The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-09-30, Page 1Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 10 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 30, 1965
Major parties choose candidates
Judges or spectators?
Exeter students parade
The Sarnia Lionettes
Lovely decorations
A true patriot A lot of work on this Cleaning Betsy for the show Grand Bend visitors
Liberal candidate PC candidate Service club entry
Maitland E. Edgar will carry
the Liberal colors for Huron
county in the federal election
November 8. Mr. Maitland who
is making his first bid in active
politics has been chairman of the
Liberal association in Clinton
for the past four years.
Party workers were forced to
bring out extra chairs to seat
all the delegates at the nomina-
tion meeting held at Central Hur-
on Secondary School in Clinton
where Mr. Edgar is a teacher.
Veteran observers classed this
as the largest nomination meet-
ing ever held by any party in
Huron County. There were 292
voting delegates and over 300
interested spectators on hand
for the meeting. There were two
main contenders for the nomina-
tion, Gordon McGavin of Walton
who contested the last federal
election and was defeated by PC
candidate Elston Cardiff, and Mr.
Edgar. A. Y. McLean of Seaforth
and William Elston, president
of the Huron Liberal associa-
tion were also nominated but
declined.
John Addison, M.P. for York
North was guest speaker, re-
placing Solicitor-General Larry
Pennell M.P. for Brant Heidi-
mend who was originally sche-
duled to appear. Mr. Pennell
was forced to cancel his visit
here due to other commitments.
Gordon Beaton of Markdale,
Liberal organizer in Western
Ontario had a surprise for dele-
gates when he announced the list
of MPs who will visit the area
during the campaign. These will
include the Prime Minister, the
Honorable Lester B, Pearson,
the Honorable HarryHayes, min-
later of Agriculture and the Hon-
orable Judy LaMarsh, minister
of Health and Welfare.
There were some pointed re-
ferences to the age of candidates
as it was suggested that when
parliament set an age limit of
75 for senators they should have
set this for MPs as well. This
was an obvious reference to the
present incumbent Elston Cardiff
They came from far and near,
by bicycle, car, truck and foot
to make the 111th annual Exeter
Fall fair one of the most suc-
cessful held here in recent years.
Warm weather and sunny skies
helped account for record crowds
and kept them at the fair through-
out the long and varied program
Excellent displays inside the
arena attracted capacity crowds
both Wednesday evening and
Thursday afternoon. The annual
baby show Which attracted 48 en-.
tries was the highlight of the
Wednesday evening prograin.
Thursday afternoon the various
classes in the horse Chow kept
visitors ontdOors most of the
afternoon.
Bruce Cann kept his promise
and had the neW Exeter Jtutior
Band in the parade Which mark-
ed the beginning of the Thursday
afternoon program. The parade
up the Main Street included nu-
merous floats, marching school
children, members Of the Exeter
Saddle club and a major attrac-
tion Of the day, the internationally
famous Sarnia Lionettes Bugle
and Trumpet band.
This colorful group gave two
performances at the fair grotindt
before to appreciatiVe audience.
Due Muddy track conditions
the judging Of the horse classes
Was tarried out in the center field
area accounting for Mall troWde
who has been a member of par-
liament for this riding for over
25 years.
Delegates indicated they feel
if Huron Riding is to change to
a Liberal candidate, this is the
year for it.
John Addison, in listing some
of the accomplishments of the
Pearson Government s t r e ssed
that "what the government has
done, it has done well." He
stressed the need of a majority
government as the reason for
calling an election and stated
that Canada needs a strong gov-
ernment if it is to take her place
as one of the leading powers in
the world.
Mr. Edgar who is 36 is a
teacher of Geography at Central
Huron Seconday School at Clin-
ton. Mr. Edgar started his teach-
ing career in Goderich Township
where he worked for five years
before moving to Milton and then
finally back to the Department
of National Defence School at
Adastral Park, RCAF Station
Clinton where he eventually be-
came vice-principal.
During the years of public
school teaching he continued to
work to improve his qualifica-
tions, first obtaining his ele-
mentary certificate and then his
High school assistant's B and
Type A certificateS, a process
which took 13 summer courses.
Mr. Edgar took up duties as
geography teacher at the Central
Huron Secondary School in Clin-
ton in September of 1962.
He is a former superintendent
of Wesley-Willis United Church
Sunday School and presently is an
elder in the church.
In addition to his duties as a
teacher, Mr. Edgar is well known
for his work in coaching minor
hockey and baseball teams.
Mr. Edgar has also been active
in service club work and last year
was governor of District 1 of the
Association of Kinsmen clubs.
Mr. Edgar is married to the
former Mary Bowman of RR 5
Brussels. The couple have three
daughters and two sons.
in the grandstand. Normally these
displays would have been held on
the track in front of the stand.
