The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-10-19, Page 1School opens at Centralia,
facilities impress students
been working as a farm man-
ager In Ceylon and came to
Centealia on a Colombo Plan
s,.'holarsidp. He's particularly
interested in crop science,
'Ile student from India is Hal-
bir Klainkhun, lie learned of the
Shoal from two brothers now
residing in Canada.
lialhir has travelled exten-
se. fly in recent years and spent
the last two in England, His
ferher owns a 100-acre farm in
India, but Balbir plans to re-
ne:en in Canada after complet-
lee his course at Centralia.
None of the girls registering
were from out of Canada, but
some like Anita Peden, Port
Arthur, are still a long wayfrom
home
For many it was their first
tra, into this area, although John
Ford knew where Centralia was.
His grandfather was an engineer
whe helped build the air base at
Conti alia.
Register for home economics course
Girls from across Ontario enrolled Monday in the two-year home eronornics course to be given at
Centralia School of Agriculture and Home Economics. John Clouthier, dean of men, hands out forms to
three, from the left; Susan MacDonald, Windsor; Joan Lowe, Meaford; Mary McGregor, Wilkesport.
Other students and their parents can be seen progressing through the line at the registration.— T-A photo
The new school already has
an international flavor, Two of
the men are from the West In-
dies, while another is from India
and one is from Ceylon.
Hedley Stevenson and Maurice
Burke, the West Indians, arrived
at the school on the same bus and
quickly struck up a friendship
that will be fostered through
them becoming room-mates.
The two had never met be-
fore, Maurice has been in Can-
ada for two or three years,
while Hedley has been here less
than a year,
Krishnapiliai Sangarapillai ar-
rived here from Ceylon only a
few days ago, and he wore his
overcoat throughout most of the
day as he attempted to get ac-
customed to the weather.
He's the eldest student at the
school and is the father of three
children. It's been 20 years since
he attended school.
During those years he has
Not quite like home
Although they found they had to make their own bed, these two chaps
may be happy to have their blankets this winter while attending the
Centralia Agriculture School. The reason is that Hedley Stevenson,
left, and Maurice Burke are from the West Indies and are accustomed
to warmer weather than what prevails during the winter in Huron
County. Although they come from the same country, they never met
until they arrived at Centralia and quickly agreed to become room-
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Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 19, 1967
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"Fantastic!" That was the ans-
wer given by JohnFord, Toronto,
when asked what he thought of the
facilities at the Centralia School
of Agriculture and Home Econ-
omics, Monday.
The Toronto youth was one of
the 80 students who registered
and his comments regarding the
facilities at the former air base
appeared not to be too different
than those of the other students
and their parents who enjoyed
their first tour.
The students literally gazed
in awe when they walked into the
former officers' mess, which will
become their lounge, games area
and cafeteria,
The mess was the show-place
at the air base and has been re-
turned to almost its former state
by the department of agriculture.
((Isn't it tremendous, moth-
er?" were the first words of one
young home economics scholar
when she looked into the huge
lounge with its two fireplaces
and comfortable chairs.
Some of the boys quickly found
the pool table in the games area
and it wasn't long before the
stereo was going and the students
appeared well on their way to
becoming familiar with their new
acquaintances and surroundings.
The day started off with regis-
tration and then the students were
assigned to their rooms in the
two dormitories where they met
their room-mates for the first
time.
Some sat around chatting to
get better acquainted, while oth-
ers busily unpacked the suit-
cases and boxes being carted to
the rooms by their parents.
A reception for the students
and parents followed in the lounge
and then staff members conduct-
ed a tour of the buildings which
will be used by the new school.
The students met briefly with
school director, J, A. MacDonald
and associate director, Miss
Molly McGhee, at which time
they were given some instruc-
tions as to rules and regulations.
A formal dinner was held at
5;30 p.m. at which time mem-
bers of the teaching staff were
introduced.
Mr. MacDonald reported he
was quite pleased with the way
the first day was carried off.
ughton landslide again
At 10:00 p.m. the Provincial
Treasurer and a bus load of
supporters struck off for a trip
around the riding.
