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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-04-29, Page 1• • • • • .~ • • • • DUCKS ARRIVE AT THE DAM — Due to interest shown by Exeter and district sportsmen, headed by Alvin Willert, waterfowlpopulation is being started at Morrison Darn. A dozen ducks were released last week by park employees Barry Baynham, Dave Robinson and Don Campbell and Alvin Willert. SOUPING UP on the road are riders Mary Thompson, Elaine Baynham, Norma Brintnell and Pauline Brintnell. Hot soup and coffee went down good half way through the ride. Over $800 was added to the Cancer campaign by Sunday's ride. T-A photo LINED UP AND READY TO GO on the Ride-for-Cancer last Ivan Grigg, Mrs. Marguerite McLeod and Mrs. Betty Wedlake. Sunday are Mrs. Pauline Unmet!, Mrs. Elaine Baynham, Mrs. Mary Another group of riders will complete the ride this Sunday. Thompson, Mrs. W. Green, Mrs. Norma Brintnell, Susan Grigg, Mrs. T-A photo IT MIGHT HURT — Students at Exeter public school received smallpox vaccinations this week. Getting prepared for what he imagines will be a painful ordeal is Michael Parsons with. Mrs. Bill Belling of the Huron County Health Unit. T-A photo Turn sod Saturday for medical centre VERY FEW FISHERMEN — Snow and cold weather slowed the opening of the trout season over the weekend. A few local youngsters braved the icy elements to try their luck. Jane and Robert Smith are taking advantage of some shelter at the Morrison Dam while wetting the lines. T-A photo Three area crashes involve single cars STARTING TICKET CAMPAIGN — The Exeter Legion will be the exclusive agents in Exeter for the Parkhill sweepstake tickets. Campaign chairman Glenn Robinson and seller Bill Cutting approach Mrs. Jack Glover with the tickets. Proceeds will go to the North Middlesex arena fund. T-A photo Cancer bike ride continues Sunday Ninety-sixth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 29, 1971 Price Per Copy 15 Cents' 1 .• Exeter's min rate ,unchany • Several pay booze fines, one driver loses license Buoyed .a debenture issue of $35,009 and an aetual surplus of $19,325 from last year, the 1971 budget approved by Exeter council Monday night will result in no increase in the mill rate.. The residential rate for 1971 will remain at 131.8 .and the commercial will be 142.8. It will apparently be the same this year for both public and separate school supporters, although the latter may see a very slight reduction in their tax bills because the levy is a bit under the public school levy this year, However, while the mill rate remains the same, Clerk Eric Carscadden indicated ratepayers will notice a $5 increase in their A new Medical Centre for the Village of Grand Bend will be one step closer to reality come Saturday morning. At 10 a.m. Saturday the official sod turning ceremony will be held Youngster bitten at Huron Park A Huron Park youngster suf- fered more of an indignity than injury when he was bitten by a dog Sunday at the area com- munity, Michael Salvone, age 4, of 106 Empress Drive was bitten on the seat of the pants by the animal. The owner of the dog was located and it is believed the dog was not rabid. On the same day, OPP officers investigated an incident at Oak- wood Golf Course where several golfers were throwing a green flag like a spear, causing damage to the putting surface. total tax bill because the Ontario shelter grant will be reduced by that figure this year,. Actually, the budget approved by council at their special meeting this week allowed for a mill rate decrease of 2.3 mills for residential and 2.6 mills for commercial, but they decided against lowering the rate below that of last year. It was a' strange set of cir- cumstances for most veteran members of council. In past years they've argued over methods of cutting the ever- increasing mill rate, while Monday night the discussion centred around how to bring it up to last year's figure. and a contract for construction of the building signed. George Kadlecik Construction of London and Grand Bend will construct the 42 by 30 foot building on property adjacent to the Grand Bend public school donated by the Grand Bend Lions club. Committee secretary Jack Mennell reports that more than $23,000 has been received in donations to date with many more expected, Total cost is estimated at about $30,000. Bill Sturdevant is chairman of the Medical Centre committee and Harry Hamilton is in charge of construction supervision. The new Centre, when com- pleted, will include four examining rooms, a receptionist office, staff and public washrooms and a small lab. The building will be designed to permit further additions if required. Already, three ap- plications from interested doc- tors have been received. St. Marys, left Highway 4 just south of Exeter and went into the east ditch. It clipped off a high- way sign. Damage was estimated at only $100. The other crash occurred Sunday afternoon at 2:30 when a car operated by Sylvia Edith Paton, RR 1 Kirkton, went off Sideroad 12 in Usborne. The vehicle ended up in the south ditch and hit a clump of small trees, Damage was $100 and there were no injuries. During the past week, the local detachment officers charged five drivers under the Highway Traffic Act and issued warnings to another 10 drivers. Three persons were charged under the Liquor Control Act. Reeve Boyle started things off by saying he had been advised by several ratepayers that council would "have holes in our heads" to reduce the rate below that of last year. He suggested the 2.3 mills difference (about $9,000) should be put into a special working capital fund, similar to the one instituted by county council last year. He said the special fund enables the county to reduce borrowing charges and saves money. "Is that a legal procedure at our level?" Mayor Jack Delbridge asked. Boyle answered in the