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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-05-20, Page 1• STORM CRASHED LIMB ONTO VERANDAH OF HARRY PAGE, ANDREW ST. Thomas Granger, Londpn, were involved in the first crash 4;12 p.m. and in the second et 4:50 p.m., the cars were driven by Gary Foster Graham, RR 1 Meorotown, and Ray William Thomson, RR 5 Woodstock. ed considerably or halted. OPP Constable Bill Glassford investigated both collisions and estimated total damage of the two at approximately $450. Cars driven by Donald Robert Pepper, Sarnia, and William ed to area accidents this year to four. A Mt. Brydges man was killed near Creditors a week ago and Miss Margaret Quinton,77, Exeter died in hospital this week from injuries sustained !nacos crash in Usborne Township on January 3. Her sister, Mrs. Fred Eller- ington, was killed in that mishap as well. Another area youngster was knocked down by a car on Sat- urday, but fortunately escaped injury. He was Daniel Ruger, aged 1 e/2, Crediton. He was knocked down by a car being driven by Albert Gei- ser, also of Crediton. Mr. Geiser was starting to back out of his lane and failed to spot the youngster who was playing in the area and appar- ently walked behind the car. The incident was witnessed by the infant's mother. It hap- pened at 7:30 p.m. and was investigated by Constable Harry Reid. Name three locals as auxiliary police a considerable distance by the impact. The youngster, who attended kindergarten classes in the morning, had mailed a letter and was returning across to the west side of Wellington Street where her mother had parked the car. She was struck by a car driven by Pieter Zwaan, 26, RR 2 Hensel', who was south- bound on Wellington Street. Cpl. C..1, Mitchell, head of the Exeter OPP detachment, con- ducted the investigation after being called to the scene by Hensel' Chief E. R. Davis. Besides her parents, the dead girl is survived by two young brothers, Steven and Jeffrey, and her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Corbett, RR 1 Exe- ter and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor, Varna. The body is resting at the Bonthron Funeral Home, Hen- sel, from where a private fu- neral service will be held Fri- day at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Harold Currie will officiate. The C orbett girl's death brings the number of those kill- Places first at Middlesex music festival and two over $100; three doors found insecure; four dogs picked up; three banquet permits issued and three parking tickets issued. At the conclusion of his re- port, he asked council for per- minion to attend the annual convention of Police Chiefs at Barrie on June 8, 9 and 10. He said he would like very much to attend end the request was granted. Row two: Joan Allen, Terri Paul, Debbie Etherington, Judy Maven, Margaret Cornish, Alec Johns, Gordon Robinson, Brad- ley Pryde, Wayne Rodd, Joanne Hodgert, Yvonne Jaques, Rickey Etherington, Ave Elford, Linda Jones, Judy Dickey, Front: Sylvia Paton, Sandra Skinner, Joyce Kerslake, Janet Hern, Joyce Fer- guson, Margaret Hunkin, Linda Knight, Pam Sereda, Lynda Dougall, Geraldine Beckett, Grace Paton, Roberta Neil, Lynne Richard. The choir of Usborne Central School won first place in their competition at the North Middlesex music festival staged last week at Lucan. Back row, from the left: Don Kerslake, Wayne McLaughlin, Barb Gilfillan, Brenda Skinner, Bill Beiber, Bob Stone, Steve Faber, Paul Passmore, Diane Smith, Bonnie Deelstra Jack Hodgert, Adrien Bee. Row three: Lynda Ferguson, Janice Morley, Emily Dykeman, Beth Passmore, Sharon Batten, Elaine Johns, Mary Prance, Betty Jean Miller,Gail Emery, Karen Rodd, Donna Dickey, Cheryl Westcott, Pamea Vanderwiel. --T-A photo A five-year-old Hensel' area girl died in Victoria Hospital, London, from injuries received when she was hit by a car in front of the Hensel' Post office at noon, Tuesday. Kimberley Corbett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Corbett, RR 1 Exeter, died shortly after 11:00 p.m., following surgery. She sustained a broken thigh and leg and serious internal and head injuries after being tossed HENSALL AREA GIRL KILL KIMBERLEYCORBETT . dies from injuries Water, subdivision delegations' topics Ninety-second Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 20, 1965 Price Per Copy 10 Cents problem at the Monday session. Other residents present were Ben Fisher and Arthur La- Chance. Completing 25 years of service, Clerk C. V. Pickard resigns post CATTLE INVOLVED At 2:30 a.m., Sunday, Con- stable Reid investigated another accident on the Crediton Road, about four miles west of the police village. Robert James Moore, Lon- don, was the driver of the car involved, and he struck one