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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1965-02-18, Page 1• • • Whole No. 5060 106th Year ;•'• ,'''•-•-7,".•.•• • • *foe' • st • SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURMAN FEBRUARY 18, 1965 — 10 PAGES Charged With .Murder Visiting For -Weekend Hibbert Teacher .is Slain Funeral services for Marianne Vandervliet; 21, RR 2, Dublin, were held in Mitchell Wednes- day afternoon, conducted by her minister, Rev. D. 0. Fry, of First Presbyterian Church, Sea - forth. Miss Vandervliet was shot to death Sunday afternoon in her parents' Hibbert Township home. . John Kenneth Pitman, 21; was arrested in Sarnia Mon- day and charged with the shoot- ing. He is lodged in Perth County jail at Stratford. - Mr. and Mrs. Foot Vander- vliet and their two eons, Rich- ard, 17, and Gordon, 12, arriv- ed homelhortly before 5 p,m., after having. Waited friends in St. Marys, and found their daughter dead in the kitchen. Police said the girl, a teach- er at Stanley Park Public School, Kitchgner, had come home for the weekend and was alone in the house during the day. Marianne, a graduate of Mit- chell District 'High School and Protest Closing Dublin Station Dublin area residents will Present arguments against a move by the CNR clese i,Dub- • ln statien when a representa- tive of the Board of Transport Commissioners will visit the village next Wednesday. A letter to councils of adja cent municipalities said W. J. Rupert, of Toronto, district in- spector for the board, will hear petitions for and against the closures at a hearing to be held in the station at 1 p.m., Feb. 24. Some time ago the CNR noti- fied area councils it planned to close the station, and Hibbert, Logan and McKillop Township councils, Dublin police village trustees,, as well as many area industries and farmers affected; expressed opposition. John Nagle, of the village trustees, said the meeting would • •• ' give the community an oppor- tunity to indic*e how the CNR •k proposal was regarded. It. was • • hoped there would be a large attendance, he said. Purpose of the hearing next week, according to advice from the board, is "to review the matter on the ground in order to ascertain and advise the ,Board the extent of loss and inconvenience to the public if the application is' granted." In making application to close the agency and remove the sta- tion building, the CNR suggest- ed all freight traffic functions could be9 handled at Seaforth. Revenue from other than ear - load shipments te Dublin aver- ages $50.00 per monthu the rail- way said. - Under the proposed .arrange- ment, express •fright would be handled by a commission agent. Carload freight service .would be maintained. In protesting the move, area municipalities contended the facilities should .be maintained (Continne(Wir Page 12) Stratford Teachers' College, be- gan teaching last fall. She was a native of Holland. • Insp. G. E. Smith, of the pro- vincial police at Toronto, said the motive in the shooting -had not yet been established. Police across Southwestern Ontario search& for Marianne's car, which was missing. Sarnia police found the car abandoned on. Monday. Pitman had worked for some time on the Vandervliet's Hib- bert Township farm. A warrant charging him with capital mur- der was issued late Sunday night. The search for Pitman reach- ed from Nova Scotia to Michi- gan. A Sarnia policeman on routine cruiser 'patrol, spotted him, walking along a street about noon Monday. He is said to have spent the night 'in a Sarnia hotel. Sarnia police said Pitman did net resist arrest An autopsy was performed at Stratford General Hospital Mon- day, but according to Provincial Pence, a report on the autopsy has not been received. Ontario Provincial Police In- spector