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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-04-17, Page 1Nickerson of London and a three-man employee committee. Mr. Bryce said the union committee told company offieials they would urge the workers to go back to work. It was not known at press time whether employees had ratified the decision by their union committee. Bryce indicated negotiations toward settlement of a union contract would continue this week. Workers participating in the walkout claimed company officials were stalling on contract negotiations and wages were too low. An unidentified workman said women in the plant were receiving $1.30 per hour to start and this figure rose to $1.40 after three months of employment. One man is reported to have said his take home pay was less than $53 for a 40-hour week. The strike of two full-time employees at the Central Hotel in Lucan has moved into its second week. Hotel owner Kazys Karpas told the T-A early Wednesday afternoon he was going to make an attempt to talk to the strikers and bring about a settlement. "I will talk to the men, but I won't have anything to do with the Union. As far as I am concerned this is an illegal strike. I'm protecting the whole town by keeping the Union out," added Mr. Karpas. In direct contrast, officials of R.W.D.S.U. claim the strike is legal and was necessary because the hotel owners refused to grant a proper contract. Mr. Karpas said only two full-time workers are affected by the walkout. The men on strike and the Union are asking for raises to bring their pay in line with those in affect in similar establishments in London. FIRE THREATENS HOUSES — Two Elimville houses were endangered Friday afternoon when a barn burned. High winds whipped the flames and sparks towards the houses and the roof of one was smouldering in three places before Exeter firemen arrived to douse it. The barn was destroyed. Firemen are shown on the right concentrating their efforts on the houses. T-A photo ZURICH WALKERS HELP RETARDED CHILDREN — More than 40 grade five and six students from Zurich's Separate School walked to Exeter Saturday and raised $500 for the South Huron Association for Mentally Retarded. Stephen Smith and George Grenier are shown above cooling off their tired feet along the roadside of Highway 83, T-A photo Horse, car collide Hensall girl hurt There were only three accidents in the area this week, but a Hensall area girl was badly injured, five other persons received minor injuries and one horse was destroyed. On Friday at 5:30 p.m., a car operated by Brian C. Fields, RR 2 Hensall, was involved in an accident with a horse ridden by Susan Luther, 12, of Hensall. The collision occurred on Concession 2-3 Hay and the Hensall girl suffered a fractured pelvis and bruises, The horse, owned by Harold Elder, RR 2 Hensall, was destroyed after the accident. Damage to the car was estimated at $150 by' Constable F. L. Giffin. At 6:45 p.m., a car operated by Barbara Gackstetter, RR 2 Dashwood, collided with a car operated by James White, Dashwood, on the Crediton Road in Shipka. Mrs. Gackstetter and her son David, Mr's. Noel Westlake and her daughter Bonnie, suffered injuries in the accident, as did Mr. White. Constable J. A. Wright listed — Please turn to Pay 3 1400iTAL BUSINESS — The annual meeting of the South Huron Hospital Association was held, Monday, with 28 in attendance, Shown chatting after the meeting, from the left: Harry Hayter, newly appointed director from Dashwood; Mrs. Maitland Wilson, who recently took over the duties of director of nursing services at the hospital; new hoard chairman Walter McBride; and past chairman, Jack Pryde. T-A photo VISIT USSORNE SCHOOL'S NEW ADDITION— Many residents took advantage of the opportunity to take a look at the recently completed addition at Usborne Central School. Above, Karen Rodd, Mrs. Laverne Rodd and Mrs. Norman Johns are listening to a literature tape in one of the new rooms,T-A photo McBride heads board Hospital goes metric Don't panic about temperature Commence negotiation in two labor walkouts Ninety-fourth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 17, 1969 Price Per Copy 15 Cents Area murder case ends, but no convicted murderer The second strike in a week hit the district Tuesday morning When 140 workers of the Hall Lamp Company at Centralia's Industrial Park refused to report for work. However , shortly before press time, Wednesday afternoon, Carl Bryce, in charge • of the Centralia operation told • Provincial Court Judge Glenn Hays QC levied a fine of $75 and costs against Raymond G. Keller, Dashwood, after he pleaded guilty in provincial' court, criminal division, Friday, to a charge of improper care and control of his car. Keller was the operator of the car which skidded 600 feet down Highway 83 and across Highway 21 