The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-08-03, Page 1Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 3, 1967 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
USBORNE, STEPHEN TAXES UP
Increases in four individual
departments that make up the
general mill rate of the Town-
ship of Stephen has forced an
increase to most of the taxpay-
ers for the year 1967 of just over
11 mills.
The Stephen ratepayer, assess-
ed farm and residential rate
with his school support going to
the Stephen township school area,
will pay a total tax rate of 66.62
Stephen goes up over 11
Let's go riding
The best of the cowboys in the judging competition at Friday's Playground Day at Riverview Park, Laurie
Willert shown at the left was so interested in riding a horse she hardly had time to pose for a picture.
Other winning cowboys are Terry Stagg, Barbara Armstrong and Randy Fisher. — T-A photo
Usborne up 7,5
For the second year in a row,
Usborne Township ratepayers
will face a sizeable increase in
their mill rate.
Council Tuesday night set the
1967 levy at 68 mills for the
public school supporters. This
is an increase of 7.5 mills over
last year's figure.
In 1966 the rate increased by
five mills.
Township residents would have
been faced with an even higher
levy this year except for the fact
the central school levy was re-
duced by two mills to 13.
The county rate is up one mill
and the levy for general purposes
and South Huron District High
School are each up four mills.
The budget presented by clerk-
treasurer Harry Strang calls for
an expenditure of $288,423 in
1967, which is an increase of
about $55,000 over last year.
The auditor's report was pre-
sented to council at their meet-
ing, showing a deficit on last
year's business of some $2,000.
Part of the increase was due to
the deficit, while the remainder
of the increase in the general
township levy is to meet the in-
creasing costs on all fronts.
Clerk Strang pointed out that
wages and all general costs for
goods and services are increas-
ing.
The township mill rate is set
on an assesssment of$2,841,650.
Members of council didn't have
to look far to see where the
money was going. At their meet-
ing they paid accounts totalling'
some $54,000.
Many of these accounts were
for road work, the Elimville
bridge construction and road
gravelling, which have now been
completed,
The mill rate and the examin-
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Honor Legion past president
An active member of branch 540 of the Royal Canadian Legion in
Lucan and a past president was honOred at a special benefit night
at the Legion Hall, Saturday. Dwight Ball who has been forced to
curtail most of his activities because of failing health was presented
with a large purse of money contributed by most of the branches
in District 4 IA". Above, Branch 540's 1967 president Pat Crudge
is shown presenting a life membership in the Lucan branch to Mr.
Ball. T-A photo
Groups combine for event
to feature fun for all ages
H ard-working veteran
aided by area Legion
as compared to 55.13 mills a
year ago,
The increase of 11,49 mills
in the overall general rate is
made up as follows: South Huron
District High School 3.78; Ste-
phen Public School Area 3.9;
general township rate 3; and the
County of Huron .81 mills.
Supporters of the S ep arate
school at Mount Carmel will have
their taxes upped by '7.59 mills
as their school levy remained the
same as it was in 1966.
There are some exceptions to
the increases. The trustees of the
Police Village of Dashwood have
reduced their general rate from
15 to 12 mills, but the adminis-
trative rate charged by the town-
ship has been raised by one mill,
so the overall increase to Dash-
wood ratepayers will be 6.49
mills.
The Centralia and Crediton
village rates will remain at the
maximum and their increases
will be 9.49 mills. Most of these
figures are based on farm and
residential properties. The tax
rate for commercial purposes is
somewhat higher as the per capita
grant received from the pro-
vincial government is used to re-
lieve the farm and residential
taxpayer.
At Tuesday's meeting, when
the tax rate was officially set,
the auditor's report on the 1966
township business was received
and adopted. It showed a surplus
on the year's operation of $4,-
338.06.
In other business, Council:
Received the following peti-
tions for Municipal Drain work;
Tony Martens for clean-out of
the Mud Creek Drain to obtain
a proper outlet; Police Village
of Centralia for a tile extension
of the Hicks Drain; Mrs. Flor-
ence Hill for a new drain to
empty into the Gaiser Drain; Rus-
sell King and Karl Kuhn for clean-
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A hard working member of
branch 540 of the Royal Cana-
dian Legion in Lucan since its
inception in 1953 was honored
at a special benefit night in Lu-
can Saturday.
