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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-09-26, Page 1Citizenship lesson demonstrated in Hay school PC committee room here jubilant over victory A large, happy crowd filled the PC committee rooms here Wednesday night as return after return gave Highways Minister Charles MacNaughton an increased majority. The cabinet minister received hearty congratulations throughout the riding as he and his supporters made a triumphant tour from town to town. Liberal opponent Harry Strang conceded shortly after 9 p.m. Fairly heavy turnout at the polls for Wednesday's vote By early afternoon, slightly over one-half of the eligible voters at the town hall poll had exercised their franchise Wednesday. Above, Mrs. Clayton Frayne receives her ballot from deputy return- ing officer Mrs. R, E. Pooley in the council chambers. Seated at the side of the table from left are poll clerk Glenn Fisher, Gerald Godbolt and Ainsley Neil. --T-A photo With the polling booth for Wednesday's election stationed in the basement of the school, students at. No. 2 Hay were able to see the democratic process in action. Deputy returning officer John Corbett, reeve of Hay, shows ballot to two pupils. From left, the group includes Stuart Triebner, Polling clerk; Kathy Rowe and David Prouty, teacher Mrs. Mary Dalton, and Mr. C or be t t. Hay school crisis: Ninetieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963 Price Per Copy 10 Cents Suggests consideration of Hensall amalgamation MacNaughton wins; Stewart too is less than that of Hay town- ship. However, some Hay rate- payers already have complained that, under the present area, Zurich benefits from the Hay assessment. Mr. Corbett outlined to the gov't the complex pr ob 1 em which has involved sharp dif- ferences of opinion between the school area board and council, between the village of Zurich and the township of Hay, and even between the opponents of centralization at the Zurich school. The reeve also explained the nature of the vote which ap- proved the $80,000 debenture for the Zurich addition, and en- closed the petitions from four sections which requested re- lease from the area following approval of the question. "I note," said Mr. Duffin, "that while the total vote car- ried in the affirmative, the vote was negative in six of the eight polling divisions." PC INCREASES MAJORITY Two Rodney teenagers jailed for Hensall thefts found several bottles of beer and wine, which Stapleton said he secured from a friend. The youth has appeared before the magistrate on several previous occasions. Eight persons paid traffic fines as a result of recent radar and car checking opera- tions by police. They included Jack Fenton, Chesley; Glen Montgomery, RR 3 Kippen; Paul Johnston, Goderich; Edgar Cud- more, Hensall; Otto J. Smale, Hensall; Donald McDuffe, Strat- ford; Ernest Morenz, Dash- wood, and Regina Frohn, Galt. Two Rodney teenagers were given jail sentences Tuesday after they pleaded guilty to theft of guns and ammunition from two Hensall stores. Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, also ordered Wilby Blancher, 19, and Ronald Krause, 17, to post $500 bonds on two-year probations, refrain from carry- ing firearms or ammunition for two months and not to as- sociate with each other. Almost all of the loot, valued at $275, which the two youths took from Crest Hardware and Hensall Co-op, has been re- covered. It had been hidden by the teenagers at their Rodney homes until they were appre- hended by police. Adjourn charges In a sweep that set election history in Huron riding, Hon. C. S. MacNaughton scored a two- to-one victory over his Liberal opponent, Harry Strang, in Wed- nesday's election. Unofficial complete returns gave 8,920 for the highways minister, 4,249 for the Usborne township clerk, for a majority of 4,671. MacNaughton's majority in 1959 was 1,648; in the by-elec- tion of '58, his first run, it was 1,164. For the first time in history, Hay township and Zurich village yielded majorities for a Con- servative candidate. "This is tremendous," said Mr. MacNaughton to his sup- porters in the committee rooms here, "and it couldn't have been done without your tremendous support. All I can say is a very sincere thank you." In Middlesex North, Hon. W. A. Stewart polled a plurality of almost triple his two oppo- nents, Liberal RonCaldwelland NDP candidate Harold Johnson. Totals were: Stewart, 9,946; Caldwell, 3,185; Johnson, 726. Lucan gave Stewart almost a Happy winner Highways Minister C. S. Mac- Naughton posted what's believ- ed to be the biggest majority in Huron election history Wed- nesday when he captured his third victory at the polls by a margin of 4,671. No action on appeal No definite action appears to have been taken yet against Hay township council's approval of an $80,000 debenture for an addition to the area school at Zurich. Tile Times-Advocate checked a number of sources this week but nona indicate an appeal was in process. However, the act provides for a time limit of 20 days from the passing of the bylaw. Since only a motion has gone through coun- cil and the bylaw is not expected to be prepared until the next meeting, October 7, there rr- mains considerable time. John Alexander, No. 14 sec- tion, one of the strongest op- ponents to the Zurich addition, said this week he knew of no movement toward appeal. He indicated council's decision at a special meeting two weeks ago "has taken the fight out of most of the people." 