The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-12-23, Page 1These 'iris will sing here Sunday
These are the T-A Choristers who will present a Cantata at Main Street United Church
on Sunday, December 26. Back row: Janet Miller, Cathy Pett, Linda Whittington, Mary
Wilson, Sharon Martene, Mary Anne Hayter, Judy Malone, Penny Ford, Louise Mc-
Bride. Center row: Chris Tuckey, Sandra Hunter, Jo Anne Whilsmith, Anne Bell, Jackie
parks, Judy Estey, Barbara Zilke, Linda Snider, Judy Burke, Cathy Meurling. Front
row: Kathy Rowe, Cathy Cann, Shirley Snider, Chris Mills, Elaine Westlake, Miriam
Hiltz, Janet Pett, Eleanor Stanlake, Enid Blackwell, Paula Barrett. Absent: Mary Jane
Sanders, Anne Cousins, Suzanne Rannie, Joy Seldon, and Pat Bridges.
(Photo by Jack Doerr)
Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 23, 1965
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Bullet punctures aircraft
The bullet entered here . .
and left here
A narrow escape
Pilot Officer M. Y. Leong at right, shows the point of exit of the bullet which passed through the chipmunk
aircraft Saturday afternoon. The bullet was deflected by an aluminum rib and narrowly missed cutting
the main control cables while passing through the craft. The bullet passed within two feet of the second
pilot's head. Instructor F. L. Gordon Levey who was also in the aircraft at the time of the accident is
shown at left. (T-A photo)
S.L. Eric Price S.L. Val Pattee
2 Centralia officers
receive promotions
Constable's resignation
forces police pay raise
The resignation of a member
of the Exeter Police Department
over the weekend sparked the
discussion Monday evening which
gave all members of the depart-
ment a raise in salary. All mem-
bers of council agreed that mem-
bers of the force are underpaid
in making the salary adjustments.
In reporting the resignation of
Canadian Forces Headquarters
announced the promotion to the
rank of Squadron Leader of two
officers of RCAF Station Cen-
tralia.
Eric Price, of North Bay, On-
tario, and formerly of London,
England, has been the Adjutant
at the Central Officers' School for
the past four years. He served
with the RAF during the war as
a bomber pilot, and was attached
to the Pathfinder Force. After
his release he came to Canada
and subsequently enlisted in the
Canadian Air Force and was
stationed at Centralia in 1951.
While at this unit, he was involv-
ed in a spectacular mid air col-
lision involving four Harvards.
He crash landed his aeroplane
near Dashwood while two others
returned to base. The fourth air-
craft crashed and the pilot was
killed.
He spent several years as an
Exeter council is negotiating
with Canadian Canners for a new
agreement for handling waste
materials for a one year trial
period during 1966. The new
agreement would call for Ca-
nadian Canners to be responsible
for the operation of the disposal
project rather than the town as
has been the case in former
years.
Company representatives met
with council Monday afternoon
and presented their proposals
and asked for an immediate an-
swer from the town.
H. Davis from the Exeter PUC
Gail D. Farquhar
Gail D. Farquhar of Exeter has
been awarded the Huron County
scholarship of $100. Gail is a stu-
dent at the University of Western
Ontario and received the scholar-
ship on the basis of her last year's
work.
New uniforms
for Custodians
Custodians at the South Huron
District High School will be eas-
ier to identify in the future.
Members of the board Voted at
their last regular meeting to
purchase each man two uniforms
consisting of a shirt and trous-
ers with their name attached.
A stipulation of the agreement
is that the board will supply up
to one new uniform per year
providing the custodians buy a
set. In this Way the board hopes
to have the men dressed alike
Without any undue cost to the
men.
The proposal was made some
time ago and has met with agree-
ment from the custodians.
Constable Elgin McNall, coun-
cillor Ted Wright chairman of
the police committee told mem-
bers of council that it was strict-
ly a matter of dollars and cents.
