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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-07-19, Page 1SWING INTO CANNING—Local factory of Canadian Canners Ltd. started Monday into full-time packing of the district pea crops, Some field yields are reported light but the crop on the average is described as fair. Manager Harry Penhale said the pack will probably; last until early in August. Above, Harold Wolfe and Ted Smith feed peas into viners. ' . ’ • . ’ —T-A Photo Cost Of SHDHS Addition or- the Cost of the five-room addition to SHDHS, for which a contract was let last week, will probably exceed architect’s estimates for the rooms plus a cafeteria. ■The actual contract price, sub­ mitted by McKa’y Cocker Con­ struction Co., London, was $120,- 768. But.with architect’s’ fees: at $7,000, furnishings at $10,000, plus landscaping and other ex­ penses,. the final cost probably, will exceed the $137,000 figure Which'the board had hoped yvould bdild the cafeteria, too. The, contract was awarded , Thursday might at a special meet­ ing to consider revised tenders on* five classrooms after bids on the ropms plus a cafeteria prov­ ed to be more than the board could handle. Lowest of the iginal tenders was $164,000. McKay Cocker,-who built ... ( present school, submitted the lowest of the two tenders by, $4,000. The bid of C. A. McDow­ ell Construction Co'.,. Centralia, was $124,100. No Hiko In Taxes Despite the surprising differ­ ence in estimates and actual costs,’the expenditure for the adr dition will not mean another major shike in local taxes. Board 'Chairman C. S. MacNaughton, Avho presided, at Thursday’s meet­ ing, pointed out that the addition would cost ratepayers only " a fraction of a‘mill a-ydar. ,Government grants toward the addition could amount to $75,000, leaving a balance- of" $50,000 or $60,000 to be paid through local taxes. Spread out over a period of 15'years and over the com­ bined, assessment of six munici­ palities, the cost, per year is small in terms of mills. Before construction can started, approval must be ceived for the contract from Department of Education and municipal board. Although this is generally just a formality, it is expected to take two weeks to a month to get it through. • It is doubtful if any of the ad­ dition will.4be ready for use by September. This will mean the board will have emergency measures to accomodate the children this fall. Erected. On West End The . addition will ’ be' erected to. the West end of the present school. Three classrooms *will be extended to the south sidc^ of the western end and two class­ rooms and washrooms will be ad­ ded to the north side. One class­ room will be built beside the present cafeteria and the two rooms will be joined by doors so that the cafeteria overflow ---------------------- -------------z.--------------------- Orangemen -District Orangemen took part ■ In the mile-long parade and- cere­ monies in Seaforth Saturday which marked the 266th* anni­ versary of the Battle - of the Boyne. Over 8,000 attended the celebration'. Lloyd Hern, Woodham, was in charge of the program, which also observed the one-hundredth anniversary Of Winthrop Lodge. The County Master Of South Huron, Joseph Galdwell, Grand Bend, introduced, the speaker, Rev. E. E. Kent, Grand Chap­ lain of Ontario West. Mr. Kent said; “The Orange Order is not anti, but pro in its stand for things that mear\ a great deal to men a'nd worrien who have gope before.” • He urged his audience t.o demon- . . strate good daily living. ^- Oliver Jacques, county mgr- ■Uhall for South Huron and mas- W er Of the newly-organized yjSxeter, lodge, thanked the speaker. Others on the platform Who spoke briefly included Thomas Pryde, M.L.A.J Elston Cardiff, M.P.; ..nd A. Y. Mc­ Lean. Woodham tied with Clinton for the best fife ahd drum band ih thm parade. Thomas Sherntt, Hehsall, Was named best mSlc filer. Exeter Legion Pipe Band ac­ companied members of the local order in the parade. The men matched through Exeter Satur- . day morning before proceeding / Id Seaforth. District lodges _whkh attended can b§ handled ip the new class, room, . Although the new addition will solve the classroom problem, temporarily at least, the board is still faced with the necessity of finding increased facilities for cafeteria service. The present kitchen is taxed tq capacity and officials believe that more kitch­ en space will be required to feed' the increased enrolment in Sept­ ember. , Actual debentures*issue will go through the town of Exeter, which was named initiating m >n-. icipality when the original build-, ing was erected, but all muni­ cipalities in the district will con­ tribute toward the retirement of the debentures. These include Hensail, Grand Bend, Hay, Stephen, Usborne, and part of Tuckersmith. Although the board