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Williarn A. Sturdevant
Cutting Channel In Ausable River
In Effort To Protect Port Franks Classified Directory
In an effort to save Port
Franks from the m a r a «ding
waters of the Ausable River, the
Ausable Conservation Authority
is cutting a mile-and-one-half
long channel through three bends
of the river. Three loops in the
river will be eliminated,
The proposed '‘cut’’ starts
about 3,300 feet west of the
Blue Water Highway bridge,
cuts off three loops in the river
and enters Lake Huron about
1,000 feet north of the present
estuary, ,
In spite of the strangest win
ters, and the problems it has
posed, workmen have been cut
ting the $90,000’ diversion since
early in January. Already the
first third of the- cut, the new
river mouth, is complete. A giant
drag line and a trio of bull
dozers have smashed their way
through the sand and mud lake
front, joining the river's last ox
bow with the lake waters.
-So far no water has run
the new mouth because the
ter ice surface on the
the flood, damage .of the past
years, They say that it does not
provide a quick enough exit for
the swollen river. The river has
no alternative but to sweep into
the village and spread its excess
waters over the black, .celery
fields in and around the Thed
ford district.
After completion, the Ausable
Canal will probably have to be
permanently patrolled by a.
dredging scow to prevent sand
erosion and to prevent further
changing of the river mouth.
Conservation .officials say that
the mouth of the river has
changed several times in the
past, and that this, in part, is
responsible for the invasion of
Port Franks.
The dredging scow will be
used to battle the constant sand
drifting that takes .place along
the banks of the Ausable and
along the lake shore into the
river mouth. One member of the
Ausable Conservation Authority
said he -was sure that a large
percentage of the erosion and
loss on the Ausable is caused
by this drifting sand.
The over-all $2,000,00’0* plan
in the Ausable watershed is de
signed to save Port Franks from
the marauding waters of the
river and to provide quick drain
age for the rich celery beds of
the Thedford area. It'will also
aid—and lay the foundation for
—development of some 9,000
acres of marshy land in this
Port Franks area.
When completed, it is expect
ed the project will alter the face
of the Ausable watershed, affect
ing some 665 square miles in the
counties of ' Lambton, Huron,
Perth and Middlesex.
The Ausable ’Conservation Au
thority rwas established in Park
hill Town Hall in 1946, and -was
one of the first conservation
authorities in the province, set
up under the Ontario Conserva
tion Authorities Act passed in
that year. It was founded be
cause of the flooding of the
profitable black acres of Thed
ford and the obvious danger to
Port Franks of the river’s
structive waters.
The conservation program
a double-barreled objective,
not only aims at halting .the dis
astrous spring floods, but also
aims at
sluggish
Ausable. It calls, not only for
the new
mouth, but also for channel de
velopments in its one-time main
tributary, the Parkhill Creek, I
! and construction of a series of *
(dams and reservoirs, including aj
j major storage basin in
I swamp.
I Foi’ centuries the Ausable has'
|plundered the -fertile land that]
I bound its banks in four counties, j
Perennially the residents of Port | Frank at its mouth have resign- i
ed themselves to flooded base-!
meats
streets
The
to the
centre
tens of thousands of dollars
damage.
Cottages have been washed in
to its swift flowing waters. Land
has been inundated and precious
top soil washed to a watery final
resting place in the lake. In
1948, two cottages were lost to
the swirling Ausable and several
others were Threatened when the
river, swollen with spring rains
’ and carryinc the winter-stored
■ ice, roared its destructive way to
, the lake.
That’s the way it has been,
j But now a new day is dawning
' on the lake front.
Man is changing the course of
! the Ausable, sending it speeding
into the lake from another
mouth. The twists are being
‘ taken from its bed and it is be-
(ing sent through a mile-and-one-
ij half long channel into
Huron.
This diversion, it is
11 cushion the hammer
flood swollen river
Phone 42-r-17
Grand Bend
de-
canal in the main river
Lake
the
Auction Saks
Lindsay is able to
after being sick tor
■e Westman of Lon-
this week with the
has
It
boosting the normal
summer flow of the
and small rivers where
used to be. }
Ausable, twisting its way ,
lake almost through the
of the village, has caused
Heating and Plumbing Contractor
SPECIAL
Our Own Grown Daffodils
$1.00 Pot, Cut Bloom $1.50 Dozen
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FUR COATS
Mr. Brown is in Exeter with his new samples
of fur coats.
BUY NOW AND SAVE
Bring In Your Fur Coat For Storage
GARDEN SEEDS
'A
Flowers and Vegetables
Grown Exclusively for
Greenhouses and Market Gardeners
■e packaging these for you again this
Come in and make your selection early.
