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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-11-02, Page 1McKINLEY RETURNED • Arrange 'story-in' to aid Korea blind WITH RECORD TOTALS each participant is expected .to secure sponsors, Gerry .1geAtiley said the group. hopes to raise up to $2,000, all of which will be donated to assist blind students in. Korea, A public rally will be held Sunday at 140 p.m. and will bring the project to an end an hour and a half later. Jim Sommerville will be on hand along with a musical group, "One Way Sound." Huron NIP Robert McKinley, re-elected Monday with what is believed the largest majority ever given a politician in the local riding, said he was not surprised at the Progressive Conservative resurgence across e Canada, With recounts pending in some ridings, the final outcome of Monday's election may not be known for several days yet, On Wednesday, the Conser- vatives were leading the Liberals by a one-seat margin, the former • haying 109. It may also be several days before it is known who—if anyone—will form the next government. "Thewholething's in Trudeau's hands,':. McKinley pointed out. He indicated he was not adverse to serving under a minority government. Referring to the minority government situation which prevailed from 1965 to 1968, he said "it was better than what we've had for the last four years". While McKinley was heavily favored to retain his Huron seat, few people envisioned the type of VIVI, e id441 a ef C4 d ad Following are the election results for each municipality in the • Riding of Huron Bain McKinley Thomas Weary Ailsa Craig 2 ' 209 94 19 Ashfield 7 478 230 52 Bayfield — 216 40 18 Biddulph 4 552 320 106 Blue Water Rest — 30 17 1 Blyth 2 324 106 24 Brussels — 306 208 16 Clinton 5 1169 391 86 Colborne Twp. — 426 153 58 Exeter 2 1383 408 108 Goderich 18 2232 1076 240 • Goderich Twp. Grey Twp. 2 2 658 444 226 323 61 38 Hay Twp. 1 1098 415 78 Hensall 1 466 161 23 Howick Twp. 4 807 365 110 Hullett Twp. 4 533 221 40 Huron Park (2) 3 220 116 51 Lucan 1 379 143 67 • McGillvray 1 512 287 44 McKillop 1 346 315 43 Morris Twp. — 492 236 26 Seaforth 2 1015 391 56 Stanley Twp. — 608 135 26 Stephen 3 846 349 71 Tumberry Twp. 4 410 199 42 • Tuckersrni th Twp. 6 839 406 69 Vanastra 4 120 58 30 Huronview 1 106 39 5 Usborne 557 162 48 E. Wawanosh Twp. 352 164 32 W. Wawanosh Twp. 2 353 210 33 Wingham 4 1056 506 84 • Zurich . 0 269 160 11 Advance Poll 185 125 .19 86 19,996 8,755 1,835 If you're trying to beat the high cost of living, you may want to join in an unique project in Ex- eter this weekend. Participants — mostly young people from Exeter, Crediton, Zurich and the surrounding area will be spending 36 hours at two Exeter churches and it isn't going to cost them anything for food or lodging. Main reason is the fact there won't be any food. It's a "Starv- In." The program gets underway at 9:00 p.m., Saturday and ter- minates 36 hours later. The par- ticipants are asked to bring their own sleeping bags and they will be provided only with a glass of fruit juice for each "meal." They will be sleeping at the Anglican and Pentecostal Churches and during the 36 hours will be enjoying crafts, music and rap sessions. The project is being staged jointly by the Youth for Christ and South Huron Reachout and commanding lead with the first few, polls returned. Within half an hour after polls closed, the outcome was deter- mined. NDP candidate Shirley Weary increased her showing only marginally over the 1968 totals and Socialist Ed Bain failed to garner even 100 votes. Thomas said he "wasn't sur- prised" he'd done poorly in view of the nation wide picture. With the na tional swing away from the Liberals, he said, he had no hope in traditionally Tory Huron,. His hopes were pinned on an even greater Liberal popularity than in 1968. McKinley said many people in Huron had voted for the can- didate and not the party. He said there had been an anti-Trudeau mood apparent in the riding, but indicated most of his additional strength came,from people who Please turn to page 3 support he would garner. He received a total of 19,996 votes, a whopping big lead of 11,241 over his closest rival, Liberal candidate Charles Thomas. The Zurich area man easily out-distanced the combined total of the other three candidates, each of whom will lose his $200 deposit for failing to win half the number of votes accorded the winner. The win was the third in a row for McKinley, He won the seat in 1965 with a majority of 1,133 and repeated in 1968 with a lead of about 3,800 votes. . His win Monday eclipsed the 6,558 majority given to the late Elston Cardiff in 1958 when John ,Diefenbaker and the PCs swept the country. The Huron outcome was deter- mined in almost record time, with McKinley building up a RECEIVING CONGRATULATIONS — A large number of his supporters thronged to the Clinton Legion hall Monday night to offer congratulations to Huron MP Robert McKinley on his resounding re-election. At the left are Clarence Fairbairn and Jack Fuller of Exeter. T-A photo. Ninety-eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 2, 1972 Price Per Copy 20 Cents Work progressing slowly on workshop Gold Medalist At the fall convocation of UWO Conservatory of Music, Althouse College, David Elston received a gold medal and his Associate Degree for trombone, He was the guest artist bass trombonist, and was also the bass trombonist in the Suite of Four Trom- bones, following the presenta- tion of diplomas and medals. He was one of only two to receive a gold