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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-18, Page 1OPP fight holiday accidents 1 rovitieiel police will be checking slow drivers as well as fast ones when they wage another holiday war against careless motorists, over the rctcria Day weekend, PG C. D Gibbons Warned this Week,' "We have been instructed :to ewe:: unnecessary slow driv- i•tg, failure to dim lights and to stop before entering a highway from a private.. 1'oe;"- the ,'detachment head These specific infractions, In .idetiotn to careless driving f.'anerally, 'vere cited by Atter- ray -General Foberts in ,a di- rective. i=iective. "All members of our detach- ment will be out on patrul over the weekend," 'C Gib bans revealed, "Additional men rill 1e sent into the area as The officer quoted portions' of sections of the act which police have been instructed to enforce: "No motor vehicle shall he driven on a highway at such a slow rate or speed as to im- pede or block the normal arid reasonable movement of traf- f'e thereon except when such slow rate of speed is neces- sary for safe operation , .' "The driver of a vehicle about to enter or cross a high- way from a private road or driveway shall yield the right of way to all vehicles approach. my on the highway." "When on a highway at any time from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sur•rise, the driver of a motor, vehicle equipped with multiple beam headlamps shall use the lover or passing bearer when (a) approaching an oncoming 'vehicle within 500 feet, or (b) following another vehicle with- in 200 feet, except when in the act of overtaking and passing." A;apeals for co-operation An appeal to area drivers to "keep up the good work" was made this week by Police Chief C, H, McKenzie on the eve of this year's first summer holi- day weekend. The chief recalled Exeter posted an accident -free record over the May 24 weekend last year and he honed this per- formance could be repeated. "Let's not spoil our good record," he commented. "Al- most every accident could be' avoided with a little common sense and courtesy. Let's exer- cise both in liberal derees this holiday weekend," he urged motorists. • Appoint.district census .takers... Appointment of census talc- ars for six district .municipa- lities was announced this week by Jack Fulcher, area corn- missioner They are: Exeter — Mrs. Bren deVries, Charles Acheson., Hensel" — Mrs. Audrey Joynt. Zurich — Mrs. Beatrice Hess. Usborne — George. Frayne,. Allan Fletcher. Walter Creery, William Etherington. Stephen — Rose Coates, Mrs. Geraldine Schenk, Mrs, Labelle Webb, Kenneth Baker, Harry Hoffman. Hay William Stanlake, Percy McFalls, Reinhold Mil- ler. William Baechler, Hubert Miller. Census will beein May 31, "T -Night." when transient per- sons in hotels. motels and tou- rist homes: 'etc. will be inter- viewed. Silo victim still critical John M. Angma, 21, who fell from near the tap of a silo at Hensall Thursday, remains semi -unconscious and in criti- cal condition at St. Joseph's hospital. One of a gang moving . scaf- folding on thesilo,he lost his balance when a section col- -lapsed and fell about 80 feet. Two other men saved them- selves by grabbing upper scaf- fold The man is said to have fallen onto concrete and metal pilings at the bottom of the silo. Examination at the hospital emergency ward disclosed a fractured skull, fractured hip, dislocated left hip, broken arm and his neck broken in •two places. Mr. Angema underwent surgery at the hospital Thurs- clay night. Bonthron ambulance took him to the hospital, • The ,accident:Was investigated by Chief Constable, E. It, Davis of town and OPP Cecil Gib - bens of Exeter Detachment, W. G. Thompson and Sons Ltd, are building four new silos 90 feet high Fred McCor- mick of Pantie is in charge of construction. .'ay�*, a M. Eighty.Eighth, Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 18,. 1961 Price Per Copy 10 Cerus: "BOOM BOOM" GETS BIKE -Bernie Geoffrion of the Montreal Canadiens, who has won awards this years as the league's most valuable player, the all-starright winger and the scoring. champion, probably received his most unusual award in Exeter, Saturday, when we was presented with a bicycle at the minor hockey. banquet. However, the bicycle wasn't intended for the husky NHL star, it's for his seven-year- old son. The presentation was made by Jim Parsons, a member of the Exeter minor league, who was recently critically wounded in a shooting ; mishap, Shown with the two is another "Boom Boom", Exeter rec director Don Grayed. '' a►1 d'of area est Assessments against muni- cipalities for construction of the million -dollar Parkhill dain were sent out this week by registered mailfrom the Au- sauble authority office here. Division of costs was broken down by percentages of the actual total expenditure, rather than exact amounts based on current estimates. This will mean that earlier dollar breakdowns of the cost will be increased proportion- ately if the actual expenditure exceeds the estimates. Con- versely, pa yin e n t s will be lowered if the estimates prove to be