10 c per Package or 12 Packages for $1.00
EXETER FLOWER SHOP
Ralph Bailey & Family Phone 276
from
win
lake
chokes it tight, but it is expected
that when the ice melts the river
will tend to follow the new cut;
or at least split its waters, part
in the new and part in the old.
For the past weeks, the river,
running pff the .winter’s excess,
has chosen to keep to its old
course and has been eating away
at a small island left in .the old
bend. Residents say that this
year’s Ausable problem has not
been “flat floods” as .much as
the swiftness of the river’s cur
rent.
Speeding along its old channel
it has been snatching at the
previously flood damaged banks
and smashing them.
A massive dyke has been built
to breach the bend and join it
with the lake front cut. Behind
the dyke, water in the old river
bend is penned .up. In the next
few months workmen will swing
their bulldozers and drag line
into the other two bends to make
the complete , channel of the
Ausable to the lake.
The new river mouth will be
wider and deeper than the pres
ent sand-clogged .exit of the
Ausable. The silt and sand at
the “natural” mouth has been
blamed by residents for much of
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—'General Electric 6-
cu. It, refrigerator; National
rangette; rolLaway cott 3 kit
chen chairs; Rogers Majestic
consolette radio. All like new.
Apply: Times-Advoeate. 20c
FOR SALE —— Herqo electric
brooders, 500 capacity, $42.-
50; range shelters, 6x8 ft,,
made to order, $25.00; clothes
reels,
arms,
liams,
120 ft, of wire,’ 8-ft.
$15,00. —R. B. Wil-
Exeter. 13:20c
FOR SALE—Oat straw,-—-Ste^e
Bassa, on the James Oke farm,
Highway 4, half mile south of
‘Centralia. . 13:20*
FOR SALE—Cabins, 8’xlO’, suit
able for tourist trade or colony
house. See R. Grenier, B.A.
Service Station, Grand Bend,
phone 50-r-5, Dashwood.
13:20*
FOR SALE—We have on hand
the following fertilizers for
immediate delivery: 2-12-10,
2-12-6, 0-16-8; 0-12-12, 4-12-
10. .—J. W- Gardiner. 13:20*
FOR SALE—Two new chicken
shelters; also Massey - Harris
scuffler and' bean puller;
wagon and buttermilk tank;
in fairV.condition. —Gordon
Prance, phone Kirkton 37-22.
20:27*
FOR SALE—Gravel 'loader,
drag-line type in good con
dition. Apply: Jack Reid, tele
phone 33, Texaco Gas Station,
Hensall. 20*
HORSES for sale or exchange—
Eight * good work horses for
sale oi’ exchange. Frank Tay
lor, Exeter, 20c
1931 FORD “A” Coach, almost
like new inside and out. Ap
ply: Ralph Batten, phone 67,
Exeter. 20*
FOR SALE—Choice pigs. Apply
Charles S. Bedard, telephone
9S-r-15 Zurich. 20*
FOR SALE—P.A. System, 2 mic
rophones, 3 loud speakers.
Phone 327 Exeter. 20c
FOR SALE — 1939 .Studebaker
Champion coach car, reason
able.—Apply F. G. Wanless,
Woodham. 20*
FOR SALE—Man’s bicycle, with
stand, basket and saddle cover,
in almost new condition. —
Hayi Rhone 126 Exeter. 20:26*
I FOR SALE — 19 4 S Case VAC
tractor with scuffler. Guaran-
’ teed like new.—Exeter Farm
Equipment, phone 443-J Exe
ter.
FOR SALE — Used horse-drawn
manure spreader. Better than
average.—Exeter Farm Equip
ment, phone 443-J Exeter.’j •
FOR SALE — Cockshutt grain
and fertilizer’ drill, 11-disc;
Bissel inthrow disc, 14-plate.
Apply — Lawrence Taylor,
Grand Bend, phone 37-r-G. 20*
FOR SALE — 7 range shelters
(used one season 1; oil chick
brooder; 3-piece chesterfield
suite; steel bed; spring-filled
mattress; extension table and
high chair.—Mrs. Lome Webb,
phone Kirkton 137-r-7. 20c
FOR SALE—Spring tooth culti
vator, nearly new, a good rid
ing plow. Apply to Ray Brod
erick, Exeter. 20*
FOR SALE—Timothy and alfalfa
hay. Apply: Cecil Rowe, Exe
ter. 20c
hoped,
blows
. __ water.
; With the elimination of the river
curves, the flood waters are ex-; FOR
peeted to rush past Port Franks
in a straight course leaving
village high und dry.