affirmative. Clerk Eric Carscadden pointed out that last year's surplus had been most welcome as the town had not been forced to borrow money until April this year, while in previous years it has been necessary to borrow as early as January to meet expenses until taxes start to come in. Councillor Ken Ottewell agreed in principle with the suggestion to keep the mill rate at the same level and have a surplus, but argued that council should show some definite plans for it. He said the money could be put into a special fund for road building when the mammoth sewer work is completed next year. Councillor Mery Cudmore Centralia plans summer courses Assistant principal, Mollie McGhee, announced this week that the Home Economics division of Centralia College of Agricultural Technology will offer short summer courses for the first time this year. Courses in Nutrition, and Psychology and Family Life will be open to ladies. Emphasis in the nutrition course will be on the family's present need when tremendous technological changes are oc- curring in the food industry. The Psychology and Family Life course will deal with the impact of invention and in- novation on the family's social and economic development. Lectures, small groups discussions, and films will form the content of these courses and it is hoped to hold them Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:15-11:45 for three weeks each. — Please turn to page3 Cancer fund hits objective Norm Whiting, manager of the Cancer campaign in this area, announced that so far $5,633.28 has been collected, The objective for 1971 was $5.000. With money still to come in from the ride-for-cancer it ap- pears the total will be double the amount of $3,309 turned in last year. Mr. Whiting said he is 'very happy' with the results of the campaign and that a complete account of amounts collected in the various communities will be published next week. He reminds anyone who might have been missed in the canvass that they may still contribute by taking their donation to any of the banks in Exeter, Dashwood, Hensall, Zurich, Grand Bend, Centralia and Crediton. Two crashes investigated The Exeter Police Department investigated two crashes this week. No injuries were reported. On Monday, cars driven by Harry VanBergen and C. Van Laughton collided at the in- tersection of William and Wellington Streets. Time of the crash was 5:10 p.m. Constable Cairns estimated damage at $500. On Friday at 4:15 p.m., Tuckey Beverages truck driven by Richard Brintnell, Exeter, was involved in a collision with a car driven by Donald Rodger Cole, RR 2, Staffa. The accident occurred in front of the Tuckey plant on Main St. Damage was set at $400, mostly to the car. Deadline nearing for taxes, studs In case you've forgotten, tomorrow is "deadline day". It's the final day to drive with studded snow tires and also the final date for filing 1970 income tax returns. Unless Highways and Tran- sport Minister Charles Mac- Naughton has a change of mind, you wont be able to put those studded tires back on next fall either. They're being banned from Ontario highways. Unfortunately, there is no indication of a ban on income tax, suggested it would be better to set the money aside for expenses on which. council would not receive any subsidy and. Councillor Bruce Shaw indicated this could be called a centennial fund. Cudmore disagreed. He said a title might lead the ratepayers. to believe council planned a -big centennial party. "It's. a bugger when you, have $9,000 and don't know what to do. with," commented Mayor Delbridge in urging the members to settle on how they wished to designate the surplus. It was finally moved by Shaw and Cudmore that it be set aside for a "future building program." They said this could -apply to the new town hall which has been included in the 1973 capital works Exeter and district's Great Ride for Cancer is only half over!, Sunday morning, the ride of-. ficials woke to see snow filtering through the air, and to hear the weatherman forecasting rain and snow flurries. After a consultation they decided to put it to the riders themselves to see if they wanted to ride or wait for a better day. It turned out about half were chaffing at the bit while the rest preferred to take their chances on next Sunday's weather being more favorable. Bucking a stiff wind from the north-west, eight lady cyclists and three 'facsimiles' left Exeter's north-end for Dash- wood. And, everyone of them made it back! Some of them admitted that the `hills' between Exeter and Dash- wood had never looked so big, and a couple of them said the last half mile of the return trip was the longest they'd ever travelled. However, it was a breeze for Mrs. William Green, Huron Park, the first lady to sign up and who completed the course several laps ahead of everyone else. She said she had a hard time stopping and felt she could have gone on for several more miles, Let it be known that Mrs. Green is from England and long-time cyclist who said "I didn't go into this ride without knowing what I was doing." Marguerite McLeod was the next across the line. She had a cheering section following her all the way. In a .car bearing signs, "Mad Maggie McLeod", her husband, Dan, and three small children kept a watchful eye over her throughout the trip. Next came Mrs. Ivan Grigg from Dashwood. She was paced ed program or for any other type of building, including roads, sewers er a new fire hall. Taylor thought this was still misleading and questioned •how members would explain it to the ratepayers. "We don't have to explain it," Boyle replied. Taylor differed with that opinion, pointing out to the Reeve that council had to explain every cent they spent. However, the motion finally passed, with only Ottewell and Taylor opposing it. Both in- dicated they favored the special fund in principle, but weren't satisfied with