The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-08-24, Page 1GARY MIDDLETON
Ninety-third Year EXETER, QNTARIQ, AUGUST 24, 1.907 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
ACCIDENTS COSTLY
SEVERAL INJURED
his hip and a passenger in his
car, Paid Weido, Zurich, suffer-
ed a broken left leg.
Mr. Johnsen was accompanied
by his wife and two children and
they all escaped injury.
Constable Ed Wilcox listed
damage in the crash at $1,100.
At 5:50 p.m., Saturday, Con-
stable Beyer was called to the
scene of a two-car crash on High-
way 21, half a mile north of Si.
Joseph.
Involved were vehicles driven
by Fred R. Papineau, Detroit,
and Herbert Stanley Heard, Lon-
don.
A fellow could starve at this iob
Eating buns is never much of a chore for anyone, but kids entering the contest on Funday bad their
minds changed after they learned the rules. The buns were dipped in honey, and while a partner held it
by a string and pole, the other partner had to eat it while holding his hands behind his back. This photo
shows some of the antics necessary for the contest, The winner was Kip Morrell, third from the left.
Holding the stick was Kent McInnis. T-A photo
Aw, come on frog!
Frogs can be a contrary lot as many of the Funday racers found.
Lads tried every means possible to get their entries across the
line. This fellow, after tiring of using threats, gets down to have a.
hearteto-heart talk with his giant jumper. T-A photo
B reaks back
in auto crash
Funday attracts throngs
—activities for everyone
with 36 entries. Julie Ann McLean
was the best in the under seven
class, Barbara Miller won the
over seven and Debra Whiting had
the best centennial outfit and doll.
The latter class was the most
keenly contested with 17 entries.
sprinkled only twice and caused
no more problem than worries to
those who had dry goods on the
street.
The first event on the itinerary
was the decorated bicycles and
tricycles and it indicated area
kids were really out to make the
day a banner success.
Over 40 vehicles were entered
behind the Exeter Marching Band
and some members of the wood-
ham Fife and Drum contingent.
Braden Whilsmith had the best
bike in the parade and Scott
"Pedro" Rundle had the best
decorated tricycle.
This was followed by the gals
and their dolls and again the
judges had a most difficult time
Both were southbound and when
Papineau slowed to make a left
turn into a service station, he
was struck from behind by the
London car.
Total damage in that one was
listed at $900.
An accident of a similar nature
occurred at 10:10 p.m. on High-
way 83, about half a mile east
of Dashwood.
Involved were Douglas C. Ein-
wechter, Hespeler, and Philip
Dzioba, Camp Gagetown, N.B.,
formerly of Exeter.
Einwechter was in the lead as
the two cars proceeded east and
Dzioba ran into him when he
slowed to make a left turn into a
service station.
Total damage was estimated at
$1,350 by Constable Beyer.
SAME THING
The final crash occurred on
Sunday at 5:00 p.m. and again
involved a rear-end collision.
It took place on Highway 21,
half a mile south of Highway 83,
involving William L. Pollard,
London. and Raymond J. Jeffery,
RR 2 Zurich.
Pollard was northbound on
Highway 21 and was being fol-
lowed by Jeffery. The latter ran
into the rear of the Pollard ve-
hicle when it slowed to make a
turn.
Total damage was estimated
at $1,800 by Constable Wright
and a couple of passengers in
the cars sustained minor in-
juries.
In addition to the accidents,
the Exeter OPP investigated 20
occurrences and issued 53 warn-
ings under the Highway Traffic
Act. Nine drivers were charged.
A Kippen area girl is reported
to be still in critical condition
in London hospital following a
two-car crash in Seaforth Lions
Park, Sunday.
Mary Ellen plumb, 16, RR 2
Kippen, suffered a broken spine
and head injuries in the crash.
She was a passenger in a car
driven by Clarence Ayotte, RR 3
Dashwood. He suffered a broken
leg in the mishap.
Driver of the other car was
not injured.
Total 0 damage was estimated at $2,50
The area accident record soar.
ed this week and turned out to be
extremely costly. In six accid-
ents, the Exeter OPP report a
total property damage of over
$7,500.
