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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-11-03, Page 1MRS. MURRAY GREENE Exeter LARRY LIPPERT ROBERT BRAY Usborne GARY CAMPBELL Crediton GERALD MARTENE Dashwood 2Z1:1,ZA Hallowe'en is quiet, youths play cards While the hosts of ghosts, gob- lins and Batmen parading the streets left no doubt that Mon- day was Hallowe'en, there was little indication of the event in the amount of vandalism report- ed from throughout the area. Police patrols played a part in keeping the activity of youths under control, but the police themselves were highly compli- mentary in reporting on the con- duct of the area young people. "We're certainly grateful to the young people /Or the manner in which they co-operated," stat- ed Cpl. Harry VanBergen, acting REBECCA FULCHER Usborne RICKY BOWERS Crediton JIMMY FERGUSON Usborne MURRAY GREENE Exeter ELAINE STEWART Usborne Plan opening of new road A five-mile stretch of recon- structed Huron County Road 4, which runs west from Crediton, will be officially opened at 3p.m. Friday. Ontario Highways Minister Charles S. MacNaughton will of- ficiate. He will be assisted by Reeve Donald MacKenzie, chair- man of Huron's road committee; Warden Ken Stewart; Glen Webb, the 1965 warden, and Reeve James C. Hayter, of Stephen Township. The ceremony will be held on the Crediton bridge, three miles west of Highway 4 on County Road 4 at the east end of Crediton. PENNY THE POOCH Crediton EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 3, 1966 Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents chief of the Exeter Police De- partment. His words were echoed by Cpl. C. J. Mitchell of the Exeter OPP Detachment who said he was quite pleased with the ac- tivities of most young people on Hallowe'en. While he explained there Were Some incidents that resulted in damage to property, the overall picture was "very good" in com- parison to news reports from other districts, where consider- able damage and vandalism was noted. Most serious of the incidents in this area was a fire set in a bulldozer owned by Usbor n e Township. A lantern was ap- parently tossed under the seat of the machine sometime over the weekend and damage to it was reported at $250. The bulldozer had been left at a bridge construction site about two miles southeast of Elimville. Piles of hay and straw were set afire on several roads and the Crediton fire brigade was called out Monday to quell such a blaze in that community. Some residents lost mailboxes and light machinery was moved to various locations. Someone threw a bottle through the window of the Bank of Mont- real in Hensall and signals on the CNR track at both Exeter and Hensall were activated on the weekend. One car windshield was broken in Exeter. -- Please turn to Page 3 Hay Syst m's project completed; Dashwood dial cutover, Sunday Accident cost high -area driver hurt Damage amounted to just under $2,500 in accidents investigated by the Exeter OPP detachment this past week. In addition, sev- eral drivers were shaken up and one sustained a broken arm and other injuries. Most seriously' injured was Carl A, Scheffbuck, Dashwood, who was involved in an accident on the sixth concession of Steph- en Township at 3:00 p.m. Mon- day. He was travelling north when his car left the road, went into the ditch and hit a tree. The driver was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, London, suffering a broken arm and ribs and facial lacerations. OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell esti- mated damage to the car at $250. Constable Dale Lamont in- vestigated a minor accident on Sunday at 1:30 a.m. wh9n a car driven by Anthony A. Corriveau, RR 2 Zurich, struck a guide wire at the Esso Service Station GERRY MacLEAN Exeter wood will see major changes for all those on that exchange but there will only be one ma- jor change for any other area telephone subscribers. That will be those on the Ex- eter exchange. They will no long- er pay toll charges for calls to Dashwood. The same benefits befall those calling from Dash- wood to Exeter as well. The Dashwood numbers will have the prefix of 237 and the new numbers for all subscribers on the exchange are listed in the directory recently published by the Bell Telephone Company. While the Hay Municipal Tel- ephone System has completed the vast project undertaken back in 1959, the staff and council won't be able to sit back and relax too long. Manager Harold Zegr report- ed that plans are already under- way for adding equipment at the Grand Bend exchange that will be larger than what was just installed to carry the entire Dashwood system. The resort's list of sub- scribers has jumped by some 300 since the dial was installed of the System. The System is administered by the Hay Township coucil and the secretary-treasurer is Wayne Horner. In addition to he and Zehr, the staff now numbers seven. This is about half of the staff that was serving in 1959 before the progressive program was