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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-07-27, Page 3This car ordered off highway This auto, which arrived at the department of transport safety road. The floorboards had been replaced with scraps of tin and check lane with seven children and three adult passengers, failed parts were dragging on the ground. A total of 38 cars were taken to pass the test and was found to be so bad it was ordered off the off the road in the check conducted in Exeter last week.— T-A photo Seek rezoning for auto agency WE MN HARDIE 441 Of YOUR flfC11/44INfiDS To Brighten Up Your Lighting See us! We will install modern flourescent fixtures. 255 HURON E. EXETER ELECTRICAL WIRING TV, RADIO AND SMALL APPLIANCE REPAIRS Purchase Your DIAMOND ""Insured for a lifetime" At WILSON'S JEWELLERY & Gifts Exeter Pleasing You Pleases Us. On your mark, get set, go Action was fast and furious in the soap box derby held Saturday afternoon as part of McGillivray town- ship's Centennial celebrations held at the Central school. Above, three of the entries are getting set to take off in quest of the championship. In the back row are the fellows that provided the automation, Lloyd Whiting, Jim Steeper and Pat Hogan. At the controls and rarin' to go are Glen Ritchie, Dan Steeper and Gary Thompson, T-A photo Hard working farmers While farming methods of today are aimed at cutting down on actual labour, the four fellows shown marching in Centralia's Centennial parade, Saturday are equipped with tools used during the last century. From left, Clarence Culbert, Fred Bowden, Steve Molnar and Bill Lewis, T-A photo TOMATO JUICE • BEFORE YOU INVEST ... look into the advantages of Investors Mutual Fund and Investors Growth Fund. TED HOLMES 145 Deer Park Circle, London SYNDICATE LIMITED 9 5 4x8 PANEL Compare At $13.95 Conklin' s Price Pre-Finished V-Grooved PANELING Such a beautiful lustrous finish! Will match any decor. 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Now living in Calgary, Miss Amos is the daughter of Reeve Grant and Mrs, Amos, After the official ceremonies the crowd dispersed to watch various activities, such as the tug-o-war, soap box derby, pillow fights and bicycle rodeo. . The strong men from West Williams and Ailsa Craig ac- cepted the challenge of the host township in the tug-o-war, and West Williams ended up the win- ners. They out-pulled the hosts in two straight, and after McGilli- vray beat Ailsa Craig, they did it again to reign as champs. Due to the heat of the day, the pulls were limited to one minute. Members of the McGillivray team were Don McAlpine, Kelly Robinson, Gus VanMassenhoven, Henry Jensen, Clair Adair, George Lee, Gerald Hodgins and Bruce Hodgins. FUN FOR ALL The various contests pro- vided fun for all ages and proved exciting and interesting, The pillow fight—with oppon- ents swinging lustily while sitting on a pole—was won by Bill Dixon Not all crows are black; some have brightly-colored feathers. Commercially speaking, the Douglas fir is more valuable than any other tree. —Continued from front page In the only contested traffic case, a charge of driving a motor vehicle without three lighted lamps was dismissed against Robert Earl Haist, Crediton. He had been involved in an accident on June 25 when a car driven by Brian Sanders, Exeter, ran into the rear of him while the two cars were eastbound on the Crediton Road. Sanders claimed there were no tail lights on the on the car. Haist reported he had a certif- icate from a local garage that the car was road-worthy and said he had no reason to believe his tail lights were not on prior to the crash. OPP Constable Ed Wilcox re- ported one of tail lights had been Centralia event —Continued from front page place, Euchre winners were Irene Pepper, Mary Kooy, Shirley Laramie, Ray Cottle, Dick Neil and Roy Swartz. The entire centennial day ar- rangements were handled by the Centralia Community Centre committee and the village trust- ees. The centennial community centre committee is headed by chairman Earl Dixon and includes secretary Mrs. Harry Wilson, Mrs. Jack Essery, WesleyHodg- son, Kenneth Hodgins and Stephen township representatives Ed- mond Hendrick and Stephen Dun- das. The village trustees a r e Kenneth Hodgins, Bob Breen, Leonard Wilson and secretarial duties are handled by R ay Lammie who was also in charge of organizing the parade. During the afternoOn a tele- gram was received from Miss Helen flicks, a Centralia native and daughter of Mrs. Andrew Hicks, now residing in Cali- fernia., offering her congratula- tions