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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1955-12-01, Page 1Eighty-Second Year FOUR ELECTIONS IN AREA chairman ironical up in chief enough toM. South- other can- for school EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1955 I , ii M • ,■ ... , „ A .....I . the most crop magistrate’s fill the Al COUNTY HOME MATRON RETIRES—Mrs. Martha Jacob retired Wednesday after serving as matron of the Huron County Home at Clinton for 32 years. Her patience and understanding in caring for the old folk won her widespread affection and earned for the .home the reputation of being one of the best in the province, At a farewell party held last ■week, she was honored with gifts. Above, she holds the door chimes given her by Chester Hodgson, right, formerly of Exeter, on behalf of her "boys and girls” at the home. On ■the left are three ladies who were in the-home when Mrs. Jacob was appointed matron in 1923, They are Mrs. Amelia Schroeder, of Zurich; Miss Lucy Annp( Gliddon and her step­ sister, Miss Ida Cunningham, both of Elimville. See story page 9. Approve $140,000 Dam For Reservoir In Usborne Plans for a $140,000 dam in Usborne to provide water supply ifor Exeter, a road for the town­ ship and a flood control measure for the Ausable Authority, were ^approved by district officials at aa meeting in Parkhill Tuesday ■evening. Although the new estimate for ’building the dam is considerably Ihigher than the original $60,0'0'0, ■the plan received unanimous ap­proval from' all representatives. The Ausable Flood Control Ad­ visory Board will recommend J;o ■■a full meeting of the Authority next Wednesday that all pre­ parations be made for calling of ■fenders. •If all goes right, this may be •done within two weeks. The dam will be 30-feet high ■and will create reservoir of over 50 million gallons of water. This would be town of • 40 days -drought. The engineers, M. M. Dillon and Co-, of- London, say .the dam lean be ready for. impounding water during the summer of 56. Present proposed division ■payment is: , .Usborne Township: $20,000 sufficient to supply the Exeter with water for in case of extreme -to- 19- of .Usborne Township: $20,000 (of Which 'the. Department of High­ ways will .pay 80 percent as sub­ sidy. on a bridge.) 4-H Members Win Awards 7 Awards were presented to 18 ■members of Kirkton beef and •dairy calf clubs at the annual banquet of Kirkton Agricultural ■Society on Friday, November 25. Gerald Wallis, off R.R. 1 Gran­ ton, received top prize in the beef class and Keith Stephen, of R.R. 1 St. Marys, won the dairy •competition. Clayton Smith, president of the Society, conducted the program ■which featured entertainment iby the Woodham Quartette. Some' were surprised to find a lady had joined this group—.the person of a stout blonde named "iSue”. Guest speaker was Mr. A. E. Nelson of Stratford who has giv­ en 57' years of service to the teaching profession. "This”, he ■said, "has earned me the title of Dean”. In 1951, he retired after •serving twenty-five years as Pub­ lic School Inspector in N. Perth. The title of his a d d r e s s, *‘The Tow Rope”, he found in a quotation from General Mont­ gomery’s account of his campaign In North Africa in which he gave •credit for his victory to the feel­ ing of unity, sense of duty and Teliability of his men. This feel­ ing united all men from all coun­ tries so much so that If anyone was found stranded out came the tow rope. This same spirit of co-opera­ tion each doing his appointed task to the. best of his ability Is what makps all societies a suc- . cess. The success of ah Individual •depends upon his ability to get along with other people. Mr. Nelson read an excerpt from the minutes of a 1828 school unvoting,: "Request the use of the school house to debate the question that railways and tele- s, graphs are practical and possi­ ble.” Reply: "Refused because it is not foretold by the prophets in the Bible/’ Mr, Hugh Berry Introduced the (speaker and Mr. Fred Doupe thanked him. R< E. White, Perth” Agrleul- . titre Representative, explained the 4-H Club Work. He stated there were 21 4-H Clubs in Perth ih 1955. Two 4-H Clubs were sponsored by the Kirkton Agri­ culture Society—Beef and Dairy. The Beef Club team composed of Gerald Bullen represented Perth * At O.A.C. and stood fifth in a class of 37. —Please Tnrn to Page 12 Exeter; $59,000.