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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-11-09, Page 1Frank Creech served newspaper 46 years Frank Creech, who helped publish this newspaper for the past 46 years, died Friday in South Huron Hospital. He entered hospital earlier in the week after suffering a slight heart attack. He was 62. Better known as "Si", he joined the staff of The Times- Advocate when he was 16 and was an integral part of the many changes which have taken place in newspaper production throughout the years. When he joined the staff, a large portion of the newspaper was set by hand, later giving way to the linotype and now computer typesetters. Si operated the large press in the basement of the T-A which each week produced the newspaper for a number of years. He was a captain in the Exeter Volunteer Fire Brigade, serving for 30 years. He was secretary-treasurer of the brigade as well. Si was best known in the area as an outstanding athlete. He was considered by many to be one of the finest hockey players Exeter ever produced and his uncommon abilities to take the puck from his own defence position through the entire opposing team was the highlight of many games. High school, junior and intermediate teams on which he starred offensively and defensively were among the best in Western Ontario and he served in an executive capacity with many of those teams as well. Si was also an excellent ball player and following the end of his playing career in both sports, he was an ardent fan. He is survived by his wife, the former Jean Sheere; one daughter, Ann, and one son, Tom, both at home; one sister, Mrs. Gordon ,(Ruby) Koch, Exeter; two brothers, Joe, St. Marys, and Ray, Thedford. He was predeceased by one sister, Mrs. William (Grace) Rollins, London. Funeral service was conducted Monday from the R.C. Dinney Funeral Home by the Rev. Glenn Wright of Exeter United Church. Interment was in Exeter Cemetery. Pallbearers included: Irwin Ford, Robert Southcott, Eric Carscadden, Robert Nicol, Howard and Harold Holtzmann, — 30— Four new candidates seek Exeter positions. .Crash at intersection sends two to hospital Despite the fact four members of Exeter council .have indicated they will retire this year, local ratepayers could still be going to the polls to elect members for the next two-year term. Four men have already signified their intention to run for council and nominations don't officially open until .today. The four' new. candidates are Ted Wright, Harold Patterson, Garr Rice and Glenn. Northcott. Wright is a former member of council, having served seven years before resigning his post due to pressure of work four years ago. At the time he was field superintendent for Canadian Canners Ltd, .and the demands of the job prevented him from doing justice to his council position he Said, Two persons received _torten- . sive injuries and property damage was high in a rash of accidents in Exeter dnring the. week. In addition to hit and run accidents were reported. James Scott, 120 Sanders street is in South Huron hospital with a broken leg and Mrs. Gerald O'Brien, RR 3, Dashwood is in the same hospital with a broken arm. Vehicles driven by Mrs. Audrey Hackney, 117 William Street and Esther Rau, RR Zurich. Damages were set at $200 by Constable Goarley. The Exeter police department has issued a plea for help in locating a car which was in- volved in a hit and run accident on Huron street opposite the Nurse's residence, Tuesday evening. Cars owned by Catherine Grenier, Dashwood and Marian Snell of Londesborough were damaged to the extent of $800. Police are looking for a late model light coloured GM product with damage to the right side and front. JUST LIKE A RIVER — Moments after an accident at the corner of William and Gichey streets Friday noon the intersection looked like a river. The car shown above driven by Mrs, Gerald O'Brien, RR 3 Dashwood, upset the fire hydrant. The other vehicle involved in the crash was driven by Jim Scott of Exeter. T-A photo Ninety-eighth Year Price Per Copy 20 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 9, 1972 Mayor raked over the coals, Receives Master's Degree Douglas Prout, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Prout, RR 3 Exeter, received his Master's Degree in Computer Science at the fall convocation at the University of Waterloo. He has accepted a position in the computer department at the University of Toronto. • Wright is now a lead hand at Dashwood Industries "I'm interested in council work and liked it," he stated this week in announcing his intention to seek office. He is presently a member of the planning board, having served for three years in that capacity, Patterson, who owns Pat's Pet Shop, is a native of Verdun, Quebec, and came to the area in 1947 to work with a Montreal firm engaged in reinforcing hangars at CFB Centralia, Since then he has been a bookkeeper for Exeter District Co-Op and Centralia Farmers' Supply, was manager of the Ex- eter Credit Union from 1962 to 1970 and operated an egg business in Usborne Township. Northcott, a resident of An- drew St., has been employed at the Exeter Post Office for the past 16 years. He has already submitted his nomination papers to clerk Eric Carscadden. The other candidate, Garr Rice, moved to Exeter in June, 1971. Besides operating Garr Rice Enterprises, an entertain- ment booking firm, he owns