decided at its original tender meeting that drastic measure would have to be taken to cut costs, it did ’not have to curtail construction as -fl HARBOUR WILDLIFE—Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Desjardine arid family of Grand Bend have developed a private wildlife’ sanctuary on their farm on the Bluewater High­ way. The sanctuary is-a family hobby and and- the Desjardines have ^collected over 100 duck and geese, d$er, birds, bantams, fish, turtles, St. Bernard dogs and a Shet­ land pony. Ray and Valerie Desjardine, above, play with pet deer “Bambi0. The Arnold Desjardines of Grand Bend probably have the largest family in the district. At least it’s the most unique. Besides children — Mr. and Mrs. Desjardine have four— they have a wjldlife sanctuary right in their own backyard which harbours' 100 ducks and geese, two deer, a large variety of birds,* bantams, St. Bernard dogs, turtles, fish and a pure black Shetland pony. The Desjardine farm, about a mile north of the golf course at Grand Bend, gets more popu­ lar every year as this exception­ al family grows' by leaps and bounds..It gets art ever-increas­ ing number .of visitors every summer. To the casual visitor, however, .Grand Bend sanctuary, may appear to be much" out of ordinary, . Unless he knows wildlife well, he might think Desjardines just have a the not the his the —„-------- _ ..burtch of common ducks on their three ponds. Instead, however, the flock in­ cludes about 15 different veri­ ties of the water fowl, including Some of the most beautiful in , the world. * w , . * much, as.it had expected to, . To Planter Walls The. new addition-will have the same interior finish as the pre­ sent school. The board did con­ sider painted brick walls instead of plastering. There will- be several changes in the new section, however. Acoustic tile will be used in­ stead of acoustic plaster and the lighting will be fluorescent in­ stead of the present type. The contract price of $120,768 makes the original estimates provided by the Department of Education look ridiculous. The department told the board, a year ago, that it should be able to build five rooms and a cafe­ teria for $85,000. This figure was later revised by architects to $137,000,«which was still, away out;. ■ ‘ . The addition will provide ac­ commodation for a maximum of 650 to 700 students, which the board feels will be adequate un­ til 1960. lii® ies boasts ■ diamonds maroon breast, a green cap, white throat and a multi-shaded back of green blue hues. Or there’s the Mandarins, con­ sidered the most beautiful bird in China, with their fascinating, shades of Orange. Other ducks in the sanctuary are the black, European Wid­ geon, pintail, • European green­ winged te.al, blue-winged teal, redheads, canvass-back, scaup, black* east Indies, baldplate and shoveller, 'the Desjardines hope to *add th- American golden Boats' Survivors Just Sea Gulls feathers on the beach at Port Blake on Sunday were proven “gull-ible”. They thought they spotted five survivors clihgirtg to an overturned boat, The alarm went out to provincial police ahd boat owners at Grand Bend, who rushed to the scene of the tragedy. The wduld-be r e s c u e r s ■ /min/L .fi suiIIxjmlecIicxL Exeter council has applied to the Ontario Water Resources Board for financial aid in solving its ■ sewdge. disposal problem- Council took the move Monday night after hearing a report that assistance was available from the- Ontario government board and that towns must apply foi' it1 by July 1, 1957. Although the town has not re­ ceived'a complete report on its sewage situation from engineers, council has been told measures will have .to be -taken to prevent raw sewage from entering the Ausable river through drains. >In a recent letter to council, Engineer R. V. Anderson, of R.CAF Centralia Gets Chipmunks » There’ll be an increase im the population of Chipmunks in the area this week; These Chipmunks aren’t animals, however. They’re low-winged monoplanes now authorized for use1 as train­ ing planes by the R.C.A.F. First shipment of the light craft is expected to arrive at Centralia this week. ’ Chipmunks were employ-* ed on .the local station seve­ ral years ago in a test to determine the effectiveness of the loW’Wing craft, which t were used, to complement,, training in Harvards. The test- was successful and the Chipmunks have been officially incorporated in the training program. eye, buffle-head, hoo’ded. megan- bers and cinnamon teat ' The sanctuary, houses , three pair of Canada' geese and a pair of blue geese.,* Most of the adult birds are pinioned to prevent them from flying away but this isn’t neces* sary With‘the young, ones. The family has never known any of the birds born on the sanctuary to leave it. The ducks are valued at any­ where from $14 to $75 a pair