The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-04-03, Page 1BEST. ACTRESS AWARD—Sandra. O'Rourke, (left) SHDHS student
who played the part of a bedridden Mrs. Stevenson in the school's
production of "Sorry, Wrong Number" at the Huron-Perth District
Collegiate Drama Festival in Stratford during the weekend, was
named best actress. This is only the second year that South Huron
has participated in the event and this is the first award ever won by
the school there. Miss O'Pourke is seer: here with jim Roy, CHSS,
best actor. (photo by Larry Taylor)
Stephen council sets
warble fly program
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WALK FOR CRIPPLED KIDS —A group of Exeter youngsters decided Saturday to raise some money
for Crippled Kids and lined up sponsors fer a walk from Hensall and back. Along with a pet dog, they
completed the jaunt and raised about $65. Back row, from the left: Ernie Hohncr, 13arbara Ferguson,
Bonnie Campbell, David Krampp, Cathy Horrell, Front: Blair Hearn, Michael Burke and Mark Hearn.
FANCY HATS ON DISPLAY — At a special friendship day curling bonspiel at the Exeter curling club,
Wednesday, regular members brought a non-curler along as a guest and all were asked to wear unusual
hats. The winners of the hat judging are shown above. From left, Marg Murley, June McArthur and
Audrey Pooley. T-A photo
Penalties up 50 percent
Store hour fiasco ends Merchants reach compromise
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Okay Wednesday closing
• Exeter merchants met for
close to three hours. Tuesday
night in an effort to end the
mixup over store hours, When
they emerged they had almost
unanimously approved a
compromise plan which will now
see stores closed all day
Wednesday.
The store hour debate started
over a month ago when two
polls indicated merchants
wanted to close a full day during
the week and wanted that day to
be Monday.
However, several store owners
bucked that decision and it left
the matter in a fiasco with some
closed Mondays and others
closed Wednesday afternoons.
It took six ballots at
Tuesday's meeting before the
compromise was reached
between the 32 businesses
represented.
The first ballot indicated
there was still an overwhelming
majority in favor of a full day
closing. It carried by almost 85
percent majority.
It was then decided that
before approval was given to
either Monday or Wednesday,
one would have to meet with
ppproval of 80 percent of those
in attendance.
The first five ballots were
almost a complete saw-off, but
on the sixth those who
supported Monday closing threw
their vote to Wednesday and it
gained the reolred 80 percent.
The new store hours will
come into effect this week and it
is expected a large majority of
stores will follow the Wednesday
closing verdict reached at the
meeting.
Only a couple indicated they
may not.
The merchants also agreed
that when there is a holiday in
any week, stores will remain
open Wednesdays, That means
where there is a holiday on
Monday or any other day, the
stores will only be closed for one
day in that week.
Board of Trade chairman.
Fred Dobbs chaired the meeting
and pointed, out to the
merchants that the whole town
was being hurt by the store
mix-up and urged members to
resolve the situation so
customers would know exactly
when stores would be open and
when they would be closed.
His opinion that something.
had to be done was shared by all
members at the meeting.
Those .supporting a full day
closing on Wednesday pointed.
out that other area communities
such as Hensall and St. Marys
were closed on Monday and if
Exeter stores chose another day
it would provide area residents
with alternative facilities,
Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 3, 1969 Price Per Copy 15 Cents
County council surprised
by provincial gov't decision
How come you're so smart?
That was the theme of Dr. S.
J. Koegler's address Wednesday
evening as ha spoke to members
and friends of the South Huron
Association for the Mentally
Retarded. Dr. Koegler is
presently director of training
and treatment services at the
Cedar Springs Hospital School.
The doctor discussed some of
the causes of mental retardation
and pointed to the pre-natal
• period as a time when expert
medical care is an essential. He
said scientists are now
"beginning to knock on the door
of prevention" with regard to
mental retardation.
At Children's Psychiatric
Research Institute in London,
seven new disease processes have
• been discovered. It has been
learned that about 15 percent of
all retarded youngsters have
chromosome abnormalities.
It is also thought that about
25 percent of all retarded chilren
have been affected during the
first 6 weeks of pregnancy. • These are the youngsters who
"look retarded" with small head
circumference, twisted faces,
funny little ears and fingers.
