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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1967-12-14, Page 1Area residents view Korean handiwork Ninety-third Year Price Per Copy 15 Cents EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 14, 1967 Trustees oppose county board, claim too far away from people The Korean Night Party staged by the 25 men from that country studying agriculture at the Centralia School of Agriculture and Home Economics gave area residents an opportunity to learn about Korean handiwork, industry and customs. Two of the trainees are seen showing fans and wooden trays to Mrs. Tom MacMillan, Exeter; Mrs. Ken Greb, Centralia; Mrs. Jack Smith, Exeter. — T-A photo Host area residents Koreans display talents handicrafts and provided refresh- ments with the help of the girls in the home economics course. Also included on the program was a color movie "This is Korea" which showed the modern technologies and the traditions of the past in the country. One of the highlights of the evening was the choosing of a campus queen by the Korean stu- - Please turn to page 2 Dr. Smith, a member of the Huron Centennial School board, said the thinking of some of- ficials may change when the in- formation from the department has been received. He said members at the meet- ing last week objected to the move primarily because it would mean such a board would be getting too far away from the people. Members had some alternative suggestions. One was that one board should be formed to ad- minister the public schools and a second board for the high schools. Others thought one board ad- ministering both the elementary and secondary school education within the present boundaries of the five high school districts would be better than one county board. Others suggested the county should possibly be broken down into two or three groups. Dr. Smith said he was in favor of larger units because they can operate more efficiently and pro- vide equal opportunities for all students in the county. He said Ontario was actually behind in this regard, noting that both Britain and the U.S.A. oper- ate larger units and Manitoba reduced school boards from a total of 1,900 to 16 some years ago. "To me, it's what produces the best education that is most important," he stated. "Better education should be our aim," he added. SHDHS board chairman Ken Johns indicated informal dis- cussion among some members revealed opposition to the plan. He pointed out the SHDHS budget was almost $800,000 per year and a county board would be working with several times that amount. Johns suggested members of a county board would have to have considerable time to spare for the job. School board officials in Huron County have expressed some con- cern over the Ontario govern- ment's plan to implement county boards within one year. About 80 school officials from the county attended a meeting in Brucefield last week and in- dications were that about 75 per- cent of those present were op- posed to the move and would like to fight it. The event was the annual meet- ing of the Association of South Huron Public School Board mem- bers, but representatives from all Huron boards were invited and most were represented. Dr. Morgan Smith, Bayfield, who planned the discussion on the new plan, said the subject was "battered back and forth" in five discussion groups and at the con- clusion of the meeting a show of hands indicated a strong op- position to the plan. Board officials agreed to meet again on January 15 when a feel- ing from each board will be aired. Members hope by that time that more information will be reveal- ed by the department of educa- tion as to the setpup of the new county board. Fire destroys Pinery trees Two forest fires were reported at the Pinery Provincial Park during the past two weeks. One broke out in the late after- noon of November 30 and was not extinguished until 12;30 the next morning. This fire burned through five acres of oak forest which had been underplanted with white pine trees some five years ago. The chief fuel was fallen oak leaves that has been dried, from the sodden condition of early November, by the frost. This fire burned very briskly and control was hampered by 20-degree temperatures which froze water in the equipment. The second fire occurred the next day at 4;00 p.m. and reached nine acres in area before it was finally contained. This outbreak was detected by the towerman who had climbed the tower on a "hunch" for a quick look around. It is most unusual to man towers so late in the year. Both fires were blamed on hu- man carelessness. The first was believed set by an illegal hunter and the second by a carelessly built campfire. Plans have been made to re- place the young pines by planting in the spring. Cut ribbon at new county shed The new Huron County roads department shed east of Zurich was officially opened Monday afternoon. Cutting the ribbon is Warden Don McKenzie, while members of the road committee from the left are: chairman Delbert Geiger, Hay Township; Elmer Hayter, Stanley; James Hayter, Stephen; Mr. McKenzie; Joe Kerr. Wingham; county engineer Jim Britnell. The shed will enable the county to provide faster maintenance services to the south of the county. T-A photo MPP indirectly relates need for regional gov't T hieves hit area school So many services and bodies are now cutting across or spread- ing over municipal and county boundaries that the complexity alone creates confusion not only for the public, but for those of us who .are at the heart of govern- ment business." He cited some of the drawbacks to this proliferation of cross- and multi-boundary services as; — a lack of co-ordination in the development of objectives and the use of resources, — the absence of a balanced approach toward area activities, the inability of the people or their representatives, to de- termine and apply their own priorities for public funds, -- too great a delegation of authority to appointed boards over which the public has limited control. "While there are many good reasons for regional government, perhaps the most pressing and vital concern is the reorganiza- tion of our taxation system at the municipal level," Mr. Mac- Naughton stated. He said it was difficult to argue with the