HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-01-12, Page 1Eighty-Second Year EXETER, ONTARIO THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1956
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'PREPARE DEBENTURES FOR DAM—Exeter Council authorized preparation of a by-law
to issue $65,000 in debentures for the Morrison Dam and filtration plant plans at its in
augural meeting Monday. The council deliberated from 11 in the morning until after 6 p.m.
Clockwise around the table, from left foreground, are Reeve William McKenzife, Council
lors Alvin Pym, Ross Taylor, Bill Musser, Deputy-Reeve Chester Mawhinney, Mayor R. E.
Pooley, Clerk C. V. Pickard and Councillors Robert Dinney and Ralph Bailey. Councillor
’Glenn Fisher is just out of camera range, on the right side. On the extreme left is J. M.
■Southcott, Exeter Times-Advocate publisher, —T-A Photo
Classroom In Corridor
High School Prospect
Plan To Borrow $65,000
To Finance Usborne Dam
Exeter council took steps at
dts inaugural meeting Monday to
raise $65,000 in debentures to
.■pay for the municipality’s share
^towards the Morrison dam in
Usborne township and for pre
liminary work on a proposed fil
tration plant to provide increased
ssupply of water for the town.
Clerk C. V. Pickard was in
structed to prepare a by-law for
the debenture issue. Approval will
Ibe sought from the Ontario munk
<cipal Board, which council has
already consulted.
Repayment of the debentures
'will be the responsibility of the
■Public Utilities Commission.
Officials are still hoping the
•cost of the dam will be lowered
Tby increased grants from the
.provincial government but until
'formal word is received they are
proceeding with the project on
•its present basis.
[Prepare US By-law
Mr. Pickard was also author
ized to .prepare a' by-law for the
raising of $137,000 for an ad-
•dition to the, South. Huron Dis
trict High School. Exeter is re
sponsible for the raising of the
money but the’ cost will be
■shared by the various municipali
ties involved in accordance with
■the equalized assessment for the
^County of Huron. . •■ .
The increased cost of the pro-
' posed addition has been approved
.by the-Department of Education, the 'grant from the department
■to be based on an expenditure of
i$100,000.
- Councillor Ralph Bailey again
raised the question of gas and
■oil fumes penetrating the homes
-of residents on Main St,, south
■of Huron 'St. Investigations have
been made but the problem has
mot been solved. The matter was
■referred to the committee to
make a full investigation and
clear the matter up.
Councillor Ross Taylor
ported that ten loads of dirt had
been secured to protect the re
gaining wall at the dam. He also
reported that an investigation
[had been made into a property
in Stephen Township"* for use as
.a dumping ground.’
The council decided to mee.t
•the first and third Monday of
•each month; also that the usual
•discounts will be allowed for the
prepayment of taxes.
.Allowances Raised
The allowance-* for the mayor
was raised from $300 to $350 a
year and of the councillors from
$200 to $250, less $5 for each
regular meeting missed other
than for illness. “Few persons
■seem interested in serving the
municipality, so why should we
not be better paid?” said Coun
cillor Ralph Bailey in making
the motion. Deputy-Reeve Ches
ter Mawhinney declined to vote.
Andrew Dixon was re-appoint
ed representative to the Ausable
Authority.Other appointments and . re
muneration were: Relief officer,
William McLean, $60 a year;
truant officer, Glen McKnight,
$10 a year; bell ringer, Mrs,
Emerson Cornish, $20 per month;
works supervisor, ‘ Gerald Cor
nish, $1.10 per hour; assistant
supervisor, Nelson Wells, $1.00
per hour; helpers 85<5 per hour.
Appointments and remuneration
for the fire department was left
PS Chairman
Urges Thrift
Wallace G. Seldon, newly-
elected chairman of Exeter Pub
lic School Board, urged his com
mittees to reduce their expenses
as much as possible in view of
increased costs facing the school
in 1956.
Prospects indicate the board
will have to ask council tor an
■increase in its annual budget
■to provide for an extra teacher
and higher salaries. The 'board
operated at a deficit in 1955.
Mr. Seldon succeeds .retiring
chairman’ R. E. Russell as head
of the six-man board. New vice-
chairman is Claude Farrow.
[Committee chairmen named
were: property, Robert F. Reilly;
fuel and supplies, W. D. May;
teachers, C. M. Farrow. Other
members are R. M. Southcott and
G?-°nn Bonnallie.