The embryo can be affected
by such things as virus infections
(German measles is the most
common offender); chemical
• substances such as thalidomide;
and X-ray beams.
In Australia, records show
Announce hours
• for mail service
Post Master Harvey C. Pfaff
has made an announcement
concerning restricted hours at
the Exeter Post Office for
tomorrow, Good Friday.
While the lock box lobby will
be open for 24 hours, there will
• be no wicket service on Friday.
Mail will be despatched at 5
o'clock in the afternoon and
incoming mail will be received at
6 o'clock.
Rural routes will not be
serviced on Friday, but full
postal services will be restored
• for Easter Monday, April 7,
that an increase in the number
of mongoloid infants followed
an epidemic of infectious.
hepatitis.
Some very common
chemicals included in the daily
diet of most Canadians are
coming under scrutiny by
scientists who believe there may
be some cause for concern.
investigate only
four collisions
The Exeter OPP investigated
four collisions this week.
Damage was of a minor nature in
three of• them and there were no
injuries reported.
On Thursday at 3:00 p.m., a
truck operated by John
Deveault, St. Thomas, collided
with a truck owned by Harry
Dougall, RR 3 Exeter, on Mill
St. in Hensall.
Constable E. C. Wilcox listed
damage at $100.
There were two crashes
Saturday, the first at 12:40 a.m.
when a car operated by Lorne
W. Vincent, RR 2 Dashwood,
collided with a hydro pole on
the south side of Highway 83 in
Dashwood.
Damage was listed at $150 by
Constable F. L. Giffin.
At 11:30 a.m., vehicles
operated by Marlene Gingerich,
Zurich and Wilfred Chuter,
Varna, collided at the corner of
Mill and Victoria St. in Zurich.
Constable E. C. Wilcox listed
damage at $125.
The final accident occurred
on Monday at 4:45 p.m. on
County Road 21 just west of
Highway 4.
Wallace Heron, RR 4
Thamesford, was stopped in a
line of traffic and was hit from
the rear by a vehicle driven by
Osborne Wood, London. Both
were eastbound.
Damage was listed at $700 by
Constable Don Mason.
During the week the officers
laid eight charges under the
Highway Traffic Act and issued
warnings to another 21 drivers.
One person was charged
under the Liquor Control Act.
Caffein and artificial sweeteners
are two "drugs" which have
been on a suspect list for
sometime now.
Tests on both caffein and
artificial sweeteners have shown
that the substances tend to
"fracture chromosomes". Dr.
Koegler interjected here that
"anything that can fracture
chromosomes can also lead to
cancer."
Toxemia of pregnancy,
according to Dr. Koegler, can
effect the fetus sufficiently to
cause brain damage. Studies have
shown that victims of cerebral
palsy, seizures, bad behaviour,
learning disorders and
schizophrenia generally are felt
to have suffered brain damage at
about the third or fourth month
of their mothers' pregnancy.
There are "hunches" in some
medical circles that excessive
drinking during pregnancy can
lead to certain brain disorders in
the unborn infant. Statistics
show that of every 1,000 babies
born to non-smoking mothers,
about 11 are born prematurely;
of each 1,000 babies born to
smoking mothers, 22 or more
are born prematurely or are
small at birth.
The process of birth can be
another cause of retardation,
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Steal tires
from autos
Exeter OPP are investigating
the theft of tires 'from three cars
in the area last week.
A tire and rim were stolen
from the trunk of a car parked
on the lot at Larry Snider
Motors and two were taken off a
car owned by Charles Glavin,
Mt. Carmel.
Another was taken from a
parked car owned by David
Ferrence, Grand Bend.
The latter car was parked on
the side of the Crediton Road
west of Shipka and mysteriously
caught fire. The interior and
convertible top were destroyed.
Stephen Township council,
Monday night set policies for the
1969 warble fly spraying
program. For the second
consecutive year, owners of
cattle sprayed will be charged
for the service.
Previous to last year, the
warble fly spraying was paid for
out of the municipality's current
funds. This year owners will be
charged 13 cents for each animal
sprayed on the first trip and 12
cents for the second spraying.