the store occupied by Polka-Dot Fabrics and the former Fred Huxtable building on Main St. He points with pride to the fact he has brought five new businesses to Exeter, Polka-Dot, G&G Discount, Mr. Pizza, Children's World and Exeter- Lucan Electronics. The latter four occupy space in the flux- table building and he operates Mr. Pizza while his mother operates Children's World. He's a native of Toronto and received most of his education in London. alters emphasis on foreigners O'Brien and. Scott were involved in a collision at noon on Friday at the intersection of William and. Gidley streets. After the collision the O'Brien car careened into a fire hydrant at the north-west corner knocking it over and sending water rushing onto the street, A passenger in the Scott vehi- cle, David Dettmer of Exeter suffered lacerations. The three persons were taken to South Huron hospital by Hoffman's Ambulance. The investigating officer Constable Ardell McIntyre es- timated total damages at $5,000, Damages of only $50 were sustained Friday evening when vehicles owned by Joseph Arnold Campbell, 249 Main Street and Gerald Hilton Broderick, 315 An- drew street were involved in an accident on Main street. Constable John Goarley in- vestigated. Early Saturday morning, Stephen Faber, RR 3, Exeter reported to police that his vehicle had been struck by an unknown vehicle while on a north end parking lot. Constable Goarley set damages at $100. Also, early Saturday morning, vehicles driven by Larry Consitt, RR 1, Hensall and Donald Kenney, RR 6, Strathroy were involved in a minor collision on the Chuckwagon Drive-In parking lot. Constable Goarley was again in charge of the investigation and listed damages at $150. Tuesday afternoon an accident occurred at the corner of Main and John Streets. Drivers of the vehicles involved were Mrs. Four resign council seats Police Chief Ted Day in- dicated to council this week the local police have stepped up their surveillance of the drug scene, He said 13 people had been searched during the month of October and some "substances" were confiscated. If the sub- stances are found to be drugs, charges will be laid. No discussion was held on the Chief's comment. Other statistics contained in his monthly report were as follows: , Fifteen accidents with privet- ty damage of $3,740, 39 warnings and eight charges under the Highway Traffic Act, six parking tickets issued, five animal com- plaints received, one bomb threat, two nuisance telephone calls, five- property damage in- cidents investigated with one juvenile being warned and turned over to his parents, one theft over $50 and three under, one said he realized he shouldn't have said what he did, However, he said the com- ments did get Exeter onto the front page of the London Free Press, a situation that doesn't occur very often. Mr. Delbridge said Monday that other communities have cited similar problems with foreigners. He related that one neighboring community had a Russian engineer on a project and they had a "terrible time communicating". He said people shouldn't be in — Please turn to page 3 He said he had nothing against foreigners but was complaining only about the foreigners in government and in public and commercial enterprise who can't speak English well enough to converse with those who do. "I don't agree that they should be in these key positions," he said. He said foreigners shouldn't be in a position to dictate to Canadians until they can talk the language fluently enough to talk with Canadians and now policies. After noting he had been "raked over the coals" and criticised for his comments, he Four members of Exeter coun- cil announced their resignations at a public meeting at the town hall, Wednesday. They were Mery Cudmore, Ross Taylor, Bruce Shaw and Ken Ottewell. The latter two have served for two years, while Cudmore completed eight and Taylor 15. Ottewell and Cudmore both pointed to the fact the work has taken them away from their families and private interests and they felt they could no longer serve. Exeter Mayor Jack Delbridge isn't going to back down on criticism he levelled over the large number of "foreigners" working in the civil service at Queen's Park. The Mayor made his comments at a ratepayers' meeting, Wednesday, indicating he was perplexed "that foreigners are trying to tell us how to run Canada when they've made a big mess of their own countries". "It's ridiculous," he added. "there should be enough good Canadians who could handle the job,". The Mayor's comments were published in Thursday's edition of The London Free Press and started a wave of comment — much of it opposed to the position held by Mr. Delbridge. The subject was debated over the CFPL Open Line show and emcee Billy Brady at 'one time referred to Mr, Delbridge as "Mayor Bunker". Another radio commentator listed him as the recipient of the "Ed Blake humanitarian award of the week" and concluded his remarks by saying "see you during , Brotherhood Week, Mr. Delbridge". The story from the ratepayers' meeting was picked up by several other newspapers, in- cluding the Hamilton Spectator and the Toronto Globe & Mail. Mayor Delbridge indicated at a council meeting Monday he had received several letters, some supporting his position and some opposing it. In a statement made for the benefit of the press reporters at Monday's council meeting, Mayor Delbridge admitted he had been undiplomatic