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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-08-31, Page 1Ninety-third. Year EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 31, 1967 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Highway crashes claim lives of two Hensall area residents Two Hensall area resident s died this week as a result of ac- cidents. Tuesday night, Will tam G. Thomson, RR 2 Hensel', was kill- ed east of Reece's Corners in the Sarnia area when struck by a car driven by a 17-year-old girl from Michigan. It is believed Mr. Thomson was walking across Highway '7 to a fruit and vegetable stand when he was struck down. The 65-year-old man was a resident of the Hensall area all his life and farmed west of the village. He was unmarried, and lived alone. Surviving are three sisters, Mrs. Fred (Mary) Parsons, Lon- don; Mrs. Albert (Elizabeth) Alexander, Hensall; Mrs. El- more (Florence) Keys, Exeter; one brother, Samuel W. Thom- son, Brucefield. Funeral arrangements had not been completed at press time. Arrangements are being made by the Bonthron Funeral Home, Hen- sail. juries, including a broken neck. She died shortly after noon, Mon- day, without regaining conscious- ness, She was a passenger in a car driven by Clarence Ayotte, 17, of RR 3 Dashwood. Ayotte had been proceeding out of the park- ing lot at Seaforth's Lions Park and was in collision with a car travelling east on Highway 8. The car was driven by Richard Red- man, RR 1 Innerkip, who escaped injury. Ayotte suffered a broken leg in Exeter man badly injured Misty gets new owners this week GayleEcker, who has enjoyed riding Misty for the past few weeks, will have to give up her little pony this week as it is being raffled off at the Exeter Rodeo, Sunday. Many local youngsters would give a lot to own the pony and admiring it above are from the left: Danny Brintnell,GayleEcker, Peter Armstrong and Patricia Lee. Tickets will be on sale at the rodeo Saturday and Sunday. T-A photo the crash, which took place at 12:05 a,m, The accident was investigated by OPP Constable Garnet Wray of the Goderich detachment, Dr. N. C. Jackson, Goderich, is awaiting a report frem Lon- don coroner Dr. B. Robinson, before deciding whether or not an inquest into the fatality will be held. Miss Plumb is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plumb; a brother, Monty, at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J, F. Plumb, Wyoming, and Mrs. Montague Anions, Ridge- town. The funeral was held from the Bonthron Funeral Home in Hen- sail on Wednesday with burial in Hensall Union Cemetery. Rev. Harold Currie officiated. Pallbearers included Russell Brock, Ross Forrest, Ken Mc- Lean, Roy Morenz, S. K. Jolly and Sgt. Lipscombe. Hope to attract 6,000 to two-day rodeo event Exeter garage operator Ed. Hunter-Duvar is listed in satis- factory condition in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, following an accident in Port Franks early Sunday morning. He suffered a broken right arm and left hip in the crash which took place at 1:30 a.m., and is expected to be in hospital for about two months. The Forest OPP detachment would not release any details of the accident, but it was reported there were no other cars in- volved. The crash took place at a street intersection in Port Franks. DIES IN HOSPITAL A 16-year-old Kippen area girl died Monday in St. Joseph's Hos- pital, London, from injuries re- ceived in a two-car crash in Seaforth on August 20. Mary Ellen Plumb, 16, was taken to the intensive care ward of the hospital immediately after the crash, suffering multiple in- The steers the men will have to pin a ribbon on are being brought in from Manitoba and they're guaranteed to give the cowboys a fight. In this event, the cowboy must leap from his horse and tie a ribbon on the steer's horn. The best time wins and there's no refund for bruises or ripped shirts and pants. Rodeo competitors appear to be as enthused about the new home of the Mid-western Rodeo as those who . have worked so hard in the past few weeks to build it. Entries are flocking in for the Saturday and Sunday show, de- spite the fact most of the cowboys on the Ontario rodeo circuit don't bother entering until they arrive. This leads the local rodeo com- mittee to predict a record number of entries in the various rodeo attractions, and this will mean top competition for the audience. Rodeo committee chairman Dick Roelofson reports his group is hoping for an average of 3,000 people for each of the two days to bring a total of 6,000 people into Exeter over the weekend. The event actually gets under- Pair from Centralia hurt in area crash Liquor cases drop steadily