300 plurality and both McGilli- vray and Biddulph gave him about 400 more than his two challengers. With the Exeter Legion Pipe Band, the PC victory party took off from Exeter about 9.30p.m. to go to Zurich, Hensall, Sea- forth, Clinton and Goderich. The victorious candidate was Met by large crowds of cheering supporters in every centre. The record majority resulted from a MacNaughton lead in every municipality in the riding. Of the total of 104 polls, only 10 gave a Liberal margin. Ironically enough, the first poll to be reported on TV was one of the 10 in which Mac- Naughton trailed. When this was relayed to the committee room crowd here, it brought loud laughter. By this time the two- to-one majority was clear. Returning officer Russell Bolton, Seaforth, completed his returns at 9.30. The last poll was an Usborne one. This immediate district helped swell MacNaughton's majority. Exeter increased his margin from 479 to 871, Us- borne from 3 to 225, Stephen from '7 to 350, Hay and Zurich from a Liberal majority of 121 to a PC lead of 103, Tucker- smith from 113 to 136. Harry Strang congratulated his opponent by telephone just after 9 p.m. Mr. Strang received the returns at his home in Usborne. In the first 22 polls reported here, the MacNaughton majority looked to be rising even higher than two-to-one. It was 1,701 to '778. Fines hit-run driver on written judgment Hearing of charges against 18 district youths in connection with the recent "gang war" at Hensall was adjourned to Octo- ber 29 by Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, Tuesday. Crown Attorney W. G. Coch- rane, QC, requested adjourn- ment "because of the scope of the matter". All 18 are charged with crea- ting a disturbance. The charges followed a scuffle between rival groups in Hensall Sunday night, Sept. 15. Four police cruisers rushed to the scene to break up the "war". Charged are Wesley Sims, William Heywood, Mervyn Tay- lor and Lester Heywood, Paul Rohner, Donald McDonald, Ex- eter; Ross Cooper, RR 3 Ex- eter; Donald and Leonard Hoff- man, Otto J. Smale and George Maxwell, Hensall; Robert Masse, Adrian Landbergen, Da- vid Bedard, Ray Leibold, Zur- ich; Lawrence Becker, Dash- wood, and two RCAF Clinton airmen, Lawrence Hamilton and Brian Bilan. MUNICIPAL TOTALS In a written judgment handed down here Tuesday, Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, convicted Mur- ray J. B. Budden, 18,Stratford, of hit-and-run, fining him $125 and costs, a total of $155. Budden's licence was sus- pended for six months. Evidence revealed Budden, travelling east on No. 83 near Farquhar August 4, struck the left rear of a car driven by Ro- bert Lang, St. Marys, also going east with his wife and young children as passengers. Budden slowed down after the impact but then turned north and was followed by another motor- ist, William Somers, until the Budden car was forced to stop because of damage to its radia- tor. Exeter .. . .... 1152 281 Usborne 429 204 Stephen 763 365 Hay . 369 297 Hensall . . . . 250 125 Zurich . 179 148 Clinton . . 928 321 Seaforth 555 344 Goderich . 1919 '799 Tuckersmtih . . 549 413 Hullett , — 406 291 Stanley .. 593 199 McKillop . 280 259 Goderich Township 465 167 TOTALS 8920 4249 Both thefts occured the early morning of August 3. Stolen were several thousand rounds of ammunition, guns, transistor radios and other articles. Blancher, married and apro- spective father, told the court the guns and ammunition were to be used for target practice. Both he and Krause are hunting and fishing enthusiasts. Krause, a grade 11 high school student, was represent- ed by lawyer Harold Stafford, St. Thomas, who said this was the youth's first offence. Krause himself said he had heard "this sort of thing was easy" but he declared it would be his first and last attempt. Magistrate Hays was not sympathetic toward Blancher who, he said, should have been home with his young wife at 3 am, However, the magistrate wished Krause to continue his schooling. The fact that the two had kept the goods hidden did not indi- cate they had many regrets over their conduct, the magistrate felt. Krause was sentenced to seven days in jail; Blancher received a 10-day term. PC's George Mitchell and John Wright arrested the youths Friday. Impaired driver A 52-year-old Crediton man, Gordon llaist, was fined $75 for impaired driving when he appeared in magistrate's court here Tuesday. His licence was suspended for a period of three months. A motorist following Haist on the afternoon of Sept. 12 told police of his erratic driv- ing which almost resulted in ac- cidents on several occasions. William Stapleton, 17, Dub- lin, paid $20 and costs for il- legal possession of liquor. Po- lice, who stopped his car to check for mechanical failure, Upon his return to the scene, Sudden attempted to persuade Lang not to tell police that he had taken off. At the hearing Sept. 10, de- fence counsel C. C. Misener, Stratford, argued there was du- plicity in the charge which made it void. The information read that the defendant did rnlaw- fully "fail to remain at or immediately return to" the scene of the accident. He felt these were two separate of- fences which, according to law, cannot be charged on the same count. The magistrate ordered writ- ten argument from both defence counsel and Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane, QC, on the —Please turn to back page At least five ratepayers are required to file the appeal which goes to the county clerk for con- sideration of the county council. A further appeal may be made to the county judge, following county council's decision. Mr. Alexander, however, did state that he has found a case somewhat similar to that in Hay in which the county judge did go against the