' W. H. Hodgson was re-engaged
as secretary-treasurer.
The board plans to
first Monday of every
7:30 p.m.
Glenn Bonnallie
representative to
Council.
The board gave
the same as last year.
The usual grants of $50 'to
the Salvation Army; $25 to the
War Memorial Children’s Hos
pital and $10 to the St, John’s
Ambulance were made. A grant
of $25 was madp to the Huron
County Soil Improvement As
sociation.
A proposal to organize the
Upper Grand Valley Association,
comprising the counties of
ron, .Perth, Wellington
Waterloo, was approved by
council, the membership fee
ing $;165.
Appoint Deputation
A lettei* was read from
Huron County Industrial Promo
tion Board, of which R. D. Jer
myn is president, and a deputa
tion from the .council was ap
pointed to attend a banquet at
Clinton on Wednesday, January
Obi, in connection with the
organization of the regional
body.
Complimentary remarks were
made about the’ road superin
tendent and the workers and a
Vote of thanks was tendered to
Clerk Pickard for his guidance
and'efficient service. ■
J, Hu-
and
the
be-
'Classrooms in the corridor, in
the 'gymnasium
the auditorium
needed to meet
in enrolment in
cipal H. L.
S.H.D.H.S. board Tuesday night.
The principal said he estimat
ed enrolment may jump from
495 to as high as 550. Besides
(additional class accomodation,
the school will require at least
two new teachers, which will
bring the staff to 21.
The board hopes to have ad
ditional cafeteria accomodation
ip operation by the new school
•term but it is doubtful if the
classrooms in .the addition. will
be ready until winter. This
means extra classes will have .to
be held in the already cramped
quarters of the existing building.
Re-elect MacNaugliton
1C. S. MacNaughton, of
was re-elected chaitman
board. E. L. Mickle of
was named vice-chairman to suc
ceed A. W. Morgan, who re
signed after serving on the board
since it was formed in 1946.’“”
H. L| Snider, of Exeter, heads
the property committee. Other
members are C. A. Cann, Exeter;
K. H. Johns, Usborne.
Head of the management com
mittee is F. W. B. MacLaren, of
Grand Bend, Members ate E.. L.
Mickle, William Ellerington, who
replaced Mr. Morgan as Usborne’s
representative; and Oscar ,Grebb,
of Hay.
On the transportation commit
tee, headed by Edward Chambers,
of IStephen, are Harold Smillie,
Tuckersmith; Harold Walper, of
Stephen; and Alex Masse, of
Zurich.
, Teacher E. D. Howey will re
main secretary-treasurer. George
and .perhaps on
stage will .be
another increase
September, Prin
Sturgis told the
Exeter,
of the
Hensail
Tinney, Exeter, is attendance
ficer.
The Department of Education
advised the board it will pay a
75 percent grant on $100,000 of
the cost of the addition. The
department originally agreed to
pay on $80,000 but revised its.
figures when the estimates rose
from $85,000 to $137,000 for
construction.
The 1955 financial statement,
approved by the board, showed a
decline in surplus from $22,415
to $16,028. Cost of instruction
increased $6,000 to a total of
$75,608 for the year.
Total revenue amounted to
$131,000, including the provinc
ial grant of almost $100,000.
Municipalities in the district
contributed $ 2 6,000.
Expenses by classification
were: instruction, $75,608; in
structional supplies, $490.35; ad
ministration, $5,715.18; plant
operation, $11,442.85; .transport
ation, $32,487.20 and capital out
lays, $2,500.
'Loss on the cafeteria was cut
from $3,300 to $1,167.67 by in
creasing price of meals from 25
to 30^. The school cafeteria
served 50,676 meals during
■year. 1
of-
tlie
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Court To Rule
On Farm Law
Chief Justice Patrick Kerwin
of Canada Friday fixed April 24
as the date for hearings in the
'Supreme Court on the constitu
tional validity of Ontario’s farm
marketing legislation.
The date was set by the chief
Justice sitting in chambers with
lawyers representing the Domin
ion justice department, flye pro
vinces and the Ontario Food
Processors Association.
He also ordered that the case
book—outlining the legislation
and its operation—be filed Feb.
6, Written argument by all in-
parties such as the Do- ®mion and provincial govern-
*i*SSbi£ts-, farm marketing bodies
and producers* associations, must
•be filed by March 5.