FOR SALE—-Used Massey Har
ris cultivator, real good, used
milker. We are now prepared
to fill your tractor tires with
Calcium. — R. B. Williams,
Exeter. 20c
SALE—Potatoes by the
bag. Apply: Mrs. H. Peterson,
R.R. 3, Dashwood, telephone
31-r-lS Dashwood. 20:27:4*
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Bookkeeping charges will
added to all accounts not paid
within one month.
MISCELLANEOUS J.
NOW IS THE TIME to call and
discuss your spraying prob
lems re weeds in grain or
corn or your pastures, as cost1
is down considerably this year,
—L. V. Hogarth, phone 226,
Exeter, 6:13:20:27c
box
be
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Three «large un
furnished rooms suitable for
young couple. Apply: Times-
Advoeate. 20*
TO RENT OR will take in cattle
to pasture, 50 acres of pas
ture on S1z£ Lot IS, Con. 18,
Stephen. Township. Telephone
6 2-r-22, C. Grappen, Grand
Bend. 20*
FOR RENT—Four unfurnished
rooms with all conveniences.
Apply; Times-Advoeate. 20*
FOR RENT—Cultivated lot suit
able for garden or canning
factory vegetables. —P hone
42S-J. 20c
FOR RENT—-Two furnished
rooms. Apply: The Times-
Advocate. »
NOTICES
VILLAGE OF HENSALL
To all owners or harbourers
of dogs, please take potice that
all dogs shall be kept tied up oi’
under control at all times dur
ing the months of April, May,
June, July, August, September
and Octobei* according to By-
Law No. 13—194S and any dog
found running at large piay be
impounded and .unless redeemed
within 48 hours destroyed and
the owner fined.
Also
■ All dogs must be tagged and
said tag fastened securely to all
dogs, said tag must be secured
on or before May 1st or the
owner is liable to a fine.
—By order of .the Council of the
Village of Hensall.
—J. A. Paterson
Municipal Clerk
REAL ESTATE
LOTS FOR SALE — We have
three lots, 240-foot frontage,
approximately 3/5 acre. Price
8500.00. We have other single
and double lots-well located
and reasonably priced. —G. V.
Pickard, Realtor, Exeter,
IS TILLABLE ACRES near Gor-
rie with a complete set of
farm buildings with hydro,
and water pumped into barn
by windmill. Immediate pos
session for only $2,900. —W.
C. Pearce. Realtor, Exeter.
20:4tfc
RESORT PROPERTY for sale-
Grand
river,
water,
gravel
boat;
Acres
Gill, Realtor.
Bend, Ont., a lot on
half mile to lake by
foundation dug 281x32‘,
on job; have your own
cheap for cash. Green
Subdivision — Herman
13c
PAINTING—Spray and brush;
Arrange with us early, Houses,
barns, sheds, roofs, etc. —-Ly-
man Gratton, Grand Bend,
phone Dashwood 42-r-18.
Mar. 16: May 4*
I AM IN THE MARKET for all
kinds of horses, any size, any
age, —G, J. Dow, phone 83
Exeter. 18*tfc
SPRAY PAINTING — Redecorate
your roofs and buildings by
painting this spring, Eave-
troughing, plumbing, alumin
um
Give
send
well
your
job.
tractors
R.R. 1, .St. Marys.
this spring,
g, plumbing,
and galvanized roofing,
us a call and we will
an experienced man with
equipped truck to do
wiring or that repair’
—.Wright Electric Con-
plione Kirkton 27-3,
20c
WANTED
WANTED—-In Exeter by end bf
April, 2 or 3 unfurnished
rooms suitable for an elderly
couple (one invalid). Must be
on ground floor. Write: Rus
sell Moore, Box 67, Hensall.
6:13:20*
YiOUNG COUPLE having stock
and equipment want to rent
or work on shares, with option
to buy 50-100 acres in Stephen
or Hay Township. —W. C.
Pearce, Realtor. 20e
WANTED TO RENT — House,
unfurnished, in Exeter, five or
more rooms, by career couple
with one infant, phone 481J.
13c tscf
WANTED—Summer pasture for
S head of yearling cattle.
Apply: Harvey Godbolt, Cen
tralia, phone Exeter 178-T-13.
20c
WANTED—Unfurnished house or
apartment in oi’ near airport,
two children. —Exeter Times-
Advocate. 20*
WANTED—Painting jobs, inter
ior or exterior, brushing or
spraying, work done imme
diately and guaranteed. Phone
276-J. 20c
HELP WANTED
WANTED—A woman to do
washing and general cleaning
two or three days a week.
