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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-02-06, Page 1Town Approves Dam, Other Areas Doubtful Fate of the inillion.dollar Park. lult dam project is still enkfloWn this week, although iPPears that high costs will kin it. By WednesdaY, it was reported only one municipality in the Wa- tershed had turned it down but few have • aPProved it either. -Many are waiting for further de- velopreents. Neter counell Alonday night agreed to pay its share of $5,869 pvevidin the benefitting cipalities, which bear 85 percent of the pat, agree to their por. lions. Town officials doubted, •how- ever, that these communities would approve the scheme. Heesall voted against the pro- posal because it felt.the bene- fits did not justify their cost •01 $1,7§4, Hay council did not make .a decision at its meeting Monday night, The chief benefitting muniei- palities will meet Friday in Park- hill for further discussion. These include Bosanquet, which has been assessed $137,775; Grand Bend, McGillivraY, Parkhill, Ste- phen, East and West Williams. Ausable Fieldman H. G. Hooke said the prospects of the dam Cars Crash In Storms. Snow storms and ice -Covered reads caused two accidents this week in which damages amount- ed to $425, • On Monday, an auto driven by Mrs, Mary E. Hamilton, 21,of RCAF St ation Centralia, ran into a ditch and rolled over during a snow storm. Mrs. Hamilton was not injured but the car suf- fered $175 damage. Joseph E. Dillon, 24, R.R, 2 Grand Bend, hit a snow patch while he was travelling east on No. 83 east of Exeter Friday and crashed into the ditch. Dam- age was estimated at $250. Gerald Wilhelm, 22, Ciediton, has been charged with careless driving over an accident on Wed- nesday, Jan, 29, in which dam- ages amount to $400. Driving a truck owned by Aaron Wein, Crediton, he was travelling north on the RCAF Centralia road when he made a left hand turn into the sewage plant. He was struck broadside by a truck driven by Bill Gil - Minn, 22, . Exeter, and owned by Tuckey Beverages. OPP Constable George Mitchell investigated. On Sunday at 4 pan., cars driven by Ivan Fischer, Dash- wood, and Lloyd Moore, Exeter, collided at the corner of Wil- liam and Anne,•„resulting in $200 damage. Chief Reg Taylor, ;who investigated, said charges are pending. ' were not as -dim as t,1,103/ 101.0t appear on the S.itrfaee. lie said changes might be made which would make the solving more favetrable to the beriefitting. mus I - Several Urge Lo -operation Exeter council, agreed to. oris esthete its $5,869 share toward construction of Lhe Ausable Altth.ernas Slain at Parkhill but it ',doesn't .expect to pay it, -Officials. who attended the Authority meeting last week, when apPortioment of costs was announced, said there was no Ilene of the project being ap- proved.' Reeve McKenzie said some of the -high assessments on on the be. ,nefitting municipalities repre- sented more than the land was worth, "There's no doubt in any- one's mind that it won't go. It can't go," he said. Assessment in Stephen town- ship, the reeve continued was over $35,000 but only a small bit of land near the Klondyke was • affected. "The assessment is more than the land is worth," He obje.eted, too, 1,0 the as- sessment of 15 percent of the cost to non -benefitting municipe- lities. In the case of the„ Exeter darn, the fringe area was as- sessed only 10 percent and the reeve didn't think the reason for the increase had been ade- , quatly explained. i Mayor R. E. Pooley, on the i other hand, said he felt suffi- cient explanation had been made for the levy. "I feel we should 'concur with this project," he stated. ' Councillors Claude Farrow !and Bill Musser agreed that the town should assist. Said Farrow: .• "Unless the municipalities en - operate in this thingi we'll never get anywhere in conservationX Said Musser: "The Ausable Authority will never function if the municipalities don't co-ope- rate," Deputy -Reeve Mawhinney ob- jected that the cost was too high for the benefit the town would receive. He also objected to Parkhill paying only $61,000 compared to the $90,000 contri buted by Exeter toward the Mor- rison Dam in Usborbe. "They're getting . off a lot cheaper than we are and they'llget a lot more water." , He was critical of the Autho- rity for not presenting the. pro- ject sooner to give the munici- !panties a chance to consider it more thoroughly. (They must give their answer by February ' 12.) "The Authority was