The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-12-14, Page 1Yet
Keep looking
for lake 'hand'
Eighty -Eighth Year
Cpl. Neil Chamberlain of the the policeman they heard .a
Grand Beed OPP detachment scream from a husky voice as
is confirming his search for a they were standing near the
body along the .shores of Lake south pier •and when they
Huron, after two young girls looked out into the water, sav.
reported seeing a band and a the hand and arm extending
Part of an arm off the pier, above the surface,
Samlay, "I'm pretty well cenvinced
'The two 10 -year-old girls told there is someone- in there,"
•Chamberlain IWO The T -A,
Wednesday, anc.t he planned to
search the area again during
the afternoon,
Baby girl
dies in cot
A two -month-old baby girt
died .of asphyxiation while she
lay in her cot at Grand Fled
Tuesday night,
The victim was Judy, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs, Roy Bro-
thers, who, live in an apart-
ment at the Colonial hotel. The
couple has an older son, about
two years of age.
Coroner Dr, E, A, McMaster,
Grand Bend, said a post mot
-
tem conducted at Stratford
Wednesday revealed the cause
of death was aspiration of sto-
mach- contents.
The child, he said, vomited
after being fed a bottle of milk
by her mother, who left the
room afterwards, Death . cc
-
carted about 11 XIII,
Mr, Brothers was on duty at
. Camp 1pperwash at the time.
1 -le said the report of the two
girls was very explicit after he
had questioned them thorough-
ly. "The .kids were ,really
scared," he said.
Ile searched the area thr 11/2
litters before dark and another
114 after dark, Sunday, but
could not locate any body, At
the beginning of the week he
conducted a search of the lake
front from Port Blake to 1p-
perwash.
Chamberlain reported the
water was too rough to form
dragging operations and said,
"I hope it washes up."
The girls claim they saw the
arm and hand about 75 to 100
feet off the south pier and about
100 feet off shore, He said they
had climbed on their bicyclea
and gone to the nearest home
with a phone to call police,
Cpl. Chamberlain stated he
had no reports of any missing
persons in the area,
Receive gov't OKs
for composite HS
Approvals have been receiv-
ed from both the federal gov't
and the Ontario Dept of Edu-
cation for plans of the $11/2
million Huron composite school
at Clinton.
Working plans are now being,
prepared by Page and Steele,
Toronto architectural firm,
prior to calling for tenders.
Plans include alterations to
the Clinton collegiate as well
as the addition in which the
vocational , training facilities
will be provided,
The addition, which will serve
secondary students of Goderich,
Exeter, Seaforth and Clinton,
is estimated to cost $1,516,200
including the building contract,
architect's fee, furniture and
eq uipment.
The new accommodation will
provide for 550 additional
pupils, while alterations to the
present school will allow for 50
pupils, When the addition is
completed the entire school
will accommodate 1,250
The addition will include.
eight classrooms, two business
machines rooms, three typing
rooms, two laboratories, one
drafting room, one auto shop,
one carpentry millwork shop,
one electricity shop, one ma-
chine shop, one gymnasium
measuring 40 by 75 feet, one
cafeteria m ea suring 3,800
square feet and one administra-
tion office.
A. G. Hicks, SHDHS reprosentative on the a d vi s or y
board, said plans are.' being
made to hold meetings with in-
spectors and public school
teachers soon to outline the
proposed program and assist in
selecting the proper courses for
students who will be entering
the school this fall.
Mr, Hicks -also indicated a
shop supervisr has been hired
by the board to begin duties in
September. In the meantime,
he will serve in a consultative
capacity in the acquiring of a
staff for the school,
Suffers broken back
01. in train car crash
Elmer McFalls, Ingersoll, 28 -
year -old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Garnet McFalls, Huron Street,
Exeter, suffered a broken back
and several cuts and bruises
when the car be was driving
was in collision with a train in
Ingersoll, Sunday.
A passenger with McFalls,
Mike °Warn, Burlington, is in
are in Alexandra Hospital, In-
gersoll.
O'Harri was thrown out of
the car when it was hit at the
CNR crossing, while McFalls
remained in the car while it
was tossed a considerable dis-
tance in the impact. The car,
a 1961 Chevrolet, was exten-
sively damaged.
The eastbound train was held
Charge 11
after raid
Mrs. Eleanor Green, owner of
the Sunset Lodge, RR 2 Grand
Bend, pleaded guilty to keeping
liquor for sale when she ap-
peared in magistrate's court
in Forest, recently.
She was remanded until Dec,
19 for sentencing.