The resignation was effective
Monday December 20.
Constable McNall was receiv-
ing $3,400 per year for a 48
hour week.
instructor at the Language School
which was then at London, and
more flying with 436 Squadron
based at Downsview.
S/L Price is married to the
former Jacqueline LaFrance of
North Bay and has three child-
ren, Eric, Christine and Brian.
They reside in Huron Park.
Val Pattee of Montreal, Que-
bec, has been a flight instructor
in the Flight Selection Unit of
the Officers' Selection Unit,
RCAF Station Centralia. Prior
to his transfer to Centralia he
was at Moose Jaw as an in-
structor of the Flying Training
School. He spent four years with
the Canadian Air Division in
France after his graduation from
McGill University.
Squadron Leader Pattee is
married to the former Joan Ross
of Ste Adele in Haut, Quebec,
and has two children, Richard
and Anthony.
was on hand for the regular
council meeting Monday even-
ing to explain some of the costs
involved in installing a new hydro
line to the disposal area to handle
heavier electrical motors to
drive the pumps.
Council rejected some of the
proposals put forth by the Ca-
nadian Canners and will offer
to give the company all exist-
ing equipment at the site as well
as an operating grant of $6,500
for one year with a new agree-
ment to be negotiated next year
when the results of the experi-
ment are known.
An amendment to the motion
proposed by councillor J. Woo-
den that the matter be tabled
until the first meeting of Jan-
uary in order to allow mem-
bers to study this failed to get
a seconder.
Members were in agreement
that it would be better to have
the Canadian Canners operate
this project but some were re-
luctant to give away all the equip-
ment when this would be a one
year agreement with no guar-
antee that the Canners would
operate this during 1967,
The experiment next yea r
would involve tileing one acre
of the area where the waste
water is sprayed. It is felt that
this might improve the method
of disposing of the waste water.
It is hoped that by doing this the
BOD content will be reduced to
a greater extent than it has in
Approval for
school addition
Exeter will make an application
to the Ontario Municipal Board
for a debenture debt up to $600,-
000 to construct a new addition to
the South Huron S e co ndar y
School. The application will be
held up temporarily however until
at least one more resolution ap-
proving this has been received by
Exeter council.
At the regular meeting of coun-
cil Monday evening council had
approval of four other munici-
palities plus its own for atotal of
five of the eight municipalities.
Council instructed the clerk to
wait until one more resolution had
been filed with him before pro-
ceeding with the application.
Resolutions approving the ad-
dition have still not been receiv-
ed from Stephen and Hay Town-
ships and the village of Hensall
although it is understood that at
least two of these municipalities
have approved this.
The application could be' for-
warded before the end of the year
if the other resolution is receiv-
ed.
Councillor Wright told coun-
cil that the police committee
had met with constable McNall
who had agreed to stay with the
department if he received a $400
increase. He argued that the time
has come to pay members of
the police department a decent
wage or they will be facing this
problem every six months. He
stated council must recognize
the fact that the police are doing
a special job, working all night
and all hours for a very low
salary.
Others classed the salaries
as “ridiculously low" and
"crazy".
In authorizing the $400 raise
for Constable McNall, council
also authorized a raise in sal-
ary for other members of the
department. Constable Harry Van
Bergen will receive a $300 per
year raise from $3,800 to $4,100
and chief C. MacKenzie gets a
$200 raise to $4,400. All raises
are effective January 1, 1966.
Council will enter into a one
year contract with all members
of the department in respect to
wages, hours of work, clothing
allowance and cost of living al-
lowance. The police committee
working with the Town solicitor
will draw the contract to be
presented at the next meeting of
council.
Council will review all sal-
aries early in the New Year.
Members of the department
now work a 48 hour week with
the constable who is on the night
shift being on call for an ad-
ditional 24 hours. The town does
not pay overtime for police work
but provides time off in lieu of
overtime.