NEW EVENT The new event for this, the fourth annual Mid-western Rodeo, is the chariot races, and it prom- ises to be a feature attraction. The $400 in prize money has already attracted several entries and they'll be racing in heats. Each entry consists of a team of thoroughbreds pulling a ,two- wheeled chariot and a driver. They'll race around the half- mile track, although it's reported it takes another half mile for the drivers to get their steeds slowed down. All the participants in the show are professionals and the event will be handled by professionals as well. Special commentators will be brought in to explain the events and give some background on the participants. Professional time keepers and judges wilt also be employed. —Please turn to Page 2 way Friday when area and visit- ing horsemen will parade through Exeter between 7:30 and 8: 00 p.m. Many of the competitors are ex- pected to arrive Friday night and will set up camp at the community park until their departure Mon- day morning. A pancake breakfast will be served both days and area resid- ents are invited to come and en- joy the delicacy with the visiting cowboys. The ingredients and cooks will be the same as those who satisfied about 300 people at Exeter's recent Funday. Serv- ing time is from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. at the park. Grand entry for both days will be at 2:00 p.m. and spectators are advised to be on hand for this exciting show. Under rules of the governing body, all en- trants must participate in the grand entry parade. From then on the excitement focuses on the bronc riding, bull- dogging, calf roping, steer decor- ating, rescue race, barrel race and other events. The cowboys will be competing for $2,500 in prizes and they'll have their work cut out for them. The wild broncs are being brought in by Milo Etheringt o n, who raises horses for this purpose only. Grasdahl suffered minor cuts and bruises in the mishap. OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell list- ed damage at $800 in an accident he investigated at 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. It occurred on the 16th and 17th concession of Stephen, half a mile north of the Mt. Car- mel Road. Michael C. Dietrich, RR 3 Dashwood, was northbound on the concession when he lost control of his vehicle and it ended up in the east ditch against a tele- phone pole. A passenger in the car, James Dietrich, sustained a cut over his right eye and was released after treatment in South Huron Hospital, Another accident on Sunday occurred on Highway 4, just north of the Crediton Road, The car involved had been stolen from Grand Bend by three juveniles and an adult. One of the juveniles was driving the vehicle, Damage to it was estimated at $50 by Constable John Wright. The three juveniles and adult were later apprehended by the Lucan OPP detachment officers, The final crash of the week took place on Monday at 9:00 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 4 — Please turn to Page 2 Beans fill 4,000 at Zurich festival Two Centralia youths received serious injury last Wednesday when they were involved in a crash at the junction of Highway 4 and the road leading into Cen- tralia village. Neil Murray Newman was driv- ing the car east on the Centralia Road and it went through the intersection and into the ditch on the east side of Highway 4. ' A passenger in the car, Robert Atkinson, Centralia, sustained broken ribs, a cut to his head and injuries to his right arm. Both were taken to St. Jo- seph's Hospital, London, a nd Newman is still there. He suf- fered severe chest injuries. The accident occurred at 11:00 p.m. and OPP Constable Ed Wil- cox listed damage to the car at $800. On the same day at 1:00 p.m., Constable Harvey Beyer inves- tigated an accident on the fourth and fifth concession of Stephen Township, one and a half miles south of the Crediton Road. Ronald Clifford Grasdahl, Crediton, had been southbound on the concession and in pulling off to pass an oncoming car, end- ed up in the ditch, His truck hit a hydro pole and damage to the vehicle was estimated at $600. about the event last year and came to Zurich after writing to see when it was planned for this year. With two solid successes under their belts, the organizers of the event have already started plans for next year and again it will be held around the same time. Three streets were blocked off in Zurich and merchants moved some of their wares onto the street and various church organizations filled in the vacant spots with booths selling home baking, preserves and other goodies. "By '7100 pm there wasn't a pie left in town," commented Herb Turkheim, a member of the