^ (Ontario Department of Plan­ ning arid Development: $53,100. Ausable Authority: The area flooded ■acres between the fourth concession of /township. Landowners include Bill Kernick, Bill Cham­ bers and Mervyn Dayman. s The Authority plans on pur­ chasing 50 acres- to allow for a margin of landi around the re­ servoir. Only a small portion of this area is being cultivated at ©resent. Some is bush which will be removed. A committee of representatives from Exeter, Usborne and the Authority will be setsup to pur­ chase the land. One of the reasons why the dam will cost so much more than originally estimated •>is.- betause the Ontario government now re­ quires all dams be constructed to contend with major floods such as Hurricane Hazel, The height of the dam. is 30 feet from the bottom of the re-, servoir to the roadbed. Water will never get closer than three feet from the top and will only reach that height in case of a flood two. and one-half times greater than Hurricane Hazel. Representatives at the meeting included members of, the Auth­ ority, Usborne Council and Ex­ eter P.U.'C. Also present ware landowners who will be affected. Authority Chairman John A. Mor­ rison, of East Williams, presided over the meeting. Usborne council will seek ap­ proval from the Department of •Highways for the project to make certain it will contribute 8d per­ cent of the township’s costs. The Usborne share—;$ 20,000—is the estimated cost of a new bridge which ths township would con­ struct if the dam is not built. Present breakdown of the cost is: gates, $14,000; concrete spillway, $'6'2,000; clearing re­ servoir area, $7,500; removal of. old bridge, $300; excavation $900'; road surface, $1,600; The dam will be built of clay excavated from the area and reinforced by gravel and rip-rap /facings. It will contain 't<wo manually operated gates 18-feet high and 10-feet wide. There will ■be an adjustment at the bottom of the spillway to regulate the flow. To allow for an extreme flood; $8,840. will be 26 third and U s b o r n e affected a depression in the road is plan­ ned to the north of the dam. Of­ ficials estimate the washing out of the road would not be as cost­ ly as damage to the spillway. .If constructed, the darn will be be .the first in Ontario built by a conservation authority for the dual purpose of water supply and flood control. If successful, it will be the model for a number of other dams being proposed in this -and other watersheds. Authority Chairman John Morri­ son calls the Usborne project a "pilot” dam because it will un­ doubtedly lead to others. Park­ hill is already considering a similar venture. The reservoir will make it possible to increase the river flow up to 10 cubic feet per second, which should provide the town with 3,817,000 .gallons of water a day, four times what is being consumed at the present time. The reservoir will also help to remove pollution from the river .because in times of drought 'water can be sent down the river to clean it out. This is expected to help Exeter’s sewage problem. Mayor R. E. Pooley, who has never competed in an election ■before, has been challenged in his bid for a second term by 'Councillor A. L. Snelgrove, •Councillor Snelgrove’s move came as a surprise to most rate­ payers. He had not announced his intentions publicly before the meeting but he was the first to qualify. Events moved so- quickly after the nomination that Mayor Pooley, who was alSo named for deputy-reeve, found himself in the position of having to cause an election no matter which ‘Of­ fice he chose. Councillor Snelgrove was> the first to qualify and Deputy-Reeve Chester Mawhinney came right behind him to sign up for his post again. The mayor was the thiixI man to qualify. Mayoi’ Pooley, who succeeded W. G. Cochrane last year, first joined council in 1952 when he was elected reeve by acclamation... He served as--the town’s senior representative to county council until 1955 when he moved up to the chief magistrate’s chair. Councillor Snelgrove won his first term in the full-slate elec­ tion of 1951 When the first town council was formed. That was the year Exeter village to a returned by year since, No issues ...... forth publicly by either