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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-04-04, Page 1Kinsmen editor wins rowdr- Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 4, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents 0:4 Ma, • Concerned over teens drink ing, council '..urges police crackdown Police,Chief C. H. MacKenzie promised council Monday night to have Members of his staff check more closely to determine if there was any truth to rePPrtS of drinking among patrons attend- ing Teen Town dances at the arena, "The rumors I hear disturb me," commented Councillor Ted REV. H. SEEGMILLER Local cleric gets degree Rev. Harold A. Seegmiller, Exeter, will receive his doctor of divinity degree at Huron College convocation on April 27. The rector of Anglican Churches in Exeter and Hensell is a graduate of UWO and re- ceived his theology degree at Huron College in 1959. Since that time he has been working on his doctorate degree and his thesis was on the history of the colonial and continental church society as it existed from Newfoundland to the Manitoba border. His study covers the early Anglican church from the period of 1823 to 1959 and his thesis is 600 pages in length. ((That's a lot of typing with one finger," he jokingly pointed out. Material for his thesis was — Please turn to page 2 Hensall council Tuesday night approved building permits for two new homes and an apartment building. Gerald Volland plans to erect a home on York Crescent and Glenn McKenzie was given ap- proval for a new house on King St. The permit for the apartment building was issued to Ed. Fink. It will be built on Oxford Street, near the arena. Mr. Fink said Wednesday he hasn't determined exactly what size the building would be and how many units he would con- struct. • He said it probably wouldn't be ready for occupancy until late winter or early next spring. Permits were also issued to Harvey Sperling to renovate a house and to Clarence Parke to build a porch. Council instructed Clerk Earl Campbell to send a bill for about $100 to Stanley Township coun- cil. The bill is for equipment re- pairs needed for fire department equipment damaged at the recent fire of Elzar Mousseau in Kippen. Stanley does hot have a fire agreement with Hensall, but the latter department was cal 1 e d after the Brucefield brigade ex- Wright in broaching the subject; He said that while police keep an eye On the dance crowd theY should perhaps be checking more cars outside the arena and in other locations"around the town, "There's something wrong up there (at the dance)," he said, noting that some Parents were Considering the formation of a new Teen Town because the dances run by the present group are rowdy. Councillor Joe Wooden said that the executive of Teen Town The township of Stephen, in following the policy of several other area municipalities, have increased their tax penalty and interest rates. At Tuesday's regular meeting the tax bylaw was amended upping the original tax penalty on taxes unpaid on the due date of Decem- ber in each year to 4% from the 2% rate that was in effect. The per month interest charges will now be two-thirds of one percent compared to the 1/2% now being charged. Both rates are now at the maximum allow- ed by provincial regulations and will take effect this year. The penalty rate will become effective on December 16 when 1968 taxes are considered over- due and the interest increase will be retroactive to January 1 of this year. Hubert Cooper of RR 1 Exeter will supply the necessary warble fly powder for the township's spraying program at $5.25 per 15 pound bag. The Cooper tender was the lowest of three received. A bylaw was passed appointing Bill Johnson as deputy-chief of the Centralia Police Village vol- unteer fire department replacing Jack Essery. Ray Shoebottom is Centralia brigade chief. William Campbell of Seaforth was awarded the closed work contract on the Lamport and O'Brien municipal drains. The quoted price on the Lamport works was $6,050 and $8,335 on the O'Brien drain. Tenders on the latter drain were held over from a month perienced difficulties. Council felt Stanley should be billed for the equipment damage. They will also be billed $230 for the time firemen spent at the fire. UP PRICES Prices charged for equipment owned by the municipality were reviewed and Mr. Campbell was instructed to prepare a new by- law increasing prices. Residents will be charged $5.00 per hour for a man and the water pump to pump out basements, with a $5 minimum charge. The old rate was $2 for the first hour and $1 per hour