Top citizen
kept secret
A "citizen-of-the-year" was
named for Exeter, Monday, but
the name of the winner won't be
released until sometime in De-
cember at a banquet being plan-
ned to finish off centennial year.
The voting for the citizen who
has contributed most to the com-
munity in 1967 was taken among
three representatives from each
of the Exeter Lions, L egio n,
Kinsmen, Centennial Committee,
Board of Trade and council.
The 18 ballots submitted by the
representatives were then placed
in a sealed envelope and will be
tabulated later by Mayor Jack
Delbridge and Hugh Davis, vice-
chairman of the centennial com-
mittee.
The person receiving the most
number of votes on the ballots
will win the honor and won't be
announced until the night of the
banquet. The date for it is still
tentative, although December 6
was suggested by some of those
present at the meeting.
The meeting was chaired by
Davis, who explained the dis-
cussion which had preceded it.
Much discussion was held on
the manner in which the voting
was to take place before the de-
cision was finally made and the
ballots cast.
The public will be invited to
the banquet, although price of the
tickets has not been decided as
yet.
to 321, Stephen was up from
398 to 432, Hay increased from
72 to 183, Ilensall was up from
125 to 141, Zurich from 31 to
55 and Tuckersmith from 136
to 182 majority.
His loss in majority occurred
in the northern and central muni-
cipalities, the greatest being a
drop of 173 in Stanley Township.
The Town of Goderich majority
was down from 1,120 to 982.
Hay and Zurich, which swung
to the PCs for the first time in
many years in 1963, increased
their majority again. In 1963
the two communities gave him
a combined majority of 103 and
this year it was up to 238.
The closest race was in Mc-
Killop Township where he scored
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SUPPORT EVERYWHERE
Mr. MacNaughton won a ma-
jority in every town, village and
township in the riding and failed
to get a majority in only a hand-
ful of all 93 polls.
He increased his majority in
seven municipalities and dropped
in the other seven. He also gain-
ed a majority in the one new
Huron village, Hayfield, the home
of Brigadier Smith.
Exeter gave him a majority
of 1,050 compared to 871 four
years ago and the 479 in the
election of 1959, Usborne in-
creased its majority from 225
Rem in undecided
over horse bylaw
cretion of the Medical Officer of
Health, rather than the detailed
regulations set forth in the bylaw.
The horse owners appeared to
agree that if existing stables did
not come under their proposed
rules regarding distances the
horses should be removed.
At one point, Reeve Boyle in-
dicated RAP had considered the
possibility of making the sheep
barn at the fairgrounds into a
stable, but this appeared to be
unsatisfactory for the horsemen.
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Debate continues over thepro-
posed bylaw regulating the keep-
ing of horses in Exeter, and mem-
bers of Exeter council are still
undecided about the regulations
they wish to include in the bylaw.
The matter came up at Mon-
day's meeting, when several local
horse owners appeared and pre-
sented a revised bylaw which they
had prepared.
The main change in their pro-
posal was that stables had to be
only 50 feet from any school,
church, dwelling or other premis-
es used for human habitation or
occupancy, Council's proposed
bylaw called for a distance of 300
feet, which would prohibit most
of the present stables.
Dr. Wally Read was spokesman
for the horse owners and he point-
ed out they were of the opinion
their bylaw was more practical,
noting that in effect council's
bylaw would rule out horses in
town altogether.
They also presented changes
regarding the keeping of manure.
They want it left up to the dis-
Ankle broken
in bike crash
Charlie MacNaughton record-
ed his second straight landslide
win in Huron, Tuesday, failing
by only 51 votes to equal the rec-
ord setting majority he polled
back in 1963.
The Provincial Treasure r
easily maintained his seat with
a majority of 4,620 as he polled
a total of 8,343 votes.
From the outset it was evident
that the only race was to see
which of his two opponents would
come second and Liberal Mor-
gan Smith won that position with
3,723 votes compared to 1,340
cast in favor of the Rev, John
Boyne, running for the New Dem-
ocratic Party.