Township work crews will be
doing the work under the
supervision of warble fly
inspector Joseph Varley. The
actual spraying is expected to
start sometime next week.
Clerk-Treasurer Wilmar D.
Wein was given permission to
attend a meeting of Zone 2 of
the Association of Clerks and
Treasurers to be held in
Goderich on April 11.
Word was received from
consulting engineer B. M. Ross
of Goderich that he had received
approval from the Ontario
Department of Highways on
preliminary plans for
construction of the Pollock
culvert in the westerly portion
of the township.
The Goderich engineering
firm is now going ahead with
final structure plans. Cost of the
new culvert being installed on
the boundaries of Stephen and
the village of Grand Bend will be
shared by the two
municipalities.
Judge Glen Hays QC cracked
down on persons under 21 years
of age who were appearing
before him on liquor charges in
Friday's provincial court,
criminal division.
Previous fines for the offence
had been about $50, but Judge
Hays increased that amount to
$75 and costs in some instances
where the offender was also
operating a motor vehicle.
Douglas R. Taylor, 19,
Exeter, was stopped March 8 in
Stephen Township near the
fertilizer plant. Evidence showed
Taylor had been drinking and a
quantity of gin and beer was
found in the ear owned and
driven by Taylor. His fine was
$75 and costs.
A companion of Taylor's,
Richard C, Weber, 17, Exeter,
At the same time, council
were informed by Clerk Wein
that the preliminary certificate
of approval from the Ontario
Water Resources Commission for
construction of a water
distribution system in water area
No. 1 has been received.
The water area in question
extends from Grand Bend north
on both sides of Highway 21 to
Highway 83. Residents in the
specified area had asked council
about the possibility of receiving
water from a system. B. M. Ross
is doing the survey work on this
project.
A total of eight tile drain loan
applications for $27,500 were
accepted and forwarded to the
Treasury Department for
approval. Council declared the
week of April 20-26 as
Children's Aid Week.
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District native
travel manager
A former Exeter area woman has
been named manager of a new
travel agency in Toronto.
Miss Mary Easton, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Andy M. Easton,
RR 3 Exeter, will assume the
managerial position with the
International Custom Brokers
Ltd. travel agency.
She has worked with this firm
in other capacities for the past
five
was fined $60 and costs as a
result of the same incident.
James E. Dietrich, Dashwood,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
drinking while still a minor,
March 8. Dietrich was picked up
in Stephen Township on Huron
Street west. Rye was found in
the car. The fine was $75 and
costs.
Another Dashwood youth,
Jack L. Guenther consumed
liquor while under the legal age
of 21 years. Evidence showed
Guenther smelled strongly of
liquor at Dashwood Community
Hall March 8, In parking his ear;
Guenther had backed into
another ear. His fine was $75
and costs.
Wine drinking while under
the legal age of 21 years cost
Richard IL Thiel, Zurich, $50
Members of the executive
committee expressed surprise at
learning that the Province of
Ontario will make ass'ssment a
provincial government function
in 1970.
Meeting Friday in Goderich,
the executive committee told
council a communication had
been received from the
Department of Municipal Affairs
indicating the Province will rent
the county's administration
building and will reimburse the
county for various fixtures,
furniture and equipment
purchased during 1969.
Property committee chairman
Roy Westcott said the County of
Huron has been advised the
Department of Public Works will
use the entire administrative
Three autos in
only town crash
A three-car collision last
Wednesday evening during a
snowstorm was the only one
reported to Exeter Town Police
during the past week.
Cars operated by John W. H.
Leppington, Clinton and Milo
Westlake, 89 William Street,
Exeter were proceeding north on
Main near Wellington and were
slowed for oncoming traffic
when they were struck from
behind by an auto driven by Ray
A. Hopf, 166 Fulton Street,
Clinton.
Investigating officer
Constable James Dingwell
estimated total damages at $650.
and costs. Thiel was
apprehended March 8 at the
Dashwood Community Hall
where he had been impaired.
Alvin F. Weiberg, 19, also of
Zurich, was found March 8 at
the Dashwood Community Hall
in a car in which there was a
quantity of liquor. Weiberg's
fine was $50 and costs.