G. E. Smith, Toronto; in charge of the investigation,, and Cpl. Elmer Ferguson, of the Sebringville - detachment, picked up Pitman from Sarnia detectives and returned with him to Stratford about 5:30 p.m. Monday. The murder charge was . read to him in the governor's office of Perth County jail by justice of the peace Miss Helen Murray. WIN GROCERIES The lucky winner of the bas- ket of groceries drawn at the juvenile game Tuesday night, Was Mrs. Frank Dunn, RR 3, Seaforth. • • SS-13,-Seaforth and-- Mr'Killop-wMr toirlinnors at, the -Mardi-op. Town- ship Federation of Agriculture public speaking finals at the Seaforth District High School last, week. Winners, from. left are: Janneke Van Rooijen, SS 13, McKillop, junior winner; Mark Smith, 4, 4, McKillop, senior runner-up; Sandra Coleman, SS 13, McKillop, junior run- ner-up; Mary Elliott, Seaforth senior winner. ,c4 • As A,. nay Shout Vireal,k, inerobetS-Of grno.ndvills troop caMped oot".oyatniAlit atOckilp:Oleit',ViSe In TUCketia4th.• The 'hays, 10 charge of. Scoittmastet lt�it Oa; ,‘ 006000# ::460614,titS1*,j'Ati:40,-*ItiOt Otindrtio4s,,SQn rc1k 111i te., Area ears Gai Residents in the 'area of 13,1Ir- on, Jarvis and High .Streets,,were evacuated early MOIXdaY.. ing when fire raging the Texaco warehouse Omit. ened adjacent gasoline storage tanks, and firemen feared the. tanks would explode. Firemen fought the blaze for 15 hours before bringing it ;tin- der control. The 75 by 3549Pt frame and metal -clad warehthipe was a total loss. Also lost was a stock of oil and a 15 -ton ship- ment of grease. C. J. Walden, who with Cliff Broadfoot operates the bulk an d S Endorse roject Seaforth -Home and School favors a study of and assistance toward improyement of Indian welfare as a centennial ,pro- ject, it was revealed at a meet- ing in the Public School Tues- day evening. The OntarioAs- sociation had asked for direc- tion from. local groups coneern- ing 'a, province -wide project. Next in order of preference were increased library facilities and exchange of students. The well -attended meeting was in charge of the teacherS, who outlined courses of study in their classrooms. Members were urged to at- tend -a leadership ' training course, planned for Stratford on March 22. A group of girls entertained with musical numbers under the direction •of Mrs. Jack' V - Llwain. In solo parts were M Jean Fry, Wilma Westerveldt, 1 • $111gle-cop,lep,, 44,90, station, said the warehouse would be rebuilt Immediately. He said a temporary electric service was 'being provided and arrangements were being com- pleted for temporary /accommo- dation until a new warehouse would be ready. expected company officials would be here to discuss construction details. While preliminary estimates set the loss at $30,000.00, Mr. Walden said the damage might be substantially higher. He said it wouldn't be possible to know the exact figure for some days. • Barrels of oil 'fed the fire as they exploded and sent clouds of heavy black smoke skyward. The fire attracted a large crowd of :spectators. Cause 'of the fire has not been determined, according to Seaforth Fire Chief John F. Scott. Cliff Broadfopt said he had been in the warehouse late Sunday afternoon and every- thing was in order. Constable Keith Ruston, in the course of his rounds, had checked the building shortly before mid- night. The fire was discovered at 2:35 a.m. by Department of Highway employees en route through town, They 'repcirted to Constable .Ruston, who turn- ed in an alarni. Firemen poured water on four 15,000 -gallon storage tanks con- taining gasoline and fuel oil, and which for a time were in danger of exploding from the intense heat at the height of the blaze._ Pumping facilities were sav- ed from -the flames, and Mr: Walden said Tuesday distribu- tion of gas and fuer oil would commence, immediately. There would be no •problem in pro- viding service to customers. 