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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-05-24, Page 1What happened to that Eng- lish firm that was going to build car carriers at Centralia? That was a question Often heard when talk centred around the new firms moving into the Centralia Industrial Park, because the Eng- • lish firm had been one of thefirst to announce their intention to Move into the area. The story Of what happened to that firth unfolded this week when the first all=steel trans.. port trailer for carrying new cars came off the ""production line", That has to be qualified a bits because the production line which produced the first Milt was a complete one-man shows That Man was Bill Green, who took only nine We to complete the Siteable task all on his owil, In • 1 Ninety-third Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 24, 1968 Price Per Copy 15 Cents rudeau mobbe uron tou in Exeter voters go to the polls Monday to determine whether further liquor outlets will be permitted in the community. The last vote was held in Feb- ruary of 1963 and at that time all five questions failed to gain the • necessary majority. Regardless of the outcome, the community may enjoy one distinction from the vote . . . it is possibly one of the quietest ever held in a town. There are only two articles expressing opinions on the vote in this issue preceding the vote. One is from Rev. S. E. Lewis and the other from Exeter In- dustrial bevelopments. Polls for the vote open from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and there will also be an advance poll at the town hall this Saturday from 9:00 a.m, to 5:00 p.m. Polling booths on Monday will be located at Graham Arthur's garage, the town hall, and at the residences of Roy Webber and Mrs. Priscilla Hewitt. The five questions are basic- ally as follows: 1. Beverage room to which ladies are admitted. 2. Beverage room to which men only are admitted. 3. Dining room licence for the consumption of beer and wine only. 4. Dining room licence for the consumption of liquor. 5. A lounge licence (which would permit a cocktail bar). The questions will be on sep- arate ballots. Each must have a 60 percent majority of the voters to be approved. All British subjects over the age of 21 who have resided in —Please turn to page 2 Kinsmen pick new officers Dave Cross, award winning bulletin editor, has been elected president of the Exeter Kinsmen to succeed Ed. Hearn. The elec- tion was held at last week's meeting. Other officers: first vice- president, Don Taylor; second Vice-president, Elgin Book; sec- retary, Peter Cluff; treasurer, William Fisher; registrar, Doug Dowson; directors, Walter Pelt- sch, George Pratt and Garnet Dauber. addition to filling all the other roles involved frem selling the units to answering telephone quiriea. ThurSday morning, the ener, Otto Englishman Was still hand- ling various roles as a driver from Marls Transport Ltd., Oak-, ville, pulled in to pick up the car carrier. Although he WAS dressed in a suit, Bill Green'donned 'his Weld- er's cap and a pair of gloves to help fix the tail light in place for the trip to Oakville and he then opened up the door to watch proudly as Wen rolled SIMV- ly out Onto the street. After the unit left, Mr. Green closed don the fftetOry. But he'll be back. Ile left for England to Coiled his wife and faintly acid bthig, While A PriMe Minister of Pan- ada has been in Huron before, it is very doubtful that any ever re, ceived a more enthusiastic wel, come than t4e one acco rd ed Pierre Trudeau, Tuesday, It was the type of Welcome that First session on planning The first in a series of three meetings was held in Clinton Tuesday night to discuss planning and developmenton acounty-wide basis in Huron County. The meeting was planned and called by the Huron County In- dustrial and Tourism Commit- tee to obtain opinions of what steps should be taken to formu- late a development plan. E. A. Gomme, Toronto, of the Ontario department of municipal affairs, spoke on community planning and the proposed county planning board. More than 50 persons attended the meeting and participated in the question and answer period. Reeve H. B. Such of Goderich, chairman of the Huron County In- dustrial and Tourism Committee, said it will take about two years for a plan for development to be accepted by Huron County coun- cil. Following acceptance the planning board would be elected. Future meetings will be held at Exeter June 5 and at Wingham June 12. PCs choose new officers The Huron Progressive Con- servatives held their a nnu a 1 meeting in conjunction with the nomination in Clinton, Wednes- day. Frank Walkom, Goderich, was elected president to succeed John Durnin, Auburn, who held the po- sition for several years. In his remarks, Walkom told sitting member Bob McKinley that the Association should be made aware of any appointments he makes. He said it was embarrassing to be asked about appointments on the street and not know any- thing about them. The slate of officers approved at the meeting were as follows: Honorary president, Elston Cardiff, Robert McKinley and Elmer Bell; past president, John Durnin; president, Frank Walk- om; 1st vice-president, Ray Cousins, Brussels; second, Clayt Laithwaite, Goderich; third, Ed- die