after that. The price for a man and the Hensall tractor for cutting weeds will be increased to $6 per hour, with a $6 minimum. The old price was $2.45 per hour. In other business, council: Approved starting Daylight Saving Time on April 28 at 12:01 a.m. and concluding on October 26 at 12:00 p.m. Authorized the clerk to forward the 1967 tax arrears to the county clerk for collection. Granted permission to Harm Klungel to cross Nelson St. with a tile if he leaves the street inthe same condition as he found it. couldn't be faulted for all the problems if they Were true, 110 said the problem probably stems from a certain element at the dance. He went on to say he was dis- turbed over teenage drinking, noting it was being done 4911 over the place", He told council he saw three area teenagers fidrnak" at a reeenthOckeY game in Mitchell. Some discussion was held re- garding the teenagers' source of supply of beer and liquor and it ago as the one tender received then was well in excess of the engineer's estimates and further tenders were asked for. Third and final reading was given to the Lewis-Ryan drain- age works after a revision in the assessment schedule. Due to an error in the engineer's report the property of Roy Hodgins was not originally assessed and now an amount of $35 has been levied for outlet, The Gielen-Dietrich drain was officially approved, the Carey- Dietrich Drain Was given first reading and a petition from Roy Hodgins for new drainage works was accepted. In other business, council; Set a fee of $10 per hour for the use of township graders by ratepayers. The new rate is ef- fective immediately and is an increase of $3 per hour. Set the road expenditure es- timates for 1968 at $80,000 made up of $27,500 for construction and $52,500 for maintenance pur- poses. Two hurt in crashes The Exeter OPP were called to five area accidents this past week and report two persons in- jured. Most serious of the crashes occurred Sunday at 8:23 p.m. on Highway 4 just south of the Ex- eter limits. Drivers involved were Dean N. Reid, London and Susan E. Dinney, Exeter. Both vehicles were southbound and Reid had pulled into the north- bound lane to pass the Dinney vehicle, when the driver of the latter started to turn left into a laneway on the east side of the highway. Miss Dinney sustained head in- juries and whiplash and was taken to South Huron Hospital for treat- ment. Total damage in the accident was listed at $1,600 byConstable D. A. Lamont. In another accident on Sunday at 12:30 a.m. damage of $350 was listed by Constable F. L. Giffin. Driver of the car involved was Leo Ducharme, RR 2 Zurich, who was proceeding north on conces- sion 13 in Hay and as he approach- ed the brow of a hill his car hit deep ruts in the road and went out of control. The car went into the ditch and struck a farm fence. The accident took place about two miles north of Highway 83 on the concession road. Two of the other accidents also involved single vehicles which went out of control. On Saturday at 10:30 p.m. a car operated by James E. David- son, Parkhill, collided with a bridge on concession 4 and 5 of Usborne after going out of con- trol. Davidson suffered facial lacer- ations and damage was listed at -- Please turn to page 2 Was mentioned that some are getting their supplies from opt , ef-tOWn heer and liquor stores. CPutiCil .members offered couple of rerngdiet for the situ- ation, They suggested liquor and beer store managers should check the age of customers more carefully and should be charged if they are found to be selling to minors. It was also suggested the local police should lay some charges if minors are found consuming liquor. One member suggested the parents should be called to come and get their offspring if he has been found drinking at the dance. The problem of increased teen., age drinking is apparently not only evident in Exeter. Reeve Derry Boyle indicated the local daece was in fact losing patrons to other dances because these other dances had less police surveillance. During the discussion, Coun- cillor Wooden commented that his prime concern was the fact that the lower age level youths Robert Stewart Smith, 20, of RR 4 Brussels, was sentenced to five years in Kingston Penit- entiary Monday for the Jan. 3 armed robbery of the Bank of Montreal branch at Brucefield. The sentence was imposed by Magistrate G. G. Ivlarshman of London, presiding at Huron County magistrate's court. The court was told Smith, wearing a face mask and cover- alls and brandishing a sawed- off shotgun, entered the bank, herded two staff members and two customers into