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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-08-24, Page 1twilA { aclVaughton acks Robarts Heeen MP? C, ,S, MacNaugh- ton announced publicly this week that !;e is supporting Ed- l.tcation Minister John P. Ro- harts,. 44, of London, in the let- ter's bid for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Con- servative party, Roberts is the third cabinet minister to enter the contest es iehi twill decide the emcees- ear to Prime Minister Frost, tae announced his candidature Tuesday', Said Mr. MacNaugltton,, in a -ouncing his poS'itign; thoi oughlyi well-eMrquinpedi to die .r.set the affairs of the province a d a worthy successor :to Preine Minister Frost, "I think this mane has the vMg4r and aggressiveness of eery middle age and the stea• dy judgement of more mature years, .He has proven himself a sound administrator in one of. the most important depart- ments of government, where his direction and ,leadership has given the vital field of ed- ucation a :timely and well -war - Start. Inns for school ranted new look. The Huron MPP, who, made a tour of his riding earlier this week, said a found Strong sup- LittIe increase I //�S�`%OOI�ithe provincial factureI re gard hisprospects as very , good," he stated, As minister of ECT edueation, Ro- berts has spearheaded,the .$100 million prpgrain toward con- A struction ef'new technical and trade training facilities in. On tario under federal -provincial agreement. This includes the new composite school to be built in Clinton for 14uron countY• i The London MP first entered G 0u n c Ilo the cabinet n 1958 as minister r,� attack Without portfolio and became a member of .the Ontario Water . • Resources Commission, lir. project at town ha 141acNaugeton succeeded hunt in Eighty -Ninth Year »� 1 EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 24, 1961 750 the .latter .post when Robert became edueation minister. Arrangements for the nonti nelhug convention were mad last week :at a PC delegae meeting in 'Toronto over whicl Elmer D. Bell, QC, presi;ied Mr, Bell expects about .5,00. will .attend the convention to be hold in Varsity Arena from October 23 to 25, Other cabinet ministers who have entered the race are sources Minister Macauley and 1•leelth Minister Dymond, The successful candida',e will re• e an overall majority., 5 ! The property committee's.' Mayor Pooleyaid the drive - 1 decision to dig un the.cement way to the halls was too oar- - I approach and sidewalk in front row and the curbs had to be' e of the town hall was attacked shortened to allow the fire s' I by two Exeter councillors at truck to gain easier access to r 1 Monday night's meeting, , the highway. He also pointed • Reeve B i 1 I McKenzie, a out that the sidewalk in front ; 0 . ` "' ail; of Ute hall was raugh and could Advisory board for the new j q Huron coinposi.e school at Clinton has appointed a firm 1 of architects to prepare plans. for the 23 -room, mililon-dollar' structure which will be added to Clinton District Collegiate. Page and Steele Ltd„ Toron- to, who c'esigned the SFIDHS building and Exeter Public School additions, was selected oar six alter applicants who sought the appointment. In addition to eight class- rooms, the neer school will con- tain four major machine shops, three typing ,rooms,, two occu- pational training rooms, two business machine rooms, two 'laboratories and, a Cafeteria as well as other facilities. Wa The board hopes `to have the an building ready for occupancy w by Sept., 1962. be Liquor store open Friday The LCi30 store at the ear- ner of Main and Wellington expects to open Friday morning tl -' Supplies were moved into the building Wednesday, fol- lowing • completion. of the in- terior of .the building, which has been delayed over a month. Vendor Howard Cramp, who was transferred here from. lkerton, said both liquor d beer will be sold. The beer . ill not be refrigerated, Reeve William McKenzie has en given.': the bottle collection agency for beer and ale emp- ties. His former grocery store will be the depot. Vendor Cramp said the store I will open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. except Wednesdays, i when it will close all day. When there is a holiday in the week, however, the store will remain' open on Wednesday. Thieves run at Dashwood Less than 650 in cash was taken from. Dashwood stores in a series of break-ins there early Saturday morning. The thieves were frightened off froin the Milfred Merner grocery when Leoland: Reste- stayer heard theft breaking in the front door, They escaped through a rear exit after he A %shouted at them. Some soft drinks and ciga- rettes t:' -an from the Merner stare wc. e found in the imine- diate area, About $35 was taken from the cash register at the Dash- wood Feed Mill, owned by Ha- rold Kellerman. Some $50 dam- age was done to the safe. From the Restemeyer and Miller store, between $10 and $11 was taken in change. PC D. M. Westover is inves- tigating. Three hurt in accident A two -car crash near the out- skirts of Zurich Tuesday night injured three persons a n d wrecked two cars, valued at a total of $2,500, Burton A, Greene, 40, Grand Bend; his nephew, Howard Greene, 33, Erieu, and Joanne Murphy, 15, ' Arva, required treatment for abrasions, and guts. Miss Murphy suffered two 5roken fingers. Burton Greene, driving east on 84, was making a turn into a driveway when he was struck by the westbound vehicle (E- ven by Michael T. Murphy, 18, Arva, in whose car Joanne 4 Murphy was a passenger, An- other passenger, Joyce Eagen, e,, 18, also of Arva, Was not in- jured, Charge driver Robert D. Black, RR 2 St, Paul's, has been charged with failing to report an accident en No, 21, just nettle of Grand Bend, Police allege it was Black who struck down three mail boxes in the area, then left the scene. Damage ex-! seeded $100. A rear -end collision one-half mile south of Exeter on No, 4 caused about $100 damage to cars driven by Herbert Broom, 31, RR 1 Exeter•, and Keith Rock, 20, RR 3 Parkhill. Both travelling south, Rock hit the Broom car when it turned into a driveway. PC D. M. Westover inyesti= gated the accidents. Two at time corner Town police reported twoeni - ear accidents during the *eel:. one involving a couple mal`rried Saturday. James Scott, 21, town,, the grooin, was struck front behind when he and his bride were heading north on Maih' St, in a ear owned by Roberts Dobson, The other, driver rep George Vanstone, 19, Gode telt. Dam- age amounted to 5 and the crash accusedd at corner of plain and Sanders St, At the same intet'secfion Ftri• day, a semi•trailera bread truck driven by Lloyd �pp Schwartzen= tr uber, 36, Water IE k, knocked down -a lamp, post' 'et it was u111nt onto AfainSi. from San. er . Damage too lltisd $90, „amu=,�, u �,i nau no part" ut not be I.epL clean ! 1 deciding upon the project and 1 Since material was required t I "as far as I an concerned, I, to fill in the basement and the t don't ' approve eft it." I•Ie felt sidewalk would have to be re-, i l expenditure laid in the near future any- a, since the sidewalk had been :