in his presentation. DESCRIPTIVE — Ontario highway officials have designed new signs, favoring pictures over words to describe what motorists are about to encounter. Few are perhaps as descriptive as the one designed by some jokester near Devil's Elbow in Stephen Township. T-A photo indecent act, one industrial acci- dent. He also reported that Hallowe'en had been a "quiet evening" with a dangerous driving charge being the only disturbing incident. Councillor Mery Cudmore asked if the Chief would suggest that signs be erected to advise motorists they were approaching the traffic lights at Main and Sanders St. Chief Day said he could see little value in this because people realize that in built-up areas they have to watch for traffic lights. Works superintendent Glenn Kells interjected that the ministry of transportation and communications didn't recom- mend that signs be erected. Later in the meeting, a letter was received from the ministry of correctional services advising that subsidies would be available to communities who were faced with higher transportation costs due to the closing of the Goderich jail. Police forces in the county must now take prisioners to Stratford or Walkerton.. While the difference in mileage is negligible between Goderich and Stratford as far as the local force is concerned, a problem does arise when prisioners have to be transported to Goderich for trial. • Increase surveillance on local drug scene Resort to restrict River road parking • Loses debate over cruiser Reeve John Payne said, "I'm satisfied we should continue to keep the office open each Satur- day morning. Councillor Murray Des Jardins strongly opposed the suggestion. The office was open the past Please turn to page 3 `Committed' to addition Damage is high in area crashes Damage was high in three of the four accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP this week, but only one injury was reported. A Guelph woman, Catherine McCarthy, collided with a bridge on sideroad 5 west of concession 4-5 of Stephen Township on Friday at 11:45 p.m. The driver was taken to South Huron Hospital by Hoffman's Ambulance and admitted for treatment of head injuries. Constable Don Mason listed damage in the crash at $1,900. A car driven by Michael O'Leary, London, sustained $1,- 500 damage when it skidded out of control on concession 6-7 of Stephen early Saturday morning. At 11:00 p.m., Saturday, a single car mishap resulted in damage of $2,400 to a vehicle driven by Raymond Thompson, Centralia. The Thompson auto left Highway 4 north of Centralia and struck a fence owned by Hugh Rundle. Constable Mason investigated. The other crash was a hit and run in Zurich, reported Sunday. A car owned by Eileen Consitt, Zurich, was struck while parked unattended. Damage was $75. No unemployed for aid protect? It's doubtful that Exeter will take advantage of grants available under the local in- itiatives program of Canada Manpower. Main reason is the fact there aren't enough unemployed people in the area to tackle any local projects. Regulations of the program are that employment must be created for persons who are presently unemployed. "There aren't too many around here out of work," commented Clerk Eric Carscadden. Councillor Helen Jermyn suggested the renovation of the bowling green clubhouse could be considered under such a project and members agreed to consider the matter. Grand Bend council took steps Monday night to restrict parking along River Road. Signs will be put up banning parking from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Residents in the area had protested to council earlier this year that boats and trailers were parked along the roadway and on private property. Fire committee member Bill Cochrane reported to council that the joint Grand Bend, Stephen, Bosanquet group met with the Grand Bend fire chief Harry Hamilton and his assistant Prosper Van Bruaene. The GB fire officials will be instructing the four fire call operators not to accept calls for fires in Hay township unless authorized by the Dashwood department. A building permit application from George Kadlecik Construc- tion to build a 26 by 44 foot home at Lot 8, Plan 7 in Southcott Pines was accepted subject to approval of the Lambton County Health Unit and the building inspector. Considerable discussion took place on the matter of keeping the village office open on Satur- day mornings to accommodate ratepayers. Will send photo — but hesitantly Exeter council agreed — with some reservations — to send a picture of the local town hall to a firm which is printing a book on city halls and municipal buildings in Ontario. "Put a note on it that we're trying to improve ,it as soon as possible," commented Councillor Helen Jermyn, Councillor Bruce Shaw thought any model of abstract art could be submitted as an example of the town hall. "If it was painted by a left- hander," retorted Reeve Derry Boyle. An Exeter area man was fined $23 for failing to stop for an emergency vehicle, despite objections from his lawyer that in the situation the police cruiser was not an emergency vehicle. .Herbert Kirmse, RR 3 Exeter, was found guilty by Judge Glenn Hays, presiding in Exeter court, Friday. The court learned that OPP Constable Al Quinn observed a car ahead of him drive over the white line four times on County Road 4. The officer followed the ac- cused into Usborne township and attempted