The Sunset Lodge was de-
clared a public place by Mag-
istrate J. C. Dunlap, QC,
Sarnia, last summer, when
Elton Hemingway, Grand Bend,
was found guilty of keeping
liquor for sale on the premises.
He was fined $300. and costs
on the Charge,
Mrs, Green was charged fol-
lowing a, recent raid on the
Lodge by Cpl. Neil Chamber-
lain of the Grand Bend OPP
detachment,
Fine found -ins
'Ten persons who appeared
on charges of being found -ins
all pleaded guilty and were
fined $10.00 and costs of $2,50
each.
They included: Lynn Joseph
Statton, 18; Eric Tiedeman, 18;
Ed Chamberlain, 18; Dave Wit-
ten, 21; Richard Gill, 20; Ed-
ward Ravelle, 22, all of Grand
I3end; Irene and Rey Foster,
Shipka;, Blanch Butler, Sarnia,
and Keith Knight, Windsor,
Bernard Kerry Barrie, 20, of
Grand Bend, was fined $25.00
and code tan a charge of care-
less driving brought against
himfollowing a spectacular
accident on a sicleroad hi the
Klondyke area,
The Young diever was the
owner of the ear that left the
road and smashed into a corn
conveyor and farm wagon,
trapping a passenger, Davis
D'Andrade, for nearly two
hours.
inveStigating 'Wider, Cpl. Nell
Chamberlain, eatimated dam,
age at $1,000 in the erash,
Barrie was also fined $10.00
and costs for consuming liquor
if while miner, as did another
passenger in the dar, Herbert
Rodney Evans, 18, Of the RCI
lopuwath,
up about 45 minutes by the col-
lision.
McFalls, who crosses the
tracks daily on his way to and
from work at a Massey -Fergu-
son plant in Woodstock., said he
did not see or hear the ap-
proaching flyer. The accident
happened shortly before mid-
night.
The former resident moved
to Ingersoll last; March, when
he and his brother-in-law, Ro-
bert Marriage, formerly of
Exeter, purchased a restaurant
and cabin business.
The McFalls couple have
three young daughters.
Two skid off No. 4
One driver was injured and
two cars suffered considerable
damage when they skidded off
slippery highways last week.
David R. Boyle, 27, London,
a teacher at SHDHS, suffered
a concussion and broken ribs
Thursday morning when his car
skidded into the ditch en No. 4
just south of Exeter. He was
treated in South Huron Hos-
pital.
Damage to the car was esti-
mated at $1,000 by PC Cecil
Gibbons.
Sunday, Patrick S. Burke, 29,
RCAF Centralia, lost control of
his car and slid into the ditch
on No, 4 just south of the Kirk -
ton road. Damage was estimat-
ed at $500 by PC George
Mitchell.
Damage was estimated at
over $200.00 to a car driven by
Mrs, Bernadeane Eleanor
Ritchie, Lucknow, when it skid-
ded into the ditch and struck
a hydro pole in front o,f Hensall
Motor Sales, Wednesday, ,
The Lucknow lady was tra-
velling south when the car
skidded on an icy patch, swung
around and slid backwards into
the east ditch.
The accident was investigat-
ed by Chief Constable E, R.
Davis, Hensel].
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FIREMAN RUSS SNELL SOAKS RUBBLE FIVE HOURS AFTER ALARM
Authority members
request more data
The Ausable River Conserva-
tion Authority decided to take
steps to ensure that all mem-
bers know what business the
group is considering when they
held their regular fall meeting
in Parkhill, Wednesday.
However, they turned down
a bid to reduce their executive
to six men and hold general
meetings every three months.
Bill Schlegel, a provincial
representative, pointed out that
the executive was "top heavy",
having 13 of the 26 members
sitting on it, He said he felt
too much of the business was
directed by the executive, leav-
ing half the members without
sufficient information to answer
peoples' questions.
"A greater portion of the
business should be passed by
the general members rather
than the executive," he said.
Stephen township representa-
tive, Ed Hendrick, said that
while the majority of motions
and decisions had to be passed
by the members, they didn't
have enough information behind
various recommendations
brought to the general meet-
ings.
"We are voting too much in
the dark," he said.
"The administration would
Seek school funds,
hope SS 2 comes, in
Osborne school area board
has agreed to approach the
township council early in 1062
for tentative approval of a de-
benture isatle to finance con-
struction of a central school,
This action paves the way
for SS 2 (Thames Road) tb join
the area, as it indicated it
would do last year if the area
board proceeded with the cent-
ralization project,
Annual meeting �f SS 2 rate-
payers will be held en the
Wednesday between Christmas
and NOW Year'S«
The township board discussed
the situation with Thames Reed
trustees last week before coin
Miffing itself to approach eolith
ell for the debenture isSue.