Lawrence E. McNeil, Clinton,
pleaded guilty to a charge of
being under the influence of
alcohol at a school dance in
Exeter February 28. McNeil,
not a student at SHDHS, was
fined $50 and costs.
A Crediton man, Thomas W.
White was found asleep in a car
at the Dufferin Hotel March 2.
He pleaded guilty to a charge of
having liquor in a place other
than his residence, Beer was
building for the assessment
branch working in conjunction
with the Department of
Municipal Affairs.
The building program
continues at the administrative
building. The parking facilities at
the building will be extended to
accommodate a two-car width
plus a centre drive. The architect
is securing prices in connection
with partitioning.
Members of the property
committee "regret that no one
was advised of the proposed
change in assessment policy
prior to the actual construction
of this new building." "This
information might have changed
the plans and the thinking of the
property committee at that
time."
The province will also share
maintenance costs with the
county at the court house, the
jail and children's aid offices. At
the court house, the province
will pay 49 percent; at the jail
and CAS offices, 86 percent.
Raymond Scotchmer is the
new curator of the Huron
County Pioneer Museum at a
salary of $5,200 per annum.
The county renewed their
membership fee in the amount
of $5,000 with Midwestern
Ontario Development Area
Council, and approved the
following grants:
Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels
Music Festival, $25; Belgrave,
Blyth and Brussels School Fair,
$25; Howick and Turnberry
School Fair, $25; Midwestern
Ontario Science Fair, $25;
Huron County Mutual Fire Aid
found in the car. White has
previous offences on similar
charges. His fine was $60 and
costs.
Keith L. Maier, Dashwood,
entered a guilty plea on a charge
of having liquor in a place other
than his residence, His fine was
$40 and costs.
A fine of $25 and costs was
paid by Karl Schendera,
Denfield, after he appeared in
court on a charge of having
liquor in a place other than his
residence.
A similar fine was forfeited
by John E. Thomson, Parkhill,
on a similar charge.
Wm. Lewis, Lucan, paid $15
and costs for being drunk in a
public place.
A Stanley Township man,
Otto John Sinale, pleaded guilty
Association, $250; scholarships
of University of Guelph, $300;
scholarships of Riedgetown
College of Agricultural
Technology, $100; scholarships
to University of Western
Ontario, $200; scholarships to
University of Waterloo, $200;
scholarships to Centralia School
of Agricultural and Home
Economics, $200.
Bursaries to UWO, $1,000;
bursaries to University of
Waterloo, $1,000; bursaries to
Waterloo Lutheran University,
$200; UWO building fund, $900;
Wingham and district school of
the retarded, $350; Goderich
and district school for the
retarded, $350.
A fund containing $700 was
set aside to be paid to students
in need who are attending other
universities not already receiving
grants.
Other grants to be paid are
$1,500 to the Salvation Army;
$2,500 to CNIB; $400 to the
Huron branch of the Canadian
Cancer Society; $15 each to East
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Garbage pickup
as usual Friday
Exeter's works
superintendent Jim Paisley asked
this newspaper to advise that
garbage pickup would be as
usual this week, despite the
holiday Friday.
Garbage pickup for residents
on the east side of town will be
on Friday as usual.
to a charge of careless driving in
Stanley February 2. Evidence
showed Smale was driving his car
at about 65 miles per hour and
passed another car, an accident
resulting.
His defence claimed the
accident was the result of
excessive speed although it was
revealed that Smale had been
drinking at the time of the
mishap.
The fine levied was $50 and
costs.
Earl M, Coughtrey, Huron
Park, said he had been drinking
when the ear he was driving
collided with another ear in
Huron Park. Coughtrey was
charged with failing to report an
accident in which he was
involved.
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FIRE DESTROYS BARN AND PIGS Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a large barn
owned by Morris Vandersleen, about seven miles east of Exeter in Hibbert Township, Tuesday evening.
More than 300 of the 390 pigs being housed in the structure were also lost. Some of the animals that did
escape were later destroyed because of burn damage. The Exeter fire department answered the call for
help and were able to save an adjoining pole barn. T-A photo
Noted doctor says coffee
.may contribute to problems
Drinking, driving discouraged
Underage drinkers pay heavy fines
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