lax in [letting this thing go too long." , Councillor Taylor wonderer] twhy a million -dollar dam was inecessary. "Why. don't -they I build a 'smaller clam somewhere else?" xefer es-Ativocafe Eighty -Second Year EXETER ONTARIO/ FEBRUARY Of 195* Pm, For Copy 10 Cooht mer. why :run, ri Criminal Negligence • • • •SS,Sessss • ssssssssesesssssssssssieesss...Sessesessss• *mess; eklikkellit220M4M11,kagSSMItinfE SCENE OF FATALITY -This picture shows the car in' a grade ,11 student at South Huron District which Silvestro Kenda, 18, of Zurich, died after it struck was active in church work and entertained a tree in •Zurich in December, Well -liked,. the youth was cordion. High with A eriininal aegligence charge against Leo Zinamer,, 17, of Zurich, WAS withdrawn Wednes- day after he pleaded guilty to indictable drunk driving in con- nection with a fatal accident in December in which Silvestro kKiellnerida., 18, also of Zurich, was Magistrate Dudley Holmes postponed sentence until next court, February 19, in Exeter. Minimum penalty is one month jion initilsai.1; maximum is three Decision on e charo of drunk drivingRegier,against Clare 17, of Zurich, involved th the same accident, was also postponed until next court. He pleaded guilty and was defended by Elmer D. Bell, QC, Exeter, in a three-hour hearing. Several hundred people, most of them front the Zurich district and a number of HDHS sty- idnegns, ts, packed the town hall auditorium to hear the proceed - The charges result d from an accident in Zurich on Sunday, December 22, when the car in which all three youths -Zimmer, Regier and Kenda-were riding crashed into a tree. Kenda, a si popular grade 11 SHDHS stu- dent, was killed. Police originally charged Zim- mer, who was driving at the time of •the accident, with crins- Tiisa chooch l: inal negligence, a carge which must be heard in Supreme Court, When he agreed to plead guilty to indictable drunk driv- ing, Crown Attorney lenn Hays, See Wide -Open Race For Liberal Candidate As Parties Rush To Organize For Election There may be as many as five candidates seeking the Liberal nomination in Huron for the March federal election, it was learned Wednesday from a top party source. The official said he expected a lively contest to select the man. who will do battle with veteran Progressive' Conserifative. MP, Elston Cardiff, who is reported, See Lively Competition In Tuesday Spelidown The Times -Advocate "Champ- ions' •• Spelldown" is assured of. lively .competition! The district spelling contest, which will take place in Exeter Public School this Tuesday night, already has 24 competitors from all over the area and will likely receive, more entries before the event takes Place. All of the intuncipalities in the areawill be represented. Ent- ries have been received from Exeter, Hensel], Grand Bend, Lucan, RCAF Centralia, Stephen, Hay, Usborne, Thckersmith. Bib- shert, Stanley, Biddulph and Mc- Gillivray.. The contestants, each a cham- pion in his or het own school, will be competing for over $100 in prizes provided by The Times. Advecate. The spelldown. is be- ing held in co-operation with the Exeter Home and School As- sociation,of which Mrs. William Huntley is president. Prizes include The Times - Advocate Shield, a world globe, dictionary and inscribed ball point pens recognizing every school • champion. Air Appeals On Bend Law Public School Inspector J. G. Grattan, who is in charge of the event, said Wednesday he had received' 24 entries and still has a• number of schools to • hear from. • Defence Chief ,Here Monday Hon, George Pearkes, V.C., minister of national defence, will visit Centralia Monday for an all -day inspection of the station, it waS announced by RCAF officials Wednes- day. Mr. Pearkes will arrive by plane from Ottawa at 11 a.m. and will address a mess dinner in the evening. Be will fly back to Ottawa the same night. He will be accompanied Air Marshall Campbell, and I by the chief of the air staff,. several government .officials, V. S. Milburn and C, F. Munn, of the Ontario Municipal Board, Toronto, presided at a meeting in the council chambers, Grand Bend, ThUrsday.afternoon to hear appeals against the village by-law to regulate the , use of land and the character and lo- cation of an buildings thereon, E. D. Bell, Q.Cs acting on be- half of Eric Afellroy, Monetta Menard; ,Arnold Grattoes Her- man Gill and Victor • Dinnin, pointed out that the by-law was too limited in its Scene and re- stricted operation and expansion of their Several bushiesses, . . W. G. Cochrane. representing the •Southeott Pines Park Land LiMited, ,appealed against .the 100.foOt .frentage to a lot, Also that the bY-law did not Provide for the erection of a hotel, motel or other place of business which might well enhance their prop. erte and be advantageous to the property headers.' Ted Weet, Grand 13encl, pointed but that the bits on the north Side bf the main street Were 4th:80 feet and accOrding te the restrictions in the rieW by-law no new diattagee detild 'bd erect- ed if the old ones Were torn down. After listening to the Ont. plaints, Me. 