a small clos- et and escaped with $9,144. Crown attorney W. G. Coch- rane of Goderich, said smith Kin editor wins prize DaVe Cross Of theExeterkinS, Men won the Deputy-Governor's bulletin award at the annual Kins- men Zone "B" conference in COderichy Siintlay. The presentation was made by Deputy-Governor Doug Cruick- shank of Goderich. The lOtal olUb also entered the competition for the George and ,Mildred Sinelair service shield. Elgin Bock presented de- tails of the club's participation in the beautification Of —River- vie* Park: The 'award was won by `the Listowel club Who built a swimming pool. Attending the conference from txeter Were president Edliearn i Dave Crett i Elgin Bock, Cliff Odatice, Garnet Dauber and 'Bob Call ingham- Nine Clubt were repreterited and Governor Bill `Watson, Vent- hill, Was in attendance. Tonight the local Kinsniefillost Goderich at a joint Meeting at Hie Pooiey Legion Hall. Businessmen .from Parkhill will also attend the meeting. It it expected the Exeter club will help 'chatter the forniatitin of a Parkhill clUb. appeared to he inVOlVedindrink- ingt QUIET:MONTH In giving his report for March, Chief MacKenzie indicated it was a 44 quiet ThPre were eight accidents with damage,of$3,500, one charge Pricier the Liquor control Act and one under the Criminai Code, four charges under the Highway Traffic Act and 11 parking tap. issued, 50 complaints inveptigat.- ed, 13 summonses issued for other forces and five iavestig, ations, two places of business found insecure, one theft over $50 and two under $50. Chief MacKenzie submitted prices for the purchase of anew revolver and was given authority to purchase one after checking local sources of supply, The price is about $125. He was also given, permission to have three Auxiliary Police and one regular Constable on duty at hockey games, where crowds are becoming quite large. RAP pays for the Auxiliary Police of- ficers on duty at the games. then drove to Kitchener where he sold his car to a dealer, purchased another car and ried to the United States. Police recovered $2,600 in cash from Smith when he was arrested in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 5. The amount paid for the car has also been recovered, leaving a shortage of about $4,- 000. William James Yuill, 23, of Kitchener, charged with posses- sion of money stolen in the same robbery, was yesterday remand- ed to April 30 on $5,000 cash bail. Defence lawyer James Don- nelly of Goderich, seeking le- niency, asked Magistrate Marsh- man Consider the fact that Smith had no previous record. He said Smith had co-operated with police, had a reasonable de- gree of intelligence, a fair edu- Cation, good family background and good prospects for rehabilit- ation. Magistrate Marshman said he was taking all these factors into account in imposing the sentence. Smith had pleaded guilty Murder heorihg. date established Preliminary hearing of a joint charge of non-capital murder 'Against two area Men will beheld in Goderich on'May 16. The date was set in Huron County magistrate's court MOT, day when Kenneth Gloor, 18, of Centralia, charged jointly with Joseph Polten, 33, of 'RR 1 E:,t, eter, was remanded to April 8. The unemployed laborers were charged March ily hours after police found the body of 25-year- old Gwendolyn 'Pfaff of Creditors, in an unused Cat t 1 e watering trough 'Mar Dashtviti- Mist Pfaff's body bore three stab wounds In the chest and her Scarf was tied tightly around her throat. She had been missing Iran her hoMe since Feb. 9; Homes, apartment okayed at Hensall Stephen ups rates on interest, taxes tJoter Kinsmen bulletin editor Dave Cross, left, was awarded the tone (Ito .Deputy-Governors bulletin award at the zetielt conference in ccideribli, Sunday; atid Kin president Ed, Hearn display the banner which will adorn the Club's Meeting room for the next year. Nine Chiba'competed for the award, Gets five-year term Robert Stewart Smith, right, RR 4 Brussels, was sentenced to five years in Kingston Penitentiary for the January 3 armed robbery of the Bank of Montreal in Brucefield. He's shown being escorted into court by OPP Cpl. Washburn, Goderich. — T-A photo Bank robber gets five years in jail Presents teaching aids to school Fred Dobbs, left, this week presented over 150 teaching aids to the automotive shop at SHDHS, The aids are produced by the Chrysler Corporation for training dealers' mechanics and each lessen contains a record, film strip, instructional sheet and a questionnaire. The aids cover basic to advance training. Viewing some of the material are SHDHS Principal J. L, Wooden, auto