decision of the municipal council. Last week, The Times-Ad- vocate cited the Howick case in Huron county in which the de- cision of the municipal council was upheld. Meanwhile, the township school area board is t ak i ng steps in preparation for the ad- dition to Zurich school. At a meeting last week, it appointed a committee to investigate oth- er central schools with the ob- ject of securing a suitable architect. Appointed to the committee were Chairman Ray Fisher, Trustee Elmer Rowe and In- spector J. G. Burrows. The board also gave some consideration to the council's request to consider a new lo- cation for the central school but did not take any action on it. The request from council was incorporated in the latter's mo- tion to approve the $80,000 debenture is sue, which was passed by a slim 3-2 majority. —Please turn to back page Beef, dairy breeders win regional prizes A suggestion that considera- tion be given to the inclusion of Hensall in the Hay Township School Area, as a solution to the centralization controversy, has been offered by the Ontario Department of Education, it was announced this week. The suggestion came from G. L. Duffin, superintendent of elementary education, to Reeve John Corbett in answer to a letter he wrote recently to the provincial government. "In view of the problem that confronts your council" , Mr. Duffin wrote, "I wonder if con- sideration has been given to the possibility of including the vil- lage of Hensall in the area and then of the operation of two schools, one each in the com- munity or vicinity of Zurich and Hensall". Wednesday, Reeve Corbett indicated he felt the depart- ment's suggestion would not solve all of the issues but he said it is "worth considera- tion". The reeve and some other members of council have favor- ed an entirely new school lo- cated in the township, rather than in Zurich. Howard Scene, chairman of Hensall Public School Board, said Wednesday he was unaware of the department's proposal but indicated his board would be willing to discuss the situation. "About a year ago, our board passed a motion stating that we would be willing to negotiate with ratepayers in Hay township for school facilities," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, I feel the board would still be willing to discuss the situation." He pointed out, however, that any move toward establishing a union section or of including Hensall in the township school area board is "entirely up to council". The department's proposal would appear to meet some of the objections put forth by rate- payers to the proposal to add to Zurich school. At least some of the rate- payers in sections 2, 14 and 10 are anxious to attend Hen- sall school, particularly those in No. 14 who went to the Hen- sall school for many years be- fore the township board ordered them to attend Zurich school. Even since then, some parents have been paying tuition fees to Hensall, in addition to H a y school taxes, in order to con- tinue to send their children to Hensall. If Hensall did form part of the school area, it would pro- bably benefit from a revenue standpoint, since the per-class- room assessment in Hensall . . 14 4 AnnounCements .. 14 Church Notices . Coming Events Editorials Feminine Facts 'N Fancies . 8,9 Hensall ..... . . . . 5 Lucan 13 Sports ....... . . . 6,7 Want Ads .... 10,11 the Huron Holstein competition. Hero also showed the junior champion female. Ross Marsh al 1, Kirkton, stood a close third for the pre- mier exhibitor award, one that he has won on a number of previous occasions. Only five points' separated the top four exhibitors. Marshall showed the first prize junior get-of-sire and also had the winning junior herd and senior herd, as well as the reserve junior championship. Reserve senior and reserve grand male championship went to Wellington Brock and Son, Granton. WINS AT WESTERN At Western Fair, London, the Whitney Coates h,.rd won three of the top fair awards in the fe- male division, including the grand and reserve champion- ships and the senior female championship. South Huron breeders fared well in the regional cattle shows at Seaforth Friday. In Hereford competition, Whitney Coates and Son, RR 1 Centralia won both gran, se- nior and junior female cham- pions, in addition to seven other first prizes. The Usborne herd also won the get of sire class. The herd award went to Heber J. Eedy and Son herd of Dun- gannon, which also won the bull championship. Jack Coates, RR 1 Centralia, displayed the grand champion Shorthorn bull in the Perth- Huron show and won three other first place awards. Another area winner in the show was James Weigand, Dashwood, who displayed the top senior heifer calf. DAIRY WINNERS Tom Hern and Son, RR 1 Woodham, won the grand and senior male championship in Wet weather doesn't phase fair .;,,c) Although heavy rain, just about parade time, poured on Exeter .fair it couidal t stop the annual Hon, Officials 'esticilate the crowd was clown about 1,000 arid a number of outdoor eVents had to be cancelled bt.t the itiajOritY Of activities carried on. The .0.01atitural society has applied for a wet Weather'gratit .ireill the provincial government totocilpensatefor gate receipt losses, Left, a fl ying batopog provided a lieWitichvaytreat fOrchildreti3Oetitre i local group of keen horsemen always bailee the local parade, .which this year was bigger than ever. Leading the contingent in buggy is Mrs: Frank 'Hicks and guy •Luttport; right, the 441 riaileVnitent Show goes Oil despite the rain, Winners the' senior heifer class of the dairy rditib Were, litre' right, Wu -54w Marshall and ken Meta, photon