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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-04-27, Page 1WILL THIS BE EXETER IN' 1962?—Recent agreement from OWRC indicates some sewerage work may be done here next year. A complete engineering survey has been authorized to determine costs. Scene above is in Mitchell where mains, are being installed on the Main St. almost 20 feet below the surface. This project has been undertaken through OWRC services. B Hph° t Eighty -Eighth Year exeferZimes-A6uocafee EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 27, 1961 Price Per Copy 10 Cents Report stranger offering rides to children POLICE WARN PARENTS November bride here faces bigamy charge A charge of bigamy against;. a 19.year•old Centralia girl was remanded to May 2 at Go.. derich by Magistrate J. Ren - nicks in court here Tuesday. F'olice charge that Myrna Mildred Magoffin (nee Mur- phy) on Nov. 26, 1960 at Exe- ter, "having been already mar -I ried to Ernest Albert Magof- fin, did unlawfully go through a form of marriage with Wil-; liam Karl Alexander Whet- stone, well knowing her first husband was alive, thereby committing bigamy ... ". The girl appeared in the courtroom Tuesday but 'wa a not asked to plead. She was represented by J. D. Karswick, of Lerner, Lerner, Bitz and Bradley, London. Mr. Karswick„ who said he had not been approached about the case' until Monday re- quested the adjournment and asked that bail be fixed, Al- though he said he had notified police and court officials. Mon day of his request, Crown At- torney J. W. Bushfield had not been advised of it and he was prepared to proceed with the prosecution.- Mr. Bushfield re- luctantly agreed to postpone mens. Cl Texan out Apprehended during safety Lt, -Col. Bell was commis - in double trouble Exeter, and Kenneth Thomp- gade, RCA (Militia; in Septem- son, RR 1 Londesboro, both of ber 1939. In August 1941, he Cpl. R. M. Harvey, Centra. whom Haid $10 and costs for was appointed to the 19th, Field Regiment when ' it was mobi- lized and subsequently served overseas with the unit. A year after his return to civil life in January 1946, he was appointed to the 21st Anti Tank Regiment (later redesig- nated to the 21st Fiele Artillery Regiment) in the rank of major and later commanded the .unit in rank of lieutenant -colonel ,from June 1952 to January •1956. He then served on the staff of Headquarters No. 18 Militia Group at London, until April 1959. • ° H HS announces leaders in Easter examinations Principal H. L. Sturgis this week cited 163 students at SHDHS for academic achieve- ment ._ in the Easter set of exa minations. High students in each sub- ject in each of the 21 classes {at the district highschool) were included in the list of; leaders. GRADE 13 En. comp.; David Noakes; Eng. lit., Cornelia Verkerk; hist., Sharon Smillie; alg., Alma Hodgins; geom., Robert Skinner; trig., Robert Skinner; phys., David Noakes; 'chem., David Noakes bot., Norma Passmore; zdol,, Norma Pass- more; Lat. A., Norma. Task - more; Lat. C., Cornelia. Ver- kerk;. Fr. A., Donna Bridges; Fr. C., Donna Bridges, SPECIAL COMMERCIAL Bus. arith., Alichael Regier; rap. cal., Kathryn Hicks; bus. cor., Alma Hendrick; off. pr., Mary Lou. Witmer; shorthand, Joe Koricina, Betty Bell, Mary Lou Witmer; typ., Kathryn Hicks; book'g, Joe Koricina, Lou Theresa Corriveau, , Mary Witmer; spell., Mary Lou Wit- mer; pen'ship, Mary Lou Wit- mer, Irene Van Wieren; bus. law, Irene Van Wieren, Kin seek winners GRADE 12A Eng. comp., Judy Tennant; Eng. lit., Sandra . Snider and Judy Tennant; hist., Jack Zon- dag; alg., Sandra Snider; ag. sc. Ron Deichert and John Etherington;o Lat., Barbara McDonald; Fr., Jane Syrier. GRADE 12B Eng. comp., Susan Beach; Eng. lit., Judy .Easton; hist., Ferne Swartzentruber; geog:i William McKinnon, Paul Sel- don, Peter Syrier and Doug Shirray alg., Ferne •Swartzen- nd S; chem.; Wayne Will an ens ta' I k+S and Susan Beach; •Lit., Susan s to p h e n opens rt Beach and Ferne Swartzen- truber; Fr., Ferne Swartzen- truber. Sharon Lawrence; Fr„ Thom- as Plumb; typ., Gerald Hart- man. GRADE 11D Eng. comp., Patricia Crosby; PatCrosby; hist., lit., Y, H e a ther McConnell; geog., Harry Moir; geom., Gordon Brown; ag. se., Doug Gallo- way; Fr., Pat Crosby; shop, Ron Gratton; ho. ec., Heather McConnell; typ., Lynda Hay- ter. The crown attorney, who pre- viously had set