SS 2 the Only seetion not Th
the township Area, discussed
the central school question At
its annual meeting last year. At
that Lillie the ratepayers voted
27 to 21 in favor of joining the
Area if the beard proceeded
with the township school,
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be improved if we had more
general meetings and brought
more business before the Auth-
ority as a whole," stated James
Stewart, Lobo township,
However, it was pointed out
that it cost approximately
t260.00 to hold a general meet-
ing, and it would take too long
to have the members discuss
all the business now taken
care of by the executive,
"Our last executive meeting
lasted for six hours," chair-
man Freeman Hodgins pointed
out.
On the motion of McGillivray
township representative, Wil-
liam Amos, the group decided
Thieves holiday
in GB cottages
A belated holiday apparently
has been enjoyed by some tran-
sient trespassers in Oakwood
Park, Grand Bend.
Investigating break - ins at
two cottages, police discovered
they had been occupied for
several days by unknown per-
sons who enjoyed some of the
provisions stocked by the own-
ers.
Loss included a television set
and a bedspread.
The owners are R, M Ivey
and Peter .1, Ivey, both of
London.
PC Harry Reid LS investigat-
ing.
Gravel loader
crushes hand
Elam Shantz, 41 -year-old Zu-
rich area trucker, was rushed
to Clinton, hospital last Wednes-
day, after he had his right hand
severely crushed when a front-
end gravel loader dropped on
Shantz and Amos Gifigerieh,
Blake, were working on the
front-end loader at Gingerich's
garage when the accident (sc-
oured. Was taken Lb hospital
by Gingerich,
Dr, J, C. Geddard, HenSall,
and Di'. 'Brady, Seaford), per -
ah Operation on the
band and Shantz Is expected to
be in hospital for at least an-
other week.
Several been in the hand
Were crushed. It Was badly cut.
to have reports of all commit-
tees sent to each member to
outline business discussed.
They decided to continue
their practice of three meet-
ings per annum, with others as
required. They will continue
their plan to alternate mem-
bers on each committee, so
they will gain knowledge of
each.
Increase in budget
The Authority unanimously
passed their proposed budget
for 1962, calling for a -slight in-
crease of $1,500 for levy pur-
poses against member muni-
cipalities.
Excluding the work on the
proposed Parkhill dam, the
budget calls for an outlay of
$54,332.50 for the corning year,
The Authority's share of this
is $27,410.00, with anticipated
government grants amounting
to $26,922.50.
The group authorized pur-
chase of a two -ton truck, a
rotary mower, several garbage
cans and picnic tables. All were
recommended by the executive
Police and fire department
officials are still working on
"three or four angles" in their
investigation into the $60,000
blaze which gutted the Towne
and Country Restaurant, here
early Friday morning,
Fire Chief Erwin Ford con-
firmed that the investigation
indicated the restaurant may
hthaevefirbee.en broken into prior to
"But that's only one of the
angles we're working on," he
stated, "We have no further
information to release yet."
Fire Inspector Robert Kauf-
man, of the Ontario Fire Mar-
shall's staff, London, has been
working on the case with local
officials since Friday, when he
spent three hours probing ruinr
of the building
Called in by the local depl,
he continued his investigation
Monday and Tuesday.
Police Chief C. H. MacKen-
zie, Constable Lloyd Hodgins,
of the town force, and mem-
bets of the local OPP detach-
ment have been assisting Fire
Chief Ford and the inspector.
Blaze developed guickiV
Unexplained yet is how the
fire reached raging proportions
so quickly in a comparatively
fire -safe building. The restau
rant had a terrazo floor, ce-
ment block walls and metal
window frames.
A number of people who pas-
sed by the building about 3
a.m. or afterwards failed to
notice either blaze or smoke
from the building. Yet by 3;45,
when the blaze was first not-
iced, flames were shooting out
of the building, fanned by a
stiff west northwest wind.
By the time firemen arrived,
Urge clerk
reconsider
Clerk Earl Campbell of Hen -
sail indicated Wednesday he
has not changed his mind yet
about the resignation he sub-
mitted to council last week.
He denied reports that. he
had reconsidered. "I have said
nothing to that effect," ha told -
The T -A.