Pay dog tax
or else . . .
Exeter Police will be calling
on some 30 homes in Exeter in
the near future to either collect
or give a final warning to resi-
dents who have not yet paid their
1965 dog tax. Those not paying
this will be charged.
Council was informed that
some of the people involved have
been flaunting the fact that they
have not paid and have no intention
of paying.
A formal motion to have the
police enforce this bylaw was put
on record.
the past,
The Ontario Water Resources
Commission have been pressing
for action in this matter and
most members of council feel
that the plant would not be al-
lowed to start processing next
year unless a start has been
made to improve the pollution
situation.
Members of council expressed
their thought that it would be
cheaper for the town to give an
operating grant to Canners rather
than attempt to operate this them-
selves. If the Canners own all
equipment they will be respon-
sible for all maintenance and
repairs as well as any damage
which may be incurred. If the
town were to lease them this
equipment they would still have a
responsibility and face heav y
costs in case of necessary
replacement or repairs.
"Wets" lose
Stephen recount
Proponents of beverage rooms
in Stephen Township gained 12
votes in an official recount Sat-
urday, but fell short of the re-
quired 60 percent majority need-
ed by 18 percent. Two more
"yes" votes would have pushed
the percentage over 60.
The recount increased the
number of votes favoring bev-
erage rooms to 624. The orig-
inal count against was unchanged
at 419.
The township's two hotels, the
Dufferin in Centralia, and the
Dashwood Hotel, asked for the
recount after the Dec. 6 vote.
Judge J. S. Hetherington, of
Goderich, conducted the recount.
T-A choristers
here Sunday
The T-A Choristers, an annual
attraction in Exeter and area,
will present their annual Cantata
at Main Street United Church,
Sunday, December 26. This year
,,The Chorus in the Skies" is the
title of the cantata and it has
been well releiVed during their
engagements throughout the dis-
trict.
In addition to the cantata the
choristers will present a group of
Carols from various European
countries, enjoyed in other years.
Director of the Choristers, ROn
Heinrich indicated this week that
Drummer Boy will be presented
again this year following requests
from those who have heard the
group do this number before.
Expect change
of committees
There will be a change in com-
mittees of council next year to be
set at the inaugural meeting Mon-
day January 3. Members of the
striking committee appointed to
bring in recommendations in-
clude the Reeve, deputy-reeve
and the two senior members of
council. These m e mbers will
meet on the Monday afternoon to
prepare a report,
This year the annual dinner
will be held in the evening rather
than at lunchtime as is custom-
ary. With the two year term of
office there will be no swearing
in ceremony which formerly oc-
cupied a great deal of the morn-
ing session.
A meeting during the day would
inconvenience some councillors
and so it was decided to change the
procedure. The dinner will be
held at 5:00 pin with the evening
session starting at the normal
time.
Members of council agreed
Monday evening that a change
of committees is a good thing
and allows members to gain wider
experience in council work. This
is also the procedure followed
by county council where there
is a committee shuffle each year.
The lives of an RC AF instruct-
or and a student pilot were en-
dangered Saturday af ternoo n
when a bullet passed through the
body of their Chipmunk aircraft
flying in the Dashwood area. F/L
G o r don Levey and student pilot
P.O. M. Y. Leong were on a
training flight from RCAF Station
Centralia and had been flying a
pattern near Dashwood between
2:00 and 3:00 p.m. when the in-
cident occurred. The hole in the
aircraft was discovered as soon
as the two officers returned to
base.
The impact of the bullet was not
felt by the two men in the aircraft
at the time because of the high
noise level and vibrations in the
aircraft. The craft was inspected
by ground crew and the officers
before it left the base and was
unmarked. The flight left Cen-
tralia, flew past Crediton and then
Changes for
local parking
A new bylaw restricting park-
ing in Exeter will become law as
soon as it is approved by the
Department of Highways. The
new restrictions make thr cc
changes to the former parking
bylaw adopted in 1961.
