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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1964-06-18, Page 1Announcements . . . 14 High school youths off to school school addition ay Will also be close to the cafe, teria PP it will be inPre ac- cessible for students op their lunch hours. The IiSDHS heard had a busy department ,of .education on. the: time Tuesday night at their basis of their plan to erect SPeClal Meeting, vocational facilities here.. They built classrooms, tore They finally settled .unani, them. .off, .m.oved the library, mously on a .plan. to erect acn. built shops, enlarged the cafe- commodation for a total of '042 teria, extended Classrooms, students at. an _estimated. cost etc., etc., etc, of $013,0.00, Fortunately all the work was While this is practically three done on paper as the board Was .times as costly as the $45,n attempting to decide on how 000 ace...01111c wing they had re, large an addition they would ceived apprOltal on from area seek appreval for from. the municipalities e a r 11 e r this May move sessions due to parking lack year, the actual cost to rate, payers will, be almost identical,. , It te expected this large von eational wing will cost area, ratepayers only OP.3.,,QQP as it is covered by a gra nt of 75% e r the fecierainPreVineial agreernent for vocational fa, cilities, .101 Boyce, representing the architects, Page & Steele, pointed out the estimate was VerY rough and said he Would have to work on the new plans before being able to come up with a definite estimate. Both he and D. W. Scott,, area inspector, attended the meeting to give helpful suggestions to the board. think some consideration should be given the council and employ- ees of this building, because I am told the payroll in this building amounts to $250,000 to $300,000 a year, which is a nice little industry for Goder- ich. "However, as I said the other —Please turn to back page Receives degree Richard L. Roth, son of Lorne. Roth and the late Mrs. Roth, formerly of Exeter, received his Bachelor of Engineering Science degree at the UWO con- vocation this year. He has ac- cepted a position with McKin- non Industries, St. Catherines. He is a graduate of St. Marys Collegiate. SMALLER THAN NEEDED? Despite the size of the ad- dition, it is still smaller than what projected enrolment fig- ures at the school vienld indi- cate should be built. Principal H. L. Sturgis re- ported that under the syste used for figuring by the depart- ment — five years --the school would ppssibly have a total en- rolment of 1,050 students, by 1970 with 53 more still going to Clinton for special Subjects. However, the board were mo- derate in their buildingplans as they noted the enrolment was contingent upon several things, especially the future of RCAF C entralia. "There's always an element of risk in predieting enrol- ment," Mr. Sturgis told the board. "These figures show what could happen and not ne- cessarily what will happen." An addition to facilitate the -- please turn to back page SEVEN CLASSROOMS Included in the extensive ad- dition will be seven new class- rooms, one science room, car- pentry shop, drafting shop and motor mechanics shop. T h e present industrial arts shop will be altered to an electrical shop. The cafeteria will be enlarg- ed to twice its present size, the kitchen and boiler facili- ties will be enlarged also. Several major ,alterations Will also take place, The library will be moved. down stairs into the two class, rooms near the west entrance and commercial facilities will be moved into the library, The: boardroom will become the office of the principal, and his office Will betakenover by a vice,prIncipal. A room near the cafeteria will *Mlle the office of the see, retary and another near the Cafeteria Will be the staff lounge, The board will pre, gumably either use the staff ;gunge or the library for their meetings, The move to bring the librp,ry down stairs was recommended by inpsectorpcott, who suggest- ed it should have an access of its own so it could be used by the students and other mem- bers of the community at night for study and research lour, poses, He said it should also be en- larged to handle 10,000 books, Presently it is only able to bold about 6,500 books, By, moving it down stairs, it Bimbo comes out the big winner Wherever there's a circus you'll find kids and Hensall was no exception Thursday when the Kinsmen sponsored a show under the big top. During the afternoon, several youngsters quickly found their way to the fair grounds to catch a preview of