mechanics instructor John Remkes and technical director Walter Fydenchuk. T-A photo Association for retarded may soon have facilities The South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Re- tarded held their monthly meeting at the Exeter Public School, Wed- nesday and the 45 persons in attendance learned the directors were concluding negotiations for accommodation for a day nursery school. Mrs. Jim Kneale, home care chairman, said the board were at the present negotiating for the use of facilities in Exeter which they considered just right for their purpose. It is hoped to have the school opened after Easter with a few children attending for one or two Wright plans to quit post Ted Wright, completing his seventh year on Exeter council, reported Monday night he would have to resign his position. He said he hesitated to quit but because of his work load doubted he could continue. Wright left it up to council whether he should resign im- mediately or stay on until the end of June. No discussion was held on his alternatives. Ross Dobson will be offered Wright's seat on council, having been the defeated candidate with the most number of votes in the 1966 election. Mayor Jack Delbridge said he would contact Dobson to see if he wished to accept the position. Miles Tisdale and Gord Kirk were the other contestants in the election. mornings each week. The number in attendance is expected to in- crease after the summer vac- ation. An appeal was made for vol- unteer drivers to pick the child- ren up at their homes in the morning and deliver them back around 11:30 a.m. One of the aspects of this service is to relieve the mother of the continual pressure on her child and thereby improve har- mony at home. Members were also advised that high on the list of require- ments for the nursery school is a record player since music will play an important part in the training of the children. Mrs. Kneale also reported on a recent visit she made to Lon- don, visiting nursery school fac- ilities there. A report from Walter Fyden- chuk, Flowers of Hope chair- man, indicated he had met with the Goderich Association chair- man and plans are well underway for the campaign. The flower seeds will be mail- ed to area residents before Moth- er's Day and volunteers will be sought to help package the seeds and prepare envelopes for mail- ing. Guest speaker for the evening was Gordon Jorgenson, principal of Trafalgar School in London, and vice-chairman of the London Education Authority and a dir- ector of the Federation of Edu- cation Authorities. "A happy childhood is one of the greatest gifts that parents have in their power to bestow on their children," he said. He said a question often raised is whether there is really much point in spending time and money educating retarded children. Mr. Jorgenson answered this by say- ing equality of education should be extended to every child in the community regardless of his handicap and that the home, church, school, health groups, social agencies, etc., must work together on this basis. He said there was some hope in recent announcements that the government would take over most of the cost of educating the men- tally retarded. The London man saidthere are just as many problems and range levels of capacity in retarded children as in our other school children. In our schools those children with an I.Q. of less than 50 can be taught self care and help, social adjustment and economic usefulness. Hay moves against dogs Hay Township council Monday night gave first and second read- ing to a bylaw, which when ap- proved, will establish the South Huron Veterinary Clinic in Zur- ich as pound keepers for stray dogs. The bylaw stipulates that dogs brought to the pound by citizens shall be kept for not less than five days, after which time the animal shall be destroyed or sold. The pound keepers shall be paid $1.25 per day by the Township for board and keep of each dog and when no fee is collectedfrom the owner the township will pay a further $3.00 for euthanasia and $2.00 for disposal of the dog. The clinic will also be given —Please turn to page 2 Students join local.. offices Students from the grade commercial classes at SnrillS started "work week" Monday as they took up. duties At area industrial and business offiteti The students will Work free of charge in an effort to gain. som e Insight Into ac tual 1,itghogg proceduret. ROSetnarie Weigand is Working at the Ausable River Con- SerVatiOti office and SliedS shown here with MICA secretary-treastiterMrS. C. Mine and SHDHS conies mercial director ben Webster T- A photo