Smith report recom- mendation for a complete re- assessment of property values across this province to provide — Please turn to page 3 Chosen campus queen The Korean agriculture students gave ample indication they are keen judges of beauty when they chose Betty Konkaly, Tillsonburg, as campus queen of the Centralia School of Agriculture and Home Econ- omics, Tuesday. They gowned her in a dress of their country and presented her with a bouquet of flowers as a gift. They even serenad- ed her. T-A photo Final issue of this year About $1,200 worth of equip- ment was stolen from Stephen Central School early Saturday morning. Included in the loot were type- writers, adding machines and a tape recorder. Entry was gained by smashing a window in the nurses' room, located on the east side of the building. Damage to the school was esti- mated at another $500. Three doors and two windows were smashed by the thieves. OPP Constable Ed Wilcox is investigating. Earlier this fall, thieves made off with about $1,000 worth of tape recorders and projection equip- ment from the Huron Centennial School at Brucefield. Next week's issue of The Times-Advocate will be the last one of this centennial year. It will be printed on Thursday, December 21 as usual and the next paper after that will be pub- lished on January 4. Persons intending to advertise New Year's parties or events during the holiday period are ad- vised to submit them for inclusion in the edition next week. As it is anticipated that this special holiday issue will be quite large in scope, technical requirements dictate that adver- tising deadlines be strictly ob- served. Display advertising will be ac- cepted until 6:00 p.m. on Monday, December 18. Classified adver- tising will be accepted up to noon on Tuesday, December 19. Four pay fines at court session Only four cases were heard by Justice of the Peace Mabel Grey in Exeter court, Tuesday. Fines totalled only $75. Eric Lawrence Howald, 23, Kincardine, was fined $25 and costs on a charge of failing to yield half the road. He was charg- ed after his northbound car was in collision with a southbound car on Highway 4 on November 19, Crown Attorney W. G. Coch- rane reported the highway was slushy at the time and was a con- tributing factor, but he also sug- gested Howald may have been driving too fast for the condition of the road. Howald pleaded not guilty to the charge, but changed his plea to guilty because he could not attend a later court session in Goderich as he is planning to go to British Columbia. Paul E, Hodgins, 21, RR 8 Parkhill, was fined $25 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of following another vehicle too closely. — Please turn to page 3 Damages minor in two crashes The Exeter Police Department report only two minor accidents this week. The first took place last Wed- nesday afternoon involving cars driven by Mrs. Mary J. Bell, Kirkton, and C. V. Laughton, Grand Bend. Mrs. Bell was proceeding south on Main St. and Laughton was moving from a parking spot on the west side of Main St. when the cars collided. Total damage was listed at $95 by Cpl. Harry VanBergen. At the time, Mrs. Bell was taking her son to a doctor for examination. He had been knock- ed down when he stepped in front of a car on Main St. earlier in the day. The other crash took place on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. and Chief C. H. MacKenzie listed damage at $90. Involved were an Exeter Coach Lines school bus driven by Adolph Keller, Dashwood, and a small truck driven by Lloyd Willis Lemmon, 261 Main St., Exeter. Both were proceeding west on Highway 83 when the bus stopped to discharge school children and it was hit from behind by the truck. Members of Huron County council received their first re- marks about regional government from the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Monday, but they came in an in- direct way. Mr. MacNaughton had been scheduled to attend the opening of the new county shed near Zur- ich, but had to cancel plans when Premier John Robarts asked him to attend a federal-provincial conference in Ottawa. However, Huron County engin- eer Jim Britnell read an address Mr. MacNaughton had given the County Engineers' Association in Toronto last week. "The future role of the county, in my opinion, will depend in great degree upon the extent to which the present county govern- ment welcomes and becomes in- volved in the current discus- sions," the Provincial Treasur- er stated. "If both the county councils and their administrative people re- sist the changes that are in- evitable, it will make progress that much more difficult." Mr. MacNaughton told the en- gineers larger units of adminis- tration shouldn't frighten people. "Almost any physical size for the region would be smaller, in terms of both transportation and com- munications time, than the pres- ent county unit was to the pioneers of this province." "In that light, our forefathers created much broader units of administration in the county or- ganization than we are consider- ing for our regions." The Huron MPP said he could not answer the question of what is going to happen to county government, but said it didn't take much reflection to appreciate the need to consolidate and co-ordin- ate the growing number of re- gional activities now taking place across Ontario. Pays $200 fine for having liquor Residents of the Centralia area along with the students and staff at the Centralia School of Agri- culture and Home Economics en- joyed an interesting evening of entertainment, Tuesday. Hosts for the event were the 25 Koreans who are presently at the school in the first stage of their technical farm training course. The idea of putting on "Korean Night" only came about Monday, but there was no indication of a hastily prepared program. Guests arrived and were greet- ed at the door by two of the Korean students and Lee Sang Ha, dressed in traditional Korean dress, smiling called out "wel- come, welcome" and bowed as he passed out programs. This gave the first indication that the evening was to be a pleasant mixture of the eastern and western cultures, as the hosts provided "lucky number programs" and each recipient was offered "good fortune" in winning the many articles to be raffled off. The