candidate nor has either started an active campaign yet. Reeves Returned Both reeves of the town were returned without opposition. Reeve William McKenzie has his hat in the ring foi’ county warden this coming year. Deputy-Reeve Chester Mawhinney, who former­ ly sat on 'Stephen council, won his second term of office in Ex­ eter. The three men who qualified for council were incumbents Ross Taylor and Ralph Bailey. A new man is Alvin Pym, an insurance salesman who recently moved to ■town from Usborne. Others who were nominated but failed to qualify included. Councillors Robert Dinney, v-^dw ward Brady, Richard Jermyn and two new nominees, Eldrid Simmons apd Don Soutlicott. Glenn Bonnallie, owner of a •used parts business, was elected stepped up from a town. He has been acclamation every have been brought -by acclamation to fill the post left vacant by retiring Chairman R. E. Russell. Trustees Claude M. Farrow and Robert ' ” dott were returned. No didates were proposed board. i Luther J. Penhale, ... Of the P.U.C, for 22 years, was re-elected to a two-year term by 'I -—Please Tnrn to Page 12 I . -............ ..... ' Hensail Plans Paving Work Hensail Reeve Bill Parke, re­ turned by acclamation to his se­ cond term as chief magistrate and tenth on council, told the Tiipgs-Advocate after his elect­ ion that he hopes to continue the village’s road-paving program in 1956. Nearly all Hensail streets have been black-topped and the coun­ cil has started on a program of rebuilding the older ones, Albert Street has been ripped up and will be re-surfaced this coining year. Reeve Parke said the ’56 tax rate will depend on the school hoard and the county rate. In­ creased teachers salaries may boost the school budget, he ‘said, and «t’he county levy willl pro­bably be up. Present Hensall rate is 54 mills. s ’ Three veteran inembers of council were returned. Norman Jones, a carpenter, has served Sight years; Harry Hoy, poultry ■man and .mailman, is a six-year veteran; and Lome Luker, re­ tired, lias been a councillor for four years. Brothers Dave and Jim Sang- ster, who ran in a council elect­ ion last year, were, nominated but both failed to qualify making a second nomination necessary on Friday, December 9. Dave gangster is retiring after serving one year. All three men elected 'to the School board are new. They are (Ernie C'hipchase, foreman at Gen- feral Coach; Bill Fuss, electri­ cian; and Jim Taylor. These three succeeded Peter MacNaughton,' Harold Bonthron and Dave Kyle who resigned. —Please Tnrn to Page 12 Morrissey, Haist Battle In Stephen Stephen Township will have a contest for reeveship between Jack Morrissey, the present reeve arid Wellington Haist, deputy­ reeve. Nominations were held in the Credlton community hall Mon­ day afternoon with Clerk Free­ man Morlock presiding. There was a good attendance. Glenn Webb will be a new man on the council, taking the place of Gordon Ratz who becomes deputy-reeve. Ed Hendrick was ■also nominated but failed to qualify. Councillors returned are Edward Lamport and Edward ■Gill, •School area board trustees are Sydney Baker and Lloyd Lam­ port, Both Mrt Morrissey and Mr. Haist were elected to their pre­ sent positions five years ago and both have served on county council since that time. Mr. Morrissey,, who is chair­ man of the eounty road and bridges committee, referred prin­ cipally to the work being carried on in the county, particularly the new county courthouse, the erec­ tion of the new bridge at Credi- ton and of the drainage work done during the year. In addition to those proposed for office, Edward Chambers, a member of the South Huron Dis­ trict High School board, outlined •some statistics. He stated that 385 pupils from’the high school area travelled 512 miles a day in eight busses. The attendance at the beginning of the term was close to 50.0 in a school that was built for 400 pupils. A proposed addition to the school at a cost of $85,000 had been approved by the various municipalities but it •was doubtful now if that sum would be sufficient. ■ Arthur Amy, secretary for the Area School Board, also gave a report. Vote For Top Positions, Set New Nominations From the election picture in this area, it appears there are lots of men who would like to occupy the chair but not council seats. In one of situations ever to district municipal politics, there are four contests^ for the top Police Campaign Pays Off Observe X 10 S-D Days Here Exeter community is 10 days ahead of the nation in the ob­ servance of S-D Day! 