bail at $1,000 cash or $2,000 property, would not recommend any lesser; amount, despite a repeated ap- peal by the London lawyer. t Magistrate Rennick supported the crown's position. The accused was arrested Thursday in London by Chief C. H. MacKenzie and taken to Goderich jail where she has been in custody since. The chief was assisted in his inves- tigation by PC Cecil Gibbons. Mr. Alagoffin, alleged to be the first husband, arrived from P.E,I, in time for the hearing. Mr. Whetstone, a Centralia airman, was not present but was represented by his law- yer, C. V. Laughton, QC. The couple lived in Exeter for several months before mov- ing to Centralia village. Levy traffic fines A total of $50 in fines was levied. by Magistrate Rennick against six persons for infrac- tions of the traffic act. Gordon R, Brown, RR 3 Lieutenant-Colonel E. D.'Bell, Parkhill, paid $10 and costs for ED, CD, Exeter, has been ap- improper passing on the Cre- pointed honorary lieutenant- diton road on April 15 which colonel of the 21st Field Artil- resulted in an accident. Clay- lery Regiment, Royal Regi - ton Sims, Crediton,, also paid ment of Canadian Artillery $10 and costs for failing to (Mlitia) at Wingham, army yield right of way, which also headquarters announced this. resulted in an accident. week. HONORARY COLONEL .. . E. D. Bell, QC Regiment honors Bell • checks were Donald Fenhale, sioned in. the 21st Field Bri- lia, is one man that can at- test to the fact that Texans do things in a big way. Harvey was driving along a suburban . London road, Satur- day, and stopped to volunteer his services to a fellow motor- ist in. distress, with fire trou- ble. The motorist, George' Cor- bett, 75, Galvenston, Texas, had two flat tires. The 'iia airman 't r a Cen changed them both. Corbett said he tried to stop 25 cars and ask for a ride to. a farm house where he could call a garage, before the chi- valrous Harvey appeared on the 'scene.; GRADE 12C Eng. comp., Roberta Johns- ton; Eng. lit., Ken. Richardson; hist., Roberta Johnston; geog., Murray Bell and Diane Del - bridge; alg., Richard Klopp; chem., Ken Richardson; Fr„ Laurie Illingworth; shop, Barry Grainger; ho. ec., Judy Elder; typ., Glen Reichert and Diane Delbridge; book'g, Brian Bon- . thron. GRADE 11A Eng. comp.: Janis Gulens; Eng. lit., Janis Gulens; hist., Dale Turvey; geom., Allan Prang; ag. sc., Bob Turner; Lat., Francis Johns; Fr., Fran- cis Johns; Spa., Ross Desjar- dine. GRADE 11B Eng. comp., Douglas Hodg- son and Gail Farquhar; Eng. lit., Gail Farquhar; hist., How- ard Leslie; geom,, Howard Leslie and Fred Hyde; ag. se., Howard Leslie and Judy Snel- grove; Lat., Gail Farquhar; Fr., Gail Farquhar. GRADE 11C Eng comp., p., Bonnie Hogarth; Bonnie Bonnie Hogarth, geog., Bonnie Hogarth; geom., Shirill Clarke; Hoagrth; geom., Shirill Clarke; ag. sc., Thomas Plumb; Lat., please turn to page 2 Only two winners have claim- ed jackpots in the Exeter Kins- men Stanley Cup pool to date, according to' club officials. Recipients of $100 each have been A. E. Wuerth and ' Neil Stanlake, Exeter both of whom held tickets containing times of the winning goals. Two other participants have - claimed shares of jackpots for two other games with times within 10 seconds of the win- ning goals, They will not t ece' e their receive shares, however, until the 15 - day deadline of the pool has passed, According to the regu- lations, participants are allow- ed two weeks to claim. Dead- line has been set for Monday, May 1. Club officials urged titcket holders to report immediately if their times are within 10 seconds of the official times of t'ie winning goals. Can crops contracted Canadian Canners Ltd, here has completed its crop con- tracting for this year, Man- ager Don Graham reported this week. 1.1e said the acreage, for peas and Corn Is "about the same as last year." In addition, contracts have been issued for a .. "small" crap of lima beans which will p _ be packed here for; the first tittle. The crop will be pro, tagged about the same time as Corn, In the meantime, work is progressing nn. eitteisive. a,l� terations to the plant and its pea processing tine. defective hand brakes; Tho- mas W. Kell, Exeter, and Ed- die Roelofs, Exeter, who paid $5.00 and costs each for no horn and making unnecessary noise respectively. PUC plans hydro C�0 w� rk O The 1961 capital expenditure budget -for the hydro depart- ment .of Exeter PUC is down considerably from other years Sup't H. L. Davis has an. nounced. The budget, which is subject to Ontario hydro approval, to- tals $13,456.00 and includes ex- tensions, betterments a n d •• •• some street lighting installa- on central facilities tions. Another rural municipality ther investigation "at the pre - in this area—Stephen township —is beginning investigation in- to the provision of centralized Blanshard township. at a facilities for elementary educe - special meeting last week, dic- tion. cussed the formation of a The Stephen area school school area board. Opinion is board Tuesday night discussed i divided, however, and no fur. the implications of a central ther action is contemplated at school for the township with Inspector ector G. J. Goman. The inspector explained the advantages available in 'pro- vincial grants, the costs ex- perienced byother central schools and the improvements which new facilities can bring. No action was taken by the boar d, reported Secretary - Treasurer Wilmer Wein, who indicated• it was the first time the central school program has Blanshard has three anion been discussed formally by the sections with Usborne and the board. Reference has been erection of a central school in made to it for several years Usborne would affect these at the annual nomination meet- areas, some of which have sub- ing in the township,stantial enrolments. The board sees some oh- Opinion among the Blanshard stacle because of the two popu.- officials appeared sharply di- lation centres in the township vided. at Crediton and Dashwood. The subject has been a con- Preliminary discussion Indic- troversial one in Blanshard for ates it might not be practical some time. At present, two of to operate two central schools. the 16 sections in the Township The secretary indicated the form an area board. The fact board does not plan any fur- — Please turn to page 2 sent time". Blanshard discussions Present. The council met with trustees from the various sections to determine their reactions to the formation of a township board. The move was sparked by the discussion of a central tral school in Usborne and the for- mation of an area board in Biddulph, both of which border Blanshard. Discuss area planning at Goderich workshop The seeds of community planning on an area basis were sown this week during a two- day workshop for municipal officers of Heroin county at Co- derieh. The sessions, held in the courthouse Tuesday evening and Wednesday, were attended by close to 100 delegates. South Huron municipalities were well represented. Discussions were held on building bylaws, subdivision control, municipal planning policy, the relationship be- tween the planning board, the cottncil and the county, Emphasis was an' local plan- Hing problems and municipal representatives were invited to Air their difficulties to explain how they can be overcome. Most hove ave pproblems From the discussion, it was evident that most munlCipali» ties, whl'ther rural or urban, are facing problems 'Which come under planning control. Councils Ctwmplained• of unrege plated groth in towns and villages; ribbon developments before such a sale can be along highways and other mud transacted. tual difficulties.I Five officials from the cent. Considerable intereet was munity planning branch of the shown in the subdivision con- Dep't of Municipal Affairs trol bylaw, by which a muni- answered a, barage of ques- cipality governs the sale of tions from the delegates, parcels of land nder 10 acres. present complaints The bylaw requires the owner to secure municipal approval Concern tvas expressed over K{ K�sY�taKa the protection of property .: w r t <;• - • owners' rights in relation tel zoning of the municipality,. which confines residential, commercial and industrial growth to defined areas, Offi- cials explained that before, zoning can come into effect, the municipal board conducts' a hearing to which all affeete property owners are invited to r bodge their protests, In charge of the workshop Was John Pearson, head of planning organization for the branch. He was assistee. by K. llidaka, subdivision supervi. tor, The workshop Was held in eonjunddion With the HuronCountry MunicipalOfficers Association's annual meeting, Where to' find it Announcements „.............. 