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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-05-16, Page 3PUBLIC SCHOOL OPERETTA — These five Orientals are really students participating in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, the Mikado taking place tonight at the High School, From left to right are, Sandra McLeod as Katisha; Paul McAuley, the Mikado, Robin Little, as Ko-Ko the executioner; Cindy Wasson as Nanki-Poo and John Jenner as Pooh-Bah. Gilbert & Sullivan operetta Public school presents Mikado 15 TRAINED ANIMAL and CIRCUS ACTS 90 MINUTES OF CIRCUS THRILLS DARING AERIALISTS FUNNY CLOWNS .••••••••••••••011••••1 "Your Family Health Centre" 373 Main Ste Phone 2354570 or 235-1070 EXETER PHARMACY LTD. Observing police week Police Week is being observed this week and the Exeter department has two events on the Agenda. Today, ThUrsday, Constable George Robertson win be visiting Exeter pplslic and Precious Blood separate schools. He will be distributing literature on bicycle safety in Preparation for Saturday's bike rodeo at the arena. The rodeo is operated jointly by the police department and the Exeter Kinsmen club. While at the schools Constable Robertson will be demonstrating finger printing and issuing some identification cards. Donate bus to retarded The South Huron & District Association for the Mentally Retarded has received a new bus, donated by the Grand Bend Lions. The monthly meeting of the Board of Directors last week was told that the bus will seat 15 passengers. It has been painted in the Lions colors and will be officially presented at the Association General Meeting at ARC Industries on May 22, Also at the general meeting, Warren Robinson, a teacher from Goderich District Collegiate will present a play he wrote about retarded persons entitled "Them." Nine collegiate students will act in it. The directors also received a report on the Flowers of Hope Campaign. It has gone so well that plans are being made to increase the order of seeds for next year. ARC Industries has received an offer from the Das hwood Chamber of Commerce to land- scape their property. ' On Tuesday night the Board met with W. D. Kenwell, superintendent of Operations of .the Huron Board of Education and trustees, Herb Turkheim and Harry Hayter to discuss ways of co-operating between the Association and Board of Education. The Exeter Public School will be presenting the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, "The Mikado" tonight at South Huron District High School at 8 o'clock., The first performance was held last night. Principal Jim Chapman told the T-A at press time that approximately 350 tickets had been sold for each performance with more people expected to buy at the door. The cast of characters consists of 55 students, members of the school choir. Many other students and parents are involved behind the scenes. Make-up alone takes several hours. Musical Director for the program is Miss R. Hurd and the Assistant Director is Mr, R. Finkbeiner. Mrs. L.Ottewell is the accompanist. Rehearsals and preparations have been going on since October. The choir had decided to put on the production so they took a bus trip down to Talbot Theatre at the University of Western Ontario to see the operetta performed there, Many of the costumes were made by the parents •arid the children themselves. Some , of those worn by the lea'd characters were rented from an agency in Toronto. The plot revolves around Nanki-Poo, the heir to the throne and son of the Mikado who has fallen in live with Yum-Yuan. As could be expected there are many complications before true love triumphs and everyone can live happily ever after.It's the type of performance the whole family can enjoy. Lead characters in the play are: The Mikado, Paul McAuley; Nanki-Poo, Cindy Wasson, (Bert MacNeil); Ko-Ko, Robin Little, (Kevin Glasgow); Pooh-Bah, John Jenner; Pish-Tush, Kevin Glasgow; Yum-Yum, Susan Chapman, (Nancy Dowker); Pitti-Sing, Joan Skinner, (Patty Milton); Peep-Bo, Darlene Davis; Katisha, Sandra McLeod, (Patty Milton). Nobles and Guards ; Laurie Ross, Brad Baynham, Bonnie PINERY PARK MISHAP Damages of $100 were listed in the only accident investigated this week by officers of the Pinery Park detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police. A vehicle driven by Laird Williams, 1836 Rivet Road, Sarnia struck a deer on Highway 21, south of Pinery Park. Con- stable F. A. Gardiner was the investigating officer. the community centre and curling rink for a total of $30,000. The debenture debt will be paid by the Vanastra ratepayers over a 20-year period by a mill rate levied each year (this year 12 mills) and paid in their property taxes each year, The petition to Tuckersmith council at the April 16 meeting asking the township to sponsor the program was signed by 79 percent of the Vanastra ratepayers, At Monday's meeting, council received a letter of resignation from councillor Vince FoWlie, a resident of Vartastra. He charged that Vanastra is being "ruthlessly exploited" by the township. VoWlie said there ate 216 families in the former RCAV base and the debentures have to be carried by this small group. lie said