Dwight Ball, twice president
of the Lucan branch and zone
commander for two years, has
been forced to quit his job with
the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs in London due to failing
eyesight.
Officials of the Lucan Legion,
along with every branch in Dist-
rict A, banded together to duly
honour their hard working corn-
Many cars at
gospel event
The gospel services being con-
ducted at the Starlite Drive-In
theatre at Shipka are drawing
good crowds again this summer.
Harry Hoffman, Dashwood, re-
ported that as many as 100 cars
have ',attended" some of the
services to date. The committee
in charge estimate about four
persons in each car.
About 90 cars were lined up
Sunday evening, in a service
slightly disrupted due to a rain.
Speaker for the event was the
Rev. C. B. Carr, St. Jacobs,
who previously preached in this
area.
Special music is provided at
each service and this week's will
be in charge of Roy Goulding,
London, who was formerly a
music teacher in this area and
organist and choir master at
James St. United Church.
Mr. Goulding will accompany
the soloist, John Earle, London
baritone.
Speaker will be the Rev. H.
Richmond Stuart, Riverside
United Church, Windsor.
Speaker for August 13 will be
the Rev. Jim Gregory, Queens-
way Cathedral, Toronto, and fol-
lowing him will be Leonard
Crimp, president of Gideons In-
ternational, and a former sales
manager of J. H. Heintz Co.,
Leamington.
The final service will be on
August 27 when the Crystalaires
quartet from Crystal, Michigan,
will provide the complete ser-
vice.
Four locals
on fire crew
William Sheffield, manager of
the Centralia industrial park for
the Ontario Development Cor-
poration, reports a number of
industries have viewed the fac-
ilities at the former air base,
but as yet none have indicated
their intention to take up resi-
dence.
This week the ODC hired six
men to handle fire fighting duties
at the base. Three of them are
members of the Exeter Volun-
teer Fire Brigade.
The new fire chief at Centralia
Is J. A. Robichaud, who was a
member of the RC AF firefighters
at Centralia. Working under him
are F. C. Pyke, William Musser,
Reg Stagg, Don Wells and Irwin
Ford. The latter is chief of the
Exeter brigade.
Sheffield indicated there are
now about 26 persons on staff
at Centralia. Those hired were
taken from the work force which
had been under the federal gov-
ernment and from applicants re-
ceived by ODC.
He 'indicated most of the staff
required by ODC to maintain
Centralia has been secured. The
Ontario Development Corpor-
ation, of course, is not intended to
be the major employer at Cen-
tralia, but rather the industries
they hope to attract there.
Sheffield reported he has over
150 applications from area resi-
dents and these names will be
turned over to any industry set-
tling at the former air base.
The names of persons ,;eeking
jobs has alsd been turned over
to the officials of the department
of agriculture school and most
of their requirements have been
filled.
To date, about 45 military
personnel have indicated they
will be renting homes at Cen-
tralia. Up to 100 have been al-
loted to military personnel with
the remaining 260 being set aside
for industrial workers and the
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youngsters. This is the annual
playground event which will be
postponed from its original date
to be held on FUN DAY.
— A euchre contest and pipe
smoking contest for senior citiz-
ens.
— A buffet style supper on Main
Street.
— A pied piper parade with
children carrying centennial or
Canadian flags. Mr. Cam hopes
to have 1,000 children in thepar-
ade and all entrants will receive
free treats.
— An art display with the paint-
ers at work on the street.
Prizes have not been set for
the various events as yet, but
members of the Board of Trade
suggested they should make
entering worthwhile.
The retail merchants present
appeared enthusiastic over the
program and indicated their full
support.
Cann advised that experience
in other communities had proven
the event successful and he was
supported in this contention by
some merchants who had been
involved in similar activities.
Fred Darling reported that a
similar sidewalk bazaar conduct-
ed in Lucan earlier this year had
proven successful and was en-
joyed by all.
Cann indicated he was prepar-
ed to devote considerable of his
personal time in arranging the
event and offering assistance to
merchants and groups interested.