'Ijilbileti declared that they Would let the by4AW stand for three itionthe in Order that the rove acid ended could iet together with the Solicitors, Ittitl make atiY necessary ellangee And they would tome batk after the fit% Of MaY to 1`60I/ett the eirmg, 3. If entries are heavy, there will be .a 'written competition at 730 p.m. Tuesday night to reduce the' number for the oral corn - petition. The, oral competition will be held in conjunction with the meeting of Exeter Home and School Association, which starts at 8:15 p.m. The event is open to the pub- lic. • Schools entering candidates in the spelldown include: Exeter, Hensel]. Lucaii, Grand Bend and RCAF Station Cen- tralia; Hay -No. 7 (Zurich), Union No. 15. Stanley - No, 1, S.S. No. 5, Union No, 8; Stephen - No. 5 (Crediton), Nos. 1, 10 and 14; Tuckersmith - No. 3; Usborne - Nos, 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6: Hibbert - Nos, 3, 5 and 7; Biddulph - No. 2. • McGillivray - No. 5, to be "definitely" in the ring! again. The election, called by Prime Minister.. John Diefenbaker Sat- urday, will be held on Monday, March 31. The • announcement set off a flurry of political acti- vity across the nation. In Huron, both parties have speeded up.! their organizatina .plans, some •of wbich have' been - in the making for several Weeks because of the'coestant rumours from Ottawa of an early elm tion. Huron returning . office, Ken- neth Hunter, Goderich, is. get- ting the election machinery iii high gear. • Although there's no'doubt about who the PC standard-bearer will . be, speculation is rife as. to his opposition. Presumably, the question hin- ges on •A. Y. McLean, Seaforth, the former MF who has been de- feated twice by Cardiff. He has not indicated yet whether he will fun again or not. A number of other'names have been, mentioned, however, and he may have opposition even if he does decide to let his name stand. The prospects include: Hugh Hawkins, Clinton, presi- dent of the riding • association who has been active in sports and service club work. Although he was nominated at the last Li- beral convention and withdrew in favor of Mr. McLean. he in- licated he would like to run "sometime." Earl Campbell, Hay township, former warden. A popular reeve, he 'headed the Hay council for many years and retired from public office after his term as warden. He has indicated on NEIGHBORS HONOR WARDEN-Huroft Warden Jack Morrissey and his. wife were presented with at occasional chair by neighbors mid Trimis h Stephen township at A reception Friday tight. The coutty first Willie are ,seen litre with these in charge of the emit. From the left are Gordot Rail, Joseph Dietrich; Charlie Regier, Mr. mid Mrs, IViorrisseyr Toin Ityani Jack Rail and Glen Webb, --T-A Photo several occasions, however, that i C. S. AlacNaughton, Exeter, he would not seek higher office. ! president of the PC riding asso- Cecil Blake, Ashfield, another elation, said a nomination con- former warden of the county. vention will be held as soon as Dr. J. A. Addison, Clinton. Dr. possible, perhaps next week, He Addison has been mentioned se- indicated organization of the veral times as a' strong .candi- party for the election was rapid - date. He has served as chairman ly being completed. of the Clinton high school board. In Middlesex West, the cues - and is -Wive in *Service club lion of the Liberal., candidate Work. His wife has been a mem- rises again. W. H. Thomas, ber of the Liberal executive for Strathroy, who defeated veteran several years. 