of three cattle which had wandered onto the road. The cattle were owned by Gordon Ratz, RR 3 Dashwood, and none was injured. Damage to the car amounted to about $75. On Monday at '7:00 a.m. a car driven by Jean Krueger, RR 2 Crediton, sustained dam- ages estimated at $500 by Con- stable Reid after it left the road and plowed into a pole. The lady was driving east on Huron Street, about four miles west of Exeter, when her car ran onto the shoulder of the road, hit a culvert, careened into the ditch and struck the pole. She was not injured and was alone at the time of the accident. Legislature prorogue s. The meeting is to discuss the Park- hill dam situation. Learned that a letter had been sent to Bruce Cann, Main Street, advising him that he must dis- connect his drain from the Main Street storm sewer and hook into the sanitary sewer by June 1. The letter was sent from the office of B. M. Ross, town engi- neer from Goderich. Heard from Councillor Bar- rett that the annual MWODA session in Listowel last week had been "excellent". Learned that Larry Rumple has been hired to work on the town crew. Decided that the matter of arranging for picnics at River- view Park be left with RAP. It was suggested by Mr. Pick- ard that a committee be named to find a replacement and that action be taken immediately as any candidate would probably want to give lengthy notice to his present employer. The finance committee of Mayor Delbridge, Reeve Boyle, Deputy-Reeve Bailey and Coun- cillors Barrett and Taylor were named to take action on the matter and they planned a meet- ing Tuesday night. In other business, council: Were advised by the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton that he would be prepared to meet with coun- cil and their representative on the Ausable River Conservation Authority, Eldrid Simmons, after the present sitting of the nodded agreement to the words spoken by others regarding the faithful and dedicated service of the Clerk. "I'm sorry to hear this," commented Councillor Joe Wooden. "Anything I h av e learned about municipal busi- ness was from Mr. Pickard." When asked by Councillor Chuck Barrett if a change in the clerk's schedule would en- able Mr. Pickard to remain on staff, the latter replied this would not be possible. Council Monday night approv- ed the appointment of three auxiliary police and learned that the protection to persons and property committee had whittled 13 applications for the full-tiMe police position down to four to be further screened by Huron Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane. Four applications had been received by Chief C. H. Mac- Kenzie for the auxiliary police positions, but only three were accepted as the fourth man has now left town. Those accepted by council were: Gerald Prance, a driver- salesman for Tuckey Bever- ages; Larry Smith, milk de- livery man with Exeter Dairy; Russ Tieman, butcher at Darl- ing's IGA. All three reside in Exeter and are married. "They're all good men," commented Reeve Boyle, to which Councillor Ross Taylor added, "I think we're fortun- ate". The men were appointed under provisions of the Emer- gency Measures Organization and will receive instruction from Chief MacKenzie. They are strictly volunteers and their clothing and equip- ment is provided by Huron's EMO. Co-ordinator Stuart Forbes, present at the meeting, ex- plained that if council hired the men for special duties at any time it would be up to council to pay them. He also said he hoped the men would spend one night a week working with one of the regular constables to gain ex- perience following the 1 r in- struction. Four Mill Street residents appearing before council Mon- day weren't certain if the water pipeline to their area is three- quarters of an inch big or only five-eighths, but they were cer- tain of one thing it isn't large enough. G. A. Cockwell acted as spokesman for the four men and explained the water supply was just not adequate for the five houses. Another member of the dele- gation, Ted Sims, explained he couldn't get water for his coffee until all the other residents had theirs as he was on the end of the line. Mayor Delbridge pointed out this was not the responsibility of council, but rather of the PUC, and advised them to take the matter up with that group. At the urging of Councillor Barrett, council agreed to send a letter to the PUC to explain that the men had presented their C. V. PICKARD . . . resigns post Move ahead on SHDHS AFTER RACES The opening of the Grand Bend Dragway, Sunday, resulted in two rear-end collisions among spectators leaving the raceway at the former Grand Bend airport site. Several similar accidents oc- cured last season as well as drivers failed to get stopped in time as the traffic proceeding west ahead of them either slow- Seek crackdown on firecrackers Settle park issue, pleased with plans Announcements . 