program listed it as a "lottery". Inside Huron Hall — the former officers' mess — the walls and window sills were covered with examples of Korean art, handi- work and industry. Each item was descriptively labelled, but the hosts beamed with pride when they were given the opportunity to answer ques- tions about their country or the items on display. Han Eui Saing acted as chair- man and the program commenced with the Koreans singing their national anthem. Chung Jai Kyuk explained the reason for the night and on be- half of the 25 trainees extended a sincere appreciation to those who had come to their party. "Owing mainly to your kind help, our stay in Canada is filled with pleasure, particularly here at the school where we have learned a lot of knowledge about your country," he stated, after thanking school director Jim MacDonald and the staff for their assistance in "getting this show on the road". "Tonight, we have prepared some programs for a Korean Night party which will enable you to understand our country and to make more mutual amity between our two nations," he stated. "It is my sincere hope that this Korean Night party will contribute to the further strength- ening of friendly ties between our people." A quartet started the program with a Korean Folk song and then sang Old Black Joe and Silent Night, using both English and Korean words for the latter two. The fact they were an all-male group didn't prevent them from presenting a folk dance. They had Park Jung Nam dressed and paint- ed and more than one person in the audience failed to realize the performer was a male before be- ing told. Even the school's director was fooled, as he was heard asking some of his staff where the boys had found a Korean girl to per- form. Following this, the Koreans invited more inspection of their One truck upsets during ice storm Despite hazardous driving con- ditions, Exeter OPP report only one accident during the weekend's ice storm and a total of only four during the week. All were of a minor nature. The first of the crashes took place in Dashwood last Wednes- day involving two parked ve- hicles, one owned by William Keller, RR 3 DashWood, and the other a truck owned by Grand Bend Cleaners and driven by Denzil Waldron. Waldron had parked in front of the Keller car, and as he got out of the truck, it lurched back and hit the other vehicle. A Crediton youth was fined $200 and costs when he appeared in Goderich court, Monday, to face a charge of having liquor while under the legal age of 21. Robert Haist, Crediton, was appearing for the fifth time on a liquor count. He was charged in Crediton Sunday night by OPP Constable Dale Lamont. Damage was estimated at $125 to the Keller car by OPP Con- stable Bill Glassford. At 12;45 p.m., Friday, Con- stable Frank Giffin investigated a one-car crash on Highway 4 just south of Exeter involving a car driven by George R. Coult- er, RR 2 Grand Bend. He had been northbound on Highway 4 in the inside lane and was passing an unidentified truck, when the latter made a left turn and forced Coulter to swing to the east. His car's undercarriage hit the curb and damage was listed at $75. — Please turn to page 2 Banquet winds up big year Pooley chosen citizen of year Centennial year is qu ickly drawing to a close, and that's probably just as well as far as R. E, Pooiey is concerned. If it lasted much longer, he Wouldn't have room for all the honors he's received. Early in the year, he was hon- ored by the local Legion when they changed their branch name in his honor and on Wednesday night, he received a. further honor when he was named Exeter's citizen of the year at the centen- nial dinner. Mr, Pooley, who served as chairman of the centennial com- mittee, was one of six persons nominated for the honor, All re- ceived plaques in recognition of their efforts in helping the com- munity mark the country's 100th birthday, centennial dress many times to attend functions when often she really didn't want to. Others nominated for the citiz- en of the year title were Hugh Davis, vice-chairman of the cen- tennial committee; Terry Mc- Cauley, committee secretary; Carf Cann, president of the Board of Trade, who organized Fun Day and played a prominent role in organizing the rodeo; Dr. Don Ecker t chairman of the caravan committee and member of the rodeo committee; Mrs. George Dobbs, who drew the plans for the floral town crest at River- view Park and did considerable work in the park as well, The voting for the award had been done by three members of the Legion, Kinsmen, Lions, Hoard of Trade, centennial cont- Outstanding citizens Centennial committee chairman R. B. Pooley was named Exeter's citizen of the year at a dinner at the tt, E. Pooley branch Legion, Wednesday and five other residents were presented plaques in "You've almost got me where I can't say Very much," the form- er mayor and PUC chairman stated in accepting the award from Mayor Jack Delbridge. He pointed out, as he did when he received the Legion honor, that any recognition he received should really go to the groups with which he was associated. only helped to guide things," he said. He paid tribute to the mem- bers of his centennial committee, noting they had taken up his work when he was in hospital follow- ing an accident. "We in this town are to be congratulated for what we have been able to do this year," he added. He also paid tribute to his wife, noting she had put on her receive recognition recognition of their efforts in the ,ommuinty's ar.tivitiPs luring centennial year. Prom the left are: Terry NitcanbA , Dr. Don Esker. Mrs. George Dobbs, Mr. Por,lp:c. IWO Davis. mittee and town council. Each of the six persons nomi- nated spoke briefly, noting it was an honor to have been nomi- nated for the award. They also paid special tribute to the winner. Dr. Ecker said it had been a "wonderful year" and he had accomplished three things; he'd driven a horse and cutter to church, led a parade on a white hOrse and robbed a bank and gotten away with it — almost. About 175 persons attended the event in the R. E. Pooley branch Legion and the master of ceremonies for the evening Was Reeve berry Boyle. Norm Walper and Carf Cann led in the singing of the national anthem and Deputy-Reeve Mery -- Please turn to page 2