The case book will be prepared
and filed by the Ontario govern
ment. Apart from Ontario, the
(provinces represented were Man
itoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and
Newfoundland.
The legislation was referred to
the Supreme Court by the Do
minion government at Ontario’s
request. In effect, the reference
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meet the
month at
was
the
appointed
•Safety
permission to
Police Investigate
Tips On Suspect
■Constables at the OPP Detach
ment in Exeter and the town
police force have investigated a
dozen calls from people who be
lieve they saw the deviate who
murdered five - year - old Susan
Cadie'ux in London over the
weekend.
OPP Constable Elmei* Zimmer
man and Exeter Police Chief Reg
Taylor both received calls Wed
nesday morning concerning a
man on the highway. He turned
out to be a local resident
up bottles on the side
road.
Another "suspect” was
picking
of the
a hobo
who passes through these parts
regularly. Police knew him.
Encourage Calls
■Other, calls have come from
residents suggesting persons or
clues in connection .with the at
tack. While none has proved
helpful, police are not discourag
ing calls
may turn
Police
swamped
since an
the man appeared in the London
newspaper. One person reported
seeing the culprit on the screen
at one of the city theatres.
The attacker abducted the girl
from, a churchyard where she
was playing Friday evening,
criminally assaulted her and left
her to die in a shocked and
hysterical state. Posses conduct
ed a widespread search for the
girl and found her body on rail
way tracks.
in the hope that^ one
out to be important,
in London have been
with over 1,000 calls
artist’s conception of
Parks, Roads, Parking
Among Pooley's Plans
"Three major projects will
have to be considered for the
town of Exeter during the pres
ent year” Mayor R. E. Pooley
told the council at its inaugural
meeting Monday morning.
"The first major project is
the addition to the South Huron
District High School at an ap
proximate cost
"The second
Morrison dam
the erection of
to provide a much-needed water
supply to meet the growing needs
of the town.
"The third is a sewage system
that has been under considera
tion for some time”, he said.
"Our duty as a council is to
meet the needs of the town as
they come up and to lay plans
for future expansion” said the
mayor,
"Roads will need considerable
attention and it might be advis
able to have some pf them hard-
surfaced.
The parks, particularly River
view Park, in co-operation with
the Ausable River Authority, will
require consideration for future
use as mentioned in the local
press, some consideration and co
operation by the town, the mer
chants and the buying public
should be given to a parking lot
or. parking space in the town.”
he said.
Clerk C. V. Pickard, in admin
istering the oath of office, con-
of $137,000.
is the proposed
in Usborne and
a filtration plant
gratulated the members on their
election and at the same time
complimented the ratepayers of
Exeter on the fact that busy busi
nessmen were willing to give
their time and energy to the
■town’s business. He especially
spoke of the young councillors
who saw fit to accept municipal
office. ,
Three new members, Glen
Fisher, Wm, Musser and Alvin
E. Pym, took their seats along
with the former members, Mayor
Pooley; Reeve Wm. McKenzie,
Deputy-Reeve 'Chester, Mawhin
ney, and Councillors R, C, Din
ney, Ralph Bailey and Ross
Taylor.
Rev. Norman J. Knox opened
the meeting with devotional exer
cises. The mayor called on each
of the councillors for a few words.
Following the meeting the gath
ering adjourned to Kether's Rest
aurant for dinner.
New Committees
Change Personnel
Councillor Ralph Bailey was
named chairman of the roads*
and sidewalks committee in one
of the many‘changes in the're
organization of standing com
mittees, of council Monday.-
(Bailey succeeds Reeve McKen
zie as head of the important pub--
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Attend Services For Reeve
■Public funeral service will be
County and municipal officials, members of the- I.O.O.F, and
■along with many of the rate
payers he served, will pay res
pect Thursday to Hensall Reeve
William Parke, who died Tues
day morning following a heart
Recreation Director Doug Smith attack.
to use four rooms of the school '■_ ______ _____ __to give a medical Checkup for I held in Hensall United Church
those participating in the minor iat 2 p.m. Members of Huron
athletic program. | county council will attend in a
The accident insurance policy body and members of Hensall
on children was increased from council will act as honoary pall-
a $50 limit to $100. . bearers. Flower bearers will be
P.U.IC.
Bearers include Bill Fuss, Bert
Horton, George Hess, Ed Corbett,
Earl Campbell and Jack Corbett.