One man sustained a broken
leg, while several others re-
ceived minor injuries. There was
even qne fatality that of a bull
that had to be shot after being in
one collision.
That crash took place Friday
at 10:45 p.m, on Highway 83, one
mile east of the Staffa-Winchel-
sea Road.
Barry Ross Clarke, RR 2 Cred-
iton, had been proceeding west
on the Highway and while in the
midst of one of several fog patch-
es spotted several cattle on the
road.
He struck a bull.owned by Geo-
rge Poortinga, Kirkton, and the
resulting crash caused damage to
the late model pickup of $1,300.
The bull had to be destroyed after
the crash and it was valued at
$225.
Constable Harvey Beyer inves-
tigated.
There were four accidents on
Saturday, the first at 8:10 a.m.
on Highway 4, one mile south of
the Usborne-Tuckersmith line.
Eugene C. Dale, Seaforth, had
been proceeding south and when
he went to change gears, the
transmission on the vehicle flew
apart and a piece punctured one of
the tires.
The vehicle then went out of
control and flipped onto its side
in the ditch. Damage was estim-
ated at $1,000 by Constable
Wright and Dale suffered abras-
ions to his ear and nose in the un-
usual mishap.
R ec official
named chief
Relaxing competitors
While kids yelled and hooted during most of the competitions on
Friday, the pipe smoking contest at Huntley's Drugs was in direct
comparison. The two lone entries sat down and relaxed on a park
bench to engage in their dual, finally won by veteran pipe smoker
Bert Farmer, left. John MacLean, Centralia, is the other entrant. Gary Middleton, Exeter's as-
sistant rec director and arena
manager has been named fire
chief to replace Irwin Ford.
The appointment was approved
by Exeter council, Monday, on the
recommendation of the fire brig-
ade who made the decision last
week.
His appointment will become
effective on the official resig-
nation of Irwin Ford, who has
accepted a position on the fire
brigade at Centralia industrial
park.
Middleton is probably the
youngest fire chief in the town's
history. The former SHDHS
basketball star is 31.
Trinidad men
to pack corn
The population of Exeter jump-
ed this week with the arrival of
38 workers from Trinidad to
assist with the corn pack at
Canadian Canners Limited.
The 38 men are being housed
in six private homes in the com-
munity.
They were brought in to fill
the vacancies that will arise
when many of the students on the
Canners staff return to school.
Arrangements for the workers
to come to Exeter was made by
Canada Manpower and they were
brought directly from Trinidad
to Exeter by the canning firm.
The men will be in Exeter for
a minimum of six weeks, and
some will be here slightly long.
er to assist with the canning of
carrots.
Many have already indicated
they would like to stay in Canada
longer, having seen this country
for the first time.
Some of the workers are keen
athletes and have been spending
some of their free time training
at the local track.
Ross Rowe indicated that re-
cent advertisements by the comp-
any have resulted in the hiring
of several area workers for the
corn pack which started Tues-
day. However, vacancies still
exist, especially for men.
REALLY HOPPING
Things really got hopping when
the lads pulled their frogs out of
pockets, shoe boxes and lunch
pails to enter the frog racing
contest.
There were so many entries
the event had to be run off in
four heats with the top three
going into the final. When it was
all over, John Lindenfield was
judged the winner with his long-
legged bullfrog that toured the
course in record time.
The frogs for the event came
in all shapes and sizes. There
were some so small they almost
got lost, while others were plain
huge.
The lads were allowed to try
every means possible to get their
frogs across the line, with the
-exception of touching them. One
youngster literally blew his along
the pavement, while others made
them jump with threatening kicks.
Turtles also had their turn,
with the winners in each heat
getting to keep their champs.
Some races were so close a
couple of ties were reported
as no photo-finish equipment was
available.
By this time, most of the
youngsters had worked up a good
appetite and getting entries in
the pie-eating contest was no
chore. Twelve boys were finally
picked by various means and
they each dug into the tasty
Mayfair Bakery pies with gusto.
