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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1969-09-04, Page 1INDIAN INVADERS FROM STEPHEN TOWNSHIP — The Olden family from Stephen township invaded Exeter's Fun Day Friday and came away with second prize in the Indian judging competition, Shown above are Janet, Rosemary and Pauline, daughters of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Gielen, T-A photo. Accident toll mounts nears 1968 total FASTEST DRAWS IN TOWN — The pistol drawing contest was one of the highlights on Fun Day and ended up in a shoot-out between the McInnis brothers, shown on the left of the photo. Third prize went to four-year-old Frankie Giffin, right, who out-drew a couple Of lads several years his senior. :lood relief fund is .abandoned. THREE SATURDAY The first of three accidents on Saturday occurred at 1:45 a.m. on the Crediton Road involving station wagons driven by William Wilds, Crediton, and Robert Naves, Huron Park. Damage was set at $90 by Constable Lamont. A hit and run was investigated in Crediton by Constable Mason, Saturday. A car owned by James Wallace, RR 3 Dashwood, was parked near the community centre and the left side was — Please turn to page 3 The first of the accidents was on Wednesday, on Highway 4 just north of Exeter involving cars driven by Gerard Evans, Goderich,, and Antonio Cammarata, Winnipeg. Evans was southbound and the Winnipeg driver was proceeding north and making a left turn into a lane when the accident occurred. Constable D. A. Lamont listed damage at $1,000. There were four accidents on Friday as the heavy holiday weekend traffic started. At 12:25 p.m. two cars collided at the Main intersection in Dashwood, causing damage of $300 according to Constable D, A. Mason. Cars involved were driven by Geertje Kleavering, Guelph, and Bruce M. Whitney, RR 2 Grand Bend. At 2:58 p.m., Constable Mason investigated an accident on Highway 21,south of No. 84 involving vehicles driven by Chester R. Welch, Michigan, and Doris E, Eickmeier, Burlington. Damage was set at $850. Constable Lamont investigated the other two Friday crashes, the first at 10:00 p.m. on Concession 3 and 4 Hay Township, two miles south of Highway 84. Bruce D. Hicks, RR 1 Centralia, struck a six-month-old calf' owned by Orville Taylor, RR 1 Exeter. The calf was killed and damage to the car was set at $200. At 11:55 p.m., a truck driven by Hubert Earl Thiel, RR 2 Zurich, was crowded off the road in Zurich and hit a utility pole, causing damage of $300. T-A photo, of exciting action and the amateur bare back riding and little britches steer riding gave local riders a chance to participate. All food and drink concessions did a land office business. While final financial figures haven't been determined, Smith said, "I'm sure we are at least on an equal basis withlast year," David Piney of Oshawa was the high point cowboy in the. show while local rider Jim Rundle was champion of the games division of the rodeo, Under the direction of Ross Dobson, the frontier street located north of the rodeo area was better than ever, Bill Brady of CFPL in London Made his yearly appearance and amazed the crowd with his trick-shooting abilities, With dead aim, Bill burst balloons at more than 200 feet with his trusty six-shooter some while blind folded, He ran into a little gun trouble in the latter stages of his act, probably due to the humid weather. Shortly before the Saturday afternoon performance, Donna Schilbe of Zurich was crowned Queen of the rodeo, competing against five girls from other district centres including Exeter's Fun Day Queen, Yvonne Itoiharlitik, Neighbors help revive man A Thames Road area man narrowly escaped death Monday night when he was overcome by gas fumes in a well he was pumping out on the former Thames Road school site. Bill Snow Jr., 22, was in the 25-fdot well pumping out the water with a gasoline motor, when he apparently succumbed to the fumes from the motor in the well. His father and a neighbor, Art McCallum, raced td neighboring farms to get help in pulling the man from the well. They summoned Mac, Grant, Reg and Jack Hodgert and Jack Borland. A rope was put around Snow and he was pulled to the top of the well, but just before the men managed to grab him and pull him to safety, the rope slipped and .,he fell back down the 25 feet to the bottoin of the well:'' Fortunately he was not injured in the fall and the men managed to get him back up to the ground where Mac Hodgert applied mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration for about 20 minutes before the Exeter Fire Department were called to the scene. Hodgert was just starting to revive Snow when the firemen arrived with the resuscitator and applied oxygen until Hoffman's Ambulance arrived to remove Snow to South Huron Hospital. He was treated for cuts and bruises and shock and was released from hospital Tuesday afternoon. "Those guys did a tremendous job on him," one of the Exeter firemen stated in crediting Mac Hodgert and the others for saving Snow's life. The fact he had some luck going for him was evident from the fact that up until about three months ago the local firemen would have arrived on the spot without the resuscitator. It wasn't possible to carry the equipment on the fire truck, but it is now taken to all calls in the emergency vehicle puchased earlier this year from the London Fire Department. Local .merchants and businesses were contacted for names of their suppliers, and the committee planned to. send letters to these suppliers appealing for assistance, - However, several merchants did not approve of this plan And would not provide lists and this was then cancelled. Faced with claims for almost $400,000, and seeing no possibility for raising .any more than $20,000, the committee members felt this would not present any worthwhile assistance to those who suffered losses. In addition 'some of those claims were described as "fantastic" and members indicated it would be almost impossible to find methods of distributing any monies raised for the fund. Exeter firemen kept busy Ni nety-fourth Year Seek liquor license for motel in Exeter INDIANS ON THE MOVE — First prize winners in the decorated bikes contest on Pun Day were the brother and sister combination of Scott and Lisa Rundle, children of Mr, and Mrs. Allan Rundle, Exeter. REVIVE AREA MAN — Exeter Fire Chief Gary Middleton is shown above holding the resuscitator mouthpiece to Bill Snow's face after the young Thames Road man was pulled from a well. Mac Hodgert, who applied mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before the firemen arrived is shown in the left foreground and partially hidden behind him is Jack Borland who aided in the rescue. T-A photo TAKE PART IN ANNIVERSARY SERVICE AT GRAND BEND - The congregation of St. John's By-The-Lake Anglican Church in Grand Bend celebrated it's 20th anniversary Sunday morning. Shown above after the service are a group of church officials and guests that participated. From left, people's warden Bill Cochrane; EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 4, 1969 Ontario Premier John Robarts, who read the scripture lesson; the Bishop of Huron, the Rt. Rev. G. N, Luxton; Rector Rev. E. D. Insley; 1959 warden William Dace; rector's warden John Warner and treasurer Fred Newton. Some 12,000 fans witness rodeo action The plan to raise funds to aid those who suffered losses in the flood and hail storm which hit the Exeter area on July 24 has been abandoned, The Flood Relief Committee set up to administer the program made the decision at a special meeting, Friday. AU donations received by the committee to date will be returned. However, that won't be much of a chore. Except for funds raised by groups through special projects, very few donations had been received. The lack of public response was one of the main reasons for the committee's decision to halt their efforts, Only five or six donations had been received since the July storm and collection boxes set up on Main St, during Exeter's Fun Day netted only $2.73. The major support for the fund had been $1,300 raised in the Exeter Kinsmen walk, some $1,000 in the Exeter Legion and Auxiliary Bingo and $2,500 donated by Exeter council. Smaller amounts had been raised by the Huron Pony Trotting Association, the CWL at Mount Carmel and the Civic Holiday ball tournament committee, These funds will be turned back to the groups and presumably will be used for other community projects. Much of the impetus was removed when the board at South Huron Hospital announced they would not seek assistance from the local fund because of their promised aid from the Ontario Hospital Services Commission. The hospital suffered losses estimated at $100,000 and this was one of the major factors in setting up the flood relief fund. The relief committee decided to continue their appeal, but decided against any local canvasses because most people in the area had suffered some loss from the storm. CHAMPION ROPER — The champion in the senior division of the lassooing contest at Friday's Fun Day activities was Doug Ecker. Doug is shown above winding up with a championship toss. T-A photo Last weekend's Midwestern rodeo held in Exeter was bigger and better than ever. Rodeo chairman Bill Smith said "I'm very happy with the results, especially with the almost 30 percent increase in entries. Due to the fact we split the event into three shows we were able to spread the crowd out and everybody was able to get good seating." About 12,000 fans watched the three shows with a record crowd of over 6,000 braving the hot and humid weather Sunday afternoon. They were rewarded with excellent performances itt every event. ,The three new events added this year proved very popular. Chariot races held during intermission provided lots Enrolments up slightly A total of 13,468 students registered in public Schools in Huron County, Tuesday, according to a report compiled for the board by James Coulter, superintendent ofeducation. This was an increase of about 400 over last year and much of the increase was brought about — Please turn to page 3 Exeter council Tuesday night reserved their decision on approval of . a building permit request for Exeter's first liquor outlet. However, Most, members Appeared to be of the opinion that building and zoning bylaws were being adhered to in ,the request from Mr. and Mrs. William Lupson, owners of Le Pines Motel. Council named a committee to investigate the site prior to making a decision at their next meeting. The motel operators were present at the meeting to answer questions and advised that the 80' by 30' cedar log structure had been approved by the Ontario Fire Marshall's office, The building will run parallel to Highway 4 and will be attached to the present coffee shop