12 Church Notices 12 Coming Events . .. 12 Editorials 2 Farm News . . . 5 Feminine Facts 'N Fancies 8,9 Hensall Lucan . • • • 13 Sports ... 6,7 Want Ads • • . . • 10,11 tennial Committee, R. E. Pool- ey, Hugh Davis and Terry Mc- Cauley, met with council at the opening of the meeting, to pre- sent plans for the work to be done on the former Learn and Johnson properties east of Highway 4 and south of Old Mill Road. Flower beds and ornamental trees would be established at various grades on the former Learn property and "Riverview Park" would be spelled out through the use of flowers to "hit the eyes" of people motor- ing along the highway. A fountain and rock garden would be built at the north west corner of this property and the town pillars removed from the south end of town would be erected just inside the entrance off the highway. McCauley explained the com- mittee was submitting the plans for council's "information and views" as it had not yet been approved by the committee. It was indicated the com- mittee wanted to let council know what they were doing and why they needed $400 more than the $600 already granted. Councillor Wooden said he was quite impressed with the plans and opined it would be impossible to get anything worthwhile without a fair ex- penditure. "I like it," remarked Reeve Boyle, "but whether we like the cost is another thing". The committee representa- tives had no cost estimate to provide. — Please turn to back page Council Monday night decided to stick to their previous de- cision in regard to parking areas at Riverview Park and the issue is apparently now ended. They vetoed a suggestion from the RAP committee — that had also been previously made by the Centennial committee — that the "green area" south of the Ausable River Conservation office be used for parking. Councillor Joe Wooden back- ed the previous plan to build smaller parking areas off the roadways, explaining it would be more aesthetic, safer and cheaper. Mayor Delbridge agreed, not- ing that the play area could be converted later if the need arose, while it could not easily be turned back into a play area. Three members of the Cen- To Ottawa A resident of Exeter, F/L J. M. "Gibby" Gibson, RCAF Clinton public information of- ficer and SIT instructor has been ordered on temporary duty to Canadian Headquarters, Ot- tawa, to report May 25. His duties will be to help in the preparation of the Armed Forces display for the CNE. F/L Gibson will be command- ing officer of the tri-service team that will man the exhibit. Clerk C. V. Pickard dropped a bombshell in the laps of Exe- ter council Monday and could provide them with one of their biggest tasks of the year; that of finding a replacement for his position as clerk-treasurer. "I'm very sorry to have to read this letter," he said at the completion of Monday's four- hour session as he read his letter of resignation. The 72-year-old clerk, com- pleting his 25th year of service to the community, said his health would not permit him to carry on. He indicated that sessions this year have been a drain on his energy and in fairness to both himself and the town he was forced to relinquish the post. "I've enjoyed the work and the close association with the many men who have served on council in these past years," he explained, "and have always given my best efforts without stint." Clerk Pickard asked to be relieved of his duties no later than August 1. He went on to note that while his capable stenographer, Jean Taylor, had completed her three-year course for clerks and treasurers, he doubted she would apply for the position as she plans to be married next month. While this had changed her plans to follow in the position if council wished, Mr. Pickard indicated she would be willing to stay on in her present ca- pacity. After repeating again that he was sorry to have to resign, Mayor Jack Delbridge express- ed the opinion that everyone around the table was just as sorry. Most members of council ex- pressed regret at the announce- ment and those who did not speak Faces charge over cheques A 19-year-old youth will ap- pear in Goderich court today (Thursday) to face fraud charges in connection with the passing of 10 cheques in Exeter during a period between March 20 and April 27. The youth was arrested in Toronto last Wednesday by Tor- onto Metropolitan Police and was brought back and lodged in Goderich jail by Exeter Chief C. H. MacKenzie and Constable Harry VanBergen. Accused with passing the worthless cheques at several Exeter stores and a bank is Douglas Hall, who was in this area for some time and was a student at Central HuronSec- ondary School, Clinton. Most