The Exeter Public Utilities
Commission received the award
for the best business float in the
parade with a display contrasting
old and new methods of heating
water, The Exeter P r e clots
Blood Separate School was judged
best for marching and dress in
this parade.
Senior police officials estimat-
ed the parade to be at least three
quarters of a mile long, and one
of the best in recent years.
Ken Heaney of Mitchell, pre-
sident of provincial association
Class B fairs officially opened
the fair following the first per-
formance by the Sarnia Lionettes.
Officials praised the tradition of
fall fairs at the opening and said,
"they provide a real and worth-
while service to the community".
J. W. Here of Exeter was hon-
ored with an award inrecognition
of his years of service to the Ex-
eter agricultural society, Mr.
}Tern has been an active worker
for the past 60 years with the
society Which spensers the fair.
The midway, always popular
with young and Old alike was
teeming with activity throughout
the afternoon. Old and new types
of rides proved popular as were
the old attractions which featured
novelty prizes.
Mait Edgar
Hensall ma
fordriving
Peter Zwann of Hensall was
fined $125 and ordered to pay
costs of $27.50 after being found
guilty on a charge of careless
driving which resulted from an
accident in Hensall May 18 in
which a little girl was killed.
In passing sentence Magistrate
Hays commented, "the punish-
ment of remorse is something
which must be lived with",
"monetary punishments are often
thought to be too low where tragic
death is involved.
The accident was witnessed by
David Smith of London who stated
he saw the girl running across
the street and saw the vehicle
strike her. The girl was thrown
into a gravel parking lot by the
force of the impact.
Mrs. Dawn Corbett, RR 1 Ex-
eter, mother of the child, told
the court the child was almost to
her car which was parked across
from the post office when she
was struck. The child was return-
ing from mailing a letter when the
accident occurred. She stated the
child did not run across the
J,C. Hemingway
Hemingway is
NDP contender
J. Carl Hemingway of Brus-
sels is believed to be the strong-
est contender for the ND? no-
mination in Hum% County. The
NDP association will be holding
their nomination convention
Thursday, October 7, in the Cen-
tral Huron High School auditor-
iuM in Clinton:
Donald C. Macdonald, provin-
cial leader of the ND? WiIibe the
guest speaker for the evening.
Bob McKinley
n fined
charge
street.
Cpl. Mitchell of the Exeter De-
tachment of the OPP who in-
vestigated the accident stated
he had found brake marks for
a distance of 24 feet to the point
of impact and from here 97 feet
from the point of impact. He ex-
hibited several photographs
showing these marks. He said he
examined the accused's car and
found the brakes and steering
wheel to be working properly.
The child was thrown for a dis-
tance of 50 feet.
In reviewing the accident Ma-
gistrate Hays pointed out that
nothing had been proven as to the
speed of the vehicle but speed
must always be relavent to the
circumstances. He added that a
high degree of watchfulness is
imperative.
Exeter brigade
aids Hensall
Exeter fire department was
called Monday evening to assist
the Hensall fire department in
fighting a house fire about four
miles east of Hensall. Fire was
discovered at about 8:00 p.m. in
a woodshed attached to the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Smale,
RR 1 Hensall.
Hensall firemen fought the
blaze for approximately half an
hour before calling the Exeter
Department for assistance. The
shed where the fire first started
was filled with about 10 cords
of wood and firemen were hamp-
ered by dense smoke in control-
ling the blaze. The fire seated
itself in the wall partition and the
roof making it necessary to chop
holes through the roof in an at-
tempt to extinguish this.
It was necessary for firemen to
use Scott airp ac k s due to the
heavy smoke.
The shed and contents were
destroyed and the tire spread
into the two storey brick home
before it was finally brought
under control. Some furniture
Was removed from the house by
neighbors as a precaution until
the fire was extinguished.
Firemen were forced to con-
serve water during the blaze as
the well on the property went dry
after about an hour and a half.
Water was pumped from the well
to a tank truck and then trans-
ferred to the Hensall fire engine.
Mr. and Mre. Smale and their
19 year old son David were un-
injured. A second son, James
lives in Stratford. No estimate
of the damage has been given.
R. E. "Bob" McKinley is the
Progressive Conservative can-
didate for Huron Riding follow-
ing an active nomination meet-
ing Tuesday evening which saw
seven nominees seeking to fill
the position left vacant by the
retirement of incumbent Elston
Cardiff. Mr. McKinley was elect-
ed on the second ballot edging
out two other contenders George
McCutcheon of Brussels and John
Durnin, a past warden of the
county and past president of the
county PC Association. Other
nominees included William J.
Dale, RR 1 Clinton, Clayton
Laithwaite, who lives just out-
side of Goderich, Roger West of
Wingham and F/L 0. S. Swaren
of RCAF Station Clinton.
In his nomination speech Mr.