the proceedings and naturally Bimbo the elephant received plenty of attention. He was well fed as the kids handed him handfuls of grass from the bush. As the picture indicates the kids enjoyed a tug-of-war before giving up their wares to the animal and a close look almost reveals a sort of smile on the animal's face as he engages in the game. PS — the little fellow at the right doesn't really have his head in Bimbo's mouth. --T-A photo Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 18, 1964 Price Per Copy 10 Cents Resort considers 'walk' for centennial project GRAND BEND Three of Grand Bend's four- member council on Monday night favored the building of a "Centennial Walk" for the vll- ject this year in order to qualify for grants of $667 from the pro- vince and $667 from the federal government. This is based on a per capita rate of $1.00, from each governmental body. Councillors DesJardine and Green will investigate prices and bring in a report to the July 6 council meeting. At that time firm decision will be made on the project. Council is how- ever, still open to suggestions for a suitable project for the centennial year. the community. Sbch a plan had been worked extremely successfully in Wal- laceburg and in many other communities. In Wallaceburg they started out with 1,000 people having shares of $65 and the $65,000 has now been built up to assets of $167,000. The debenture purchased — Please turn to back page for those who buy debentures. "This isn't the idea, but it may guarantee the growth of Exe- ter." Simmons explained the build- ers in Exeter were already feeling the pinch of reduced ac- tivity as 10 fewer homes were going up compared to last year's figure. This means about$100,- 000 in the local economy and will affect each and every person in lage's centennial project. The "Centennial Walk", as proposed by W. F. B. Mac- Laren, would be a sidewalk stretching from the bathhouse to the pier, just west of the present line of beach benches. MacLaren has been for many years — along with a number of other citizens of Grand Bend— a supporter of this project. Favoring the idea as a cen- tennial project were Council- lors Howard Green, Emerson DesJardine and Orval J. Wass- mann. The only dissenter was Councillor Ian Coles, who had a project of his own to suggest for the centennial. Coles submitted a suggestion for using the available $2,001 to obtain options on property for building a recreation area with picnic sites, and also land which could be available for in- dustrial firms. C 1 erk Murray DesJardins pointed out that the village would have to spend $2,001 on a pro- Soccer squad face obstruction charge to the men as the local police authority. Councillor Ross Taylor re- ported to council Monday that the town is in need of a new grader. After a brief discussion no action was taken on the situation. Taylor reported a tire had blown out this week and "three more are ready to go". Tires— although there appears to be some doubt they can even be found for the ancient model— cost $160 each. "If the tires blow out the grader won't be worth 10C," council were informed. Works foreman Jim Paisley said there was a similar model in Kitchener, but the firm there couldn't get tires either. Mayor Simmons stated there wasn't much sense in fixing•the old machine, whose vintage was dated as far hack as 1921 by one council member. However, it was noted it didn't owe the town anything, as it had been purchased for only $2,100 some eight years ago. GODERICH County councillors have thought up several ways to ex- press their objection to the county town's prospective two- hour parking. None was acted upon after Thursday's final de- bate, but council called upon the town to "provide special park- ing stickers to be issued to members of county council and courthouse employees." This was the recommendation of the property committee, pre- sented by Reeve A. D. Smith of Turnberry. An earlier com- mittee report had proposed only to ask the town to provide "ade- quate parking facilities" for persons attending the court- house. New ideas presented: —E r e c t an administrative building elsewhere. —Hold one-day sessions in other Huron towns. —Carve enough from the bor- der of courthouse park to give county council its own parking. "We have given this very serious consideration," chair- man Smith said of the parking sticker recommendation, "be- cause it is a very serious matter to county councillors. The more you talk to former county coun- cillors the more you find out there was some agreement or verbal