Both the current reeve John
Henderson, and the reeve -elect,
Norman Jones, have urged the
clerk to reconsider. They de-
nied reports that there was any
movement afoot to dismiss Mr.
Campbell,
"ft is my wish that he
comes back," said Reeve Hen-
derson this week. "I have
asked him to reconsider."
Last week, Reeve -elect Jones
said he too had requested the
clerk to remain in his post,
Both men condemned rum-
ors spread around the village
about the situation, claiming
they were completely un-
founded.
One of the reasons given by
Mr. Campbell for his resigna-
tion was the reports he had
heard that the new reeve would
request his dismissal.
Two issues
before yule
The Times - Advocate will
publish two editions next
week.
The first, a last-minute
gift guide, will be printed
Tuesday night, Dec, 19, for
distribution Wednesday of
next week. Advertising dead-
line will be Monday noon.
The second edition, the an-
nual Christmas number, will
go to press Thursday night,
Dec. 21, for distribution Fri-
day, Advertising deadline will
be Wednesday noon for this
issue.
Correspondents and contri-
butors are requested to sub-
mit their news as early as
possible next week.
The New Year's edition will
be published Friday, Dec. 29,
a day later than usual.
READY FOR WINTER — txeter patrol of the Ontario
MIA Of Highways received lis first mobilo radio RIOS«
day to hook it up with the province -wide tommunication
system being established to help clear snow-covered
ods, Driver Wilmer Presnator, -above, tests the patrol
truck radio which lihked with Stratford
Evorthially, the detil expects to IWO radios hi the
plow dquiptarit. 'DA photo
heat was so intense they
.couldn't get within lighting
range of the inferno. It had
shattered th.e plate glass win-
dows on both the west and
south sides,
Constable Lloyd Hodgins said
he made a routine check of the
area about 3;15 a,m. and found
nothing out of order. A driver
for a daily newspaper deliy-
ered papers to the building
about the same time and not-
iced no flames. Neither did
drivers for Guenther Tuckey
Transports Ltd. who were leav-
ing en their runs about that
hour in the morning.
Awakened by smoke
Mrs, Ron Caldwell, who
lives in th.e apartment over the
service station adjacent to the
restaurant, was awakened by
the smoke, Mr. Caldwell said
"there was a mass of flames
shooting out the windows when
I looked out our front window,"
'Phe couple and their five-
year-old son, Michael, dashed
out of the apartment with some
valuables after telephoning the
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hm
The entire main storey of the
restaurant was guttea Only
the cement walls and steel
beams are standing, The main
beam, two feet in depth, was
warped by the heat.
Although most of the base-
ment was razed, a few areas
suffered comparatively little
damage from the fire.
Recently renovated
The restaurant had been ex-
tensively renovated this sum-
mer, after it was purchased
from Ward Fritz, town, by Glen
McAuley and William Poulton,
London. Poulton subsequently
bought out McAuley's share in
the business.
Besides redecorating both the
main dining room and the ban-
quet room downstairs, the new
owners had installed thousands
of dollars of new restaurant
equipment in the building,
Lost in the blaze were ban-
ners and other property owned
by Exeter Lions and Exeter
Kinsmen, who have been hold-
ing their regular meetings at
the Towne and Country
Caldwell's service station
was saved by a fire wall,
erected earlier this year when
the building was sold. The wall
subsequently sagged and is now
being supported by props to
prevent its collapse.
Fire did get into the roof of
the service station along
wooden beams which went
through the fire wall, One of
the garage doors is damaged
beyond repair; outside of bro-
ken windows, the other one re-
mains serviceable.
Boat destroyed
Ron Caldwell's 22 -foot boat,
on jacks at the rear of the
building, was destroyed. The
owner valued 11 at about $1,800.
Two "junker" cars were also
seared. He also lost a number
of truck tires and other auto-
mative equipment stored in a
shed at the rear.
Caldwell, in bare feet and
with just pants pulled over his
pyjamas, tried first to fight the
fire with his wash -rack hose.
Realizing the futility of this, he
went to the rear of the build-
ing and drove several cars and
his large wrecker out of dan-
ger. Eventually, he bot a car
and a truck out of the two stalls
in the garage.
Firemen, who were on the
job from 4 to 11 a.m. had both
trucks on the scene. They used
a hose from the older machine
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Target HQ
at Centralia
RCAF Station Centralia has
officially been declared the
target area headquarters for
the city of London, responsible
for re-entry and rescue work
in the event of a nuclear at-
ta'ekhe
The headquarters has begun
operations already, it was re-
vealed this week.