organizing committee. — please turn to Page 2 Hockey players may never switch from the customary pre- game steak dinner, but a few of them may owe their beginning to the lowly bean, particularly hockey players in the Zurich area. Close to 4,000 people showed up for a feed of beans at the annual Bean Festival in Zurich, Saturday, and the profits from the event will be turned over to assist in the installation of arti- ficial ice in the arena. Similar to last year's event, the festival got off to a slow start with only a few hundred people around for dinner. But they started to arrive in droves around 3:30 and they just kept coming. By 6:00 pm the streets were completely jammed. Not everyone sat down to a bean supper, and the total number flocking into Zurich for the fes- tival and the Saturday night dance was estimated at between 6,500 and 7,000 people. Many of those came many miles for the treat, One group from the Sarnia area said they read Sentence two over stealing The last two weekly reports issued by the Grand Bend de- tachment of the Ontario Provin- cial Police have shown a terrific reduction in the amount of liquor charges as compared to the first release in May. The first week that the full 25 man provincial force was on duty in Grand Bend, 23 liquor charges were laid as compared to only three in each of the last two weeks. Sgt. J. H. Shepherd, in charge of the detachment, attributes the decrease in liquor offences to a combination of efficient police work and the increase in fines from the previous $20 to the present $100. "We have been getting the fullest co-operation of the vil- lage council and the magistrate in our attempt to keep law and order", Sgt. Shepherd added. "We have received letters from numerous visitors appreciating the fact they were able to walk down the streets of the Bend this year with their families in com- plete safety." The last court session in the summer resort village will be held Tuesday, September 5. The full 25-man force will leave the Bend the following day with each officer returning to his home detachment. Sgt. Shepherd will complete his reports and return to his home in Huntsville later in the week. Sgt. Shepherd indicated h i s complete staff would be on duty for the Labour Day weekend in an attempt to continue the good rec- ord that has been establiShed at the Bend so far this summer. Music, music everywhere There was music at every corner in Zurich, Saturday, at the second annual Bean Festival, Four bands played throughout the day. Ed. Little, a member of the Zurich Centennial Band, is shown with his large horn and part of the large crowd at the event is mirrored in the instrument. T-A photo MP uncommitted; in-fighting hits PCs news reports in the past couple of weeks. The Huron MP said it was amazing that anyone wo u 1 d actually want the job. Five members of the Huron PC Association will also get — Please turn to Page 2 Biggest change at SHDHS Huron MP Robert E. McKinley sees Manitoba Premier Duff Rob- lin and former cabinet minister Donald Fleming as two of the favorites for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative party with George Hees "likely •to be in there too". However, the area MP is "completely uncommitted" at the present time and expects to arrive at the national leadership convention that way. He explained that most of the present candidates would make good leaders and he would enjoy working with them, but he's not tipping his hand as to which one he will vote for at the event on September 9. McKinley said he had no idea if John Diefenbaker would attempt to keep the leadership, although he said "it appears he's getting stronger notions" according to Back to school, Tuesday school, it will lower attendances at some area elementary schools. One of the exceptions to this will be at Stephen Central where an estimated 415 students are expected Tuesday. This is an In- crease of 40 and is due mainly to the closing of the school at CFB C entralia. Some 45 students from the former base are expected atSte- phen and Principal Ron Heimrich — Please turn to Page 2 Crediton lights Installation of floodlights at Cred- iton Community Park was com- pleted early this week and future home games of the Cr editon Tigers wilt now be played at night. The venture is a joint Centennial project of the Police Village of Crediton and the Township of Stephen with the financial co- operation of the provincial and federal governments, T-A photo 65 students from the area going to Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton. The enrolment is up about 90 from last year, due in part to an increased grade nine class and the fact one entire class of local students will