The first poll tally received
at the Exeter PC headquarters
was from the Bluewater Rest
Home at Zurich and it gave
MacNaughton 26 votes to five
for Smith.
A polling station in Exeter
was next to report, giving the
local MPP 80 votes to 18 for
Smith and 13 for Boyne, and this
was followed by reports from
three Usborne polls which total-
led 169 for MacNaughton, 64 for
Smith and 27 for Boyne.
After only seven polls were
listed on the board, Bill Musser
leaned over to point out to a
fellow campaign worker that r ,it
looks like a runaway".
He was absolutely correct as
the majority kept building and
turned into a landslide.
Mr. MacNaughton arrived at
the committee rooms with less
than half the polls listed on the
board, but there was no doubt
as to the outcome,
"It's pretty terrific", he kept
commenting to the supporters
who stepped forth to offer con-
gratulations.
After most of the polls had
been counted, he escorted his wife
to the centre of the floor and paid
tribute to his workers for the
"tremendous" success they had
helped him achieve.
"It makes the challenge that
much greater," he said in a brief
speech that indicated he was ob-
viously moved with the voting
results.
Long way from home
Two of the students coming the farthest to attend the Centralia
Agriculture School are Krishnapiliai Sangarapillai and Balbir Khun-
khun. The former is from Ceylon and Balbir comes from India.
T-A photo
Resort responsibility
is moral — not legal
The council of the village of
Grand Bend learned this week
from the Ontario Department of
Municipal Affairs that they do
not have a legal responsibility
if any persons are injured on
amusement rides in the muni-
cipality, but would be expected
to take steps if they were aware
of any unsafe conditions exist-
ing.
This information was request-
ed by Clerk Murray A. DesJar-
dins after the village council was
threatened with legal action when
13 year-old Becky Pugh of Lon-
don was injured on a swing gym
ride at the amusement park near
the beach operated by E. E. J.
Knapp and Co., Crystal Beach.
Father of the injured girl,
David Pugh said at the Septem-
ber 4th meeting of council that
he was planning to take legal
action because the jurisdiction
of such rides falls to the muni-
cipality.
The latest letter from the mun-
icipal affairs branch said, "It is
the consensus of this department
that the safeguarding of persons
using amusement ride facilities
in privately owned recreation
parks is not a responsibility of
the municipality; however, we
are not saying the municipality
should not, if it becomes ap-
parent that certain of the rides
are unsafe, take necessary re-
medial steps.
PROFIT DOWN
The financial reports on the
operation of the parking lot and
bath house at Grand Bend during
the 196'7 season were presented
by clerk DesJardins and showed
a considerable decrease in prof-
its from previous summers.
The rainy weather that per-
sisted throughout the peak sum-
mer period was responsible for
cutting the overall profits to
$973.68.
In 1966, the parking lot and
bath house returned a total profit
of $2,727.87. This year was the
first time since 1961 that the
parking lot net proceeds were
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Progressive indeed!
Charlie MacNaughton's zoom to the top in provincial politics is
testimony to the fact he is regarded as a man who gets things done.
Here he gets a couple of things done at the same time. As you can see,
he's shaking the hand of one supporter and bussing his number one
supporter at the same time. That's his son, John, looking over his
shoulder. John had the opportunity to cast his first ballot for his dad
in Tuesday's election. — T-A photo
Farmers from Korea
to study at Centralia
The candidates are being se-
lected by various agencies in
Korea and approved by the Min-
istry of Agriculture and Forest-
ry of Korea,
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Kin pull switch at car show
The Minister of Agriculture
and Food for. Ontario, Hon. Wm„
A. Stewart, this week announced
a project under which Ontario
is to provide agricultural assist-
ance to the Republic of Korea.
Under a plan initiated by On-
tario, and developed in co-oper-
ation with the Federal Govern-
ment, thirty Koreans will be
brought to Canada for practical
training in modern farming tech-
niques under a fifteen month
program.