The reeve, preparing to start
his second term as head of the
municipality, suffered the attack
Saturday evening while watching
television in his home. Although
he was not able to attend the in
augural council meeting Monday
evening, he hoped to be back at
his post in another week.
Issue Warning
Over Shooting
iSeveral panes of glass in
P.U.C. pump house in Usborne
were broken during the holiday
season by someone with a rifle.
The rifle bullets were found in
the, building.
A warning that prosecution
will be taken has been issued by
the' P.U.C.
HENSALL COUNCIL LOSES REEVE—Hensall council was sworn in at its inaugural meeting
Monday night with Reeve William Parke absent. He died the following morning. Left to
right are Lome Luker, Harry Hoy, Norman Jones (acting reeve), Clerk J. A. Paterson, who
adminstered the oaths, and new councillor Jim Sangster. Reeve Parke served eight years
as a councillor and was starting his second as chief magistrate when he was stricken with
heart attack. —T-A Photo
Plan To Call Special Nomination
To Elect New Reeve For Hensall
(Date for a special nomination
[meeting to elect a new reeve for
Hensall has not been set yet,
Clerk J. A. Paterson said Wed
nesday. Probable date will be
Friday, January 20, he indicated.
Norman Jones senior member
of council, has been acting as
chief magistrate since Reeve Wil
liam Parke died Tuesday. Coun
cillor Jones presided over the In
augural meeting Monday night.
Rev, D. MacDonald addressed
the council and Clerk Paterson
administered the oath of office.
Jim Sangster freshman council
lor, took his seat along with vet
erans Harry Hoy and Lome
Luker.
Industrial Appointments
Councillors Jones and Hoy
were appointed to the Huron
County Industrial. Promotion
Board in Clinton,
E. R. Davis reported on re
pairs to the tractor and to the
town hall.
15Treasurer Paterson said
tax delinquents of 1955 owed
$1,392.84, in arrears representing
about three percent of the total.
A .gTant of $10 was approved
for St. John’s Ambulance Corps.
Council approved the Increased
dost of $137,000 for construc
tion of the addition to 'South
Huron District High ■School.
Memberships were taken in the
Association of Rural Municipali
ties and the Association of As
sessing Officers.
I
Council postponed some of its
business in the hope that the
reeve could attend another meet
ing latei* this week.
He was active in almost every
phase of community life and had
many associations.
Shortly after moving to Hen
sall from Hay township in 1946,
Reeve Parke became active in
municipal affairs. He was elected
to council the same year and
served as a member until .1955
■when J .he succeeded Alvin W.
Kerslake as reeve.
He served on many municipal
organizations: he was chairman
of the Public Utilities Commis
sion, the library board and the
Hensall School Fair Board.
He was a member of the
Chamber of Commerce, the I.O.-
O.F. and the United Church. .
Interested In Sports
Although not a member of
park board, he was keenly
terested in the arena with
new artificial ice plant. He-help
ed to organize minor hockey in
the town and assisted with the
operation of the junior team. He
was convenor* of the district
midget league.
A member of Huron County
Council last year, he served on
the finance and equalization
committees.
The Hensall reeve was born
in 1910. on the Goshen, Line in
Stanley Township, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John H. Parke. In 1921
he moved with his parents to
Hay township where he farmed
for many years before taking up
residence in Hensall in 1946.
He entered partnership with
Charles Jinks in the implement
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in-
its
Lucan Finally
Fills Offices
A third nomination meeting
was held Friday night in Lucan
to complete the slate of officers
for that village.
Allan Scott was elected to the
final council seat by acclamation
and Harry Lankin was named to
fill the hydro
ancy.
The village’s
elude;
Reeve, Cecil
Council, Mrs.
Roy Stanley,
Allan Scott.
Hydro commission, Cecil Lewis,
Harry Lankin, Russell Goddard
and Mrs. Irving Gibson, secre
tary.
Board
Whyte,
George,
Paul, J. .
Jack Murdy, secretary-treasurer.
commission vac-
officers now in-
Lewis.
A. E. Reilly,
John McIntosh,
of Education, Harold
Chairman; Mrs.
Stewart Park,
CJ. Cantelon, T. S. Hill,
C. H.
George
USBORNE COUNCIL STARTS WITH SURPLUS—Council in Usborne township began their
year with a bank balance of $13,000 carried over from 1955. Big project for the muncip-
ality is the conservation dam on Concession 2-3. Council members are, left to right, Harold •
Hunter, a newcomer; Harold Jeffrey, Reeve Clayton Smith, Hugh Love and Harold Hern.
