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Propos e $400,000 1’roiect
For Town Sewage System
CROMARTY BARNS BURN—Two modern barns, chuck full of this year’s harvest,
went up in flames on the farm rented by Herman Hoste, Cromarty, Tuesday night.
Machinery, grain, hay, cash crops, pigs and chickens were lost in the blaze. Surveying
the ruins are, left to right, Herman Hoste, farmjowner Rene-Van de Wynckel of Glen
wood; and a neighbor, Alex Gardiner. The farm, purchased two years ago, was the
. Bruce family homestead. —T-A Photo
Fire Razes Barns, Crops
Of Young New Canadian
A- young New Canadian farm
er, working hard to get es
tablished on a Cromarty-district
farm, watched a year’s labor go
up in flames Tuesday night
, 'when his two barns, chuck full
of this year’s harvest, burned
to the ground.
In less than two hours, the
blaze destroyed the buildings,
machinery, grain, hay and cash
crops, arid livestock. Loss is
estimated between $30,000 and
$40,000.
Operator of the 2Q0-acre farm
is Herman Hoste, a 30-year-old
bachelor,, who moved there two
years ago. The .farm was owned
by Rene Van" de Wynckel, of
Glenwodd, a prosperous Chat
ham-district farmer who is help
ing immigrants get established
here. ’ ’ ■
The adjoining barns, 45x80 and
36x40, were among the show
pieces of the district. They can’t
be replaced for $50,000, Mr. Van
de Wintkel estimates.
Crops lost, in the blaze; in
cludes. 2,100 bushels of grain, 60
to.nfe of hay and 20 tons of man
gels. Corn in a silo, just filled
Satutday, “was damaged by. the
■ heat. Twenty pigs arid 50 chick-
.Softs' were burned.
Mi®'Machinery loss includes a
“freshing machine, two .seed
drills, a hay loader and a chop
ping mill.
Herman Hoste and his brother
Eugene were harvesting sugar
beets when Eugene came up to
the, barn about 6.30 to do the
chores; After turning on the
lights, he went upstairs to put
down some, feed and discovered
flames raging in hay mows on
both sides of-the barn.
Eugen ran to a neighbor, Mrs,
Calder McKaig, to turn in the
alarm.
Herman, who had noticed the
fire from the field, tried'to drive,
the pigs out of the barn. When
they wouldn’t leave, he picked
them up and threw them out
one by one. He saved 50 of the
Pastor
Mission
Local
On
The Rev, H, J. Snell left on
Wednesday night ‘for Pilot
Mound, Manitoba where he will
• conduct a preaching mission be-
. ginning with anniversary serv
ices next Sunday and continuing
with evening services through
out the week.
, This National Evangelistic
Mission, which has been going
on for some time, began with
. the ministers, then ■ the church
officials after which church
member were given the oppor
tunity of rededicating their lives..
The mission is now being carried
on 'io the nation.
Ten ministers were chosen
from London Conference to ex
change' pulpits with ministers
from Manitoba. The Rev. Stan
Searles, of Rosedale Church,
Winnipeg, will conduct the mis
sion in, Ontario St. United
Church, Clinton, from October
21-28, j
1 J t
ON IB Fund
Needs Boost
. Campaign for the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind
’ reached’ the halfway mark this'
week, according to S. B. Taylor,
local chairman.
, Total contributions as of Satur-
. day, Oct. 13, amounted to $433.00.
The objective is $900.
Mr. Taylor said the campaign
is lagging, behind that of last
year and issued another appeal
to the district to send in contri
butions as soon as possible. Many
who donated in former years
have not forwarded checks yet.
Contributions according to mu
nicipality are: Exeter, $316.15;
Centralia $65.00; Crediton $35.00;
Dashwddd $14.15; Granton $2.00;
RCAF Centralia $1.00.'
Wins Bicycle
Friday Night
Cornelius Zeehuisen, eight
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. Vanhuisen, Andrew St., is
riding to school on a brand new
bike these days;
He was the winner of the free
draw provided by .Exeter Lions
Club during their frolic Friday
night. -
The pther ^raffle prize of. the
frolic--a portable ■ TV set-was.
won by Kenneth Young, a Grand
Bend Lirin. Mayor R. E. Pooley
drew ..the winning tickets for both
draws.