of the 10 cheques were made out to an 18-year-old Exe- ter girl and were cashed by her. Police allege that she turned the cash over to Hall. Amount received from the cheques was $491. as they rang- ed from $25 to $85. The youth was picked up in Toronto when the police acted on information supplied them by Chief MacKenzie. At a special meeting, Friday, Hay Township council approved accepting their share of the $400,000 debenture issue for the proposed vocational addition to SHDHS and the architects have been notified to commence working drawings for the $1,- 687,041 project. The approval from Hay coun- cil brings to six the number of supporting municipalities who have agreed to assume their share of the debenture issue. Others have been Exeter, Grand Bend, Zurich and the Townships of U sb o r ne and Tuckersmith. Approval has not yet been given by Hensall or the Township of Stephen. While the board required only a majority vote of the eight, they decided to wait until one of the remaining three had ac- cepted their share before mov- ing ahead with the project. Some members of Stephen Township council attended the Friday night session. On hand representing t h e board were chairman Ken Johns, business administrator E. D. Howey and the Hay and Stephen representatives, Herb Klopp and Lloyd Lamport. LOSING SALES Gib Dow, local subdivider, was also present at the meet- ing to learn if council would approve his latest subdivision situated east of Pryde Boule- vard. A letter from his solicitors explained that Dow was missing out on sales and it was "most urgent" that the plan be ap- proved as soon as possible, or another year would be lost. It was further explained that an agreement had been drafted stipulating provisions the sub- divider must make and it was suggested this agreement was very fair. In fact, it noted, he was the only subdivider in town who had been required to instal sanitary sewers. After a brief discussion, it was learned that most of the hold-up on the subdivision was a result of not knowing what frontage charges should be met by the subdivider. Council agreed to contact their engineer by telephone the next day to ascertain this cost. "We want to push it along for you," Mayor Delbridge told Dow. Councillor Wooden noted that one clause in the agreement had also been queried and had been sent to the OWRC for their in- terpretation, but as yet no ans- wer had been received. "It would have been passed if the clause had been cleared up," he indicated. Members of Exeter council indicated Monday night they would ask the local police to crack down on any illegal use of firecrackers and other types of fireworks. They learned from Clerk C. V. Pickard that it is against the law to set off any type of fireworks unless done on a person's own property. While the number of com- plaints about youths and child- ren tossing firecrackers has been down some this year, the police will be asked to charge all offenders for such incidents. It was explained that one of the main reasons why fewer complaints were being received is because fewer stores are stocking firecrackers. Council asked The Times- Advocate to remind residents of the rules regarding fire- works. SALARY RANGE Councillor Wright presented the report on the applicants for the 'full-time police position, giving pertinent information about the four selected from the 13 who had applied. Their request for salary ranged from $3,000 to $4,000 per annum and all have had pre- vious police experience. Councillor Wooden and Reeve Boyle led a move to forego sending the letters to the Crown Attorney for further screening. However, their bid was de- feated after Wright explained this was the procedure he pre- ferred as Cochrane could screen the men more effective- ly than council. The last time council adver- tised the position they received 1'7 applications and after re- ducing the number to five, Coch- rane refused to approve any of the five, necessitating council to start over again in their search for a constable. Chief MacKenzie made his monthly report for April, show- ing the following facts: Four break, enter and thefts with $160 worth of goods stolen; four summonses issued for oth- er police departments; 21 in- vestigations carried out; six accidents of under $100 damage IWindows,trees, signs riddled Wind, hail rips through town Fog cancels visit by forests head A planned visit to Grand Bend and the Pinery Provincial park by the Hon. Kelso Roberts had to be cancelled yesterday as he was "fogged in" at Toronto airport. Besides inspecting the park, the Minister of lands and for- ests was to have visited the proposed site of washroom fa- cilities on the south beach at the resort community. Council have approved of the facilities, but residents