several times to over- take Kirmse, but was unable to do so until they arrived at an intersection where the accused voluntarily stopped. The policeman said he had the • siren going over a distance of three and three quarter miles,. When he finally stopped, Kirmse stated he thought it was someone following him to beat him up, In court, the accused said he had been returning home from work at Huron Park and did not see any red light on the car behind, nor did he hear the siren. Defence lawyer K.I. McLean, Exeter, argued that the police cruiser was not an emergency vehicle under the circumstances. However, it was established after much discussion that the cruiser was considered in that category, although the lawyer said he was not convinced of the accuracy of the interpretation. In stinting Up, Judge Hays said the officer had jeopardized his personal well-being to do his duty, All other cases heard at the Special court were for speeding infractions. Paying fines were the following; Austin Lewis Beard, London, $14; James Donald L. White, London, $I0: Michael It. Fleet, Dashwood, $1.0; Allan J. RiMiter, Exeter, $17; James A, Clark, Lucktiow, $10, Manufacturing facility to be erected by JF The addition for Exeter Public School is still planned for 1973 reported Huron County school board representative Garnet Hicks at Wednesday's ratepayers' meeting. He was asked about the situa- tion by Councillor Helen Jermyn. Mrs. Jermyn claimed Exeter was being penalized and claimed the board was a bit negligent in not undertaking the work sooner. The former teacher remarked that the former EPS board had planned the addition seven years ago, but had decided to leave it in the hands of the new county board. Former principal Arthur Idle noted the request for some ad- ditional space had been originally made 10 years ago and he stated it appeared that now Exeter would not get a library or an enlarged kindergarten. Hicks replied the library was a must and he and Clarence McDonald, the other area representative, had been plugging for the addition. He said it has been planned for 1972 but had to be withdrawn when the ministry of education demanded board cutbacks. Hicks said the board's problem Was similar to council's in that there were So many departments to go through and they were "dealing with people who don't Seem interested in your pro- jects," Ile assured the ratepayers the board was committed to the local addition, as council was for the local sewer project, but both were having trouble getting the necessary government ap- provals. several other countries, He noted that some of the equipment has to be adapted for North American use and this would be undertaken in the new manufacturing plant. Construction of the new plant is expected to commence in the immediate future. This year, JF had several forage boxes manufactured, Erik Gravlev of JF Farm Machinery announced this week the firm would be erecting a 20,000 square foot building beside its present location on Highway 83 east in Exeter. Monday night, he appeared before council and was given permission to dig and pour the footings for the 120' by 168' building, He explained that he was still uncertain as to what type of construction would be used in the building; either cement block or an insulated steel building, He told the T-A the new building would serve primarily as a manufacturing plant and could create up to 20 jobs over the present 15 now employed by the Exeter firm. Manufacturing would consist primarily of attachments for some of the farm implements the firm now imports from Den- mark, U S , A and Saskatchewan. After assembly here, the equip-, merit is distributed throughout Canada and the U.S.A. and Mr, Gravlev said he is investigating the possibility of exporting to A VISIT TO THE FIRE HALL — Grade One students from J.A.D. McCurdy school recently visited the Huron Park fire hall. Above, fire chief Robbie Robichaud shows Melvin Dennis, Jamie Donnie and Karen Borden how to operate a fire hose. - photo by Norm Hyde Thieves in area get gas and food Two breaking were reported in the area this week. Friday morning a breakin was discovered at the Derby Dip Drive-In south of Exeter. Goods including chips, frozen chicken, wieners and steak patties were stolen. Loot was valued at $17. Another entry was made at the Hay Township Garage at Zurich arid the thieves made off with 70 gallons of gasoline. Entry to the building was gained by smashing a wirklOW and the thieves then turned on the switch to the gasoline pumps, some of the work being done by Exeter Furniture. "I'm glad to hear you're expan- ding," commented Councillor Helen Jermyn. David Rose also appeared before council for permission to undertake renovations to the house located at the north-east corner of William and Victoria. It was damaged by fire earlier this year. He said he wanted to undertake some plumbing and wiring as time permitted. Building inspector Doug Triebner is presently on a holiday in Ottawa and council told Mr, Rose he could proceed with the wiring and plumbing and to get the project approved by Mr. Triebner on his return this weekend. Other permits approved were: The Royal Bank, to erect a sign at their new location; Don MacGregor, to extend double garage: Irene johns, house renovations at 67 John St. E.; Steel Art Co. Ltd., to erect a sign tot Eaten'a store On Main; Albert Robinson, to replace porch and steps at 216 Andrew.