Bill Taylor won the first class
and John Dobbs won the last,
although there were some who
ended up with more pie on their
faces than in their stomachs,
Friday was a poor day to be in
Exeter if you didn't know how to
laugh.
It was Funday, and while it was
a new event, it didn't take people
long to warm up to the occasion
which saw fun-filled events
throughout the day.
Some of the events were so
novel and exciting even the losers
couldn't help but laugh.
The day was sponsored by the
Exeter Board of Trade and the
Lions, Legion and Kinsmen and
it was impossible to pick out any
one highlight. There were just too
many.
Over 300 persons showed up for
the flapjacks served by the Exeter
Rodeo Committee, and customers
didn't have any trouble laughing
even at this early hour as the
cooks had to withstand many
barbs thrown their way about
their culinary ability.
Despite the remarks, there
were no unhappy customers, and
many of those in attendance were
clerks and storekeepers who ap-
peared well fortified for the task
of moving merchandise onto the
street for the sidewalk sale.
Main Street was a hive of
activity as the displays were set
out and church ladies arrived
with baking—much of which was
sold as quickly as it was un-
packed.
Shoppers arrived on the scene
early and while many watched
threatening storm clouds, rain
London youth
to face charge
A 16-year-old London youth
will appear in Goderich court
today to face a charge of theft
of goods valued at under $4.
Malcolm Devon Ward, 35 Vic-
tor St., was charged by Chief
C. H. MacKenzie, who investi-
gated the August 10 theft of about
$17 in cash from washers and
dryers in the basement of Parker
apartments, Main St.
The youth was picked up by the
OPP in Grand Bend after re-
ceiving a description from Chief
MacKenzie,
Three involved
in town crash
The Exeter police department
investigated only one accident
this week, that taking place on
Tuesday at noon in front of the
library.
Two cars and a parked truck
were involved.
William Ross Love, RR 2 Hen-
sail, had been parked on the
east side of Main St. when he
pulled into the traffic in front of
a car driven by Thomas Vlcker-
man, 217 Main St.
The impact from the collision
then sent the Love car into the
rear end of a parked truck owned
by Trent Metalwork & Cabinets
Ltd., Windsor.
Chief C. H. MacKenzie estim-
ated damage to the Love car at
$350, Damage to the other two
vehicles was negligible.
BREAKS LEG
A Zurich man suffered a brok-
en leg in a two-car crash at
1:30 p.m. at the intersection
of the 12th and 13th concession
and Sideroad 10 in Hay Town-
ship.
Cars involved in the crash
were driven by Mervin Johnson,
Grand Bend, and Wayne I. Willert,
Kitchener, formerly of Zurich.
Willert was eastbound on the
sideroad and Johnson was going
north on the concession when they
collided at the intersection. The
visibility of both drivers was
obscured by a corn field on the
corner.
Willert sustained injuries to
Baptists get permit
for church building
The Baptist congregation in
Exeter were given approval to
erect their new worship centre,
Monday.
The new church will be built
on the south side of Huron Street,
just east of the railway tracks.
Council was given a complete
set of plans for the new building,
and after noting some changes
had been made from the specifi-
cations, the permit was approved
subject to the changes being veri-
fied.
Hugh Rundle, chairman of the
building project, attended t h e
meeting after the decision was
made, and explained that the
change in one of the materials
to be used had been made in case
workmen were not able to put the
bricks on the building before
winter.
Members of council appeared
satisfied with the explanation, but
advised Rundle that the corn-
mittee should check to see if the
change in material would result
in higher fire insurance costs.
At the present time, the Bap-
tists hold their services in the
Bethel Reformed Church on
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Band features
Zurich festival
The aroma of cooking beans
will once again fill the air in
Zurich.
The second annual Zurich and
district Bean Festival will be held
Saturday and even larger crowds
are expected than last year when
the event got off to Such a trem-
endous start.
Highlight of the day, of course,
is the feed of beans and sliced
ham, along With other delicacies.
Similar to last year, rides
through the area will be con-
ducted so visitors can see beans
growing in fields.
There will be plenty of other
activity, such as pony rides for
the children, square dancing,
horseshoe, solo and eh ecker
competitions and the sale of var-
ious commodities by groups in the
district.