it is an unsatisfactory A Tuckersmith Township man, Albert Roy Pepper, was sen- tenced to 15 days in jail when he appeared before Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday. He was appearing on a charge of taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent on April 18. The vehicle was owned by his ' father and was slightly damaged while being operated by the accused. • his • w° as Pepper, was slot with parents at the tine of the in- xideht, The court learned that he had previous convictions and was already serving a probation period. Three drivers appeared in court to face charges of impaired driving. Dennis Brian Hallam, Brucefield, was fined $150 and given a restricted licence suspension for six months, prohibiting him from driving except during hours of his em- ployment as a truck driver with a London construction firm. Judge Hays indicated he was beginning to question the ad- visability of restricted licence suspensions. He said that when the breathalizer test was in- stituted, the number of cases of impaired driving showed a decline, but since restricted suspensions became law, there have been a flood of impaired driving charges in the courts. Hallman was charged after police spotted his erratic driving on March 15 on Highway 4. A breathalizer test showed an alchohol content of 200 mgs. Hallam was also fined $28 after pleading guilty to having liquor in a place other than his residence. Raymond G. Keller, Huron Park, pleaded guilty to impaired driving and was fined $75 and was prohibited from driving for four months. He was charged on December 31. decision. He charged that the principal beneficiary of the complex will be the township. While he agreed that'Vanastra residents seem satisfied With the OMB decision, he doesn't feel they undetstand what the project will cost in terms of budget, Fowlie who was acclaimed to office in 1972 said the past year has been terribly frustrating and an accurriulation of problems placed his health in jeopardy, Council will deal with his resignation at their regular meeting this week. In other business Monday council approved a request from Murray Harter of H.H. 5 Clinton, for a building permit to enlarge his lunch stand at intersection of Highway 4 and Vanastra Road. Council approved a tile drain in the park atea at Vanastra to cost approximately $1,000. dergunst, Barbara Armstrong, Kathy Livingstone, Janine Hackney, Debbie Webster, Brenda Pinder, Nancy Dowker, Elaine Kestle, Julianne MacLean, Julie Skinner, Carolyn Walkom, Patty Milton, Veronica Adams, Beverley Tait, Janet Cowan, Leslie Campbell, Cheryl Harvey, Cheryl Gilfillan, Kathy Penhale and Kim McBride. A fine of $125 was levied against Lloyd Andrew Lee, Dash- wood, charged with impaired driving on December 21, His car went into the ditch on that oc- casion and he was found still sitting in the vehicle with the motor running. He advised the court he has since sold the vehicle. A London man, Donald Dale, was fined $100 after pleading guilty to careless driving. He was involved in an accident on March 20 when he failed to negotiate a curve in the Greenway aea. He told the court he fell asleep while driving. Robert J. Vans tone, 16-year-old Hensall youth, was fined $38 on a charge of careless driving resulting from his operation of a snowmobile on February 12 in Hensall. He was reportedly driving fast and went through a stop street and then lost control of the vehicle, which hit a tree. He was injured in the crash and appeared in court on crutches. Other fines imposed by Judge Hays and Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake were as follows: Lloyd Garnet Allan, Hensall $28 for having liquor in a place other than his residence on April 7 and a similar amount on the same charge in Exeter on March 22. Gordon M. Baird, Hensall $22 for failing to stop at a stop sign in Hensall on December 15. Eric Shaw, Palmerston $53 for failing to report an accident and another $53 for failing to produce proof of insurance. He was charged on February 17 after his vehicle collided with the gas pumps at Walper's Supertest in Exeter. Damage in the incident was listed at $800. Ross Andrew McNair, Huron Park, $125 for careless driving and $23 for driving on an in- structional permit and not being accompanied by a licenced driver. He was involved in an accident in Exeter on April 8 when he made a power turn and struck a tree. His licence was also suspended for three months by Judge Hays. John L. MacLeod, Huron Park $38 for creating unnecessary noise with his vehicle in Exeter on April 15. Ernest W. Rohner, Exeter $63 for creating unnecessary noise with his vehicle in Stephen Township on April 12, The court learned he had been causing his car wheels to squeal and friends with him were yelling and hollering. His car also had a noisy muffler, Larry J, Consitt, Exetet $33 for creating unnecessary noise with his vehicle in Exeter on August 3. Leonard G, Smale Hensall $28 for having liquor in a place ether than his residence on April 21 in Exeter. Larry Heard, Blyth, $43 for a speed of 50 in a 30 tone, Joseph Gregory Regier, Parkhill $28 for having liquor in a place other than his reaidence, William