4H Club Rosemary Newnham and Laurie Bell. Mrs. Kay's class won classII a a attendance award. may Be Mrs. K. Bruce MacMillan is preside& of the association. Receive Honor Awards. Miss • Caro/ Brown received honors in the recent Royal Con- servatory ARCT piano examina- tions. In Grade IX, piano, Barbara McClure also received honors. Set Plans For C Of C7Dinner . Tickets for the annual din- ner and banquet of the Sea - forth Chamber 'of Commerce are on sale this wea. The dinner is being 'held in the Legion Hall Wednesday eve- ning, Feb. 24, according to president George McIlwain. Tickets for the affair are available from executive mem- bers. A , special- feature this -year, according to Mr. McIl- wain, will be a discussion as to ways iti which Seaforth should plan to assist the In- ternatienal Plowing Match, set for here -in the fall of 1966. Smart" The first meeting of the Staf- fa East 4-H Homemaking Club, "Cottons May Be Smart," was held at the home of their lead- er, Mrs. Russell Miller, Wed- nesday evening, Feb. 10, at 7:15 p.m. There were 19 girls pres- ent. Mrs. Miller discussed the contents ,of the girls' sewing boxes and gave a• general out- line on the project, saying that this club would help the girls in wardrobe planning and in the proper way to use commer- cial patterns. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Vivian demonstrated the. proper way to take ones meas- urelnents. The officers for this club were elected as follows: president„ Shirley Docking; vice-president, Judy. Harris; secretary, Barbara Gardiner; treasurer, Eleanor Kemp; press reporter, Barbara Gardiner; telephone girls, Anna Scott, Janet Miller and Sandra Grey; leaders, Mrs. Russell Mil- ler and Mrs. Bob Laiag. Meeting two is to be held at Mrs. Miller's home on Wednes- day evening, Feb. 24, at 7:15 p.m. Hibbert's Little Lassies The first meeting of the pro - (Continued on Page 4) Juveniles, Midgets Show Form • .• • • • , 14-qapon 1.10,0, .0 • r 4ft., NA, e . 16.1441441 g7f 41011M44#0 ,•4g FIREMEN WERE ON DUTY for 15 hours as they battled a blaze that destroyed '-'the!..- 4 <4 14,-,..,,,,`,,i.P<•,':,..,.i., ;,:p4: Texaco bulk station, • adjacent to the Canadian National Railways here early Monday morn, ing. Loss will exceed $30,000, according to C. J. Walden, of Walden & Broadfoot, who op- erate the distributing warehouse. Temporary service is being provided while plans for re -- building are completed. (Expositor photo by Visser). • Junior Farmers Institute • Hold Annual Elections Donald McKercher, 'RR 1, Dublin, and Helen Elliott, RR 5, Seaforth, were installed in office as presidents of the Jun- ior Farmer and Junior Institute organizations, respectively, at the annual dinner meeting Sat- urday evening, held in the I.,OL Hall. Many parents and friends' 'were in, attendance-' ' " Other officers installed includ- ed: Junior Farmers, past presi- dent, Mac Stewart, RR 5, Seat forth; vice-presidents, William Campbell, RR 1, Dublin;-Sames Papple, Egmondville; secretary - treasurer, Gordon Pryce, RR 1„. Dublin; press -reporter, James Broadfoot, RR 1, Brucefield.; di- rectors to the county executive, D Mc1Cereher and Wm. Camp - Win Legion Bingo Prizes Seaforth Canadian Legion held a successful bingo Friday evening the Legion Hall. Win- ners were: Mr. T. Maloney, Seaforth:, Mrs. Jean Sanger:, Mitchell; Mrs. Bert Boyce, Clin- ton; Mrs. Frank Walters, Wal- ton; Mrs. Norman Baird, Bruce - field; Mr. Timkan, Clinton; Mrs. karViey Boyce, Clinton and Mrs. Baird; Mrs. Don Kunder, Seaforth; Bill Austin, Seaforth; Mrs. Kennedy, Seaforth; Alex McMichael, Clinton; Mrs. Glan- ville, Seaforth; Mrs. • Hodge, Seaforth; Wes Vandenburg, Gloria Glanville and Mrs. B. Hildebrand split