'parliamentarian Robert McCub- lt was -rumoured that Dr. Ad. bin in June, will remain the PC dison rnet with a :number of standard-bearer but Mr. Me• Liberal officials in conference recently. •a private Cubbin has not indicated whether he will run. He was parliamen- Mr. Hawkins, the riding presi- dent, declined' to state whether or not he was a candidate when he was.contacted by The Times - Advocate this week nor did he wish to comment upon the rum- ors concerning the nomination convention, He said the Liberal executive would meet Thursday night to decide the date of. the nomina- tion. "Pin certain we will have a strong candidate, however, Mr. Hawkins said. "Our new Liberal leader, Mr. Pearson, has'brought renewed interest and enthusiasm in the party and we will be able to find a man of high calibre to run on his side." • For the PC's, Elston Cardiff will run again despite reports several yeais- ago that he wanted to retire. He, won his fourth term last June. The victory of his long-thne friend, Diefenbaker, in the June election and his subsequent ap- pointment as whip of the party in the House of Commons has changed Mr. Cardiff's mind. Party officials say he's more enthusiastic about running than ever. Start Hospital This Spring Speech from the throne in the Ontario Legislature, Monde y made the Tom Pryde Memria Hospital in Huron a certainty. In one brief sentence, .Lieuten- ant -Governor Hon. John K, Mac- kay confirmed rumours that the hospital for which the Huron MLA fought so hard would be constructed in his riding. • I Mr. Mackay said: "New hos- pitals are being planned in Kent and Huron, Reports from Toronto since indleate the "multi-million dol- lar building" dated for Huron will he similar to the one plan - tried in Kent County ancl Which was authorized during last year's tessidn of the legislature. Last week the construction of the Totn Pryde 'hospital was all but confirmed when reports in- dicated land had been optioned beside Lake Huron near Gorle. -Please Tarn to Page 3 • Where To Find It Anneuncenients , 3 Church Notices 15 Coming Event' 15 Editorial' 2 entertainment , 15 • Farm 'New" 10 Feminine Patti ..... • 12, 13 Hensall 6,7 Looking lii With Lit . 14 Ltican , .... , , ..... .. 14 Sports 4,1 1Nant Ade ....... .„„,„ .... ..„„... 11 ZOriCill ,,,, ..... ...iiiveowasiwam.....,,... 5 A taryassistant to Agriculture Minister Gardiner in. the Liberal government.. Q.C., withdrew the more serious charge. James Donnelly, Goderich. was defence counsel for •Zimmer. Regier, who owned the car, was charged with driving it in a drunken condition shortly be. fore the accident. Fourteen wit- nesses were called to the stand. Geraftl Gingerich, the first witness, said that on the night of the accident he heard tires squealing and • motors roaring and that two • cars met at an intersection and narrowly miss- ed each other. One of them he identified. as the Regier car. Mrs. Elaine. Riley. of Zurich, testified that Earl Zimmer and Clare Regier were at her home about 1020 Sunday evening. The Regier car had pulled in behind the one In which she was riding with her father. She could smell liquor on the,two men and sug- gested that she should take the keys from the car. "Zimmer was staggering and using vulgar SHDHS POSTURE QUEEN -Robin Smith, 15, daughter of Mr. and WS. Jack Smith, Exeter, was chosen posture queen of South Huron District High School during the dance which followed the graduation banquet Friday night, She won over 15 other contestants, each of which was elected' by members of her clasS. Robin, a grade 11 student, sho, the compact she received as prize. Select Posture Queen At Graduation Dance • Robin Smith, tall, pretty, 15 - year -old grade 11 studeht, WAS ehosen "Posture Queens' a South Huron District High School during the, graduation dance last Week, JUdges picked her from among 17 candidates nominated by ste. dentsSfor the libelee. The winner, daughter of Iltr„ and Mrs. Jack Smith,Exeter, received a Jewellery gift from the Athletic Society following the final eompetition. It was pre, stilted by WS. Andrew ebrinetereial leather. The contest first of lit kind held iii the school, WAS promoted by the physical tritteation partment toeedetrage better posture OiI girls at the sehool. Miss Lauretta Sieger condutted the tompetitiem ah class itt the seheel tared a candidate. For the final eOmpetition, the girls had to de- monstrAte their posture by standing, sitting and walking before a group, of three teathers who Acted as judges. Miss Smith represented 11A. Other competitors Doreen &eels, special toinniM- eial; aulije, Went, grade 13; Ruth Ann AteBeide, 12B; Mirdza Gu1ef1er12A: GradeR,utiy, 110; Market Atelleidej. 11D; Jean An. deesolt, IOD;Jean Guenther, 10C... 