be returning from Clinton, There will be 17 new teachers on the staff of 46 and all vacancies have been filled. An advertisement appears in this issue giving instructions to area students about enroling at SHDHS. The buses will arrive for rural students one-half hour later than usual and will prob- ably leave for home about 12:30. Students will leave Exeter for Clinton around 9:45. The normal sehool schedule Will be followed Wednesday. While the large number of last year's grade eight Students will increase enrolment at the high Publish T.A on schedule Although Monday will be anof. ficial hOliday, The Times-Ad- vocate will be published on There- day as usual. The deadline for display ad- vertising' will be ektended until Tuesday noon, but the classified deadline will remain as Tuesday at 6100 p.m. Correspondents and news Con- tributorS are asked to have their Material forwarded at the usual time where possible to ensure publication, New craft draws crowd at fly-in The Centennial 100, the aircraft being built by Polled Brothers MiatiOn, Grand Bend, drew the largest number Of OnlOokers at the Sexsnlith Airport fly.in, Sunday, The pilot put the new draft through Two youths appeared in God- erich court this week to face charges resulting from thefts in Exeter. Jesse Kirk, 19, RR 1 Lucan, was charged with the theft of a car owned by Ralph Genttner, Exetet, last Wednesday at noon. The car was taken from near the Middleton 81. Genttner office on Sanders St. Kirk was on his way to Loan with the car when he ran into the ditch. He Called Lucan OPP to report the accident, HO suffered minor injuries, Damage to the 1967 model car has been estimated at around $1,600. Kirk received a Sentence of one year on probation. A 16-year-old London youth was sent to the Concord Salve- Hon Army Camp, Toronto, for one year as a result of a theft Charge, Malcolm Bevan Ward was charged with taking about '$17 In cash frote the washers and dry. ere in the basement of the Park- er apartments, Main St. The theft occurred August 10 and the youth was picked up by OPP in Grand Bend on infeetrik., Lion supplied by Chief C, il, Mat., Kenzie. some manoeuvres before landing it to give the hundreds of area residents an opportunity to see the work of the area's newest in- dustry. Fifty-one Other planes also landed at the event. T-A photo It's back to school on Tuesday for area students and teachers, and almost 5,000 students in South Huron and North Middle- sex are expected to enrol. For the first time in several years, there will be nothing much new for the area's elementary students. All will be attending central schools as the area school building program has come to a halt — at least temporarily. The only new facilities are at Biddulph Central School, but it will be another three or four weeks before students get into the new three-room addition there. The biggest change this year, of course, will be for secondary school students who will start moving into portions of the giant addition at SHDHS. Principal J. L. Wooden reports the addition is not as far along as originally hoped, but it is still not as bad as he had feared about three weeks ago. "We'll have some problems for the first two or three weeks," he indicated, as the finishing touches are put on some of the new classrooms and shops. While the upstairs portion of the new addition will be readyfOr the students, many Other areas are still "touch and go". At least two Of the new shops Should be completed, but the new gym- nasium, library and auto shop Won't be completed until late October. The cafeteria won't be coin- pletecl either and there Will be no food service for the Hitt few Weeks Of achobl, An enrolment of 880 is antici- pated for SHDHS. with another Area men pay in court cases Due to the illness of Magis- trate Glenn Hays, Q.C., most of the local court cases are being heard in Goderich, Sev- eral from this area appeared there last week. Norman James Hackney, 16, of 117 William St., Exeter, was fined a total of $65 and costs of $5.50 on three charges. He paid $50 for failing to produce evidence that there was inter- ance coverage on the motor- cycle he was driving, $10 for operating the vehicle without a permit and $5 for having no markers, Allan Roy Smith, Crediton, was fined $35 and costs for failing to report an accident. He did not appear at court, but a not guilty plea was entered for him. John Loader, Exeter, was fined $5 and costs for Wilful daMage after he tossed a bottle through the Window at Hensall Mater Salee. He was also ordered to pay for the damage. Another area Man, Thomas Ryan, RR 3 Ailsa Craig, paid $10 and costs for driving e ve- hicle without markets for the current year.