'Today (Thursday) is Safe- Driving Day in Canada and the United States and the objective is to eliminate traffic accidents for 24 hours. This community, .consciously or unconsciously, be­ gan a no-accident record 10 days ago and it’s still running. Police hope it wjll continue until 12 ip.m. tonight at least. Despite the slippery and treacherous roads caused by snow, sleet and blizzards, police have not reported an accident in this area since November 20. At least partly responsible for the amazing record here is, the intensive police campaign against (drivers violating highway regula­ tions. Over 200 charges have been laid by provincial and town police for speeding, failing to HS Seeks Higher Grants For $135,000 Addition With estimated costs increased from $85,000 to 135,000, South Huron District High School will petition the provincial govern­ ment for higher grants on the five-room addition needed for the school. Original estimate for the addi­ tion was Set at $85,000 by the ■board in consultation with the •Department of Education and approval was given for grants on this expenditure. Since then, Architect Harland Gets Six Months For Bad Checks Russell Boyce, 45 'Of Varna, who passed a number of bad checks in this area, was senten­ ced to six months definite and six month indefinite' in reformatory after .being convicted of false pretences by Magistrate Dudley Holmes. b The sentence, levied a't Goder­ ich oh Thursday, is to run con­ currently with another fori eight months for .similar offences in the Chatham and Seaforth areas. iCharges against Boyce of is­ suing no account checks to Dash­ wood, Usborne and Stephen peo­ ple were heard at Exeter court Steele, of Toronto, has raised the estimate to $135,000. Once pre­ liminary plans are drawn, the board will go back to the govern­ ment and ask for a larger share of the costs. Location of the five-room ad­ dition was decided upon by the board at a special meeting with the architect Tuesday night. All rooms will be added to the west side of the building—three to the commercial room and two to the cafeteria. The cafeteria will be enlarged to double its present capacity. These additions will provide for an enrolment of 600 students. Present enrolment is 500. If the plan and estimates are approved by the provincial gov­ ernment, the board will take the proposals back to the six partici­ pating municipalities to approve •the increased costs. All councils ?n the area approved the $85,000 expenditure without protest. Even if the costs are increased as much as the architect esti­ mates, It will not affect the mill •rate greatly. Present high school rate is five mills and the board does not expect to ’increase this more than one-quarter or one- half of a mill. iChairman C. S. MacNaughton presided for Tuesday night’s meeting, stop at stop signs, poor brakes and other infractions. Many of these charges were laid as a re­ sult of frequent road blocks throughout the district and in town. The Ontario Provincial Police detachment, under Con­ stable Elmer Zimmerman, has been co-operating with local po­ lice to conduct investigations at north and south ends of town. Police report that since their drive started, the condition of automobiles on the road has im­ proved exceptionally and drivers have been much more careful on the road. ■In a check held last week, only 10 offenses were discovered. This is considerably fewer than the number found at the start of the compaign. The campaign produced many protests from drivers who were charged but the action appears to have been justified. The 10- day no-accident record alone is proof enough of the value of the campaign. The 'S-D Day campaign in Ex­ eter and community has been promoted by the Exeter Safety Council in co-operatjon with the town council and police. Safety signs have been distributed in most town stores. O. S. Atkinson, president of the Safety Council, was in charge of the campaign. Every community in Canada and the United States is attempt­ ing to drive through S-D Day Without an accident. The cam­ paign is to prove that by driving - v