on the opening of the com- munity hall. in the senior division and. Michael Steeper In the juniors, Arthur Hodgson and Wilson Dodge hooked up to whip all corners in the horse shoe pitch- ing contest. Youngsters had their chance to prove their skills on bicycle as an intricate rodeo route was set up and the top finisher among the boys was Ronald Morley. Nancy Mawson won the girls' competition. Action moved onto the road for the final event as the town- ship lads raced their soapboxes. The entries were in an array of colors and shapes. Pusher Paul Steeper and driver Danny Isaac won the first event in a machine built and owned by Peter Steeper, while the second event was copped by a car driven by Dan Steeper with Jim Steeper providing the push, The final sports contest of the night was a girls' softball game in which Arva shut-out the Ex- eter Greys by a 4-0 count. FEED 800 After the sporting events, the Parkhill Lions provided a chicken supper and fed over 800 persons. That number plus many more, then enjoyed a girls' ball game between Exeter and Arva, a program with emcee Jack Levie and a dance, Entertaining on the program were Mrs. Elton Curls, Frank proctor of CKSL, students from Mt. Carmel and McGillivray schools, Carol and Ralph Robin- son and Dalt Walpole, Committee in charge of the event were: George Dixon, chair- man, Lyle Lee, Albert Arm- strong, Mrs. Allen Hill, Gerald Wright, Lawrence Heaman, Jack Dorman, Earl Lewis, Jack Hod- gson and Colin Brewer. They were assisted by several others added to the respective com- mittees. damaged in the crash and he found a fuse was not working in the other. Magistrate Hays said he was not convinced beyond a reason- able doubt that the lights had not been on prior to the crash. FINED $90 A Staffa area driver, Gary Thomas Quance, was fined $90 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of careless driving. He was charged after driving through an intersection on High- way 83 without stopping and ram- ming into a car driven by SHDHS teacher Osren Zivkovic. A passenger in the Zivkovic car was badly injured in the crash. Evidence revealed Quance had been drinking and a quantity of beer was found in his car. Another driver who failed to obey a stop sign, Isabelle Coward, RR 1 Woodham, was fined $20 and costs. She had been involved in a crash on July 6 when she failed to come to a full stop at the in- tersection of County Road 11 and Usborne sideroad 15. Her car struck a southbound vehicle and damage amounted to $1,400. James Dalton Jr., Zurich, was fined $30 and costs on a charge of failing to yield half the road. He was involved in a crash on High- way 21 on April 9 when his car skidded as he rounded a Curve and side-swipped a car travelling in the opposite direction. He said he was' going too fast at the time. The following speeders paid fines: Calvin J. Kellerman, Dash- wood, $10 for a speed of 45 in a 30 zone. Murry K. Kraemer, Stratford, $10 for a speed of 70 in a 60 zone. Arthur 0. Saucier, London, $10 for a speed Of '70 in a 60 zone. Douglas R. Taylor, Exeter, $10 for a speed of 40 in a 30 zone. Wayne Leo Gibson, DashwOod, $15 for a speed of 45 in a 30 zone. —Continued from front page stand why anyone would want to build a house in the area. This was alter some of the residents noted houses could be built there. Later in the meeting, Bob Edwards again referred to the racket from squealing tires around the existing garages and Harry Mathers replied: "it doesn't sound like a peaceful residential area". Board member Fred Dobbs pointed out most residential areas were faced with the same problems at times. After the delegates had pre- sented their opinions on the re- zoning, the planning board met to discuss the issue and to make their recommendation. At a meeting on July &they had already decided to endorse the rezoning and then called the spec- ial hearing. Mayor Delbridge and Mr. Pooley still supported the earlier decision to recommend the re- zoning, but they lost in a 3-2 vote to the three other members present, Joe Wooden, Fred Dobbs and Russ Hopper. COUNCIL OKAYS The planning board decision was read to council by secretary Joe Wooden Friday night, but he pointed out the final decision was up to council. Reeve Boyle opened dis- cussion, noting the rezoning of the property could be beneficial to the residents as it would make their properties more valuable. However, he met with op- position in that argument from Deputy-Reeve Mery Cudmore, Councillor Ted Wright said he was "perturbed" over the op- position from the residents. ',Don't they want the town to go ahead?" he