Powell, Wingham; fourth, Fred Heaman,.. Parkhill; fifth, Mrs. Robert McCabb, Goderich; sixth, Barry Wenger, Wingham. Directors--Ivan Hearn, Lucan; Bob Chaffe, Exeter; Mrs. F. G. Thompson, Clinton; Earl Mills, Walton; V. L. Becker, Dashwood; Jim Donnelly, Goderich; Gordon Grigg, Clinton; William Dale, Clinton. Young PCs, John Hardy, Goderich. New secretary of the Associa- tion is Mrs. Doug Andrews, Clin- ton, who replaces Mrs. Thomp- son. Jack Morrissey remains as treasurer. Main St. lob nearing start? Exeter council expect to hold a special meeting this week to draft a bylaw to start proceedings on the reconstruction of Main Street. The plans have been altered by B. M. Ross, Goderich, follow- ing suggestions made at a recent meeting between town officials and the department of highways. While members of council again expressed concern over the delay in the project, Councillor Joe Wooden suggested the project could still get underway by July 1. Another worry has cropped up over the project, and that is that the firm which will supply the pipe for the water line is in danger of being shut down by a strike. It has been suggested that the PUC order the pipe, but Mayor Delbridge noted there would be strong criticism if the pipe was them to their new home at litter' Park and by the end of June he hopeS to have Carveyor Canada Ltd. in full production with some 10 employees turning otit car angora._ He eXplained he built the first trailer without other employees SO he wouldn't have to lay them off while he made arrangements to start hill production. The English-based firm leas, ed the fornier wOrkShOps build- ing on the base, but negotiatiOns are already underway with the 'Ontario Developitent Corpora Mil to leaSe half a hangar, in dicating that fromIts humble it could grow Into one of the major industries at the former RCA' based. the first unit w ..as CUStortibtdit for Maris Transport and fed, Many people would have 09.4010.0. could h a pp e n in staid. Huron County, although it was proven that this area isn't .rannii.differ ent than the rest of carladainthat particular regard, The prime minister me,de. stops in. Seaforth, Clinton, ;With and Wingham during a quick tour of this area, and in each OM, meAity there were several hunti.- red.people—mainly school child- ren —.on hand to greet him, youngsters with placards wait, ed in the streets for the official visit and the hardest werking.peo, ple of the day were the police who had to clear paths through the mobs who fought their way to get autographs or just get a closer glimpse. The students in Seaforth prey- ed extremely original in their banners, "Trudean needs a malt" was perhaps the most clever and brought a wide smile from the_ bachelor Prime Minister as he ascended the platform with Hur, on Liberal candidate Ivialt Edgar. Before departing, Mr. Trudeau left his best wishes for the up- coming centennial inSeaforth and suggested the late June program would coincide with a mammoth celebration the Liberals had in mind around that time too. (The election is June 25). Many 14 the crowds were adults, although the cheering, the flower tossing and the .autograph seekers were mostly youngsters and teenagers. Will teach Mary Jane Sanders, Exeter, has accepted a position with the Kit- chener School board following her graduation from London Teachers' College. The SHDHS graduate is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sanders. Will teach Sister Theresa Mahoney, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs, John Mahoney, RR 3, Ailsa Craig, graduated from Stratford Teachers' col- lege, Friday, May 17 and attained the McGraw-Hill leadership and Achievement Award. She will commence teaching in Ursuline School in Toronto. tures several unique designs, including rubber suspension. It was built to carry three cars -and two truck cabs. It was 40 feet long, eight feet wide and nine feet high. Mr. Green said the company would' produce production 'Models as well as building to customer specifications. In England, the company eiri- ploys 30 men building ear car- riers and controls about 80 per- Cent of the English Market, The factory is located. in Tamworth, Staffordshire,, ELECTRIC CAR While the firm produces car terriers, It may not be too long before those carriers Will be transporting their own cars. —please turn to"page .2. Noting a group of elderlyiadfes on one balcony, a reporter gues, tioneci If they too were among the ""Youth for Trudeau" group, "You bet they are," quickly replied a staunch Seaforth Lib- eral standing nearby. Along the trip from Seaforth to Clinton, some farmers and their wives were standing at their gateways waiting to ex- tend a wave as the entourage Mov- ed along Highway 8. Fireworks greeted the Prime minister in Clinton, and several residents of South Huron were spotted among the many onlook- ers, "There are so many smiles and so much happiness," Mr. Trudeau said of the Clinton crowd, although he quickly added that the fact children had time off school may have had some- thing to do with his reception. He said he was glad so many students had turned out to see a school teacher, a reference to Mr. Edgar. However, he noted that stu- dents would be thinking of exams, and when he got a boo for men- tioning the