One month will be spent on
an orientation program, twelve
months will be spent by each of
the candidates on selected On-
tario farms with two months
devoted to technical training at
the new Agricultural School at
C entralia.
On completion of the training,
the candidates will return to
Korea to assist in the agricul-
tural development of their coun-
try.
Korea was chosen as the re-
cipient of the $100,000 set aside
by Ontario for an international
aid project after discussions be-
tween the Ontario Government
and the External Aid Office at
Ottawa.
Under the project each can-
didate will be granted an award
including return transportation.
payment of all required fees heel
a clothing and living allowance.
An 18-year-old Exeter youth
suffered a broken ankle, Satur-
day afternoon, after the motor-
cycle he was riding slid under
the rear of a parked car.
Douglas Taylor, 83 Huron St.,
was proceeding east on Welling-
ton St. and failed to see a parked
car on the south side of the road
near the William St. intersection.
He told police he was looking
down at his bike at the time as
something appeared to be wrong
with the machine, When he looked
up and saw the car he attempted
to swerve out but the bike skidded
and went under the rear of the
auto.
The car was owned by Audrey
J..Desjardine, RR 2 Palmerston.
Cpl. Harry VanBergen listed
damage to the motorcycle at$50.
There was no damage to the car.
Three-year-old wins title
persons paid admission to the
Thursday and Friday night show,
with most of those coming out
Friday.
Another highlight of the event
was a hat show conducted by the
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the six contestants and gave her
a peck on the cheek, although he
told the audience he was only do-
ing it so they could get a better
look at the small fry.
Cal Wein, chairman for the
annual Kin project, reported 700
With the possible exception of
a few males, no one appeared
too disappointed in the change
made in the beauty contest at
the Exeter Kinsmen auto show,
Friday.
The local service club adver-
tised that contestants this year
would wear a bikini bathing suit
and this possibly attracted a
few local wolves.
However, instead of the usual
teenage contestants at the beauty
show, the contestants who parad-
ed onto the stage were three and
four-year-olds.
The pert little misses cer-
tainly proved to be an adorable
lot, and even the disappointed
onlookers had to agree that girl-
watching In the area will con-
tinue to thrive.
Winner of the event was Breit-
na Wein, three-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Cal Wein, Exeter
Another three-year-old placed
Second, She wits Valerie Baker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Baker, Hensall.
The third prize went to Kim
Dobson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Dobson, Exeter.
The winner was crowned by
last year's queen, Marjorie Du-
name, and Mayor Jack Del-
bridge presented Brenna with a
bouquet of flowers and a kiss.
Be found that aspect of his
duties so enjoyable he then walk-
ed along and picked up each of
Investigate theft
of Hensall bags
OPP Constable Bill Glassfotd
is Investigating a break, enter
and theft at Steele Briggs Sera
Limited in Hensall.
Thieves entered the premises
On Saturday and made off with
1,500 empty bags.
The bags were valued at ahaut
$150.
Huron Centennial students elect
Students at Huron Centennial public school near Brucefield have elected a studeht emelt to administer
the activities of the more than 600 pupils for the 1967-68 term. The school will be officially opened Fri-
day evening by Ontario's Education. Minister, the Hon, William Davis, Members of the student council
are shown above. Back row, from loft, Joan Falconer, vice-pres, Brad Turner, treasurer; Peggy
Campbell, president, Gary Eisler, Bill Archibald and Brad Hargreaves. Front, Cheryl Webster, Jacque-
Ilhe Noene, Nancy Fawcett and Brenda Talbot, Missing, Winnifred Armstrong. T-A photo
Who wouldn't be smiling?
Mayor Jack Delbridge didn't have any trouble coming up with a smile as he posed with the top three
finishers in the Exeter Kinsmen auto show beauty contest, Friday. The local service club surprised most
people as they had three and four-year-old contestants rather than the usual teenageos. However, similar
to the Mayor, no one complained. On the left is the winner, Brerma Wein, Exeter, while on the right are
Valerie Baker, Hensall and Kim 'Dobson, Exeter. T-A photo