the final game, Specials were ;won by Mrs. Bill Tydmor, Clinton; Mrs. Nor- man Baird. and Mrs. Bert Boyce, Clinton. Door prizes:Went to Mrs. B. Hildebrand and- Mrs. Phyllis Kehn, Seaforth. Junior Institute: .past presi- dent, 'Helen Broadfoot, RR 1, Brucefield ; vice - presidents, Marguerite Scott, RR 1, Sea - forth; Mary Lamont, Seaforth; secretary -treasurer, Tena' Wam- mes, RR 1, Clintoh; press, Dean- na Date;', -RR 1, Clinton, iec- tor Itr-t he cefirify Helen Elliott, and Helen Broad - foot, representative to' the Wo- men's Institute; joint secretary - treasurer, George Townsend, R R 3, Seaforth. The refiring president, Mac Stewart, presided for the eve- SDHS Comp urlers e Here The' Huron-Pertl High School bonspiel was held the ,Sea - forth Curling Club on Saturday. There were rinks present from Wingham, Stratford, Exeter, Goderich, Mitchell, St, Marys, Clinton and Seaforth; After three games each, the top teams were: Stratford GirIS (K. Gregory, K. Armstrong, C. Webster and W. Hughes, skip), with 3 wins plus' 14, and Exe- ter Boys (J. Franklin, R. Her- rington, B. Hogg and B. Thom- son, skip), with 3 wins plus 12. Second -place standing went to Mitchell Girls (M. Merryfield, , J. Jervis, J. Roy and. S. Prid- rham, skip), with 3 wins plus 11, and to St. Marys Boys (B. Gra- ham, B. Sass, J. Anderson and M. Humphreys, ,skip), with 2 wins plus 10. These four rinks are now eligible to advance to the WO SSA playdowns at the Ivanhoe Curling Club in London, on March 5th and 6th. ning's program. Robert Fother- ingham, RR 3, Seaforth, ,first vice-president of •the. county or- ganization,, said grace.) Mem- bers of the LOBA catered, and were thanked by Roba Doig, to which 1VIrs. William Miller re- plied. ' Helen Broadfoot introduced - the head table guests. A, Male quartet, composed of 'William Campbell, James Ct. Seott, Ter- ry Ford and James Dougall, contributed several selections. Miss. Marilyn Marshall, Kirk - ton, immediate past president of Huron County Junior Farm- ers,' the guest speaker, showed colored slides taken last year when on an exchange visit to Gpeat Britain and Ireland. She was introduced by Donald Mc- Kercher and thanked by Helen Elliott, who presented her with a gift. Mac Stewart reviewed the past year's work. Past president's pins were presented to Mac Stewart and Helen Broadfobt by Donald Mc- Kercher. D. McKercher and Helen Elliott were named to at- tend the Junior Farmer con- ference at Guelph in March. Plans Annual At the February board meet- ing of the Seaforth Farmers Co- operative, plans were complet- ed for the .annual meeting. President Kenneth Stewart an- nounced that Jack Murray, son of Mr.rand Mrs. G. Murray, of Dublin, will. be the guest speak- er. Professor Murray is pres- ently attending Michigan State University, where he is com- pleting his Master's Degree. The annual meeting will be held on Thursday, April 1, at Egmondville United Churn. Seaforth Teams • Advance In Playoffs This has been a busy week for the boys, even though the Bantams have been eliminated. The Midgets played two games with Exeter in the best of a three semi-final. The first game played in Exe- ter Thursday ended in defeat, as the boys lost 8-3. Seaforth outplayed -Exeter for the first period, leading by a 3-1 score after one period. Brian Melady, Murray Henderson and Brian Broome collected the Seaforth goals. Then Eaeter took con- trol and really put on the pres- sure; to have a 5-3 lead after two periods. The third was much the actitte story as Seaforth couldn't mbs- ter much of a threat and Exe- ter banged in three more goals, to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Win in Overtime The second game was played Saturday night in Seaforth, with the Weals 'edging their Exeter opponents 6,5 in overtime. The game opened with Exeter