high. Actually, estimated costs have been lowered since the first breakdown was given area municipalities. This resulted from an upward adjustment of the federal gov't contribution based on revised estimates. If the dam cost $1.073,620, as Blanshard seeks to organize area A .notice of motion calling for the formation of a school area in Blanshard township has been placed before the council for consideration at its June meet- . ng. Councillor Milne Pullen mov- ed that an area be formed of Nos. 1, 2, ` 3 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 and 16 schools. In regard to union sections, the clerk was instructed to write township council involv- ed requesting them to allow Blanshard to include their pot= tion of those sections in the proposed area. STUDY WEEKEND? Although students at SHDHS will have to spend the holiday weekend studying for their term examinations which com- menced on Thursday, they will have one consolation. "The weatherman p r ed i c t s rain for portions of Saturday and Sunday. Thieves shrike twic near poiice quarters Thieves boldly broke into investigated, said entry app• parentiy was; , made- tvith the use of a small, thin instrument to force open the lock in the door. Earlier this month, a similar method Was used to gain entry' into the BurkleyRestaurant � + where $19.00 was taken from the cash register, No cigar- ettes or , ether - mercht ndise Were taken. The Burkley is besideExeter Municipal pollee offieew two businesses beside police quarters, recently but found' little cash in either. Friday morning, a break -.`tri Was discovered at the Credit Union office in the Devon Building, at the corner of Main and Huron. The OPP office is 4 located in the sante building. They forted openen a tiling Cabinet and took f16:00fro *malt safe, ' Chief C, H, MeI enzief Who fo. vi th sh es w. pa ti. th to B. pe to to d• not agree to the breakdown late last year, plans a "thor ough study of it", according to Reeve Glenn Webb. The coun- cil will meet Tuesday night with its solicitor, E. D. Bell, QC, Exeter, to consider the allotment. In its letter of assessment, the authority informed muni- cipalities who wished to appeal that they must notify the On- ario Municipal Board and the authority by registered mail for a review of the appoint- ment. The letter continued; "Upon such application, the Ontario Municipal Board shall fix a date for the hearing of all interested parties and shall • rr n d e 'evidence, to cdnfirm or y • the •apportionment of the hority and. to .fix and award. s, and its decision is final conclusive and is not open ppeal." our municipalities share cost..' Buy area fire engine Those dogs and bikes perennial problems. Council rehashed two peren- nial problems Monday night— dogs and bicycles—but failed to solve them, Members voted to a deadlock over .enforcement of the bicycle bylaw which forbids riding on sidewalks, leaving the police dep't up in the air as to what action it should take, if any. As for dogs, council decided police should' prosecute owners who fail to tie them up, rather than operate a dog catching system, Difficulty is how police can obtain proper evidence without catching the dogs. Council will continue to re- quest co-operation of dog own- ers in keeping their animals on a leash at least until fall, whenthere may be same ease- ment in the regulations because of the decline in incidence of rabies. Split on amendment Mayor Pooley declared the motion lost when the other eight members divided evenly on an amendment to the bi- cycle bylaw giving the police authority to impound vehicles of offenders. The mayor him- self did not vote. Discussion was then tabled until later in the meeting but it was postponed again when the hour grew late. The amendment, moved by Councillors Simmons and Far- row, would have provided that, after one warning, police could confiscate the bicycle of an of- fender for one week. It would also have removed reference to tricycles, which also are for- bidden on sidewalks under the old bylaw. Asked for his • recommenda- tion, Police Chief C. H. Mc- Kenzie suggested the bylaw should enforced ced a1 thou h -4,ve fahgnici . zlee=sometl ing, ,for. clittle tots ,- He' felt small h�clren might be allowed to ride on the sidewalks provid- ing •th'py give way to pedes- trians. Srmmsns . .and . Farrow felt pedestrians must• be protected against :even young children. , Simmons: "Have young child- ren more rights to the side - :walk than elderly folks using them?" Should use discretion Farrow: "The main purpose of the bylaw is to give pedes- trians the right of way on the sidewalk. You can't • change the bylaw or the kids will force people off our sidewalks, It wouldn't hurt, however,for the police to look the other way if there . was no pedestrian on the street, They would have to use their discretion." Delbridge: "You'd be I: t e r clean up the driving situation first. Kids aren't safe on the roads." Taylor: "Is there no way to insert . an age limit to allow the younger children on the sidewalk?" He felt council shouldn't jeopardize either the children or the adults. Clerk Pickard pointed out