word, he explained that the students' exams would be pretty easy in comparison to the one being faced by poli- ticians at this time. He indicated the questions stu- dents received were easier to answer than the ones being toss- ed at candidates In the election. The Prime Minister concluded Joins bank The degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics was conferred on David A. King at the spring convocation at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs. John C. King, Woodham, and has accepted apo- sition with the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto. His parents and sister, June, were present at the May 13 graduation. Former resident is jailed for life Larry Ross Walters, 22, form- erly of Exeter, was sentenced to spend the balance of his life in Kingston penitentiary after be- ing convicted Friday of non-cap- ital murder in the slaying of St. Thomas cab driver Gerald De- Viller, DeViller, who served With the RCAF at Centralia at one time, was found near Port Stanley on February 9. He had been stabbed nine times, run over by his own car, and robbed, Walters Was charged with Ern- est James Bugler, also of St. Thomas, who received the same sentence. Mr. Justice Campbell Grant told the jurors the verdict Was the only One they could have pbs, sibly brought in. Walters, who showed little emotion; looked straight ahead, his hands clasped on his lap, While his mother burst into tears as the verdict was handed down. his speech by telling the andi ence his party had the answer to national unity, It took police several minutes to escort Mr. Trudeau through the Clinton crowd back into his car and then the driver had trouble threading his way through the people hoping to get one last hand-shake or a wave, Trying to describe the scene, one onlooker said it reminded him of a queen Dee in a hive with all the workers swarming around. While few district girls fol- lowed the lead of their counter- parts in other places, at least one area girl managed to kiss Mr. Trudeau. That was Karen Jennison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jennison, Grand. Bend. The 18- year-old Clinton student was the school's dance queen this year and enjoyed the apparent thrill of having Mr. Trudeau turn his cheek for her to buss. "I said I'd do it, I said I'd do it," she said while still bub- bling over minutes later. Huron is listed as a "cate- gory 1 riding" in party head- quarters, due to the fact they lost by only 1,000 votes last time out. That means if the Liberals had switched 501 votes they would have won it. Mr. Trudeau's trip to the riding was part of the plan to bring that about on June 25. If kids could vote, he probably would win in a breeze. Grand Bend council took im- mediate action at Monday's regu- lar meeting to improve the con- ditions of the roads in the vil- lage. In the past several weeks the road committee had received many complaints of the potholes on village streets. After disposing of routine busi- ness, council adjourned to go on a tour of the streets to determine what should be done. Patching of the streets began. Tuesday morn- ing and Reeve Orval Wassmann told the T-A Thursday morning that there was already a big im- provement in the condition of the streets. Wassmann added, "Now that the roads are being put in first class shape we will get com- plaints of speeding again. We just can't win." In defence of the condition of the roads, acting road foreman James Connolly told council the recent wet weather had made patching of the potholes virtually impossible. Council also authorized the hiring of another full-time man to assist on road works. Council also instructed Con- nolly to go ahead with the level- ling of shoulders in the Vicinity of Walker, Huron and Woodward Streets where the road had been built up too high causing water to drain on to adjoining proper- ties. Among the correspondence read by clerk Murray D. Des- Jardina was a letter from the Lambton County Ambulance com- mittee informing Grand Bend that the T.H . Huffman Ambulance Ser- Exeter student continues study Simon Nagel, son of Mr, and Mrs. Geert J. Nagel, 369 Marl- boro St., Exeter, and a senior at Hope College, has been accepted for graduate Work in theology at Western Theological Seminary, Holland, Michigan. A Religion and Bible major, Simon is a graduate of H. B. Beal Technical & Commercial High school. He is a member of Bethel Reformed church, Ex- eter. vice of Dashwood has the auth- ority to serve in Lambton and will be subsidized by the county. Reeve Wassmann said county boundaries won't mean a thing as far as ambulance services go. By July 1, ambulance calls are expected to be covered by insurance plans and in Lamb- ton's case they will pay 25 per- dent of the charges. Under the new provincial am- bulance regulations, the follow- ing charges have been approved: stretcher case, $15; sit-up pa- tient $7.50; $5 for oxygen and 54: per mile to the hospital. The letter also revealed that Councillor George Vriese Monday night urged council to consider organizing a special celebration for Canada's 101st birthday, similar to the attrac- tion Which drew hundreds to the community during the centennial Hay and Zurich reach agreement Hay Township and Zurich coun- cil arrived at an agreement this week