carefully, motorists can prevent crashes and can lower the mount­ ing highway toll. Suggestions to motorists for safer driving are made by Police Chief Reg Taylor in a S-D Day message on the editorial page this week. Policemen in the area who have been co-operating on the safety campaign include OPP Constables Cecil Gibbons and John Ford, of Exeter, and Cpl. Neil Chamberlain of the Grand Bend detachment. New Resident Dies In Crash Jouke Koning, 20, of Exeter, Was killed on Saturday when the car he was driving slammed into 'the rear of a car halted at a provincial police road check in Forest. The Koning car was north­ bound and collided with a car driven by Earl Thomson of '.Sar­ nia which had stopped at the end of a line of cars on Highway 21 in Forest. He was rushed to Victoria Hos­ pital but was dead on arrival. A native of Holland, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Sytze Kon­ ing who came to Canada six and one half years ago. They had . taken ' up residence in Exeter on Waterloo St. about two weeks ago and lived in Hen- sall -for 18 months previous to that time. The youth was a member of the Christian Reformed church. He was employed by the Mat­ thews 'Construction ? company of London and had been working in Sarnia. Surviving besides his parents are three brothers, Krein, Weidse’ and Martin all at home. The body rested at the Dinney —'Please Turn to Page 12 Dalton, Gill In GB Vote 'Herman Gill, the first of Grand Bend following its in­ corporation, has returned to the political scene to oppose James 'Dalton, the man who succeeded Mr. Gill last year, ip an election which will be held Monday, Dec­ ember 5. Members of the council, school board and P.U.C. were elected by acclamation, ■Nominations were held in the village hall Monday evening. "More interest has been shown i n municipal politics to-night •than there has been for several .years and this is a healthy sign” said Returning Officer Herbert Wainwright, who presided. Four persons were nominated for reeve: James Dalton, Her­ man Gill, John Manoye and Mrs. Edna Desjardine. The latter two declined to run. "It would be presumptuous on my part to allow my name to stand for the reeveship without ■having had experience on the council” said Mrs. Desjardine. "At the same time I think there is a place for women in politics. A number of lady mayors are do­ ing an excellent job” she said. Councillors acclaimed were Campbell Chapman and Clarence 'Green, who have served three and two years respectively, and newcomers Herbert pfile, paint­ er and Norman Turnbull, contrac­ tor. Others nominated, but who failed to run, included incum­ bent John M a n o r e, Raymond English, Jay Whiteford, Lawren­ ce Mason, and James Manore. W. F. B. MacLaren, Lawrence Mason and Ken Young* were re­ turned to the school board. Wil­ liam Sturdevant was also nomi­ nated but he declined. William Love and Raymond • —Please Tnrn to Page 12 reeve posts on local councils yet four new nomination meetings are quired to fill council positions, Election day is Monday, De­ cember 5. R. E, Fopley and A. L. Snel- grove are competing for the mayor’s chair in Exeter; Well­ ington Haist is challenging Jack Morrissey in Stephen; Valentine Becker and Delbert Geigei’ are running for reeve in Hay; Reeve James H, Dalton and his pre* decessor, Harman Gill, are op­ posed at Grand Bend. Exeter will hold a second nomination on Thursday, Decem­ ber 8, to fill three council seats;. Hensail needs one more council­ lor and will nominate again on Friday, December 9; Hay Town­ ship will meet Monday, Decem- bei’ 12, to elect one more mem­ ber for its council; and the vil­ lage of Lucan requires one ■councillor and one public utili­ ties commissioner. Five In Race For Warden Two district officials have their hats in the ring for the 1956 wardenship of the county, it was revealed at week. Reeve Bill and Reeve _ .... Stephen are among .tile five men campaigning for the office. Both local reeves have served o n important committees o f county council, The Exeter official has been chairman of the prop­ erty committee and the Stephen head has been active on the roads committee. Other candidates are Orville Taylor of East Wriwanosh; Dan Bauerman, of MoKillop; and John Fisher, of Turnberry. the mooting last McKenzie .of Exeter Jack Morrissey