that council several years ago decided the bylaw shouldn't be Ienforced, Voting for the amendment •were Simmons, Farrow, Mus- ser andMcKenzie; against j were Fisher, Taylor, Bailey land Delbridge, INo dog catcher Just when council feat it had !the solution to the dog situa- tion, it failed to materialize. A St. Marys roan had offer- ed to serve as dog catcher, coming here three times a week to pick up the strays at a cost of $35 a month to the town. He planned to perform the same service for other municipalities. It turned out, however, that he decided to quit the business. The mayor pointed out the Police didn't feel it was their job to catch dogs and no per- son in town wanted to do it. Chief McKenzie revealed two children had been bitten by dogs last week. It was also re- ported that a teacher had been a 1 1 a eked on school grounds. What had been done about council's earlier instructions to fine the owners, asked Farrow. -- Please turn to page 2 new $15,360;fire truck e serve Exeter and three sur- rounding townships was order- ed Tuesday following comple- tion of negotiations for its pur- chase, Council sanctioned the order. at Monday night's meeting after receiving verbal approv- als from. Usborne, Stephen and Hay townships on the sharing of costs. The truck will carry a ,500- gallon tank of water to provide protection for rural fires, as well as a portable pump to dra. w water from streams and ponds, The vehicle will have a three-man tilt cap, a 625 -gallon pumper, one 24 -foot and one 14 foot ladder. The five -speed syncromesh m o t o r develops 250 •hp, Delivery is expected in about, a month. Supplier is C, E. 1•Iickey and Sons Ltd., Hamil- 1 ton, one of five firms who sub-. i mitted tenders, Costs will be shared on the basis originally proposed; Ex- eter and Usborne, 40% ($6, - GRADUATES — Carol Fletcher,144.00) each; Stephen, 12% daughter of Dr. and Mrs, M ($1,843.00); Hay, 8 "0 ($1,229.00). C. Fletcher, Victoria St., will Stephen reconsiders graduate from Victoria Hospi i ntaphenobjected township, which 12% ch be tal School of Nursing Friday. b y Currently taking a six-week cause of the number of fire course in psychiatry at West- trucks it is already supporting minster llospital, Carol plans in the area, agreed to accept to join the staff at Calgary the share after reconsidering General Hospital for the sum- the proposals during the past mer, •then. will enrol at UWO week. to study for her B.Sc.N. de- Hay formally accepted its gree. 8% allotment, too, after giving. tentative approval at a joint meeting two weeks ago. The Hay approval was conditional. on Stephen's acceptance o£ 12p1t. Exeter will be required to • house and maintain the . ve- i hicie, as well as provide thea; brigade to man it, The town- ships have agreed to pay $60 The Grand Bend and Area be shot into the sky, even at for the first hour and $35 for Chamber of Commerce plan to two per minute. Besides the each additional hour on each open their popular summer re-' show, the Chamber plan to ex- call to .properties within their sort with a "bang" this 'Satur- will take over half an hour to i boundaries. This rate will be day. 1 plode larger ."daylight bombs" I reviewed every three years. GBto openseason with fireworks show In fact, it will be the biggest earlier in the evening. One of Exeter officials have agreed "bang" in Western Ontario, as the. bombs 'will be the Cana- the truck will respond to ,calls the ;,roup plan adisplay •to' gigantie. firei dian •flag, while the other is in .any part of Stephen or 1-14Yworks :--keck off -the the_.Star Bangled Banner,.: township even :though the as- sessment is based .on only the portion of their municipalities adjacent to Exeter. The truck will serve the major portion of Usborne town- ship, which also receives pro- tection from Hensall. Council has instructed its solicitor to draw up an agree- ment among the municipalities. 1961 season on the holiday weekend. The 76 -piece aerial display Storms threaten In all,the display will cost over .$200,00. Under the direction of their new promotional manager, Tont Ringler, London, t h e Chamber of Commerce will al- so hold a stage show on the beach prior to the fireworks. more ram here Main attraction will be a mu - The majority of the weather sical trio from Toronto, "The Sky -Liners and Penury. forecast for the holiday week- end should afford area resi- The show will be held on the t of the Lakevie dents some time to enjoy the Casino. It e infrowvill commence at first holiday of the summer 8.30 m. and there will: be no season. However, a risk of admission. At present, the rain will dampen some of their Chamber is trying to arrange planned activities. to have a radio, TV or news - A storm which is presently paper personality from London to emcee the proceedings. Plan to sell buttons Ttingler, a professional pro- After a brief clearing periodbuttons among the large crowd Naughton turned a check for in the evening, another storm, expected to attend the free $28,795 over to the board Mon - presently in the Northwest show. The buttons will entitle' day. Territories will cause cloudy the holder to attend free of The hospital hopes to open +skies and a risk of rain for charge most of the beach shows the addition next month. Con - Saturday morning. planned for the remainder of tractor is C. A. McDowell Co. following the season. centred in Nebraska is expect- ed to make its way into the area and the northern fringe of the storm will bring thunder Ontario payment to 51.11-1 addition South Huron Hospital has re- ceived the first payment of the provincial grant toward con- struction cost of its 16 -bed ad- dition, it was revealed this week. storms for Thursday afternoon. motes, plans to sell boaster Huron IYIPP •C. S. 