W. Budd, Staffs, $28 lot having liquor in a plaee other than his residence, Kenneth Goodhand, London, $15 for a speed of 42 in a 80 zone, Huron Ceunty council will have to consider an important step, probably on. May 31, in resolving the future of county policing as a result of a preposal made May 9 Clinton. The proposal was made during an wen meeting called by county police chiefs to discuss a possible union of five area municipal police forces. Officials from the Ontario Police commission, elected municipal officials and policemen participated in the discussion. The five municipal police chiefs began discussions about uniting their forces in the wake of an Ontario government task force report which recommended police forces, in towns with dpiospbualnadteidons under 15,000, be During the Clinton meeting, a committee was chosen to ask county council to request the Ontario government to make a study of policing needs and costs in Huron County, The committee is composed of the chairmen of police com- missions from Clinton, Exeter, Goderich, Seat' orth and Wingharn. William Harris, of Wingham, will head the group. County Warden Bill Elston hailed the committee's im- pending presentation to council. He has been plagued with ciuestionshecan't answer about a possible county police force, he said. "I would definitely like someone to come and talk to county council to get it (county force) past the rumor stage," he said. The warden didn't know about current studies being made by county police chiefs until two weeks ago. If county council decides to ask for the police study, paid for by the province, two approaches could be used in making the request. Costs for installing a possible central radio dispatch system for the five forces, no matter what course county policing takes in the future, would be shared by the municipalities and the province, The province would pay 75 percent and the municipalities 25 percent. Some persons at the meeting dismissed the spending. They said that the 25 percent municipal share would be wasted if the provincial government passed legislation which put the OPP to work throughout the county. Whether that legislation is passed or not has confused the issue of creating a county force. Chief Pat King, of Goderich, explained that the- chiefs have been studying the possibility because they 'wanted to have Police catch car suspects Two area youths have been arrested as the result of a high speed police chase which ended in Hay township Monday mor- ning. David Vincent is charged with possession of stolen property and dangerous driving while Thomas Gloor is charged with possession and both face charges of break and enter. The two young men were ob- served by Constable Jim Rogers of the Exeter Provincial Police detachment at about 2:30 a.m. A high speed chase for six miles ended in a field in Hay township where the youths disappeared. About eight hours later with the additional help of Sgt. Norton Rhiness and Con- stable Bill Lewis, Vincent and Gloor were apprehended. The vehicle in which they were riding was stolen during the night from Mathers Motors, Main street north. At the same time eight sets of car keys were taken from the service station building. A couple of key sets are still missing. Vandals ruin clock break window Vandals were at work in Exeter again this week at several dif- ferent ,locations. Sometime over the weekend, unknown persons kicked in the door of the works superin- tendent's office in the town hall and cut the telephone wires. At the same time, council chambers were entered and a wall clock removed, The clock which was demolished was later found on Wellington Street. Constable Alex Balazs is in- vestigating, Saturday night three property owners in the Thomas and Wellington streets reported flowers and rhubarb plants had been pulled out in their gardens. A gas pump was damaged at Art Clarke Fuels on Wellington Street and David Rose reported a window broken at his Victoria Street residence. John DeBoeck, 208 Algonquin Drive, Huron Park repotted a jacket and wallet stolen while he was at the Les Pines Hotel, The two articles Were later recovered but $30 in cash was missing. Constable O'Driacoll is in. vestigating, answers to any questions asked of them by their respective town councils. Their study lead them to believe the county force is preferable to the OPP. But other observers say there is nothing wrong with the existing policing system, The task force report contends that larger forces are more effective and recommend the OPP takeover. However, the possibility exists that the government may refuse to act upon the task force findings and scrap the whole report. Even if the report is considered, legislation, may not be pending for years. If county council asks for the police study and the provincial governemt grants it, options are left open. If the study concluded that OPP service in the county is preferable, further action to study a county force would be unnecessary. Chairman of: the Ontario Police Commission, Elmer Bell, ex- plained the approaches in response to a question from Harold Lobb of Clinton, County council could ask the Solicitor General to direct the police commission