and ended up in a snowbank January 24. The Exeter detachment OPP constable who investigated the case said Keller was unsteady on his feet and smelled of liquor. He was taken to hospital and treated for cuts to his face. No other car was involved in the incident, As well as his fine, Keller is prohibited from driving in Canada for six months, Keller paid an additional $25 and costs for having liquor in a place other than his residence January 24. Evidence showed Keller had 24 pints of beer in a car driven by his brother, Gerald Keller, Grand Bend. Ronald E. Ferguson, Exeter, was observed March 21 at a hockey game in Exeter Arena with a part bottle of rye whiskey. The youth pleaded guilty to a charge of having Exeter Chief promises tickets Motorists that persist in parking the opposite way on Exeter s streets may expect to find their car ticketed according to Police Chief Ted Day. Despite a warning in last week's issue, Chief Day said the problem has not improved, especially on side streets and he has instructed his men to issue tickets for the offence, beginning tomorrow. At the same time, Chief Day said his department has received numerous complaints during the past week regarding motor vehicles making unnecessary noise. Two charges of this nature were laid during the past week and drivers, especially younger ones are warned this practice will not be tolerated by the local police force. Huron board hiring staff Saturday was hiring day for the Huron County Board of Education and director of education John D. Cochrane reports that although "things went well" there are still teaching staff vacancies to be filled. Teachers' college interviews are expected to take place in May. Mr. Cochrane noted that at Monday evening's board meeting there would be some appointments made and principals named. In this week's edition of the T-A there is an advertisement for a chief accountant and office manager at a salary of from $11,000 to $13,000; manager of purchasing and services at a salary of $9,000 to $10,500; and a plant su?erintendent, salary $8,500 to 59,500. Applications for these positions must be in by April 25 and interviews will be held a week or ten days later. The lack of secondary school teachers prompted the board to approve a letter to Ontario Education Minister Wm. Davis, drawing his attention to the difficulties the shortage was creating. The letter will emphasize particularly the — Please turn to Page 3 E aster seals bring $1,586 The treasurer of the Exeter Lions club, Harold Gunn reports, a total of $1,586.50 has been received to date in the local Easter Seal campaign. Donations may still be made by returning the pink envelopes that were mailed out to all householders or making a direct contribution to Mr. Gunn at Traquair'S Hardware. One-half of the donations received are forwarded to the Ontario Society for Crippled Children while the balance is retained by the Lions club to assist in the Same work locally. The Exeter. Lions club is anxious to hear of any crippled children that are not receiving treatment at present. The objective for the 1969 campaign in Exeter is $1,900, the T-A he expected workers would be going back to work this morning. Bryce said Norman Soho], president of Hall in Detroit and W. H. Shankie, a vice-president of the company flew into Centralia, Wednesday and met with UAW • representative Bob liquor while under the legal age of 21 years and paid a fine of $50 and costs. An Exeter man, Joseph Bertram pleaded guilty to a charge of impaired driving in Usborne Township March 22, Bertram, who was only driving about 20 miles an hour at the time he was stopped, said he was driving as carefully as possible because he knew his condition. Evidence showed the man was unable to pass the usual tests to determine whether or not a suspect is impaired. A breathalizer test was also taken. Bertram's fine was $50 and costs and his license was suspended for three months. A fine of $30 and costs was forfeited by an Usborne woman, Alma McAllister, Centralia, after she failed to stop when meeting a school bus. The lady said she had attempted to stop but was unable to do so in time. Children were crossing the road at the time of the mishap. George Leroy Bieber, Granton, pleaded guilty to driving across a lawn at Huron Park at 2:30 a.m., the morning of March 15. The lawn and a clothes line were damaged. Fine was $10 and costs. James R. Hardy, Huron Park, was fined $15 and costs for littering the highway with garbage. The refuse fell off the Hardy truck. Evidence showed it was not a wilful act. Laverne Gould, RR 1 Exeter, was fined $10 and costs for failing to stop at the corner of Sanders and Main. Gould claimed he did stop behind another car before entering the highway but the court recorded indecision was to whether Gould had actually stopped close to the crosswalk before