undertaken. Most of those, of course, were operators. The new dial system in Dash- north of the main intersection. The former office, which housed the old manual board and its faithful operators has been purchased by E. R. Guenther. Zehr indicated that no spe- cial ceremonies have been plan- ned as yet for the cutover on Sunday, but suggested that some- thing might still be organized. A special banquet is planned for November 23 to mark the im- portant milestone in the history Attains degree William J. Lavender, a native of Hensall and a graduate of SHDHS, received a Master of Applied Science degree in chemistry at fall convocation at the University of Waterloo, Saturday. He is now employed as production manager of a chemical firm in Montreal. This Sunday marks a most noteworthy accomplishment in the history of the Hay Munici- pal Telephone System. At the early hour of 2:01 a.m., workmen will start throwing switches to inaugurate a dial ser- vice on the Dashwood exchange, which is the last leg in a three- stage program that was inaug- urated in 1959. The municipally owned system has exchanges now at Grand Bend. Zurich and Dashwood, and on S u n d ay all the approximately 1,800 subscribers will have the latest in telephone service. There are 360 subscribers on the Dashwood exchange — 105 of which are in the police village — and they have waited the long- est for the service. Grand Bend's dial exchange was cut in 1962 and Zurich fol- lowed two years later. The summer resort exchange is the largest of the three with about 900 customers. Approximate cost of the en- tire program which was planned back in 1959 has been about $500,000, according to Mana- ger Harold Zehr. He said the cost of the Dashwood project alone was in the neighborhood of $120,000. Similar to the other commun- ities, the dial service has been installed in a new building in Dashwood, located one block STEPHEN TAYLOR Crediton No question about leader Call meeting for centennial Fire razes Kippen home Terry McCauley, secretary for the Exeter Centennial Commit- tee, reported this week that a special open meeting will beheld o n Tuesday, November 15 to bring together representatives of various organizations in the community to help plan the cen- tennial celebrations. "Time is growing short, and if we are going to devise ways and means of celebrating our nation's birthday, we must know each other's intentions concern- ing these activities," he pointed out. The meeting will be held in the council chambers at 8:00 p.m. All service groups, organiza- tions and clubs are urged to send a representative to the meeting. Work ends Sunday Along with five other operators on the Dashwood exchange of the Hay Municipal Telephone System, Mrs. Leo Gibson will be out of work Sunday, when the system switches to dial at 2:01 a.m. Other operators, who declined to pose for photo are: Mrs. Loretta Zimmer, Mrs. Cliff Penhale, Mrs. John MacDonald, Mrs. Edwin Miller and Mrs. Clarence Geoffrey. --T-A photo Schools become social centres The old schools—many of them one-room — in S teph Township went under the gavel of Auctioneer Alvin W alp e r last week. In addition, buyers bid on school bells, equipment and desks on which many had carved their initials in earlier days. Some of the schools went to groups in the communities and these were sold for aprearrang- ed price. of $150 per classroom. The Dashwood Boy Scouts bought the Sharon school for $150; the Police Village of Credi- ton now own their school for a price of $600; the Shipka school will be used for a community center there and the residents of Centralia also plan to do the same with their former halls of learning. Each of the latter schools is a one-room. The Dashwood school was sold to Gordon Phillips, RR 1 Hen- sail, at a price of $1,300. If the school is torn down the datestone is to be reserved for the Dash- wood Centennial Committee. John Skaar, RR 2 Zurich, pur- chased the Khiva school and about one acre of land for $900. Rosaire Bedard, Zurich, paid $430 for the SS No. 11 school, which is to be torn down. on Highway 21, just north of 84. Damage to the car was listed at around $50. At 10:00 p.m., Friday, Con- stable Bill Glassford was called to the scene of a one-car crash on the 18th concession of Steph- en, about one mile southeast of Highway 83. A car driven by Danny S. Wil- son, Exeter, was damaged to an estimated amount of $250 when it rolled onto its side while navigating a curve in the road. Local officers investigated three accidents on Friday, the first being at 12:15 a.m. on Highway 23, one mile north of Kirkton. Involved were a car driven by Leonard William Schaefer, London, and a steer owned by Lawrence Selves, RR 1. St. Marys. Constable Glassford reported that Schaefer was southbound on Highway 23 when he came upon several cattle on the road. He hit one, but the beast suffered no injury. However, Schaefer's car was damaged to an estimated $250 in the crash. At 8:30 a.m., Constable Ed Wilcox was called to the scene of a crash on the