questioned: He said ratepayers complain because council doesn't do any- thing to create jobs, and yet when something comes along the residents throw it out. ',We're all selfish and put our good ahead of others," Reeve Boyle stated, and most members agreed that while they couldn't understand the opposition, those people who opposed it should not be criticised. Mayor Jack Delbridge noted that council wouldn't get too far if they only did what people want- ed them to do, or didn't do what people didn't want them to do. Wright suggested most pet- itions were of little value in that many people didn't know what they were signing. Reeve Boyle ended the discus- sion by noting the area planned for the new auto agency wasn't pleasant at the present, and sug- gested the new building would be a benefit. Councillor Joe Wooden said he couldn't vote for the motion to rezone the property, and while one or two members were slow in getting their hands raised on the vote, Mayor Delbridge counted enough to declare the motion carried, A bylaw was then given three readings. UP TO OMB The bylaw will now be sent to the OMB, accompanied by the letter from the planning board outlining the procedures taken on the matter and the opposition expressed by neighboring rate- payers. Wooden indicated the OMB could approve or reject the re- The Townships of Hay and Stanley have still not reached any agreement over fire re- tainer fees with Zurich and there- fore are not receiving any fire protection from the village brig- ade. Zurich Reeve Leroy Thiel stated any further action or ap- proach to the subject would have to be instituted by the township councils. Thiel indicated the Zurich fire brigade have been advised not to answer calls in either township. In addition, the Zurich council has notified Hensall, Dashwood, Exeter and Grand Bend that their fire brigade will not provide standby protection while the brigades of any of the four mun- icipalities may be fighting fires in Hay. However they indicated they would provide assistance at any large fires in any of the com- munities if the need arises. When asked if the Zurich brig- ade had been instructed not to answer calls to the nearby Blue- water Rest Home, Reeve Thiel indicated the institution would be in the same position as any other building in Hay Township and protection would not be provided. However, he said that officials of the home have requested a meeting to discuss the situation. A date for the meeting has ap- parently not been set yet. Lance Reid, superintendent of the home, declined comment on quest for rezoning without any further hearing, but said he doub- ted very much that this would happen. He said the OMB would prob- ably direct council to notify the property owners within 400 feet again and give them 14 days in which to submit written object- ions to the clerk. These would then be sent to the OMB who could then approve or reject the request or hold a special hearing in order to help them reach a decision. the matter, but one official in- dicated someone should "get shot" if the Zurich brigade didn't answer a call to the home for elderly citizens. As yet, no fires have occurred in either township. STILL DEBATE Meanwhile, there has been no decision reached over fire re- tainer fees between Hensall and the townships of Usborne, Tuck- ersmith, Hay, Stanley and Hib- bert. The latter all receive pro- tection from Hensall but have not agreed to the sizeable re- tainer increases being asked. Hensall Reeve Minnie Noakes reported the township councils have been asked to present their ideas on the stalemate, but no replies had been received at the last meeting. Family home from Nigeria Mr, and Mrs. Don Taylor and. Suzanne of Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa, arrived in Exeter Sunday to holiday with the former' s parents, Mr. and Mrs.Ross Tay- lor, Huron St. Mr. Taylor has just completed his second year in Lagos with International Business machines and will be returning with his family for another year. HP has been appointed man- ager for West Africa, Although he and his family ar- rived home earlier than expect- ed, it turned out they were the ones surprised on their arrival in Canada. He had cabled his brother, Ken, in Montreal to inform him of his arrival and when they landed at Montreal were greeted by Ken and his family, as well as his parents and his brother Orland and family of Hamilton. The latter were attending Expo. Times-Advocate, July 27, 1967 Pas* 3 Exeter court Says Zurich brigade won't protect `home' ICE Reg. 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