proceeding across it. Richard M. Ostrom, RR 1, Varna, paid a fine of $15 and costs for failing to stop at a stop sign and Thos. Wm. Kyle, Hensall, paid $11.50 for a similar offence. — Please turn to Page 3 Cancer canvass starts Monday A campaign of hope with the theme "Cancer can be beaten" will get underway next week in this area. The plea is out for additional funds this year so that an even greater effort can be put forth by researchers to find the causes and cures for cancer. Of course, money is used as well to assist those who are afflicted with the disease. In Ontario, $3,200,000 is required if the work is to continue at the present rate. Huronia district has been asked to raise $177,500 and the Huron County portion is $20,000. Already about $3,000 of this amount has been raised in the county, but citizens are asked to give generously next week when the cancer canvassers call. Monday, canvassers will be out in Zurich; Tuesday, in the townships of Hay and Stephen; Thursday, Exeter and Hensall; Saturday, Usborne Township; and the following Monday, April 28, the village of Dashwood. If you are not at home when the canvassers make their rounds, get in touch with persons responsible for the campaign. In Exeter you may call Lloyd Henderson, Ozzie Zivkovic, Norm Whiting or R. E. Pooley, The trials and hearings into the murder of Gwendolyn Pfaff came to end last week — with8ut a convicted murderer. Joseph Polzen, the man charged with non-capital murder in the case, was found guilty of the lesser charge of attempted murder and was sentenced to four years in penitentiary by Mr. Justice W. J. Henderson of the Ontario Supreme Court. The trial ended in Toronto on Thursday. Miss Pfaff was reported missing from her Crediton home in February, 1968, and about a month later her body was found in a watering trough east of 'Dashwood. At that time, Polzen and Kenneth Gloor, Centralia, were jointly charged with the non-capital murder of the area girl. At the preliminary hearing for Gloor, his charge was reduced to being an accomplice after the fact. He was subsequently brought Hay councillors name inspector The council of the township of Hay, at their regular meeting last week, appointed Wilfred Mousseau, RR 2, as warble fly inspector. His hourly rate of pay will be $2.00, plus 10 cents a mile for transportation. At the same time the council appointed William Watson, RR 3 Zurich, to apply the warble fly spray, at a rate of 13 cents per head. All cattle will be given two applications. Road superintendent Karl Haberer was instructed to order necessary signs, to mark stop streets and dead end streets, throughout the township. The council approved the increasing of the licence fee for Turnbull s Grove trailer park from $800 to $1,000 per year, effective in 1969. In addition to their routine business at the meeting, the council also dealt with two municipal drains and two tile drains. If you happen to be a patient in South Huron Hospital in the near future and the nurse tells you your temperature is 37 degrees, don't panic, Fact is, that will be a normal temperature as the hospital switches to the metric system. The 37 degrees are centigrade, while at present temperatures are measured in Fahrenheit, The 37 degrees centigrade compare to the normal 98.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Miss Alice Claypole, hospital administrator, told the annual meeting of the South Huron Hospital Association, Monday, that the Metric system would begin this week and will be inaugurated with the switch in the method of recording temperatures. She said after the meeting that the complete switch to the Metric system will probably take about one year. The system is being linplemented lit all hospitals. Miss Claypole said she didn't know all the reasons for the to trial on that charge and received a sentence of two years less a day in reformatory for his part in the offense. The first trial into Polzen's non-capital murder charge was held in Toronto earlier this year and a new trial was ordered when the jury failed to reach a verdict. The second trial started in Toronto last Tuesday. Although Gloor told of sitting beside Miss Pfaff while Polzen strangled her at the Morrison Dam on February 9, the main point in the case was the fact that the jury was told this was not the cause of the woman's death. Pathologist Frederick Jaffe said a bone in Miss Pfaff's neck was broken, but the injury would not have been fatal. He said death was caused by four or five stab wounds that penetrated the heart. Gloor had testified at Polzen's preliminary that after Miss Pfaff's body was dumped in the trough, he and Polzen drove change, but said it was supposed to be an easier system of determining weights and measures. However, staff at the hospital will have a knowledge of both systems so they can "translate" for patients. This