Apply in person, Central
Hotel, Exeter. 20c
CAPABLE GIRL oi’ woman for
housework, steady job, good
wages. —Box M, The Exeter
Times-Advoeate. 20*
LOST AND FOUND
LOST—Ladies’ gold Elco wrist-
watch, in Exeter or Hensall,
Wednesday evening April 12.
Finder please phone Hensall
136-W. Reward. 2flc
LOST—White side-wall ram, in
vicinity of Elimville. Finder
please phone 32-r-3 Kirkton,
Nelson Gonitis. 20*
GOOD BUILDING LOT, centrally
situated, with choice drainage
possibilities. —AV. C. Pearce, I
Exeter. 13c :
FOUND—In Exeter Tuesday
morning a sum of money.
Owner may have same by
proving property and paying
for ad. Apply at Exeter Times-
Advoeate.
FOR THE NEW HOUSE you had}
in mind, you’ll want a nice ’ lot, in a good neighborhood. |
I have 2. Act quick, if you. I
want one or both. —J. W. I
Powell, Victoria St. West. *
3-16-tfcl
EDGEWOOD
Mrs. Charlie Gowan and Kilin
spent Thursday in London.
Mr. Victor Westman is under
the doctor’s care.
Mr. Allen Westman held an
auction sale Tuesday. Bids were
-fairly high.
-i Mr. Don Middleton was with
> the Junior Farmers touring the
.Weldwood farm, the Edwards
farm, Silverwoods and Mc-Cor-
8 mieh factory. They attended the
< Blossom Ball at night in Lon
don for the Junior Farmers.
fj Mrs. Jimmie Suja and Sharon
of London called on Mrs. Joseph
(Zu ba 11 oss Saturday afternoon.
1 Misses Maty and Anna Zu ball
i of the second concession of Bid-
idulph spent the holidays with
J Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Zuball, Jr.
j Mrs. Rolland Carty spent
: Tuesday in London.
Mr. Bruce
be out again
two weeks.
Miss Berni
don is home
measles.
FOR SALE—McCormick Deering
11-hoe fertilizer seed drill, in
good condition. Apply to Jo
seph Ferguson, phone Hensall
»l8i'(-r-2. 20:27*
FOR SALE—Six pigs, 6 weeks
old. Apply: Walter Diebold,
Dashwood. 20*
FOR SALE -Registered Holstein
bull, 2 years old this month.
Apply: Harold Westman. R.R.
3, Granton, telephone 15-r-7
Granton. 20*
.—;——■—'————‘—■———
FOR SALE—Service station and |
garage. Ideal location on high- |
way, 4 pumps. Well estab
lished business. Fine cement
block building, complete with
two-bedroom apartment. Build
ing steam heated and with all
other conveniences. — C. V.
Pickard, Realtor, Main Street,
Exeter. 2c
i
FOR SALE- Cow due to freshen
first of month. Amos Wright,
Centralia, phone 40-r-ll Cre
ditor. 20c
FOR SALE—’47 Chevrolet coach
just like new, medium blue
colour; *37 Dodge 5-passenger
coupe; *41 Chev sedan, excel
lent condition; ’31 Cher, coach,
• South End Service Station,
phone 32.S-W. 20e
HOUSES FOR SALE—We have
two one-storey homes for sale.
Quick possession. Both of
these houses are modern and
very comfortable. We also
have a 1 J.-storey briek, well
located and with all conven
iences. If you are interested
in quick posssession, let us
show you these. C. V. Pickard.
Realtor, Main St., Exeter.
LOOK THEM OVER—If it’s
rooming house, a cottage,
business, beautiful lots or a I
farm. Beautiful lots in South--
cott Pines. —J. W. Holt, Re- (
alter, Grand Bend.______23tf j
Maq 14 is
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BABY CHICKS
I
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iNEW COTTAGE, two bedrooms,
living room, kitchen with
built-ins and a 3-piece bath.
Hot air furnace. W. C. Pearce.|
i Realtor.
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The love and (hrtcarntofllrtfi ptet-
°rtco of tho family she Fins rcised
aro host expressed by a porfrc t
t>F ibo Whole Family, jhol Mother
Will keep with her always. Cell
our studio for art appoint#,w.
NEUHAUSER CHICKS — Whitey
Leghorn crossed with Barredj Rocks IO produce large quality |
eggs. Fast feathering and fast j
developing chicks. Some start- •
ed chicks in our brooders now.
Neuhauser Hatcheries, SI King’
St., London. Phone Metcalf {
7482. j
Two New Homes
Each with full basement,
furnace and full bathroom.
R. E. Balkwill
Phone 8.9-J, Exeter, Ont
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