Crediton Road, just east of Highway 21, in- volving a road building machine owned by George Radford Con- struction, and a car driven by T. G. Hammond, St. Marys. The road machine was being operated by George Wasson, RR 3 Walton, and he was in the process of making all-turn while packing sand on the road bed when he hit the Hammond car. Damage was listed at $225. KATHY COOPER Usborne There may be a difference among some Progressive Con- servatives as to who should be their leader, but that problem doesn't crop up with the Ontario PC Association, The unanimous choice to head up that organization for the next term was Elmer D. Bell, Q.C. It's a position he has held since 1961. Other top officers of the pro- vincial organization also receiv- ed acclamations. However, while Mr. Bell did not have to contend with any leadership problems from a per- sonal standpoint, the thorny issue was hanging over his head at the three-day convention concluded this week. Both Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker and National PC President Dalton Camp address- ed the delegates, but their present feud wasn't mentioned by either. In fact, the entire party lead- ership was skirted on the conven- tion floor, although it did receive plenty of airing in back rooms. October set record -but it may not last A two-storey frame house and all its contents were destroyed by fire in the Kippen area Sun- day night, leaving five persons homeless. The house was owned by Or- ville Workman, Kippen, and it was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown, their two young children and Walter Brown Sr. The farm home was located about a mile and a half north- west of Kippen. The occupants of the house had left for a trip to Southamp- ton on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. and the blaze broke out at 10:30. They didn't learn of the fire until late Monday afternoon when the news was broadcast in a radio report. Mr. Workman estimated the loss of the house at $5,000 and the furnishings at another $2,500. The owner said he doubted he would rebuild. The Brown family have found accommodation in Clinton. Members of the Brucefield fire brigade fought the fire, but it was out of control by the time they arrived on the scene, and they managed to save only a garage at the back, which was slightly charred. Both the house and the con- tents were partially covered by insurance. Cause of the fire has not been determined. WRITTEN OFF A car was completely wrecked in a crash that took place on Highway 21 on Friday at 9:00 p.m. The vehicle was driven by John Schwanz, Goderich. He had been northbound when his car left the road just north of Highway 83 and went through a fence and into a field. The car — Please turn to Page 3 Drug store shut after 61 years Cole's Drug Store, which has been in continuous operation in Exeter for the past 61 years, closed Monday. The business, which was one of the oldest in the community, was started by W. S. Cole and in latter years has been carried on by his son, Harry. EARL BOWLES Exeter turn when the accident took place. Total damage amounted to $250 with $200 of that to the Johns car. While November started out in a bad way for drivers again, it was particularly disconcerting to one man in particular, Murton Desjardine, 73 Waterloo Street. Both the accidents on Tuesday involved vehicles he owns. Oddly enough, while the accidents took place about two hours apart, the scene was almost identical. At 8:15 a.m., Desjardine park- ed his car on the south side of Anne Street beside the office of Tuckey Beverages, leaving a three-year-old companion in the car, with the motor still running. When he returned, he found the 1956 DeSoto had shot ahead and had gone under a transport which had been backed into the loading dock at the bottling plant. The youngster was unhurt, but the hood of the car, which was —Please turn to Page 3 While October may have set a record in the number of ac- cidents on Exeter streets, No- vember may eclipse it, as two crashes were reported on the first day of the new month. The month of October con- cluded with a total of 17 ac- cidents, the last of which was reported Friday night when two cars collided at the intersection of Victoria and Main Streets at 8:15 p.m. Involved were cars driven by Wayne Reid, RR 1 Hensall, and Edward William Johns, RR 3 Exeter. Police report that Johns had been stopped at the intersection waiting for traffic to clear be- fore making a left turn, and there were two other northbound cars slowing down behind him, when Reid pulled out to go a- round all three cars. He ran into the side of the Johns vehicle which was in the process of the Flames destroy area home Fire of undetermined sources completely destroyed this home and its Contents Sunday evening, Loss was estimated at about $7;500. The two-storey frame home was owned by Orville Workman, Xippen, and the occupants were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown and family. The Browns were away at the time of the fire,