'Mac - However, o owing this, (Ltd., Centralia. temperatures are expected to ' become much warmer through - cut the rest of Saturday and most of Sunday. The forecast for the oird ay . e e m a l o r n c r e ase h Monday was not available from , yrthe met section at RCAF Sta- in Grand Benci taxes tion Centralia at time of pub- s lication, Two children, lady �ccr enis . n di:njured . A 31h'year-old Huron Park boy suffered severe head in- juries Tuesday night when he was struck by a car while he was crossing the road on his give all necessary directions tricycle. for the hearing. Robert Vincent son of C/L authority to "The board has and Mrs. A. A. Vincent, Colum- bia Drive,, was taken to Vie - RECEIVES DIPLOMA Bose. mai ;v E11pn Mrs. 'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cro- nn, Clandeboye, received her diplopia during graduation ex. ercises at St. Joseph .s llospi tat School of Nursing last Week,. A graduate of Parkhill lis, she was honored by friends and relatives et a reception 'at her home Friday night., 4 toria hospital, London, with a concussion and possible skull fracture. Driver of the car was Mrs. Terttu li,Gibson, St, Lawrence Ave. Dr. D. A. Ecker attended and PC George Mitchell in- vestigated. Two injured A 74 -year-old lady and a two- year-old girl suffered injuries Friday in a two -car crash on No. 83, hist east of Exetea'. Mrs, darnet Frayne, RR 3 Exeter, received a fractured pelvis and multiple bruises; the girl,Catherine Miller, suf- fered severe lacerations, A car driven by Robert Jack rrayne, 41, RR 3 Exeter, wits Where to find rfi Announcements 19 Church Noticoa .. 17 Coming Everitt ..............•, 17 Editorials 4 Form News 11. Feminine Facts 14 15 H ensall r 5 1, u c a n ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 16 Sports.,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,. 6r...•7, a Want Ads Ili 13 coming out of a private lane - way when it was struck by a westbound half -ton truck driven by Mrs, Phyllis M. Miller, Ed- ward St., Exeter. The vehicles suffered $1,250 damage, accord- ing to PC D. M. Westover. Salvation Army convass tonight Exeter Kinsmen plan a house-to.house canvass to- night (Thursday) on behalf of the Salvation Army. Members will call door to door starting about .p+m. The tax rate in Grand Bend+:mill rate, while the north side will show an increase this year, {residents will have a hike of although the exact amount of 2.6. the hike is still not known. Lambton scounty rate was At a special budget meeting 8.1 last year and is expected. Wednesday, council was unable, to be higher this year, adding to strike a final rate because to these totals. the Lambton county levy has' The main reason for the hike not been settled yet. j for the south side residents is However, residents on the an equalization of the assess- south side of main street of ment in the Forest District the .summer resort will, have an. High School area. In 1960 the increase of, at least 5.8 on their rate was 2.8, but has been set at 6,0 for 1961. S NS --Winners in the solo and duet class of the SHDHS grade nine SHWAS MUSICIANS—Winners . _ . . g . are shown followin their winning erformances. Peter DeVries,Ex- eter, festival t;. eter loft topped the boys claw and shared top .marks in the festival with a mixed y , Ili? , in ., While °~ Sandra Brown Huron Park,won the honors double 1181 tet. Sa �. the solo, �i�1111e twothe `' s 011 the right, Ella Mae SchlenkerCrediton and Elaine Powe, Cent- 'alia, placed first oval' •i t other entries 14 ;the duet competition, --.T4 -.ISA photo On the north side, where the residents contribute towards the cost of the South Huron. District :High School, the rate will remain the sane as last year at 7.0, The other boost in the mill rate was necessitated by an. increase in costs at the Grand Bend public school. The school rate has been hiked from 14.6 to 17.2. The general. requisition from the school board was $2,500 higher than last year, and this is also one of the peak years for the payment of debentures, Centennial for Caven Caved Presbyterian Church celebrates its centennial this Sunday with special services.. key. W. A, Yottfig, Guelph, will be guest speaker at morn- lug and,. evening services. A former Hensel' Minister., 'WS now the popular Chaplain at Ontario Agriculture College. Centennial gifts to the church Will be dedicated' in an afters noon service starting et 2:30 .M- Former Members and litii inters will ren'rinisee with Cliccongregatloil ani the infory hien .gaiheting.