will especially apply to new mothers who will probably prefer to know their offspring's weight in pounds and ounces rather than grams or kilograms. Only 28 persons attended Monday's annual meting of the association, Miss Claypole reported there were 1,146 patients during 1968, an increase of 150 over the previous year, Total patient days were 11,103. Births numbered 178, an increase of six over last year, but still down almost 50 percent from the 340 average the hospital had in its first 10 years of operation. A total of 49 deaths were recorded, there were 948 minor operations, 1,841 emergency room visits and 2,620 X-ray a short way and then returned. Polzen got out of the car and returned moments later. A knife he had appeared to have blood on it, Gloor reported, but said he had not seen Polzen inflict any wounds. Several witnesses had testified at last week's trial before defense counsel Dennis O'Connon told the Supreme Court jury that Polzen wished to plead guilty to the charge of attempted murder. Huron Crown Attorney W. G. Cochrane accepted the plea. Mr. Justice Henderson told the jury Polzen had admitted that he had Miss Pfaff about the neck, but tmedical evidence showed that her death was caused by stab wounds, apparently inflicted with a knife. Polzen, a U.S. citizen, spent the past 13 months in custody, 11 of them in the Ontario hospital at Penetanguishene, He will be deported to California when he has served his sentence. He is wanted there on a charge of violating a parole. examinations. There were 60,237 meals served. Miss Claypole said that a new automatic processor would soon be available and X-rays would be completely processed and dried in nine seconds with the new equipment. A new water heater and other equipment in the laundry greatly reduced costs in that department. Miss Claypole said the cost of doing one pound of laundry was six cents, compared to a previous cost that ranged between 11 and 13 cents. The 90 permanent and part-time staff put in a total of 146,895 hours of work and the hospital administrator noted that salaries constituted just under 70 percent of the hospital's total expenditures. She also reported that most expenses and supplies had increased, but did point out that food costs "haven't changed a great deal" in recent years. Similar to most other speakers, Miss Claypole paid tribute to the work of the Barn burns, two houses endangered Strong winds carrying sparks from a barn fire endangered two Elimville houses Friday afternoon. The barn was behind the general store operated by Mr. and Mrs. William Brown. The fire was apparently ignited by sparks from an incinerator near the barn and the building was completely engulfed in flames in a matter of seconds. A strong north-west wind whipped the flames and sparks towards two nearby houses. Floyd Cooper, owner of one of the houses, got out his garden hose to dampen the roof of his home and the roof was smouldering in about three places before members of the Exeter Volunteer Fire l3rigade arrived to pour water on it. Firemen concentrated their efforts on watering down the nearby houses for several minutes before they turned their hoses onto the barn, which was completely destroyed. The frame general store, although much closer to the fire than the houses, was not endangered as the flames were being blown away from it. Mrs. Brown said summer furniture, a lawn mower and other articles lost in the barn were valued at $200. The fire was first spotted by Ed Kerslake. DESTROYED — One house that was destroyed in the Elimville fire was a bird house in a tree beside the barn. It is not known whether there were any occupants in the building at the time. T-A photo Canine catchers commence duties The Exeter Veterinary Clinic commenced dog catching service in Exeter this week. One dog was picked up Monday. The local clinic will patrol Exeter twice each week for periods of two hours each. Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary, the Women's Institutes and all other orwizations who contribute to the hospital and the patients' well-being. SUCCESSFUL YEAR Miss Ruth Skinner, reporting for the Auxiliary, said the group had a very successful year. One of the highlights was the career day attended by 110 SHDHS students, The ladies made 427 visits to patients and each patient in the hospital at Christmas and Easter Was presented with a small gift. "The results of this work can't be measured in dollars and cents," Miss Skinner said. During the year the ladies raised $3,290.05 in their two rummage sales and tag day. They purchased several pieces of equipment for the hospital, including a refrigerator, 15 lamps, scales, desks, electric broom and a flag. The treasurer's report was given by R. E. Russell and — Please turn to Page 3 • • • • • • • • • • Drinking driver fined when car shot corner a -im&Aweai.