to make the study or ask the commission to get approval from the Solicitor General. The county would however, have to specify topics the study should cover, such as costs of a county force versus a takeover by the Ontario provincial police. The task force report recom- mended the OPP assume duties in the towns as well as the rural areas of the county. The political machinery is slow slowly moving into gear in the area. One candidate, sitting member Robert McKinley, has already declared his intentions and he's expected to have no difficulty winning the Progressive Con- servative nomination. McKinley, who helped the PCs and NDP defeat the government on Wednesday, indicated the riding executive would be meeting this weekend to choose the date and site of a nomination meeting. "No one likes elections, but they usually become enjoyable as they move along," the Zurich area resident explained. He noted that potential can- 'didates would be well advised to consider the fact that the odds are against anyone getting elected for a normal four or five- year term. This will be his fourth election and he's just a bit over two years per terms McKinley was elected in 1965 and returned in elections of 1968 and 1972. He agreed that inflation would be the major debate in the up- coming campaign. However, he added that the overall confidence people have in the country will be much discussed because at the present time people don't know how to keep ahead of inflation. McKinley said farmers were again being caught up in a squeeze as their costs were rising and their product prices declining. "People can't plan ahead, they just don't know what to do," he advised. The Liberals also have plans for an early nomination meeting. Association president John Broadfoot told the T-A that a tentative date has been set for the last-week in May. The exact date will depend on the availability of a site. He said a few people have already indicated an interest in contesting the nomination and he expected a fair bit of interest when the date rolls around. An NDP spokesman could not be contacted. Returning officer Garnet Hicks has already commenced his activities and enumerators will soon be out fulfilling their duties. One major change this year will be in the riding name, McKinley was successful in having the name changed from Huron to Huron-MiddleseX to reflect the fact several residents from the latter county are in- cluded. While the name change has been approved, McKinley said The general feeling of Huron County police chiefs, is that a county force would be better than OPP policing. They maintain lower and better police- community relations, would result. Other advantages, listed by Chief Ted Day, of Exeter, in- clude; central dispatching and communications, probably located in Clinton; personal portable radios for all officers on patrol; identification offices for fingerprinting and photography; a Canadian Police Information Centre terminal at main ad- ministration offices; a breathalizer installed at ad- ministration offices; ap- pointment of one officer as court officer for the county, freeing others for duties elsewhere. Discussion of communications dominated a large portion of the meeting. Ronald Durand, a specialist with the police com- mission, explained his office is studying ways of revamping police radios throughout the province. Frequencies would be changed to allow police throughout the province to communicate by radio. If a county force was deemed suitable, council and the five municipalities would have the study's findings as a basis for its formation. Nobody at the meeting however, could give a satisfac- tory explanation of how the costs would be shared by municipalities if a county force was formed. Although an average cost per the only problem could arise if the Chief Electoral Officer for Canada was unable to change his materials in time. However, not having heard from the top election executive, McKinley said he was assuming there were no problems. MRS. IDELLA BURN Mrs. Idella Burn passed away at Nithview, New Hamburg on Friday May 10, 1974. She was 85. Her husband, the late Rev. J. S. Burn predeceased her in 1951. He had served in pastoral charges in . Bridgeport, Crediton ,Dashwood. She was also predeceased by three brothers and one sister. Three brothers survive: Royal of Dearborn, Mich.; Melvin, Kit- chener, and Ira of New Ham- burg; and one sister, Mrs. C. G. (Erma) Moser of Florida. Funeral services were held at the Bruce J. Omand Funeral Home, New Hamburg on Monday May 13. Interment was in the New Hope cemetery. HAROLD (TINY) KENDRICK Harold (Tiny) Kendrick passed away suddenly on Thursday May 9, 1974. He was from 497 York Road, Guelph. He was the husband of Mabel Perry, and the father of Harold, Owen Sound and Mrs. William (Eileen) Flannigan, Hamilton. Also surviving are five grand- children, his parents, Rev. and Mrs. H. Kendrick, Exeter; three brothers, Kenneth of Glencoe; Lionel, Lucan and Stephen of Winnipeg. There are also two sisters, Alice and Mrs. Peter (Ruth) Durand both of Exeter. . Funeral services were held Saturday May 11 at the Skipper- O'Drowsky Funeral Home in Guelph. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery. RACHEL L. (DENOMME) MAHLER Rachel L. (Denomme) Mahler, of Delaware passed away in Strathroy General Hospital on Wednesday, May 8, 1974. She was in her 77th year. She was the sister of Remi Denomme, Zurich and Dennis of Wallaceburg. Surviving are her husband, Wilbert J. Mahler, daughters, Mrs. Robert (Patricia) Taylor, Mrs. Robert (Eleanor) Porteous, both of Delaware, Mrs. Colin (Evalyn) Comfort, London and a son, Lloyd of Mount Brydg'es. Services were held Friday, May 10 at the McFarlane and Roberts Funeral Home, Lambeth with interment in Oakland Cemetery, Delaware. person could be levied on each municipality according to its population, Mr. Bell noted that per capita levies are unfair. Assessments in each town, village and, township differ. In more industrialized municipalities, costs of in- dividual taxpayers would be lower as industries pay large portions of tax assessments. No precedent exists that could be used as a basis for funding a county police force. The county force would put an end to free policing the rural townships now enjoy. Judge T. J. Graham, with the police com- mission, said part of the task force report stresses that every person in the province should pay for policing. The townships, as part of Huron County, would have to pay for OPP services if the task force recommendations are im- plemented by the government. The townships will escape payments only if the government decides to ignore the task force report and policing in the county remains the same. CARS FOR SALE 1968 FORD GALAXIE 2- door hardtop, power steer- ing, power brakes, V-8 automatic, radio, Licence DOM067 1 9 6 7 PONTIAC PARISIENNE, 2 door hard- top, power steering, power brakes, V8 automatic, radio. Licence CMX595 1966 FORD GALAXIE sedan, 6 automatic, radio, one owner. Licence DFW748 1965 BUICK sedan, 6 automatic, radio, a scarce model. Licence DFV692 1961 PONTIAC converti- ble, 8 automatic, needs windshild. Licence DFY993 Apply Broderick Bros. Exeter As& EXETER MONDAY, MAY 27 Community Park Fairgrounds Sponsored by Exeter Agricultural Society Two Shows 6 & 8 p.m. Rain or Shine UNDER THE T 0,P JENNIER'S SEALS BIG ELLIE The Circus Elephant Ethel's Racing Greyhounds Royal Bros. Circus Military Ponies & Mixed Drill MISS JOANN - Aerial Trapeze DUKE'S GOATS Michael's Mess of Mutts FUNNY CLOWNS - JUGGLERS SEE ALL THIS AND MUCH MORE ALL ADVANCE TICKETS: $1.25 AT DOOR ADULT $1.75 CHILD $1.50 All Prices include Tax Tickets available from Agricultural Society Members & the following locations Pat's Pet Shop Sander's Grocery MacLean's Automotive Times-Aclvessite, May 16, 1974 Page 3 County to consider one once :ferce Sales barn theatre site A theatre production Comes to ts this area Monday and Tuesday IS night. While the siSe,:el -the play may be a bit unuSnal it fits the fskS title of the production. Members of Theatre Passe Muraille will be presenting, "The Farmer's Revolt of 1837" at the Hensall sales barn arena. The curtain goes up at 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday evening. Sponsors of the event ,are the Kippen-Junior Farmers. It is a generally engrossing dramatization of Toronto's revolutionary history and evolves around the events of William Lyon Mackenzie's revolt. Director Paul Thompson says new dimensions have been added for the showings in Western Ontario. He added, "we have put more focus on events outside Toronto. We have scenes in- volving Tiger Dunlop and also the Van Egmond family". The play \ is written by Rick Salutin and Paul Williams is the designer. Appearing in the cast are Terry Tweed, Doris Cowan, David Fox, Myles Potter and Eric Pederson. As might be expected, this history's focus is upon the farmers and craftsmen in the 1837 troubles. William Lyon Mackenzie doesn't make an appearance until the halfway mark. Director Thompson said of the shows presented in Clinton early this week, "many observers said they didn't think we could get so much fun out of a serious. sittia tibn", Tuckersmith Township council was informed the proposed community centre and recreation area at Vanastra had been ap- proved by the Ontarie Municipal Board as of May 10. At a special meeting Monday council agreed to accept the offer by the Ontario Development Corporation to buy the deben- tures ($130,000) at 9.75 percent, The debenture money will help finance the recreation proposal, estimated to coat about $163,000 which calls for the purchase of a church to be used as a com- munity centre and the curling club to be used for curling, hockey and skating, construction Of a new swimming pool, establishment of a park Where a ball diamond and picnic pavilion can be built, also purchase of playground equipment. Council expects to receive • grants from the government for Baynham, Tyler Bishop, Cindy Horn, Steve Horn, Teresa MacDonald, Brenda Murray, Suzanne Patterson, Bill Sim- mons, Ian Sweet, Kathy Wallace, Cindy Fisher, Paul Perry, Laurie Ross, Nancy Perry, Matthew Postil, Bert MacNeil, Suzanne Zachar, Gail Irvine and Doug Fletcher. School Girls: Michele Van- Resigns Tuckersmith post, citeeruthless exploitation' Sentenced to jail for taking vehicle McKinley is all set for fourth election (