'Marlene Steed, let; Dia- ne 'Rennie, 1()A; Dorothy Hey. Weed, 9Ft Arlene Love, 9E; Dian. no Dalheidge, 91); Katheyei*LOve, 9C; :Bonnie Doeit, DB; Atill Grayer, DA, A large crowd attended 'be datito, spontored by the Athle- tIe following the gado. Hon banquet. beciarditt's desire provided the mtge. lianguage,"she said. Regier drovi away,leaving the driveway quickly, and she heard the tires squealing as they beaded toward the highway. Wilbert Glanville. father oi Mrs. Riley, saw the lights, of 1 the car as it entered the driver - way but could not identify either the men or, the car. • Kenneth MiUleholtz testified, that he heard a crash shortly hes. 'fore eleven o'clock. "I looked out the front window, slipped on nay shoes and went right over and tengeired if anyone was hurt. Regier was at the left of the car on one knee. Zimmer was at the right front holding him! self up with the ,bumper and headlights. Kenda was hanging out from the car by one leg, still living. I rushed home and called a doctor and Father Doyle," OPP George Mitchell testified that he arrived at the scene at, 11,16 and produced several pic- tures of the scene of the ace cident, "Kenda, the deceased; was still lying beside the car. I went to the home of Mrs. Heideman across the road, :lege ler and Zimmer were there. Zimmer said, 'I didn't mean to kill him.' I smelled alcohol on their breath. Zimmer refused to settle down. I asked him who was driving, Be replied `Who wants to know?' Zimmer stag- gered about using profane lan- guage." Three empty beer bottles were found m the car, together with two damaged shoes. Mrs, Elaine Meister testifed that she was in her car a few minutes before the 'accident and was passing the Regier car when Zimmer stuck his head out of the window on the passenger side of the car. Zimmer and Regier had been at Zimmer's for supper. She did not see any signs of drinking. Dr. V. Gulens, of Dasbwood, testified that he arrived at the scene of the accident shortly after 11 p.ni. Silvestro Kenda was dead. Regier and Zimmer were in the Heideman house across the street. Regier was •,. sitting on a chair in pain and suffering from shock. There Wag - a strong smell of intoxicating liquor, Zimmer was standing in the room and arguing with his mother. ' The two men were brought to South Huron Hospital for -treat- ment. Regier suffered a scalp wound and lacerations; Zimmer, a split lip. Dr. Gulens testified that Re- gier appeared intoxicated while in hospital and cried consider- ably, "Could his condition not be the effect of concussion or grief following the accident," asked Mr. Bell. "There was no con- cussion" stated Dr. Gulens. Dr. J. G. Goddard, of Hensel!. saw Regier and Zimmer at the Heideman home and stated that he would see them at the hospi- tal. At one a.in. he took samples of blood from both Regier and Zimmer. Constable Reid was present at the time. Zimmer was asked if Dr, Goddard counld take a sample of blood, Zimmer replied: "Take a quart or take it all, I don't give a damn." Dr. J. L. Penistan, pathologist, Stratford, testified that Regier's blood showed 1,4 per thousand alcoholic count and that of Zhn- mer 2,1 per thousand. The test would indicate that the person had taken from six to eight drinks. Magistrate Dudley Holmes pointed out the, difficulty of jud- ging from the alcoholic count which would vary greatly ac- cording to the drinking habits of a person. Dr. Penistan stated that such a person could not drive a car in normal' condition. Elroy Desjardine, proprietor of the garage where Regier's can had stopped, was questioned at to the mechanical fitness of car before accident. Desjardine re- plied "Only one thing that police could question and that was the rear emergency brake cable was Seized hIlipab rd erer, driver or West.. lake ambulance service in Zuts ich, brought Regier and Ziminer to South Huron Hospital and sAid the boys were not drinking while enroute tb hospital, Lee Ziniiner, stated he and Carl Reeler had met about 12:30 p.m., Reeler having picked Zim. met' up in Regier's car at Zinie mer's home in Zurith, During the afternoon they drove around -?lase Turn to Page 3 Sends 'Relief' To Cold South The Florida . Chamber of Commerce won't like this: Billy Gostman, Dashwoodss indestructablc practical Joker has sent relief to his sister. in Hollywood, Florida, whiclt underwent a unseasonal cold spell recently, The packagtitaint Oat and dried apples, ttt an explanatory note tb Me postman, 1318 wrote on the outside of the package: "Coal -to keep my sister warm in Merida; "lOried apf)Ie'-t hearthe nrithgee are all frozen.", His sister is Mrs, Blizabeth