Usborne Surplus Over $13,000;
Hay, McGillivray Name Officials
A surplus of $13,000—almost
$7,0'0'0 more than last ’year'—
was reported at the inaugural
meeting of Usborne council Mon
day afternoon at which new
Reeve Clayton tSmith presided.
Treasurer Newton G. Clarke
was instructed to use the money
to prepay county taxes at a dis
count.
Tax Collector H. H. G. 'Strang
reported $6,470 of 1955 taxes
outstanding. This amount is low
er than last year.
iCouncil appointed William El-
lerington to succeed A. W. Mor
gan as the township's represen
tative on the .SHDH'S board.
■Councillors Hugh Love and
Harold Hunter were named dele
gates ?to the Huron _County Indus
trial
Smith
River
Brock
» A grant of $25 was approved
for the Huron County Soil and
Crop Improvement Association.
Tenders for the supply of
gravel and for warble fly spray
ing will be called. Applications
are being received for a warble
fly inspector.
Appointment Changes
Changes in the appointment
of officials and salaries Included:
a $50 increase to treasurer, New
ton G. Clarke; a salary of $100
for caretakei* Johh Kellett; em
ployment of John Batten as
power grader operator at $208
a month.
Rev. Wesley Metres, of
Thames Road, .gave the devo
tional at the inaugural ceremon
ies. Council members include
Harold Jeffrey, Harold Hern,
Hugh Love and Harold Hun
ter.
Promotion Board. Reeve
will serve on the Thames
Authority and Wellington
on the Ausable Authority.
Township Office
To Be Relocated
Plans to build a bridge and
move the township offices were
discussed at the inaugural meet
ing of Hay council Monday after
noon.
New Reeve Valentine Becker'
said he hoped the council could
continue the bridge rebuilding
program by constructing another
span this year. Thb township
offices in Zurich ’will be moved
to allow the opening of a .new
road.
Clerk F. W. Brokenshire ad
ministered the oath of office to
two new councillors, Alex Mous-
seau and Oscar Grebb,
as to former members,
Reeve Louis Rader and
Grebb. The three Zurich
John Turkheim^ Lloyd
and Milfred Shilbe, were sworn
in at the same time.
Rev. O. Winter, of St. Peter’s
•Lutheran Church, Zurich, gave
the inaugural address.
The council approved
vised cost of $137,000
addition to South Huron
High School.
A grant Of $10 «was made to
the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association.
Reeve Becker and representa
tives from Dashwood and Zurich
were authorized to attend the
Huron County industrial Promo
tion Hoard banq.net in Clinton
Wednesday night.
A by-law confirmed the ap
pointment of A. M. Harper, of
Goderich, as auditor to succeed
Monteith and Monteith, of Strat
ford.
Other appointments Included:
as well
Deputy-
Leonard
trustees,
O’Brien
Clerk, treasurer and fax col
lector, F. W. Brokenshire.
Assessor, George Armstrong.
Ausable Authority representa
tive, William J. Haugh.
Road superintendent, James
Masse.
'School attendance officer, B.
J. Klopp; stock valuator, Bert
Klopp; relief administrator,
:-Reeve Becker.
Fenceviewers, Percy Campbell,
Lloyd Hendrick, and Fred J.
Haberer, Sr.
Poundkeepers, J. F. Ingram,
iGarnet Jacobe and son, Fergus
Turnbull, Alvin Walper, Leonard
Merner, Edwin Regier, Roy Gin
gerich, Harold Finlay, Henry
Clausius, Allan Crerar and Wil
liam Watson.
Caretaker, Mrs. Fanny Bender.
Representatives appointed to
the Hay Community Centre
Board include: the reeve and
Councillor Klopp, from council;
Ray Fisher, school board; John
Tutkheim, Zurich; Delbert
Geiger, Federation; Fred Haber
er, Lions Club; and Arnold Mer
ner, agricultural society.
the re
fer the
District Decorate Hall
In McGillivray
MoGilldvtay council decided to
fedecofate the interior of the
township hall at its inaugural
session Monday night. Tenders
are being palled for the job.
[Donations Of $25 each were
made to the Salvation Army and
the Middlesex Seed Eair. Tho
St. John’s Ambulance corps re
ceived $10.00.
Reeve Ered Heaman, who won
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