taking over where, they had preVioutly lett �f, seoring two '8'6,41g; 4*- -Minute I' Mark; ray, from Hank Scott, sparked life into Seaforth as the team started to really put on pressure. However, Seaforth couldn't manage a goal and Ex- eter scored -at 16:40, to lead 3-1 after one period of play. The second period was all Seaforth, as Brian Broome scor- ed from Keith Finnigan at 5:10 to narrow the margin to 3-2. Then at the 18:35 -mark, Don Murray, with his second goal of the night, evened the score at three apiece. In the third, Exeter came roaring back, scoring two quick goals at the 7-mintite mark, to take a 5-3 lead. Then Ray Dev- ereaux took a hard check, re- sulting in a cut on his head re- quiring four stitches. This put the fire into Seaforth and at 15:22 Keith Finnigan narrowed the margin to one goal, and at I.9:05 Murray Henderson scored the tieing goal, to force the game into overtime. Coining out for overtime, Sea - forth continued.where they left off, °With Brian Brew/tie scoring fro* Ivittetay, Rendersonand ig ,g ea, held for the remainder of the overtime period. This evened I the. series at one game apiece. The third and deciding game will be played in Exeter Wed- nesday night. Exeter received 11 penalties to Seaforfh's two. Eliminate Mitchell On Tuesday the Juveniles eliminated Mitchell in two straight games. downing Mit- chell 9-6. Seaforth outlasted Mitchell in a rough and chip- ping game, as both teams kept the penalty box filled. Sea - forth had 15 penalties to Mit- chell's 13. Seaforth opened the scoring at the :48 second mark on a goal by Kerry Campbell. Then Mitchell retaliated by scoring two quick goals, only to have Allen Patterson and Francis Hagan give Seaforth a 3-2 lead. In the second period, Mitchell again fought back, scoring goals at 8:53 and,9:05, to give them a short-lived 4-3 lead, as Pat, terson and Wayne Ilan scored for Seaforth, to give Seaforth a 5.4 lead, Mitchell scorad -a din at 1454' oMy tohfhdIlg l Betties scoring, to give Seaforth unassisted, to again even the a 7-5 edge .after two 'periods. score. In the third. Mitchel/ scored' In the th;rd period it was a at 2:43, to narrow the margin: see -saw battle up until 14:20, when Joe Dick scored what • Proved ,tb be the' winner from Wayne Rau: A good crowd was on hand to see Seaforth pull through to take a 1-0 lead 'in the series. The second game will be played in Mount Forest Wednesday; and if a third game is 'necessary it will be in Seaforth on Saturday. Playing before the JuvenLjeg were the Mites and Squirts tk- ing on Goderich teams. The Mited7—boys eig14 year old and under—were downed by a big- ger Goderich team, as Gode- • rich' pulled off a 6-0 victory. . The Squirts then followed and also put on an enjoyable show. . However, Goderich again came nut on top, this time' by a-10-2. sc6re About 50 4iarents ; were hand to ebe0"theit boys bn. The gtatortb "goals, were by till Whitalaw and Mimi Mitc IViillan. jJ:Ci , There hid ' • h»t sequIrth agae roared hack with Larry Senn scoring two quick goals, to give Seaforth a 9-6 victory. • On Tueqlay night the Juven- iles kent their winning streak going, edging Mount Forest 4-3 in the first of,, a best -of -three series. The game was fast and clean, as only ' six penalties were called, with Seaforth get- ting four and Mount Forest two. In the opening period Mount Forest opened the scoring at 5:35 on a goal by Bob Reeves from Rick Lenicar. Then at 14:30 Seaforth evened the count at one apiece on a goal by Wayne Rau from Gary Betties. In the second period, Mount Forest again took the lead at 1:17 on a goal by Ron .Currie from George Forest. Seaftirth again evened the game With Kerty Campbell scoring unas- sisted at 10:30., Larry Scott seared from Capb,ell and. Bul- ky, to give Settforth a8-2 lead at 1044' t t