medal. David is a graduate of the Faculty of Music, UWO and is currently enrolled at Althouse. Four area drivers hallway will be constructed between the two areas, and will be the main entrance to the workshop, and will house the washroom facilities. In addition, Mr. Lutchin has been visiting potential trainees and their families. "The parents have been very co-operative," he said. He has also been visiting area manufacturers, and although no actual contracts have been promised, he said it looks like work will be available once the workshop starts. S • • receive suspensions Four licence suspensions were handed out by Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. In three of the cases, Judge Hays ruled the drivers could continue to drive vehicles to and from their work. Thomas R. Shearer, London, was fined $250 and had his licence suspended for six months after pleading guilty to a charge of • dangerous driving. He was charged after an acci- dent on Highway 4 south of Hen- sail on September 18. He and the driver of a car with which he collided were both hospitaliied and property damage was es- timated at $1,700. • Ronald Franklin Hanna, Huron Park, was levied a fine of $100 • Heats on - Big Toe A SCARY GROUP — These three girls formed a scary trio at Tuesday's Hallowe'en party at Stephen Central school. Central school. They are Cathy Becker, Kathy Willard and Linda Lippert. T-A photo. Honors Student Mrs. Lois Ottewell, Exeter, recently graduated with honors from the University of Western Ontario, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from the Faculty of Social Science. She is now teaching at Usborne Central School. (photo by Doerr) Building plan finalized for K-W community hall Chop poles, • remove wire estimated costs were tops saying, "We are going with a fairly high figure, so we don't mislead anyone". He listed the actual cost of the building at $91,000 with the other $9,000 for the purchase of necessary land, water, roadways and parking, The cost of construction could be cut by about $2,000 by leaving ceiling tile off and having the Work is proceeding slowly on plans for the workshop for the Mentally retorted in Dashwood, but Director Chuc Lutchin stressed that "as soon as we can, we're going to get started — on the first possible date we can get the trainees in." Mr. Lutchin said that the ma- jor drawback right now is the lack of adequate washroom facilities at the former Dashwood Industries site, Right now, there is only one washroom in the area to be used for the workshop. Ile added that getting these facilities and getting the right areas of the building heated will be the• next major step towards the opening of the workshop, "But it all takes time." said Mr. Lutchin. _ Right now, they are in the process of tearing down the oldest, middle part of the DIL plant. A local farmer has been contracted to do this work and to cart away the materials. Mr. Lutchin himself has been very busy, working with the architect to draw up specific plans for the workshop area. Generally, said Mr. Lutchin, the big building will comprise the workshop and training centre. He hopes to have a special petitioned area for shipping, and perhaps a separate section for wood- working. The two buildings being utilized by the workshop are the storage area and the former DIL offices. A connecting Resort chamber • Watch maker and had his licence suspended for three months for operating a vehicle while his alcohol content was over 80 mgs. He was charged after being stopped for erratic driving on October 3 in Hay Township. A six-month licence suspension and a fine of $125 was handed out to Wayne L. Rabideau, Huron Park, who pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle while his licence was under suspension. The other driver to lose his privileges was Karl Roy Kuhn, Crediton, who pleaded guilty to driving with an alcohol content of over 80 mgs. In addition to the suspensions, Judge Hays levied fines of $100 each against three drivers who appeared on charges of careless driving, They were Robert G. Bibby, St. Marys; Douglas Charles Wallis, Bayfield; and Larry John Gib- son, Crediton. Gibson and Bibby were in- volved in single car accidents while Wallis struck a parked car in Exeter on October 2. In other traffic cases, the following fines were levied: James Roy Cubberley, St. Marys, paid $30 for failing to stop at a stop sign in Exeter. Michael L. Erickson, Exeter was fined $12 for travelling at a speed of 40 in a 30 m.p.h. zone in Exeter on September 9. Hubert Hunter, RR 3, Exeter paid $30 for failing to yield the right of way to a car on his right in Usborne on September 15. He was involved in an accident in which damage was set at $1,250. wins award Provincial police are in- vestigating several thefts in the area this week. A quantity of gasoline was taken from a car owned by Harvey Lear, Huron Park, while parked at his residence. Gasoline was also taken from a truck at Mt. Carmel. Approximately 900 feet of copper wire was taken from an unoccupied farm on County Road 2 in Stephen. Three hydro poles were cut down to remove the wire, owned by Len Veri, Exeter. A chain saw valued at $124,was stolen from a truck owned by Ross Feagan, Clinton. The truck was parked in Hensall. Ronald Corriveau, Zurich, reported the theft of his 1964 model car early Monday mor- ning. It had been parked in front of his residence. The vehicle was recovered Tuesday evening by police in Seaforth. A big "toe"-truck has been painted on one wall of the Big Toe coffee house signifying that the