by wildlife enthusiasts »and to build up their collection, the Desjardines have purchased birds f r d m commercial and government sanctuaries in Que­ bec and the west. PrtyvOn Birds The family has-been develop­ ing its collection for five years but it hasn’t been an easy task —not with foxes, skunks and owls around. Many valuable birds have been prey to these invaders. The Desjardine farm features a handsome white house, built in 1951, well-kept grounds, an elaborate doll house fot the kids and four wildlife*, enclosures in which there are three .po^ds^ I n financial them.” Toronto, said he would recom­ mend the construction of a chlo­ rine contact chamber at the end of the William Street storm sewer when he presented his re­ port, He was expected to present his suggestions to council this month. . , , • ■ Engineer Anderson also told council that its former plan of combining storm and sanitary sewers was not feasible and that a separate system, of sanitary sewers with its own ‘sewage sewage treatment plant Was the best solution He recognized, however, that cost of suclf an undertaking appears prohibitive, Willing To Muke Loans Dr. A. E. Berry, head of the Ontario Water Resources Board, said in a recent report that “the board is willing to make loans available to- all towns and cities requiring sewage disposal where problems warrant ‘If the town feels it can go ahead on its own, so much the better, but if the town officials feel they will need financial aid they will have to make appli­ cation to the board outlining their problems.” “Financial. difficulty,” said Dr. Berry,” has been the stumb­ ling block in the province-wide program Ho end pollution of waters. That is why.we have set up this board to assist the muni­ cipalities. Now it is up to those municipalities to come’to us. As far as we are -concerned the deadline for construction plans is still July 1, 1957.” Reeve William McKenzie urged that the town makes its ' appli­ cation immediately because, there are many oher municipali­ ties in the province which have asked for hearings. ,Exeter’s sewage problem, came to -a-head last year'When‘a cat- Ale* beast ‘died, irt Usborne ‘ from ’.bacteria in the river. Open New Dump Authority to construct a road into the town’s new dump in Hay township was given to sanita-” tion committee chairman, Ross Taylor. Councillor Taylor re­ ported fill was being hauled from the mew ground to-the old dump and expected that garbage wobld be durtipedfjn’ the new site soon. Council ” Officially appointed former/mayor, W. G. Cochrane, solicitor from the town, after hearing a report that-it was; pos­ sible for him to take the position despite his1 appointment ea'rlier this year as :a member of •file P.U.C. Retaining of a solicitor was felt necessary by council be­ cause of the increasing number stay ' open nights and holidays: Mayor Dooley objected: “But that would mean there would be no service -4 to - the community after hours.” “That’s beside the point,” re­ plied Bailey. That’s their prob­ lem and let them work it out themselves. They’re asking us to pass a bylaw and then turn' around and issue permits to the d— b......who want to stay open at nights.” Councillor Pym: “They’re try­ ing to fdree us to do what they can’t dp themselves.” Pooley suggested they return the bylaw to the operators and tell them they have to have 75 of legal problems which'"'are cropping up in municipal affairs. New Tank Truck Second In Ontario Guenther Tuckey Transports Ltd. this week received delivery on a 31-foot bulkmobile conveyor tank truck for salt, the second of its kind in Ontario. The' Vehicle, part of which was manufactured in Jerseyville, Illinois,-will carry, up to 20 tons of salt, which the local trans­ port hauls for firms in Goderich and Sarnia. The tank truck .becomes the forty-fifth unit in the local fleet and marks a 50 percent expan­ sion fop the firm since it was amalgamated in 1952. The trans­ port has increased, its units from 29 to 45 in less" than four years. ’ , The new truck Contains a-16- foot conveyor at the back which enables salt to be delivered Without being-touched by hand. It has five compartments enabl­ ing the transport to deliver in smaller quantities tbah truckload lots. The local firm, which is hoad< ed by B. W. Tuckey, trucks saltf all over the province, A few years ago, it purchased a special 20-ton dump, trailer especially for salt hauling. t .............. ... .......... Injured In Dive A 23-year-old Kitchener youth' suffered, lacerations th his hip Sunday when' ho dove off the south pier at Grand Send and hit a stone, Janies Weido was removed by ambuUrtce to South Huron Mos* THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE, JULY 19, 1956 Price PfF Cepy 7 Cunts I Council would have made the appointment at last meeting but were not certain