Parking will be prohibited on
Main Street within five feet of
the entrance of John Street West
and within five feet of all lane-
ways entering onto Main Street.
Parking will be restricted on
Main Street within 25 feet of
the intersection of all streets
meeting Main Street.
Parking will also be restrict-
ed within 20 feet of the inter-
section of all streets which meet
Main Street.
The bylaw was approved by
council Monday evening and must
be approved by the Department
of Highways.
Council decided to make the
move in an effort to make the
intersections safer for vehicles
entering onto Main Street. In
the past cars have parked too
close to the intersection making
it necessary for cars to enter
the travelled portion of the road
before they could see approach-
ing traffic.
As soon as the bylaw is approv-
ed new signs will be erected in
appropriate locations. In the case
of John Street W. and laneways
the markings will be painted on
the pavement.
Holiday hours
for local banks
Banking hours have been
changed for the two weeks of
the Christmas season. Managers
of the Bank of Montreal, the Bank
of Nova Scotia and Victoria and
Grey Trust announced this week
the banks will be open Thursday
afternoon December 23 and
Thursday afternoon December 30
from 4:30 to 6:00 pm rather than
on the Friday afternoon as usual,
The banks will enjoy a three
day holiday both at Christmas and
New Years opening Tuesday be-
cember 28 and Tuesday January
4.
cut over&tope Dashwood area and
then returned to base. The ap-
proximate area is 10 s guar e
miles.
The bullet entered the plane at
the lower underside of the right
rear fusilage, struck an alumi-
num support rib and then rico-
cheted up and out through the let-
tering RCAF on the left side of the
plane less than two feet from the
second pilot,
The bullet missed the main
control cable running to the tail
of the aircraft by only one inch.
Had the bullet struck the rudder
cable the plane would have gone
out of control and had it hit the
elevator cable it would have
crashed.
There were other dangers as
well. The battery and radio equip-
ment is located in this area with
high voltage and had the bullet
struck this fire could have result-
ed.
Officer of the Exeter detach-
ment of the Ontario Provincial
Police were called inimmediate-
ly to investigate the incident and
have been questioning people in
the area for possible leads.
If apprehended those respon-
sible could face a charge of
criminal negligence. Depending
on the incident, the penalty ranges
as high as life imprisonment.
Officials at RCAF Station Cen-
tralia this week expressed con-
cern both for the safety of their
own men as well as the safety of
civilians on the ground. While
the aircraft do not practice di-
rectly over a town, if the shot
was fired by anyone close to a
town as the plane passed over,
the craft could come down in a
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Many accidents
this month
There have been 19 accidents
in the area this month and five
since Saturday according to the
local office of the Ontario Pro-
vincial Police. Many of the ac-
cidents apparently have be en
caused because people have not
adjusted to winter driving con-
ditions.
Lionel Lozier of Grand Bend
was taken to South Huron District
Hospital at Exeter Saturday even-
ing with back injuries received
as a result of an accident near
Grand Bend, Reports indicate
the Lozier vehicle spun around
on the road and struck a guard
rail with the rear of the car.
A two ear accident at Green-
way Saturday afternoon on High-
way 81 caused only minor dam-
age. Drivers of the vehicles were
Patrick Glavin and Gordon R.
Young.
A truck driven by Freidrich
Bischoff came to rest on its
side in the ditch on Highway 4
after spinning around on slippery
roads, The accident occurred in
front of the Bischoff home.
Sunday morning about 1:00 a.m,
a car driven by Laura ,I, Mac-
Milla.n slid into a ditch and struck
a hydro pole south of Dashwood.
Damage to the vehicle was slight.
Sunday afternoon two cars
sideswiped about a half mile north
of Exeter on Highway 4. Drivers
of the vehicles were Gloria Jean
MacDonald and H. C. Truernrier,
Negotiations started
with Canadian Canners