Featured on the program will
be the Ste Marys trumpet band,
a perennial Winher at Contests
across Ontario and the U.S.
Crime doesn't pay, and it took
Dr. Don Ecker less than five
minutes to find it out on Funday.
He pulled off a daring daylight
robbery of the bank, but in less
than five minutes had been shot
by the sheriff (his son) lynch-
ed from a tree at the library....
carted off to the embalmers, On
the right he's shown making his
haul at the Bank of Montreal,
despite C. L. Smith's menacing
cane. Bottom left he's dangling
from the tree and then carted
away by Bob Fletcher and Iry
Armstrong. The impromptu event
Was one of the day's highlights.
ONE FIGHT
While competition was keen,
the only fight among competitors
showed up in the dog contest.
The judges asked the youngsters
to make their dogs sit while they
walked away, and a couple of
canines decided that was a good
time to have a skirmish.
However, fighting wasn't one of
the attributes being judged and
Dave Keating ended up the win-
ner, followed by the entries of
Brenda Brintnell and Teresa
Romaniuk.
The activities took an unsched-
uled twist after the dinner hour,
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Most court cases
moved to Goderich
had rammed into the rear of car
on Highway 21 which had stopped
because of children and a dog on
the side of the road.
In the only other charge re-
sulting from an accident. Elaine
W. Riley, RR 1 Crediton, was
fined $30 and rests for failing
to signal a left turn,
She had been proceeding on
Highway 4 north of the CreditOn
Road when she made a left turn
in front Of another car. The
cat's collided, but damage was
less than $100.
Award contract
for landscaping
The Ontario Water Resources
Commission has awarded a con-
tract for landscaping the site of
the water treatment plant and the
low-lift pumping station for the
Lake Heron water supply system
north of Grand Bend.
The contract has been wen by
La.keehore Landscape A es 601-
atee, Cookeville.
Cost of the work will be $56,-
159.04.
Thief hits again
at Hay pavilion
For the third time this year,
bathers near the new Hay Town-
ship pavilion on Lake Huron
have had belongings stolen from
cars.
Last week, a Detroit man and
his girl friend went swimming
and when they returned to their
car found both their wallets mise-
Mg. In addition the man lost his
wrist watch and a ring,
OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell has
issued repeated warnings to per-
sons not t- leave valuables In
their cars when they go swim-
ming. He explains that a locked
Car ie usually en indication some-
thing valuable fs inside and
thieves go to Work,
He said people should leave
their cars unlocked and take their
valuables with them to the beach.
A total of 34 cases were listed
on the docket at Exeter court,
Tuesday, but most of them were
adjourned to a later date in view
of the absence of Magistrate
Glen Hays, C.C.
Magistrate Hays suffered a
heart attack last week and is in
Goderich Hospital, Reports in-
dicate he is progressing favor-
ably.
Acting in his place was Mrs.
Mabel Grey, Justice of the Peace
and court reporter.
She heard a few traffic cases
and many of the other cases
were adjourned until Thursday
when they will be heard in God-
erich.
A former Exeter man, Philip
R. Dzioba, CaMp Gagetown, N, S.,
was fined $80 and costs after
pleading guilty to a charge of
following another vehicle too
closely.
Ile had boon charged following
a crash Saturday night when he
ran into the rear of a car ahead
Of Mtn making a left turn into a
service station at Dashwood.
A similar charge resulted in a
fine of $30 and costs for David
Cecil Franklin, Waterloo, who
SP FRIERS PAY
While most of the recent speed-
ing charges laid as a result of
the OPP air patrol visit to the
area were paid put of court, two
men had to appear because of the
excessive speeds they attained.
Robert John Murray was fined
$35 and costs for a speed of 07
in a 60 Zone, and Robert C.
Marriott was filled a similar
figure for a Speed of e0 in a 60
zone. Both are from London.
The only other man appear-
log in court to pay a speeding
fine was Lloyd Hey, Crediton,
fined $10 and costs for a Speed
Of /0 rn,p.11,
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