13 Church Notieos 17 Coming Events ,,,,,,,.,,17 Editorials ........... ,.,,,.,,+,.,,,,..4 Farm News ,,.,.,,,,,,,...,..,,,.n 11, Feminine- Fitts ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 14 Hensall ,, Lucan16 Sports 6,'r.1, 8 Went As d.. 12, 13 , r akSIMA Three of the projects, in the Wellington St. area, already have been at least partially completed. They will serve the canning plan and other firms in that area. This work included an ex- tension on Marlborough St., north of Wellington; replace- ment of primary line on Wel- lington and relocation and re- placement en t of the conductor ctor at Main and Wellington street. Total cost to the F'UC is esti- mated at $3,700.00. Among the other projects slated for the year are: Removal of conductor and poles on Main St. in the north end of the business section and erection of conducts and six poles back -lot, $1,000.00. An extension of F'ryde Boule- vard, $540.00. A betterment on Sanders St., between Main and An- drew, . including new cable, one new pole and new hardware for existing poles, $920.00 Installation of six new four - foot fluorescent street lights on Main St., $840.00. Rebuilding and modernizing transformer locations and erecting three 50 KVA, one. 37.5 and one 25 line transform- ers, $2,750.00. New meters, $1,687.00. An allowance of $2,500 was provided for added services to the overheaddistribution sys- tem, s- tem, There ' was norovision for underground distribution work. Police Chief C. H. MacKenzie urged parents this week to warn their children against accepting car rides with strangers. He also requested parents to notify the .dep'f immediately if their children reported being al)* proached by strangers. The action followed complaints to police Thursday about a man in a car who invited several. children to go for a ride with him. At least one re- ported that a sucker was offered as inducement. Following the alleged incid- ents, Principal A,, B. Idle urg- ed children at the public school Unemployed to be wary of strangers, Teachers repeated warnings upslightly htIy which had been given students g I earlier about similar dangers. J Chief MacKenzie suggested The number of unem loved parents should advise their p n o registered at the National Em iafelychildretot if theycome arehma pproaeimchemedd- ployment Service at Goderich by a stranger. The parents in is higher than last year at this turn, he requested, should no time but the situation, is not tify the dep't. "abnormal", reports. Manager Both town and provincial John D. McLeod, police are investigating last The male applicants total week's incidents, 662, comparetd to 552 last year, Female applications are 244, Ne sidewalk riding compared to 223, Chief MacKenzie also notified The manager indicated, how- bicycle owners this week that ever, that several special fac- the town bylaws prohibit rid - tors were involved which af- ing on sidewalks. Members of footed the totals. A number of the dep't have been ordered to people from other areas have confiscate the bikes of any registered at,, the Godericle of- children who fail to obey the fice in the hope of securing regulations, work in Huron. In addition, the The .dep't is now issuing tri - wet weather has forced a' lay- cycle licences, a program be - off at the Ontario hospital pro- gun. last year. Bikes will be ject near Goderich. The Con- tractors have found it impos- sible mpos sible to proceed until muddy conditions disappear. "Generally, things are going well in the area," he said. Plan '61 installations toward dial exchange Reg Black, Zurich, secre- tary -treasurer of the Hay Mu- nicipal Telephone System, re- ported thin week that automa- tic switching 'equipment for the dial telephone system in Grand Bend will be purchased with- in the next month. He said it would take well over one year to build the ne- cessary equipment for the new system. "This is the second largest dial exchange under- stemtaken by an independentepicn t sys- tem in theP rovince," Black said. The new building, to house the equipment, is expected to be built this summer, It will be situated behind Rallies' Sports and Cycle on highway 21, two blocks north of the main intersection. At present, the staff and management, along with mem- bers of the Ontario Telephone Service Commission are com- pleting plans for the village changeover. The re - construc- tion of the cable plant is ex- pected to start early this summer. The equipment installed