arrangement made that we were supposed to have park- ing in Goderich when this build- ing was put here. "Since that time, I have re- ceived suggestions from anum- ber of members, and one is that we were going to spend $35,000 and had plans drawn to build an auxiliary office building some- where in Goderich, and this was finally talked down. "The suggestion now is that we make this an administrative building and build it some other place where the parking prob- lem won't be so great. "Another is that we follow the pattern in Bruce and rotate meetings between towns, espec- ially December and March, which are one-day meetings and for which other municipalities feel they could provide parking accommodation. "I am not suggesting these alternatives, but I offer them for your consideration, because it is a serious matter, and we DAMAGE CRUISER A letter from the Attorney General's department request- ed payment of $35 toward da- mages to one of the p ol ic e cruisers which it suffered when the town truck, driven by streets foreman Wellwood Gill, had col- lided with it. Councillor Was sm ann pointed out the policemen had been ask- ed not to park in the right- - Please turn to back page Exeter council has "endorsed wholeheartedly" a plan by the Exeter Industrial Promotion Corporation to sell $100 de- bentures in an effort to have a sizeable fund on hand to as- sist any interested industry in erecting a building in Exeter. And to further show their endorsement of the move, seven of the nine council members pledged themselves to purchase one of the debentures, as did Clerk C. V. Pickard and Jim Paisley, works superintendent. Mayor Simmons broached the subject following a meeting of the Industrial Corporation this week, at which time all seven directors also pledged $100 each to the project giving it a healthy $1,600 start already. He told council that one of the snags" being encountered by the Industrial group was the fact no building existed in Exe- ter into which a prospective in- dustry could move. "Many of the small industrial firms do not have the capital to build their own building," he stated, nand if the funds were available here it could be a strong enticement." The Corporation hope to sell enough debentures to raise be- tween $20,000 and $30,000, and this money would probably be made available to an interested firm at 5% interest. The money collected from the sale of debentures would be invested in bonds until it was needed and the interest would go to increase the capital. The money would be used strictly for a building, and the Corporation would still have to 14 raise other funds for their pro- motional work and expenses. "We want everyone to invest, and not just the businessmen," Simmons told council, pointing out a new industry would benefit each and every person through stimulating growth in the town and giving people anopportunity at better jobs. Council were told there would be no big direct financial return ACCIDENTS DOWN Area drivers continue to have a good record for the month of June as they had only one re- portable incident again this week. On Sunday at 1:10 pm William R. Coward, 16, RR 1 Woodham, was involved in a collision with a car driven by Stephen J. Drouillard, 28, St. Marys. The incident happened at Win- chelsea, where police report Coward made a U-turn in the highway in front of the St. Marys man. Coward has been charged with careless driving. OPP report another incident of drivers ruining lawns at Cen- tralia village by driving across them with their cars. Twelve members of the St. Columban soccer team have been charged with obstructing a police officer and OPP Corporal C. J. Mitchell, head of the Exe- ter detachment, reported there may be additional per s on s charged in the incident. The men will appear in Exe- ter court Tuesday to face the charges. Police report the soccer players were creating a dis- turbance outside the Hensall hotel at 12:30 am on June 4 and one player was reported- ly blowing his car horn at pro- longed lengths. Hensall Chief E. R. Davis went to the scene to ask the men to quiet things down and was obstructed in his duties by the St. Columban area men. Although he was not in uni- form, Davis identified himself Officer arrives Constable George E. Beams commenced duties this week with the Exeter detachment of the OPP. The new man came here from the Mt. Forest de- tachment as a replacement for Cpl. George Mitchell who has gone to Kitchener. Constable Beams is married and has two sons, Kevin, six, and Larry, four. He is presently looking for housing