in the south section have forwarded a petition to the department opposing the structure. More collectors for tax dollar Works boss scores well accompanied the fierce wind and was responsible for smash- ing through countless window panes, stripping leaves from trees, ruining flower beds, denting cars and smashing through many signs. Hydro service was cut off for at least an hour in some sections and up to four hours in others as lines came crash- ing to the ground with the limbs and trees. PUC manager Hugh Davis re- ported a dozen "major" repairs were required and commenda- tion was expressed for his staff and the town work crew for their speedy action in getting hydro and road service back The severe—but brief—wind that hit Exeter late Sunday afternoon didn't result in ser- ious damage for many individual property owners, but a large number were hit with minor damages that totalled hundreds of dollars. Following a north-easterly path through the community shortly after 4:30 p.m., the wind sent large trees and branches crashing to the ground, moved one small build- ing, tipped a large boat, buck- led television aerials and blew out a large plate glass window at Hopper-Hockey Furniture. Hail, reportedly ranging in size from a dime to a quarter, Exeter residents still have to pay their taxes, but now have a much wider choice of places in which they can pay. A request was received Mon- day that the Bank of NovaScotia be listed as one of the authoriz- ed spots where taxes may be collected and Cotincillor Chuck Barrett asked that the office of British Mortgage & Trust also be added. Previously, the Bank of Montreal was the only local institution authorized to collect taxes. When asked by Mayor Del- bridge if his firm really want- ed to "bother" With tax 01- lections, Barrett replied it was not a bother, but another ser- vice such firms attempted to prOvide. Works Superintendent Jim Paisley was commended by members of council this week after they learned he received a mark of 93% on examinations at the course for road super- intendents he attended last week iti Guelph. He also reported the three days had been very informative. Councillor Joe Wooden jok- ingly asked Paisley what had happened that he had not picked up the other seven marks to give him a perfect score. "You sound just like a school tat Cher," Reeve Boyle chided. A 20-FOOT CRUISER OWNED BY BILL BELLING WENT "SAILING" Street. A large branch fell atop the front verandah of H a r r y Page on Andrew Street and it also toppled a chimney. Several of the stained glass windows at Caven Presbyterian Church were riddled as were some at the home of John Burke, situated north of the church. Heavy damage was caused to one of the greenhouses at Red- er's Florists and 20panes were smashed at the home of John Prance on William Street, west of the Highway 4 bridge. A telephone booth was toppled at LePines Motel and the il- luminated sign at the Brewers' Retail was riddled, as were signs at Mathers Bros. and Tay- lor Motors. Shingles were lifted on homes in the Riverview Heights sub- division and a 20-foot cabin cruiser owned by 13111 Belling was tipped from its trailer onto the ground. A TV aerial at the home of Eric Gravlev was buckled and a giant tree in the back yard was split. Many other homes had wind- ows smashed, roofs damaged and the westerly sides of many homes Were covered with leaves and debris from nearby trees and shrubs. The Storni lasted for Only it matter of minutes, but the ground was covered with hail stones in some areas. Shortly —Please turn to back page MANY SIGNS WERE RIDDLED to normal in such short order. Although many residents be- lieved the devastation was cans- ed by a small twister, this fact Was not substantiated by the meteorology section at RCAF Station Centralia. A spokesman there said the velocity of the brief wind was recorded at 53 m.p.h. at Cen- tralia, but he explained it could have been much higher at Exe- ter. A resident of Exeter him- self, he said "it didn't look like a twister" and felt that it was probably just a strong gust from a thunder cell. Ah oddity of the wind was its "hit-and-miss" tactics as it speedily crossed town. While giant limbs were down in some spots, residents. in other sec- tions reported the leaves were not even blown Off trees. The wind touched down on Marlboro Street and picked up a small building owned by De- puty-Reeve Ralph Bailey and carried it some distance before setting it back down. The William and Sa.nders Street corner was hit severely and at least six large limbs and trees were sent crashing down through the hydro wires. A cherry tree in the vicinity WAS pulled from the grotind by its 'roots. Other large brancheS were severed on Gidley Street West and on William near Victoria