall at Elimville. A number of thefts in the area during the past week are under investigation by members of the Exeter OPP detachment. . Three rifles, a quantity of ammunition and some jewellery were stolen Tuesday from the home of Bart Verruyt, Huron Park. Entry had been gained by kicking in the front door. Value of the stolen property was estimated at $760, Car parts valued at $460 were stolen from a dragster in Crediton. The car is owned by Don Cooper and Larry Brintnell, both of Huron Park. A pair of binoculars valued at $30 were taken from a parked car in Hensall, They were owned by Roily Vanstone. A 1967 model car was also stolen from Hensall, but later recovered. It was owned by Terry Pickering, Shipka, and had been parked at the arena. Three cottages were broken into in the Lake Huron area. Some liquor was taken from the cottage of Lorne Marziali at Norman Heights, of jurors as required by the County clerk of the peace. An adjustment in the price of the tender for construction of the Brock Creek branch "A" drain was approved. As the tender of Van Bree Drainage and Bulldozing was $2,664.97 below the next lowest tender, that firm will be compensated $1,500 for 950 feet of 18-inch tile missed in their The township of Stephen is now responsible for maintenance of all roads in the residential section of Huron Park and Canada Avenue in the Industrial Park. At last Wednesday's regular meeting of council clerk Wilmar Wein reported that all necessary papers for the take-over had been registered at Goderich. Stephen will now handle all road maintenance which in- cluded snow removal in the two areas. At the same time council received approval for an ad- ditional subsidy of $2,800 to cover extra snow removal costs due to last January's heavy storms. Contracts were awarded for three municipal drains, Robert Nicholson Construction will do ,.he open work on the John F. Smith and Carroll drain for $1,550 — Please turn to page 3 Premier William Davis learned Friday that his supporters in Huron are not only an` en- thusiastic lot — but they can also eat pancakes with the best of them. His pancake breakfast at the Exeter fairgrounds attracted .a large number of persons from all corners of the riding. Its proximity to the local public school proved a boon to many ydungsters. A large number availed themselves of the op- portunity to grab a second break- fast before heading to classes. "One young lad must have eaten 18 of them," said one of the cooks who was kept busy throughout the morning dishing out pancakes. The youngsters mobbed the Premier for autographs when he alighted from his bus and it wasn't until the school bell rang that he had an opportunity to shake hands with the adults in attendance. Mr, Davis spoke only briefly on behalf of Huron MPP Charles MacNaughton, the man who had organized the campaign to have Davis elected head of the Progressive Conservative party. The Premier noted that the campaign required hard work on everyone's part to get their present member re-elected, The arrival of the breakfast hour was heralded throughout the town by the unfamiliar sounds of a large steam caliope, which wended its way through the community, creating a large amount of interest. community will be asked in the near future to list activities they would be prepared to organize during the week. Individuals too are being asked to present any ideas they mayhave to help the organizing committee. When asked if it was to be a money-making venture, Reeve Boyle replied in the negative, but did add "We hope it won't be a losing proposition". He said one taxpayer had approached him with the suggestion the community should undertake the erection of a senior citizens' rest home as a cen- tennial project. The committee briefly discussed the matter, but no action was taken as to whether the committee should become involved in a project of this nature orwhether it should be left to the community's service clubs. Present at the meeting in addition to Reeve Boyle were: Councillor Tom MacMillan; Howard Holtzmann, R. E. Pooley branch Legion; Harold Gunn, Board of Trade; Norm Walper, Lions; Ben Hoogenboom, Kin- smen; and T-A editor Bill Batten, who was named secretary. Other members of the central committee are Mrs. Frank Giffin, Sorority and Councillor Bruce Shaw. It is expected some other representatives will be added. • Age for drinking not low enough? Despite the reduction in the legal drinking age, charges against minors were still heard in Exeter court, Tuesday. Judge Glenn Hays fined William Inch, Exeter, $35 for having liquor in his possession while under age, Inch is only 17. He was seen passing out beer to friends in Zurich on September 18 and police found a cooler with beer in his car, A Clinton youth, Clarence Albert East, was fined $25 for having liquor in his possession. He is 16 years of age. Damage $250 in town smash Damages of $250 occurred in the only accident of the week investigated by the Exeter police department, Early Sunday afternoon, vehicles driven by Michael Bergman; 112 Hamilton Road, London and Arnold Morley, Elizabeth Street, Lucan were in collision on Main street, north of the bridge, Constable George Robertson was the investigating officer. As the result of increased borrowing powers with the provincial government, farmers in Usborne township will be allowed to receive more per acre on tile drain loans, At the latest meeting of council, the ceiling on a tile drain loan application was set at $150 per acre. The limit previously was $100 per acre. Only a few weeks earlier ap- proval had been received from the Ontario Municipal Board setting the Usborne tile drainage borrowing bylaw at $500,000. Word was received recently from the Ontario Department of Transportation and Com- munications that Usborne will receive $5,950 in subsidy for special winter control main- tenance during last January's heavy snow storm and $1,550 for additional normal maintenance as supplementary subsidy allocation for the current year. James Siddall was re-engaged to plow snow with his truck at last year's price of $10 per day and $11 per hour, Road Superintendent Bill Routly was named to assist Reeve Lloyd Ferguson and clerk Harry Strang in selecting the list Money removed from milk bottles Saturday, the Exeter police department received a total of eight complaints from citizens that money had been stolen from milk bottles. As a result of police action, one juvenile has been taken into custody. Investigations are continuing as police are of the opinion more juveniles are in- volved, In the meantime, householders are requested to ask their milk man for tokens tw tickets to eliminate the temptation. 4 KIN QUEEN CONTESTANTS — The highlight of Thursday's Car Show staged by the Exeter Kinsmen club was the crowning of Miss Kin, The winner was Anne Morrissey shown in the Centre at the front. On the right is runner-up Mary Murky While third place finisher Brenda Parkinson is at the left,. Other contestants at the back are .toarine Burke, Donna McLellan, Heather Wein, Monica Eveleigh, Andrea Gaunt and Cathy Simmons. T-A photo Huron NDP workers predict strong second or better 1. Prentier Davis in the foregrOund during his pancake breakfast visit to Exeter