Lt, Col. T. H. Burdette, MC,
officer commanding the target
headquarters, stated that the
present planning staff of four
officers and five officersnon-cornmis-
iiiinonmbedeexrps,ancio 16
woulpdennevaennetnut«,
in the case of an emergen-
cy, the staff will total 52,
Present headquarters is lo-
cated in barrack block No, 9
at station, Centralia.
Some of the present staff
members come from 2 RR, Lon-
don, some from E RCR Inper-
wash and some from the Lon-
don depot,
Farewell its
Fairfield PS
On Saturday night SS 1 Ste-
phen held a turkey supper in
the schoolhouse as a farewell
to the old community life at
Fairfield centering round the
school,
The school will ;join the Ste-
phen school area at the end of
the school year, June 1961, and
it is not known yet whether it
will still function as a school
or not,
Herman Powe gave the past
history of the school and com-
munity. Gordon Wilson was
chairman for a program con-
sisting of a chorus by the
school pupils, accordion solo by
Jim Neil, readings by Mrs. El-
mer Powe and Mrs. George
Hepburn, mouth organ selec-
tions by Russell and William
Schroeder, vocal solo by Judy
Lamport and Dittilo –slelo by
Elaine Powe.
Ted Lamport was MC for a
panel in charades comprising
Mrs. Clarence McDowell, Mrs,
Gordon Wilson, Jack Hepburn
and Russell King, This panel
rivalled the one on Act Fast
program, CFPL-TV,
See light snow
over weekend
The blanket of snow which
greeted area residents Wed-
nesday morning is not expect-
ed to increase any appreciable
amount over the weekend, ac-
cording to the met section at
RCAF Station Centralia.
Intermittent snow is expected
to fall on Friday and through
to Saturday morning, but no
great amount is expected. Gen -
rally, the weekend weather will
be cold with winds from the
northwest.
Snowfall so far this month
has only been 8.8 inches ac-
cording to the met section. An
average for the month is
around 25 inches, with previous
high and low measurements
recorded at 50 and 9.5 inches.
exicans desolute
says Lions speaker
Oats that were eight feet tall,
with heads almost three feet
in length, were described by
John Stewart, of Ailsa Craig,
at Exeter Lions' "Farmers'
Night" banquet in the Legion
Hall Tuesday evening.
About 100 persons sat down
to the tables, eaeh member of
the Lions Club having a farmer
friend as his guest,
Mr, Stewart, guest speaker
for the evening, told of his
experiences in Alexia() while
attempting to harvest his huge
oat crop.
In the cities, he said, there
are excellent tourist attractions,
but in the farming 'areas there
are only two classes of people,
the very rich and the Very
poor,
Mexico is 3,200 miles in
Zurich inquest
on Wednesday
Inquest into the death of
five , year old Linda Miller,
RR 1 Dashwood, will be held
Monday, Dec. 18, in Zurich,
according te PC D. M, West'
over, the invettigating of-
ficer,
Linda died Dec. 1 after be-
ing Struck by car in front
of the Zurich arena Nov. 2$.
She is the daughter of Mr,
and Mrs, Joseph W. Miller,
Coronet' Dr. J. G. Goddard,
Hensall, will be the presiding
officer and the hearing will
btonduetad by Crown At-
fOrney J. W. aushtleid,
length and there „are 860,000
acres all under irrigation, pro-
ducing three crops a year.
Farms averaged about 200
acres and almost any crop you
could think of could be grown.
Cheap but inefficient
Mexican label* was available
at about 640 a day and it was
inefficient and unreliable. Child-
ren, scantily dressed, begged
for money and on reeeivin,,e,
hand-out, hurried home with
it. Bribery and graft Was ram-
pant and it was with difficulty
the Stewarts were able to get
permission to export their crop
to Canada,
It was a relief to return to
Canada and appreciate the elm-
ditions here.
Mr. Stewart was introduced
by Douglas Miles, agricultural
representative for Huron, and
was thanked and preSented
with a gift by Lion Dick ..Ter.
rnyn.
Mr. Wellington Brock, on be
half of the farmerS, thanked
the Lions Club,
A sing song Was enJoyol
with Lion Norm Waiper at the
Followin,,cf the sing song
Lion Ed Brady conducted the
ten est With each Lion intro.
dicing his guest and outlining
his particular atcomplishreentS.
It WAS a continuous rotted Of
laughter nail the last than was
introduced. Vite-president Fred
Darling presided for the cow
ning,; owing to the absence oL
President Andy Shel grove;
through illness,
The Legion AttkidAry eato,