McKinley promised to devote full
time to the position of member for
Huron Riding and outlined a few
of the needs of the riding. These
included stopping the drift of
young people from the area, low-
ering the interest rates on farm
loans and lowering the cost of
automobile and farm equipment.
He told a capacity crowd at the
Central Huron District High
School at Clinton that he had been
offered assistance by the Honor-
able C. S. MacNaughton and in-
cumbent member Elston Cardiff
who has held the riding for the
past 25 years.
In his acceptance speech to
the delegates Mr. McKinley lik-
ened the Pearson regime to the
famous Porfumo scandal in the
United Kingdom and pointed out
the fate of that party in the fol-
lowing election. He predicted that
the same thing would happen to the
Pearson administration. He also
pointed out that his nomination
shoots the "Liberal youth story
down the drain". Mr. McKinley
is 3'7 while the Liberal candidate
for the riding, Maitland Edgar is
36.
Mr. McKinley accepted the as-
sistance of Elston Cardiff in
organizing the riding. He paid
tribute to Mr. Cardiff for his
years of service.
In a blistering attack on the
Pearson administration, Michael
Starr, former minister of Labor
in the Diefenbaker Government,
classed this as a time of scandal,
mismanagement and retreat.
Speaking of the frustrations of the
Pearson regime he suggested
some of the frustration came
from being forced to pay for
their furniture ("they got bar-
Area farmers are working
night and day to complete the
harvest of the bean crop. Recent
rainy weather has delayed the
harvesting well past the normal
time causing concern to many
farmers.
Mrs. Ann Romaniuk was the
winner of the Kinsmen "guess
the number of flowers draw" held
in Connection with the fall fair.
Mrs. Romaniuk guessed 4,433
flowers on the Kinsmen float.
There were 4,397.
With prospects of having three
Candidates in this riding for the
upcoming federal election area
voters should get a good picture
of the policies of the three part-
ies/ ND?, Liberal andConserva-
live. Several top name Speakers
are slated to appear in this area
to help tile cause of the candi-
dates.
Residents of Hensall have
agreed to circulate a petition
asking for the reopening of the
CNR Station and the restoration
of former service following a
gains better than Bad Boy could
give"), being caught influence
peddling to a dope ring, and
thrown in the glare of publicity.
He indicated the people want
d i gni t y, integrity and honesty
which, "they evidently can't get
in the Liberal Government". He
classed the recent announcement
of benefits to the province of
British Columbia as political pat-
ronage and, "election bribery".
On the constructive side Mr.
Starr stressed the need of raising
the old age assistance benefits
to $100 per month and promised
his party would offer a construc-
tive program but settle the bread
and butter issues first. He point-
ed out the need for relief from
municipal taxes and suggested
these should be deductable from
income tax up to $500. He stress-
ed the need of more university
construction.
Eric Winkler, party whip for
the PC party, outlined some of the
proposals pointed out by Mr.
Starr in more detail. He stated
the university building program
capital cost should be shared,
75 percent by the federal govern-
ment and 25 percent by the pro-
vincial government.
Touching on old age security
Mr. Winkler advocated boosting
old age assistance starting at
age 65 to $100 per month ef-
fective January 1, 1966. He said
this would be possible out of
the contributions into the Can-
ada Pension Plan without any
extra dollars coming out of the
pockets of the taxpayers.
John MacNaughton, son of the
Honorable C. S. MacNaughton,
spoke briefly on behalf of his
father who is attending a meet-
ing in Saskatoon. After pledging
support for his father he pointed
out that thousands of university
students have, in effect, been
disenfranchised because of the
date of calling for the election.
He stated this type of "over-
sight" cannot be tolerated and
suggested this is typical of the
mismanagement demonstrated
during the past two and a half
years.
A crowd well over 700 were
on hand for the nomination meet-
ing, filling the auditorium to
capacity with an overflow crowd
extending out into the corridors.
Elston Cardiff, who reviewed his
years in parliament briefly, re-
ceived a standing ovation from the
crowd. There were 472 voting
delegates in attendance.
Crowds and exhibits
make fair a success
Around the town .
public meeting in the town hall
last Wednesday evening. A large
crowd was in attendance to dis-
cuss the change in service by the
CNR. Those present agreed
unanimously to circulate the pe-
tition and forward this to the
proper authorities.
Winners have been announced
for two of the draws held et the
Exeter Fair.
Rost Dobton walked off with a
25 lb. bag of dog food for count-
ing up the kernels on three cobs
of corn and being only one under.
The correct number was 1765.
The contest was run by Canns Mill
Ltd.
Mrs. Freeman Morlock Won a
Smoked ham from Exeter Frozen
Foods. She didn't have to guess
or count anything. She was just
One of 500 people Who visited the
exhibit and took the time to sign
, a coupon. Draw was Made by Miss
Susan Dieney.
There were insufficient mem-
bers at the regular meeting of
the SHDHS board Tuesday even-
ing to form a qUortirst.
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