The sidewalk festivities would
continue to 9:00 p.m., with the
possibility the group will follow
the suggestion of Ulric Snell that
a chicken barbecue be staged over
the supper hour.
of the program outlined following
a meeting with centennial com-
mittee members and recreation
director Alvin Willert.
Here are some of the details
of the program.
A pancake breakfast with
maple syrup and coffee.
— Decorated bicycle par a de
for area children.
— A beauty contest in which
girls will dress their dolls. Three
classes will be held for girls
over seven and those under seven
with ordinary dress for their
dolls, and an open class for dolls
with centennial costumes.
— A frog jumping contest and
turtle race for the boys. Area
lads are to find their own frogs,
but it is expected turtles will be
supplied.
— A penny carnival for all
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next week
rade and help him financially in
a time of need.
Dwight and his wife Mary lived
in Lucan from 1951 to 1966 when
they moved to their present home
on Base Line Road in London.
They have two sons, Gordon and
Kevin.
He was president of branch
540 Lucan in 1955 and 1959 and
zone commander for a two year
term covering 1963-64 and was
district "A" Centennial chair-
man until recently when he was
forced to vacate the position be-
cause of his health. In addition
Mr. Ball was service officer for
many years.
Saturday's festivities opened
with a chicken barbecue attend-
ed by close to 400 persons. At
the evening dance Mr. and Mrs.
Ball were presented with a large
purse of money by George Ber-
dan of West Lorne, commander
of District A, Donations came
from many branches and individ-
uals throughout the district.
Dwight Ball received a life
membership in Lucan branch 540
from cur r ent president Pat
Crudge. At the same time Mrs.
Ball was the recipient of a bou-
quet of red roses from Perc
Vahey, who was Lucan Legion's
first president in 1953.
Bill Smith, another past pres-
ident of the Lucan branch, was
master of ceremonies for the
presentation and dance attended
by 300 persons.
Dashwood lad
safety winner
Exeter's centennial celebra-
tions, which have slowed down
since the July 1 opening of the
park, will come back to life the
middle of this month in a mam-
moth event.
Exeter's three service clubs
and the Board of Trade will com-
bine forces to present FUN DAY
in the community on Friday, Aug-
ust 18.
The Board of Trade will or-
ganize a giant sidewalk sale
starting at 10:00 a.m. when mer-
chants will display special sale
items out on the sidewalk and
street.
Highway 4 will be closed off
from Huron to Gldley Streets
and the section will become a
giant mall.
Approval for the project was
given by local merchants at a
special meeting Tuesday called
by Board of Trade president Carf
Cann.
He outlined several ideas for
the day and was given permission
to go ahead on the planning. By
Wednesday morning he had most
Minor damage
in local crash
The Exeter police report only
one accident this week, that tak-
ing place on Friday at 8:45 p.m.
in front of the local library.
Involved were cars driven by
James M. Souter, Brucefield,
and William Fairbairn, King St.,
Hensall.
Souter had been parked on the
east side of Main St. facing north
when he pulled out into the traf-
fic and struck the Hensall car.
Damage in the crash was list-
ed at $95, with most of that to
the Fairbairn vehicle.
A Dashwood area youngster
has been declared a winner in
Elmer's Summer Safety Con-
test.
Gerard O'Rourke, son of Mrs.
Dennis O'Rourke, RR 3 Dash-
wood, won a bicycle accessory
kit in the contest sponsored by
the Ontario Safety League.
The contest is being carried
by most newspapers in Ontario
and is sponsored locally by The
E xeter Times-Advocate and
Milt's Mower and Cycle.
Entrants have to pick out seven
safety errors in the picture print-
ed in the newspaper.
The Exeter Times-Advocate
will be closed for holidays from
Friday, August 4 to August 12
inclusive. There will be no edition
of the newspaper printed on
Thursday, August 10.
The next issue will be publish-
ed on Thursday, August 17.
Correspondents and contribut-
ors are reminded that we find it
impossible to cover the news of
the holiday week and their bud-
gets for August 17 should contain
only news of that week.
Everyone's co-operation in
this regard is much appreciated.