of Dashwood, Zurich Elect '56 Trustees Elected by acclamation as trustees of the police village of Dashwood Wednesday night were •Chairman Jim Hayter, Clifford iSalmon and Ervin Rader, old Weber. Reports of during 1955 ratepayers’ meeting following the nominations. Trustees of Zurich police vil­ lage were re-elected at a nomi­ nation meeting Monday night. The three men are Lloyd O’Brien, ■Milt-red Sohilbe and Jack Turk­ heim. Mr. Turkheim is the pre­ sent chairman. a new member, who replaces Har- the trustees’ work were given at a Two In Hay ir Valentine Becker, prominent Dashwood implement dealer, and Delbert 'Geiger, Zurich farmer and Federation booster, are fighting for the reeve’s chair in Ray township. The position was left vacant by the resignation of 'Huron County Warden Earl Campbell. The election will be held Mon­ day, December 5. Valentine Becker has served five years as councillor and two years as deputy-reeve. On county council, he has been a member of agricultural, legislative, his­ torical and executive committees. Delbert Geiger was first elect­ ed to council in 1954. He has been active in township and county Federations for 10 years and is a director of Huron 'County Crop and Soil Improve­ ment Association. Both men declined to state any election platform. Mr. Geiger said he had a particular reason for running but "I don’t wish to tell it to the press.” Louis H. Rader won the posi­ tion of deputy-reeve without op­ position. He has been on council ’ since 19 50. Leonard W. Greb was return­ ed as councillor and Alex Mous- seau, a new ihan, qualified for a seat. A second nomination will ■will be held on Monday, Decem­ ber 12, to elect a third council member. Ray Fisher, chairman of the* 'Hay ’School Area board’ and a member since it was organized in 1945, we re-elected by acclama­ tion. Clifford Pepper, Dashwood, was named to the seat vacated by • the resignation of William Hau^h. At the ratepayers’ meeting, presided over by Clerk H. W. •Brokenshire, all speakers paid tribute to retiring Reeve Earl Campbell who served six years in the chief magistrate’s chair and five years as a councillor. ‘A popular member of county coun­ cil, he won the 1955 wardenship by acclamation, the first man ever to be accorded the privilege of being unopposed. . Reporting on the year’s activi­ ties, Warden Campbell predicted the county rate would increase next year. Highlight of the township’s year has been the erection of a machinery shed near Zurich cost­ ing over $10,000. Several bridges were planned but had to be post­ poned because of a shortage of cement. Other officials reporting to the 85 ratepayers at the meeting were Oscar Grebb, township rep­ resentative of the South Huron District High School Board, and William Haugh, member of the Ausable Conservation Authority. <1 .> ■: TOUR HENSALL PLANT—Exeter and Hen sail Kinsmen inspected Canada’s "most pro­ ductive” mobile home plant at Hensail Thurs day evening. Already producing three and one-half units a day, General Coach Works of Canada Ltd. is constructing an $80,000 ad­ dition which will double the size of the plant. Above, Kinsmen inspect one of the eight models of homes produced by the firm. Left to right arc Bill Smith, plant manager; John Thompson, of Hensail; John Korrteil, of Hen sail; Ernie Chipchase, general foreman Of the plant; and Bill Tuckey, of Exeter. —T-A Photo Lucan Reeve Seeks Plants New reeve of Lucan, Cecil Lewis, told The Times-Advocate this week he plans to campaign for industry for his village. "We are hoping to locate some new plants for Lucan,” he said. "We have already made some steps in that direction.” Reeve Lewis, who succeeds Harold Corbett, said he also hopes to .continue the asphalt’ pav­ ing program, establshed several years ago, and the extension of the waterworks system to new residential areas. A building contractor who hast served four years as councillor, the new reeve sees a decrease in taxes for his village. “We lower­ ed the levy three mills lh 1955 and I thing we can lower it as much or more this year,” he said. Present rate is 72 mills. Three present members of council were returned. They are Mrs. Cladys Reilly, who is only Woman councillor In this district, and who has served three years; Roy Stanley, another three-year -—Please Tnrn t6 Page 12 *