the manner in which it was designated. With the future building — Please turn to page 3 the whole distance by her teenage daughter, Susan, who was too young to enter the ride. The rest of the riders came in a short time later. Some were puffing a bit, but after refreshing themselves with a cup of hot coffee said, "If we had to, we could do it over again!" It was a valiant first lap, and when they collect from their generous sponsors there'll be over eight hundred precious dollars to further cancer research. Next Sunday, the other dozen riders will try to do as well. Cyclists may still enter by calling at the Times-Advocate for a sponsor sheet, Remember, `female-looking' riders are welcome, too. There's no worthier cause. pleading guilty to a charge of wilful damage, He was charged on March 21 after he put his fist through a wall in a washroom at the Exeter town hall. The court was told he had been drinking prior to the incident and Parent said he planned to pay for the damage. Judge Hays ordered that he pay $10 to the town for the damage caused by his actions. ARNOLD WAS THERE — During last week's Variety program at Usborne Central school flash backs of many television shows were presented. Above, Ted Bibby as Mr. Ziffel holds Arnold the pig. T-A photo Two receive terms in jail Two youths were sentenced to 30 days each in jail when they appeared before Judge Glenn Hays in Goderich court for sentencing last week. The two are Donald Edward Seniuk, 16, Huron Park, and Joseph Edwin Provost, 16, 1343 Langmuir Ave., London. They each faced three charges and were given 10 days in jail for each of the charges. Seniuk and Provost were charged with the theft of a car in Exeter on April 9, the possession of a stolen motor vehicle from London on April 8 and the break and enter of a Huron Park residence on April 9. The two were arrested near Woodstock on April 10 by OPP Constable W. Israel and turned over to the Exeter Police Department and the Exeter OPP who were investigating the three incidents, Approve permit for new house Exeter council issued a permit for one new home at their special meeting, Monday. The new house is to be con- structed on Pryde Boulevard by the Strathroy construction firm of Zwart & Graansma. Several miscellaneous permits were approved, subject to in- spection by the building in- spector. These were as follows: Ruth Durand, for renovations to the former Herb Ford property on Huron-West; Gordon Koch, to reshibgle house on Mill; Maryhelen Whiting, to erect a business sign for her hair- dressing shop at the corner of Huron and Andrew, Approval was also granted for an 8 foot by 0 foot garbage holding shed at the Darling Apartments on Sanders East. The majority of cases heard by, Judge Glenn Hays in Exeter court, Tuesday, involved liquor. A fine of $100 and a license suspension of three months was levied against Edward Schroeder, R R 2 Hensall, who pleaded guilty to a charge of impaired driving. He was charged in Hensall on April 11. A similar fine of $100 was paid by Donald McRae Lee, Exeter, who pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving in Exeter on March 24, He was involved in a minor accident when he collided with a parked car. Lee told the court he was driving along the street when a plant on the seat beside him started to fall. He reached for the plant and then hit the other vehicle. Other drivers who paid fines under the Highway Traffic Act were as follows: Herbert Broom, Exeter, $20 for failing to stop for a stop sign. Murdiena Glover, Exeter, $30 for following another vehicle too closely. She was involved in an accident south of Exeter on April 6 when she ran into the rear of another vehicle which was stopping for a school bus. Nine pay Nine persons paid fines laid under the Liquor Control Act, with one of those, John Melville Campbell, Exeter, paying two fines. He was charged on April 16 and again on April 18 for having liquor under the age of 21. He was fined $50 on the first charge and $75 on the second. Noting that Campbell had a previous conviction, Judge Hays pointed out this was for a purpose and a lesson should have been learned from it. Murray Wilfred Hodge, Crediton, was also fined $40 for having liquor under the age of 21, it being his second offence. Glen Allen Miller, Hay Township, who was charged while attending the same party in Crediton as Hodge, was fined $30 for having liquor while under the legal age. Others fined for having or consuming liquor while under age were: Larry J. Consitt, Hensall; Daniel Peter Laing, Exeter; Henry Lawrence, Zurich; Shane Patrick McKin- non, Zurich; and William Robert Campbell, Exeter. Each was fined $35 by Judge Hays. Charles Gerard Jeffrey, Zurich, was fined $35 for having liquor in a place other than his residence. A Huron Park resident, Patrick Parent, was fined $25 after Hensall man badly injured Doctors fear a Hensall man may lose one eye as a result of freak accident Monday morning. Gary Lawrence, 25, was unloading cattle at Scholl's abattoir when one of the animals kicked a gate. The gate crashed into the man's face and broke his glasses, causing the eye damage. He also suffered a broken nose and facial lacerations. He is presently in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. The Exeter OPP investigated three accidents this week, each involving only one vehicle. One driver was hurt, that being Robert Haist, Crediton, who was involved in a single car crash at 1:00 a.m., Sunday on Sideroad 20 in Stephen. He was eastbound when his car • entered the south ditch, hit a tree stump and then came to rest on a pile of logs. Haist sustained cut wrists, a knee injury and a bump on the head and was taken to South Huron Hospital by a passerby for treatment. Damage was listed at $500 by Constable Dale Lam6nt, who investigated all three crashes. At COO a.m., Sunday, a car driven by Joseph William White, •