Rodeo Atediree4 eeigf teadeed
Exeter Community park is one of the busiest spots in town these evenings as members
of the Rodeo Committee and their enthusiastic helpers engage in completing the installa-
tion of rodeo facilities. Anywhere up to 20 have been out every evening and weekends
with hammers, saws, tractors and trucks in erecting the chutes and pens for the rodeo
on Labour Day weekend. In the accompanying pictures, some of the committee members
and workers are shown in action,
BELOW — Bill McLean, Dr. Don Ecker and local veterinarian Dick Roelofson, ready
with hammers in boarding the pens that will hold the wild steers.
TOP RIGHT — Art Cann, Nelson Lamport and Kevin Lamport are in the same area in
the act of sawing some lumber.
BOTTOM RIGHT — Dr. Wally Read and Danny Brintnell are lending their weight to keep
a post in line while Wilmer Preszcator is busy with a bit and auger on the bucking
chutes. — T-A photos.
FIDDLERS COMING
At the conclusion of the side-
walk sale, the Exeter Lions, Le-
gion and Kinsmen will be spon-
soring an old tyme fiddlers' con-
test and a square dance compe-
tition.
They are offering prizes of
$300 in the fiddlers' event and
have already been promised en-
tries from some of those com-
peting at the Canadian contest at
Shelburne, Ontario, which will
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Thieves again
hit swimmers
Despite police warnings, vaca-
tioners along Lake Huron con-
tinue to be prey to thieves.
Over the past week, a Kitchen-
er man lost a considerable
amount of cash while he was
swimming at the lake near the
new Hay Township pavilion.
The money had been left in the
glove compartment of his car and
the thief gained entry by a wind-
ow which had been partially left
open.
It was the second similar case
at the same location and one of
several reported by police along
Lake Huron this summer.
Last week, OPP Cpl. Mitchell
advised swimmers to take their
valuables with them to the beach
and leave their cars unlocked.
He said a locked car usually in-
dicated something valuable was
inside.
The OPP also investigated two
other incidents at the lake this
past week.
A canoe reported missing last
summer from Oakwood Park was
found on Sunday at another sub-
division up the lake.
A cottage was broken into in
the Cedarbank subdivision, but
nothing was reported missing,
Hensall youth hurt
when car hits bike
Another flag
taken at park
Vandals continue to wreck the
achievements of those who spent
so many hours and money in
beautifying Exeter's Riverview
Park.
Some time last week, the color-
ful Kinsmen flag was taken from
its pole and apparently destroyed.
No trace of it has been found.
After the flags had been taken
from the pole in front of the
swimming pool, the Kinsmen had
made plans to have their pole
greased and the rope moved
higher so it could not be reached.
However, the work had not been
done in time.
One kinsmen indicated that if
the persons responsible could be
caught he would be in favor of
flying them from atop the pole.
A Hensall youth was injured
Tuesday night when his motor-
cycle was hit head-on by a Car
on Highway 84, about four miles
west of Ilensall.
Peter Bisback, 18, Hensall,
was eastbound on Highway 84 at
10:00 p.m. when involved in the
crash with a car driven by Jer-
ome Hartman, RR 3 Zurich.
Hartman had been westbound
and the crash occurred in the
eastbound lane.
OPP Constable Bill Glassford
investigated and reported dam-
age at about $350 to the two
vehicles. Charges of careless
driving and failing to share the
road were laid against Hartman.
Travelling with Hisback at the
time was another Hensall youth,
Bevan BOnthroh, He had been in
the lead on his own motorcycle
and was not involved in the
crash.
The accident was one of three
investigated by Exeter OPP this
week.
On Friday at 5:45 p.m., two
vehicles collided in the yard at
Centralia Farm Supply Ltd., re-
sulting in damage estimated at
$80 by OPP Constable tale La-
mont.
The vehicles were driven by
Pelter Fevery, RR 1 Clandeboye
and Larry E, Hern, RR 1 Grant-
ono
Fevery had been northbound
through the yard when Hern back-
ed from around the corner of a
building and the two collided.
Constable Lamont also inves-
tigated the other crash, it taking
place on Saturday at 9:00 a.m.
at the intersection of Highways
21 and 83.
avid M. Presnail, Hamilton,
had been westbound on Highway
83 towing a dragster, when the
latter came loose and shoved the
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