whereby the village fire brigade will answer calls in the township. The previous agreement term= mated several months ago and the two could not come to a settle- ment on a new contract. Hay felt the $1,400 retainer being asked by Zurich was too high, The township had offered a $900 annual fee and the two settled this Week on a $1,000 figure, plus $80 for the first hour at a fire and $50 for each additional hour. Negotiations between the two munitipalities commenced on the request of the Zurich brigade, who pointed out they were not happy with the situation whereby they were not permitted to Ans- wer calls in the township. Hoffman's were purchasing anew ambulance that would meet pro- vincial standards along with three present vehicles. In other business, council: Learned that Lambton County would send a copy of the real estate conveyances for the vil- lage each month at a cost of 504. Approved a grant of $200 to the Grand Bend Order of Alhambra to help defray expenses for their Alhambra Day on June 22 when upwards of a thousand visitors from Buffalo, Windsor, Detroit and Toronto are expected to at- tend a full day of festivities. At — Please turn to page 2 celebrations last year. “It was a great day and did a great deal for the community," he suggested. ""People value things like this," SeVeral members appeared to be in agreement with such a program, and Reeve Derry Boyle suggested mention should be made of it in the newspaper to see if any persons were interest- ed in helping form a committee to mark the day. Local service clubs will also be contracted to see if they have any interest in working on such a project. Interested persons should con- tact Councillor Vriese. Last year's program featured a parade, beard contest, canoe jousting event, ball game and fireworks display. In Other business ' council: Awarded a gravel contract to gOrval Jones, the lowest of three bids received. Made a grant of $100 to the Exeter Lawn Bowling club at the request of R, E, Pooley. He said it had been hoped to get along without assistance this year, hit the club had experienc= ed unexpected experiSeS in hav- ing two large trees removed at the local greens. Police report two crashes Brings smile from Trudeau The sign held by this Seaforth youngster has an obvious double mean- ing and it drew a wide smile from Prime Minister Trudeau when he mounted the platform during his whirlwind tour of the area, Tuesday, accompanied by Liberal, candidate Mait Edgar. T-A photo • • Trudeau-mania hits Huron Outstretched hands, autograph books, smiles and cheers greeted Mr. Trudeau wherever he went in his tour of Huron, Tuesday. Just to touch him appeared to be a thrill for most, although a couple of daring young ladies managed a kiss. T-A photo Go to polls Monday on liquor plebiscite Holiday was accident free • • yik A • Area drivers left the "bangs" to those letting off fireworks over the first holiday weekend of the summer season as area police report no accidents during the holiday period. While cold, wet weather no • doubt cut down some on the num- ber of persons taking to the roads, there was still heavy traf- fic throughout the district. OPP Cpl. C. J. Mitchell was high in his praise of area driv- ers for establishing an unblem- ished record for the holiday • weekend. "We hope they continue their good habits throughout the year," he said. The OPP did have one accid- ent during last week, but it was only of a minor nature and came before the official holiday traffic • period commenced. On Friday, cars driven by Sprios Aspiotis, Huron Park, and Barry Clarke, RR 2 Crediton, collided on Algonquin Drive in Huron Park. Damage was listed at $60 by Constable D. A. Lamont. • The officers covered 2,680 miles on patrol, much of it dur- ing the weekend period, and laid 10 charges under the Highway Traffic Act, This was lower than most weeks too. Another 42 drivers were given warnings and one person was charged under the Liquor Control Act. The theft of a 1955 Cadillac was reported by Hensall Motor Sales on Tuesday morning and the vehicle was found shortly after near Kippen in Tucker- smith Township. 6' One-man production line Carveyor puts out first trailer First trailer tomes off' "line" Good holiday weekend Take action on GB roads V riese urges repeat of centennial event After reporting an accident- free holiday weekend, the Exeter Police department investigated two accidentS on Tuesday. At 12:30 p.m., a car driven by Richard Lloyd Rader, Dash- Wood, WAS travelling west en Highway 88, and while in the process of making a left turn into Conklin Lumber, Struck a telephone pole, Damage was listed at $200. Two Vehicles collided at 8:00 p.m. in the Middle of the inter- section at Sanders and Carling Streets, Garth D. Postill, RR 3 clint- bil, bad been Westbound on Sand- ers and IL V. Elliott, 120 ThomaS St., had been northbound on Cpl, Marry VenBergen, Who 171- Hill Green, right, talkSWithadriVer from Maris Transport as the two hook ti the first trailer completed vestigated both accidents, estirn- by Carveyor Canada Limited at Centrilia Incitish laI park. mr. Green did all the procitiCtiOn work himself aced damage at $200 to each of and after returning from England with his family at the end of June, hopes to get WO full production, the vehicles.