project is well on its way to completion. Many area young people have been working diligently for the past week cleaning, scraping and painting the room behind Pat's Pet Shop in readiness for the big opening, which they hope will take place the second weekend in November. Co-ordinator of the project, Fred Simmons is quite enthusiastic about it and said be is very pleased with the amount of co-operation he has been get- ting, not only from the students who are working on the project, but many other people who are donating time and materials. The group overcame one major problem with the acquisition of a large space-heater. Now the big thing is to furnish the coffee house. What will be the service area of the coffee house has been furnished with a coffee-table and couch, but the group still needs tables and chairs for the main area. Fred said he isn't too worried about people coming to the coffee-house. He said that already, there have been a lot of people coming in to have a look around and wondering when it will officially open. He is looking, however, for people to act as supervisors. In addition to the coffee, and facilities for card games, the group is planning on building a small stage in one corner of the room and they hope to have entertainment for the opening, chooses officers The 1972-73 slate of officers for the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce was elected during the regular meeting held Wednesday night. J. Richard Manore was named president replacing the outgoing president Walter Crumplin. Vice- presidents elected were Peter DeJong and Ory Wassmann, Mary Blewett is the secretary and Gary Thompson is the treasurer. Directors elected were John Payne, Mrs. Mayme Douglas, Mrs. Thera Pullens, Leo Masse, David Jackson, Mrs. Norma Baird, Xavier Boggemans and John Kelders. The new officers will be in- stalled at a dinner meeting to be held on Monday, November 27. indoor painting done by volunteers, The townships of Usborne and Blanshard have tentatively ap- proved the project and a provin- cial grant of $10,000 is available through each municipality. Another $5,0 0 0 would be forthcoming from the provincial government if Fullarton township backs the project, The maximum Ontario grant is $25,- 000. The townships of Blanshard and Usborne have each pledged $5,000 while the Kirkton Com- munity Association has promised $4,000 and the Winter Carnival committee will contribute $3,000. A canvass of a small area around the two communities in- dicated another $15,500 could be expected. Schaefer said based on last year's figures a federal Local Initiatives grant would be $18,000. The committee felt more money could be raised on a wider canvass. Businesses and in- - Please turn to page 3 By an almost unanimous ma- jority, residents of the Kirkton- Woodham area voted Thursday night to go ahead with plans to build a Community Centre to supply the recreation needs of all ages. The investigating committee which has spent several months obtaining plans and all necessary data from contractors and municipalities with similar structures was given the authori- ty to take the building to its completion. The building expected to be constructed next spring will be 80 by 100 feet in size and will house an auditorium of 50 by 100 feet in dimensions with a tap rock floor suitable for roller skating and dancing. The top estimated cost of the building is $100,000. Committee members Bill Morley and Bill Schaefer outlined all activities of their group up to the Thursday meeting. Schaefer outlined plans for financing which would bring in at least $75,500. He emphasized the Receives B.A. Fred Negrijn, Exeter, son of Mr, and Mrs. Fred Negrijn, Gouda, Holland, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the fall con-Vocation of the University of Western On- tario. Brian Whittaker, Exeter, was presented with the Bulova Watch Company award at last week's graduation at George Brown College in Toronto. The award was for achieve- ment in watch making in the 1972 graduating class in watch making. Brian is employed with his uncle, Earl Campbell, Exeter jeweller. Psychology Grad Joan Anne Van Sligtenhorst, daughter of Mr, arid Mrs. Melvin Elliott, 88, 1, Zurich, graduated with a 8.A. in Psychology at the autumn convocation of the University of Western Ontario, Mrs. Van Sligtenhorst, is employed by the Northumberland -Durham Board of Education, Damage is light in two crashes Only two accidents were in- vestigated by the Exeter OPP this week, Both were of a com- paratively minor nature. On Sunday at 1:15 a.m., a car driven by John Hodgert, RR 1, Kirkton went out of control while proceeding north on concession 2- 3 in Usborne and hit a hydro pole in the ditch. Damage to the car Was listed at $400 by Constable Dale La- mont, with another $200 to the pole. A London Free Press truck struck a pony in Dashwood at 4:10 a.m., Tuesday. The animal, owned by Don Gaiser, suffered mihor injuries and there was no damage to the truck. Constable Bill GlaSsfotd in- vestigated. baring the week, the officers charged eight people tinder the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 14, There were two charges under the Criminal Code, EROSION CONTINUES Erosion along the Lake Buren shoreline continues, These pictures Grand Bend, Two cottages have already been moved away from the crumbling hill and others depict the plight of cottagers hi the Poplar Beach subdivision about four miles north of are endangered, Tons of dirt have cascaded to the bottom of the hill, along with trees, steps, etc.