at the motel, Estimated cost of the building itself was set at between $25,000 and $30,000 by Lupson, He said the building would have a 30-seat dining lounge and a 90-seat cocktail lounge, but "at the present time would not have banquet facilities. Members of eouneil expressed regret that the lounge would not include banquet facilities, The need for banquet facilities in Exeter was one of the main reasons for staging the liquor vote in 1967, The application for the liquor permit for Le Pines will be heard on October 1 by the Liquor Control Board. Later in the meeting, when the building permits were under discussion, a 'debate was held on whether the motel application should be turned over to the planning board for their recommendations, Mayor Jack DrIbridge held a — Please turn to page 3 T-A pliotn Suspect arson in area blazes A rash of weekend fires in Huron and Perth counties have aroused strong suspicions of arson. One of the blazes destroyed the Cairn's Mill Ltd. feedmill at Whalen about 1:00 a.m. Sunday. There were four other fires within a 10-mile radius of the mill the same evening. Carf Cann indicated this week he could think of no cause for the blaze at the mill, the wiring was up-to-date and the mill was used only twice a week for retailing. No equipment was used in the building. Neighbors reported they heard cars and people around the mill shortly before the blaze was spotted. The Exeter fire department answered the call, but by the time they arrived the fire had almost levelled the building. Mr. Cann estimated the value of the building at between $8,000 to $10,000 and said there was about $2,000 worth of feed inventory in it. Guelph fire marshall Don Reed has been called in to investigate the Whalen fire as well as others which broke out in the Seaforth and Sebringville area the same evening. TWO OTHERS There were two other fires in this area during the past week and Friday night a vacant barn on the 13th concession of Stephen was destroyed about 9:30p.m Thebarn was on a farm owned by Len Veri, Exeter. The house on the farm is occupied by Cecil Woods, and there was no one home at the time of the blaze. The Dashwood Fire department answered the call. Loss has been estimated at $10„000 by Mr. Veri. The other fire occurred Monday morning near Zurich. Claire Deichert, RR 1 Zurich, was pulling two wagons loaded with straw behind a tractor when a spark from the tractor ignited the straw. Mr. Deichert managed to unhitch the tractor and called the Zurich fire department but the wagons and straw were destroyed by the time firemen arrived. Damage was estimated at $500, Busy month for policemen The month of August was a busy one for the Exeter Police Department according to statistics related to council Tuesday night by Chief Ted Day. The police investigated 96 complaints; handed out 27 summonses for other forces; investigated seven accidents in which one man was killed, three persons injured and property damage amounted to $4,995; eight charges were laid under the Liquor Control Act; 27 were charged under the Highway Traffic Act and nine under the Criminal Code; five parking tags were issued; one place of business found insecure; and one animal complaint investigated, Reeve Boyle said the report indicated it was the busiest month for the police he could recall since joining council. Some discussion was held on the need for an additional policeman, and Chief Day indicated that one was needed to properly police the town. He pointed out this would enable the department to have Please turn to page 3 The Exeter OPP detachment officers were kept busy again this week as they investigated 12 accidents in the area. However, no one was seriously injured in the mishaps. Cpl. C. J. Mitchell reported that to date this year the officers have investigated 195 accidents, compared to just over 200 for the entire year in 1968. Mill owners to pay share Hensall mill owners have consented to pay a percentage of the bulldozing fees at the municipal dump, council learned Tuesday evening. Council had experienced difficulty over past months to • keep the dumping grounds orderly and to maintain empty dumping areas. It had found bulldozing necessary to provide new dumping space and the mill owners were asked not only to police the dumping, but to pay a share of the cost of bulldozing in • that portion of the dump reserved for their use. No fire agreement has been reached between Hensall and the townships of Tuckersmith and Hay, Councillor Harold Knight reminded council at the meeting. He reviewed an earlier report • that Hensall had turned down an offer of $11,000 from the two municipalities ($5,500 each), Knight stated that if no fire agreement is reached by the end of September, the former agreement ends and. ratepayers in Tuckersmith and Hay will be • without fire protection from Hensall fire brigade. Council seemed to agree with Knight that in the event no new agreement is made, the situation should be clearly outlined to all ratepayers just outside Hensall to prevent any misunderstand. • ings about fire protection. It was also learned that no individual outside the municipality will be able to make an agreement for fire protection from Hensall. If certain people desire fire protection from Hensall, their • only recourse is to deal through their local council and to urge a new agreement with Hensall. Price Per Copy 15 Cents Area an gassed; mill burns