will be capable of handling up to 600 customers, with facilities for expansion up to 1,000. The system presently serves 520 customers in the summer re- sort. At the annual meeting in March, the shareholders passed a motion to authorize the is- sue $150,000 0 in debenttt •ies of$ to cover the cost of the ne,e dial exchange. It is expected to be in operation in the early part of 1963. Build new cable The system is presently con- structing new cab'es between Zurich and Dashwood and Zu- rich and Hensall. The two new cables will cost $12,000 each. They are being installed to give better service between the centres and will be adequate for the use of •dial telephones if they are installed in Dash- wood and Zurich. This work is expected to be completed in the next six months. inspected for safety purposes at the time of application. The chief said licences could not be issued to children too small to handle their bikes properly. "I've seen a number of tots trying to ride bicycles who just aren't big enough to handle them safely," he said. "We don't, think they should be allowed on the streets for their own safety," he said. Credit Union moves office Exeter Community Credit Mon Ltd., is moving its of- e ice into the. new Devon Build.. ing at the corner of Main and Huron streets. The credit union, which has been operating from the see, on L storey of a business block opposite the post office, plans to open its new office on 1Vfon- day. Plans are also being made to extend the services offered by the locally -owned group. At the board of directors meeting last week, 14 app1i cants for membership were accepted. Loans for March totalled $5,000 and share receipts amounted to $5,550.00. Total assets of the union. now amount to $111,620,00. WINS HOSTESS CHAIR James Glasgow, Exeter, manager of Smyths Shoe Store, won the TV hostess chair in the draw staged by the Exeter Mixed Bowling League. Protest crest, prefix at Legion zone rally Zone Cl Legion members tion from the Clinton branch condemned the establishment requesting permission to sell of the new Legion crest and liquor, as well as beer, in the the withdrawal from the Brit- branches which have received ish Empire Service League club licences. during their annual spring rallyChairman of the rally was at Goderich Sunday. Zone Commander IIf airy e y The zone protested the Milan Pfaff, Exeter, who is completes ner in which the nat oical 'or- ing his two-year term. His anizationput the :eN�,n� es in successor in the fall will be of ni n J"ab has Douglas Andrews Clinton, effect. The Un o g onwho been removed from the old was elected at the rally. crest. Other officers: Deputy zone Meinbers also objected to the commander, Eric Johnstone. adding of the prefix "Royal" to the organization, now known as the Royal Canadian Legion. ion, Seek liquor privileges The zone supported a tee olio M; :rd'..,�b , ... : ',,..��`• ,:a.:.www i�.crt�`Z 5n•.,•su3, �,3r.:1.�A`>�k.:'f�•a�f:uaY..ii�•���ctw',ut•'..�•.'••.:31r4frah'�wR�„v,xo>,•ixo&,,:wnw:"vb`B�'tu7c�2u,'•;'�: Goderich; treasurer, Harold Turner, Goderich; secretary, William Chambers, Clinton; committee chairmen, member, ship, Cyril Robinson, Wingham; public relations, Clarence Mac- Donald, Goderich; sports, Don- ald Havens, Ilensall; poppy day, LIoyd Reynolds. Exeter; public sneaking, Douglas Thorn- dike, Clinton. In charge of • the elections was Chester Merriani, Tara,, provincial chairman. More than 150 Legionnaires turned out for the rally, Which: opened with a parade to the eottrthottse park where wreaths were placed at the cenotaph POLICE RECEIVE NEW CRtt5ER---Police chief C. 11. MscKenzid Ilreparea to go on ;patrol in the new cruiser received over the Weekend by the local dept, The cruiser which will remain unmarked for awhile, 1 eplaces a five-year-old In )del, It ..-. d' _ ,,, .•'dfcouncil i this ear. 1s Q11e of two major vehicle purchases "bitd�ete forby c uric 1 s y No decision yet on beer store Brewers' warehousing Co. Ltd, has made no decision yet of a bee >" the constructio" r on store for Exeter, en official told The TA Tuesday. "We can't say when we're going tobuild," he stated, The ,,htfieial denied a recent rumor 'that. the cott'ipa'n�y had sold the prop+ty ata the cor- ner of Main end George St,i ing tended site of the Store. We still own thep rophrty," he con- firmed. He did not wish CO .make, ani further cornmeal, ,he tlhid.