accommodation in Exeter. --T-A photo Thieves hit four times in area Say grader on last legs SEEK FUNDS TO AID INDUSTRY Take $550 in golf equipment Off to Africa Ross Wein, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Wein, Crediton, left this week to start a nine- week stay in Africa under the Crossroads Africa scheme. He will be assisting in agriculture development in Nairobi. Ross recently completed his third year at OAC in crop science. T-A readers will be able to follow his adventures as the former HSDHS track star will be writing articles during his stay in Africa. One appears this week on page four. Name teachers for Bible school Teachers for the Exeter Va- cation Bible School being held June 29 to July 10 with the ex- ception of July 1 are Mrs. Wil- liam Batten, Mrs. B. H. Lind- sey, Mrs. J. W. Stephenson, Mrs. Roy Stover, Mrs. H. Am- singe ' Mrs. A. Cudmore, Mrs. Don MacGregor, Mrs. Bruce Perry, Rev. R. Van Farowe, Rev. R. 5, Hiltz and Mrs. M. C. Fletcher. — Please turn to back page Expect big crowds at district Crusade Church Notices Coming Events ... 14 Editorials 4 Farm News 7 Feminine Facts 'N Fancies 8,9 Hensall 5 Lucan 13 Sports 6,7 Want Ads 10,11 Auditor's report . . . . . 12 Extra Coming Events 16 morning when an employee. of Newby Tire and BatteryService found the shop at the north of Exeter had been broken into. Thieves apparently smashed a window on the east side of the building and then crawled through after releasing the latch. They are believed to have left the building through a door on the east side which was found unlocked. Walter Tiedeman, Grand Bend, discovered the break-in —Please turn to back page Constables Harry Reid and John Wright and also the Goderich detachment. Police have speculated that it was the same persons who broke into the Exeter Golf Club, and have even thought the at- tempted break at Hensall may have been a decoy to attract area police away from the vi- cinity of the Golf Club. OPP Constable Harry Reid is investigating the break-in. Police believe there may have been some connection between the golf course thefts and an attempted theft at the Hensall post office the same morning. Thieves were foiled in their attempt at about 3:30 am, after they had shattered a window on the north side of the Hensall building. The breaking glass awakened residents in an apartment some 20' from the post office, and they called Chief E. R. Davis, who in turn called Exeter OPP HIT EXETER TOO Another break, enter and theft was also reported on Monday Thieves were busy in the area over the past weekend as they hit four different places and netted- various items of mer- chandise and equipment valued at over $700. Hardest hit was the Exeter Golf Course where owner Allan Westcott reported $550 worth of golf clubs, bags, balls and other golfing equipment and a tran- sistor radio missing on Monday morning. He noticed the break-in when he came to open the club house on the St. Marys road on Monday morning. Doors had been sprung to gain entry. Some of the golf equipment stolen was new and belonged to the owner of the course, but other was what had been left in the locker room by area play- ers. Any profits from the Crusade will be split evenly among the Gideons, London Rescue Mis- sion and the Canadian Bible Society. Envelope s will be available and all donors of $1.00 or more will receive official receipts for income tax pur- poses. Members of James Street United Church ACTS Men's Club took residents of Huronview on an enjoyable car ride Monday evening. The trip is an annual outing conducted by the church Men. Lee Learn, associated with dairy businesses in Exeter and Seafortii, last week was named the 39th president of the Sea* forth, Lions Chit% The PopUlat curler has taken an active inn teteat in many segments of the Seaforth community life since assuming his fitit'S duties in that town. Rev. R. E. MOLagaiii Blyth United Chttell minister, has accepted the pastorate of Em- press United Church, LOnden, The Huron minister succeeds Rev. A, E. Eustace who was formerly at GederiCii. * Arena manager AMA Wtllert has successfully completed the third-Year of the arena. Milne, gerS course at MAO, lie will That's different --pay too much Sitting Monday night Exeter court of revision turned down an assessment appeal by Ed. Mittelholtz on his new triplex On Thomas street, He pointed out to the court and Eric Carscadden, town as- sessor, and A. Alexander, Hur- on County assessor, that the building had only 2,250 Square feet of finished area plus a small basement and that the units