if his position on the P.U.’C, would prevent Mr. Cochrane from accepting. The half-yearly financial "re­ port, submitted by Clerk C, V. —Please Turn to Page 16 Submit Tenders For ARA Dam At least three tenders have been received for construe tion pf the Morrison Dam in Usborne township, Secretary­ fieldman Hal Hooke said this week. Closing, date for the bids ’ is July 31. ■ A general meeting of the Authority, along with repre­ sentatives of municipalities involved, will be held at the first of the month to consid­ er the tenders.' Into Second Fatality «4 Inquest into the death of Sgt. Wallace G. Foster, 30, fatally in­ jured in a traffic accident north of Exeter Friday night, will be held in the .town hall Friday, July 20, at 2.00 p.m. Coroner Dr. F.G. Thompson, Clinton, will preside for the hearing. The airman, a-13-year veteran of the RCAF, died, in ambulance on way to hospital after iris, car sideswiped another and crashed. • into a ditch two miles north Of town on No. 4 highway. Sipe pf the vehicle smashed into axtpee* causing the driver to be thrown through the , window onto the •hood. , It was the second fatal acci­ dent recorded by. the local OPP '.detachment this year. , The deceased was ' travelling south and struck a car driven by .Robert MacTavish, *34, London.; The airman’s car, a' late model, was wrecked and the MacTavish car suffered $80'0. daxriage. ’ The accident occurred about 10.30 p.m. OPP Constable George Mitchell investigated and. Dr. M. Gans, Exeter, attended. , A steward, in the airmen’s mess, Foster *Was the father of three children, youngest, of whom 'Was born‘in South Huron Hos- •pifal in April. He was posted to Centralia in, the fall of 1954 after serving' overseas. . Surviving are his' wife, the former Muriel Horne, of Halifax, N.S.; his three children, Juanita, Sharon and Garry; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Foster, of London; one brother, Elgin, of Woodstock; and a sister, Mrs. Richard Yahmke, London. Requiem mass was held in the Roman Catholic Chapel, 4 Cen­ tralia, on Tuesday, with Rev. F. Proulx officiating. Burial was in -Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Lon­ don. Faces Drunk Charge . A- charge of drunk driving has been laid., against Gerald Zwicker, prominent Crediton seedsman, following an accident Saturday on Highway 83 at the; FATAL IMPACT*—Second fatality of the year in this dis­ trict was.recorded Friday when this car crashed sideways info a tree on No. 4 highway north of Exeter, Victim was j Sgt. Wallace G. Foster, 30, of RCAF Station Centralia, who was thrown out the front window, onto the hood. An ’ ..............* Exeter council has been threatened with a lawsuit if it passes a .bylaw restricting the hours of operation for service stations. „ ... * Ward Fritz, Zurich, owner of a station at the corner of High­ ways No. and 83, notified coun-' cil Monday he was prepared to take the issue to court. ’ In a telegram from Point Au. Bazjl, where 'he is holidaying, Mr. Fritz told council:' “Due to my heavy investment on the outskirts. I will be forced to liti­ gate any action ‘ on your part which may take away any of my business rights to operate on a paying basis.” The Zurich businessman was one of *hree operators who1 strongly opposed the bylaw when it was first proposed to coun­ cil a month ago.' His position ap­ peared changed, however, at the last council meeting when the firm to which he had leased his station, Lakeview Hatchery Ltd., .signed the petition for regulation of hours. The situation was reversed again last week when Lakeview subleased the station to Fred Bonnet and withdrew its signature from the petition. Mr. Fritz’s threat wasn’t need­ ed .for postponement of the by­ law,. however, because council­ lors , were in no mood to pass it anyway, They still weren’t satis- stations W’. G.' mayor, was re- fled the petition contained W percent of the garage operators in town and they received legal advice that the by-law which wM submitted wasn’t complete. The issue, consumed. the major portion of ariother midnight ses­ sion of council. Eight service stations have petitioned for leg­ islation whereby all garage oper­ ators, except two In summer and one in winter, must. close eve­ nings and holidays. The stations which would remain open would be alternated; by a pre-arranged schedule' At least two oppose the bylaw. Advice from solicitor Cochrane, former town revealed that council . quired, b’r provincial legislation, to pass the bylaw if 75 percent of the operators petitioned it. On the other hand, -council could pass the bylaw without any sig­ natures if it wished. Solicited Cochrane said the by­ law wasn’t complete, however, because it did not include-a pen­ alty clause. He suggested that a minimum fine of $10 and a max­ imum penalty of $50 be establish­ ed for violation of the regula­ tions. • (On Tuesday, it was revealed one sheet (of the proposed by­ law was missing. It contained the penalty’clause.) ■ - Objects To- Two Signers , . Councillor Alvin Pym objected" to passing the bylaw because he said the signers of 'tlie original petition included gas distributors who weren’t prepared tp> take. (Reir turn in providing service after hours. He referred to F» W. Huxtable, implement: dealer,, and W. G. Selddn, - oil agent, whose-names appeared, oh 'the, petition but. who .wanted -to- be. , excluded from the open schedule.. “Unless they are willing to stay open with the rest; of'the. operators, they have no . legiti­ mate reason to sigR the petition,” Pym stated- Reeve "William Me-- Kenzie and Councillors Ralph Bailey and Glen Fisher agreed; with him. .. *, -: - * “I’m in sympathy whole'tiling aV. long as-.every- Pym, '^but i can’t ^ounfc/thS’two of them ih on it in -my coft- science.” ; „ • - • Councillor -Pym didn’t like the idea of getting- involved Mil a .court action suit /either. “If we pass, something .that isp’t .correct, we’ll find ourselves on' tRe de­ fensive in another court*- case like tlie dump, The rest ...of. the town’s going to jump ms pretty •quick if we. get involved id ‘an­ other lawsuit.” . \ Solicitor Cochrane pointed1.* out ’ that - council .should,, but didn’t have to, grant permits to-sta- ’ —Please Turn to/Page.16 west limits of Exeter; . Thek .’’’wicker vehicle, which suffered $1,200 damage, collided with the rear end of a truck driven by Warren Sanders, 38, CNR expressman,, as the latter was making a left hand turn in­ to *his laneway. Both vehicles were travelling east. . . The truck suffered only $30 damage. Mr. Zwicker was arrested by* OPP Constable John Forde at the scene of th© accident and taken to'Goderich jail where "he was ‘./Jaterty released/,/on- ;$1,OO0 bond. -Eblldwih^ 'ilu^ rmertse, Mie. was treated by Di*. Gans/ Exeter, and taken to, South. Huron Hospital for observation. Mrs. Zwicker • was also . taken to hospital for treatment of' minor,. injuries but has since, "been discharged' ’ The- easels' tentatively sche­ duled to' be1 heard in ■ Goderich on August^ -. • Car Tota/,Wreck A 1951 model car'was wrecked Wednesday evening when its driver lost control and ■ the —•Please Turn to Page 16 Bend Drive Continuesf Prosecute 26 Coses Three fines,of $100 each were registered in Grand Bend court Tuesday when Magistrate J. C. Dunlap 'heard a total of 26 cases. Basil Richardson of Strathroy, paid $100 and had his licence suspended for three months for leaving the scene of an accident at. the summer resort" over the weekend.- Richardson hit a parked car on Queen St. and, although the damage was only $25, failed to report the accident to the owner. James Ffe’rguson,- of- Windsor, and Gordon Heir, London, each paid- $100 for illegal possession of liquor. Twelve persons- paid $10 and costs for having liquor in a place other than their private ‘ resi­ dence; one paid $10 for creating .a disturbance; five were" fined $5.00 for being drunk and bne was fined $5.00 for a. noisy muf­ fler. ' . In.. addition to the charges heard Tuesday,, Grand' Bend- police laid another 16 charges as they continue their intensive campaign aaginst rowdyism at the resort “As long as they continue to act up, we’ll continue to lay the charges,” aaid OPlg .Corporal Neil Chamberlain, head of the detachment. ' \ Stratford Youth Fined .An-18-year-old Stratford youth who was caught driving while his licence .was suspended re­ ceived a fine of $50 and costs in I Magistrate’s court, Exeter, '.Wed­ nesday- ‘ t . .Robert D. Crack, convicted of cafeless drivirtg'.in Stratford in Jtipe, .pleaded guilty to the chafge. • ' . T\Vo district motorists who failed to yield right of way to traffic on through highways were both fined $20 ,and costs. They Were Raymond ..Wein, Dashwood, and Willidm J. Hicks, R.R. 3 Parkhill. Both-Were involved in Separate accidents. . Ian Dick, 16, of EXctfer, paid f $15 and Costs after ■ pleading guilty to d charge of. careless driving 6rt June 16. The youth was involved ih a three-car crash hear the corner of Main and Sanders Streets.He struck the rear end of a vehicle which had slopped on the highway to allow another car to come out of a service station, James T. Doyle, London, re­ ceived a $15 fitie for failing io report an accident west of Zur­ ich on May 26- He was involved in a crash which caused over $1,000 ’property damage. Doyle told Magistrate -Dudley Holmes he thought ho had ‘48 hours jn which to inform police of the mishap. Richard w» Butkiey, Hamil* . ton, paid $20 anti costs? for care­ less driving at the corner or | Nos. 4 and S3 highways on Juno 24, He* went thrb'ugh.« stop sign and struck another vehicle. Burkiey said the sun ipr-evont*- ed him from seeing the sign.