were not high priced rental units and simply could not carry the tax his assess- ment induces: It Was pointed out that his building was assessed com- parable to others of a similar nature in town. The court did agree to re- fund taxes paid by two firms which have gone out of business this year, as Well as some who had overpaid their taxes. The list was as lollOWs: M. C. Broderick Ltd., fot outdoor bulletin removed early this year; Donald McCurdy, Who terminated business in May; John Willis, ,Bank of Nov a Scotia, Mrs: Norah Taylo r, James Wilson, R. G. SeldOn, :Donald „Tory, Canada Trittt and Hay Frayne, all of WhOm over- The South Huron Crusade for Christ commences at the Exeter arena Sunday afternoon and ex- pectations are for large crowds for both the opening rally and the services to be conducted throughout next week. The Sunday opening com- mences at 3:00 p.m. and follow- ing services from Monday to Friday are at 8:30 p.m. The Crusade concludes on June 28 with an 8:00 p.m. service. Speaker at all services will be Rev. Jim Wilson, Hamilton, executive director of Hamilton Youth for Christ. In 1963 he was appointed by Youth for Christ International to lead a team of six teenagers to the countries of southeast Asia, where in four months a quarter of a million teenagers were challenged in high school assemblies, on col- lege campuses and through rad- io and TV shows. During the last five months he has served as a Protestant representative in the Hamilton juvenile and family court. He couples Iogic, humor and understanding of the Scriptures in a forceful presentation &the claims of Christ. Song leader and Choir direr- for will be Gordon Hamilton, Toronto. A mass, volunteer Choir will be featured every night of the Crusade, Edgar Cudmore, Hensall, publicity chairman, said volun- teers were being sought for the choir and all interested are asked to arrive at the arena a.bout 45 minutes before the start of the Service for rehear,- sal. The interdenorninatiOnal rab- ly is being sponsored by 15 churelles in South Huron and the ?mini for Christ, On Monday. Site of the HSDHS boys are shown above before departing. In the Centre is BrUde Perry, a teadher at the School, and on the right are three members of the ARCA whO provided transportation. They are Fred DObbS, Meter; C. P. Corbett, Luean, and Lorne Hay, Ilensall, ETA photo Several lads from iIST11iS walked out of school after exams Monday and immediately headed for another school term -,,; at the conservation School being Staged by the AtiSable RiverR CoilSerVatiail Author Cam' ail- Along with some froth Parkhill, the area :yet:ails will be there until FtldaY, and then district elementary students MOVe in for a week-long session now be eligible to write the final examination on the course. The third term was a series on communications, while pre- vious years he has studied re- frigeration and accounting. * * * Ed. Brady, Exeter, recently won the western jumping class at the Southwestern 0 nt ario Horsemanship Club horS,e show at St. Thomas. * * * * Canvassers will be calling on residents in the district next week in connection with the up- coming mass TB survey to be held in Huron County, * * * John F. Gigot, Exeter, has accepted a position with the In- gersoll District Collegiate In- stittite where he will teach French. For the past Seven years, he has been employed as an instructor at RCAF cite. fen. The Girota p.l to Move to Ingersoll as soon as they have disposed of their Pryde Blvd, home. Approve prices for pool patrons Exeter's RAP committee have set prices for tile use of the new swimming pool and also for swim instruction for the ' coming summer. After a lengthy deliberation on the matter, and after they investigated prices at several area swim pools, the committee decided on a rate of $2.50 for swim instruction for the sea- son. Most students have a class each morning throughout the summer for this rate. Open swimming in the after- noon and evening will cost chil- dren 15 for each trip through the gates, or a book of 15 tickets may be purchased for $2.00. Adults will pay 35d for each swim or may receive a book of 10 tickets for $3.00. SEEK ASSISTANCE Arena manager Alvin Willert reported the backstop at the girls' ball diamond was in a bad state of repair and needed replacing. Mayor Simmons questioned if the ball teams would help stIpport the move, hating they apparently had money to spend oil thernseltres. A redointnenciation was ap- proved asking each of the ball teams for a donation of $10 towards replacing the wrecked screening. Pala.