A. crowd of 400. attended the
frolic to ’try to win’ prizes and
money in games of ‘chance.
Hundreds of youngsters enjoyed
rides on horses supplied by
members of Exeter Saddle. Club.
Feature of the frolic was the
celebration of the championship
won by Exeter Kinsmen Midgets.
The members of the team, and
its coaches, were introduced to
the crowd in a ceremony con
ducted by Lions President Bob
Dinney and Kinsmen President
Lloyd Ford.
Mayor Pooley extended
cial town congratulations.
70 he had.
Neighbours rushed in and pull
ed out as much machinery .4s
they could, including a binder.
Then they moved 50 tons of
straw which had been piled near
the buildings.
Mitchell Fire Department ar
rived and poured water on_ a
nearby machinery shed,
house was not threatened.
Wiring Cause Blaze?
Neighbours believe the
started from a 'short circuit.
Spontaneous combustion was
ruled out because there was no
explosion before the outbreak.
The 200 -acre farm, whose
buildings were among the most
modern in the community, was
the Bruce family homestead. The
farm was cleared in 1857'. by
Andrew Bruce and-remained in
the family until the death of his
grandson, Frank Bruce, in 1954.
Herman Hoste, who had been
working for. Mr. Van de Wynckle
at Glenwood for several years,
took over the operation of the
farm „ in February, 1955’. His
brother moved onto, the farm a
year ago,
Mr, Van de Wrinkfel and "the
Hoste brothers were , connected
in “Holland years ago, Mr. Van
de Wrinkel’s father, .worked for
Hostes’ grandfather on a farm
there..
The
fire
Lions Official
Speaks Here
Some 300 Lions, representing
48 clubs between Windsor and
Goderich, will meet in Exeter
Legion Memorial Hall Tuesday
night to hear the second vice-
president of Lions International,
Dudley L. Simms of Charleston,
West Virginia.
'The Exeter rally is one of two
Ontario Lions meetings which
the international official will at
tend next week during a flying
visit to the province. Before be
ing elected to his executive post,
Mr. Simms served as a 'director
of the Lions organization and on
its board of international rela
tions.
This will be the first time tliat
a district Lions rajly has been
held in Exeter. Two previous
meetings have been held in Zur
ich.
R. C.‘Dinney, president of the
local club, will be chairman of
the meeting and District Gover
nor A. J, Sweitzer., Exeter, will
be toastmaster. ’
Other Lions officials attending
the rally will be Executive Sec
retary Dalton Higgs, Toronto;
International Director William
Garner, Barrie; and Internation
al Counsellors Ward Bolton, St.
Marys and Nelson Hill, Goder
ich.
Grows Parsnip
One Yard Long
A parsnip that would feed
a family for several days
was brought into The Times-
Advocate office this week.
John Prance, of William
St., dug up a specimen, that
measured over three feet
long. Without the top, vit weighed nearly 10 pounds.'
East week, we reported the
finding of an 1852 Bank of
Upper Canada token by Gar
net. Hicks/ of Usborne>. ■ Mr.
"- Pran.ce= rep6rts-.he’'d,ig up dire''
several years ago that was
dated 1937’and was about.the
size of a’ 50-cent piece.
Has anybody found one
older than that?
Driver Pays $100 Fine
Over Three-Car Crash
offi-
Fair Board
Loss $400
Results of a record-size' bacon
hog competition at Kirtkon Fair
were .announced this week by’
Secretary Alex F. Crago.
Eighteen entries, largest in
the history of the fair, competed
for special prizes. The hogs
were purchased by Burhs .for*
$32.50.
.First prize went to Robert
Robinson, R.R. 1 St. Marys,
with Harold Clarke, of R.R. 1
Woodham, placing second.
Other winners were: Fred
Switzer, R.R. 1 St. Marys; Lloyd
Hern, R.R. 1’ Woodham; Fred
Jameson, R.R. .6 St. Marys; Jim
Willis', Kirkton; Fred Jameson,
R.R. 6 St..Marys; Don Pullen,
R.R. 1 Granton; Rae Stephen,
R.R. 1 St. Marys; Milton Mc
Curdy, Kirkton.
Harold Clarke had the champ
ion carcass and Robert Robin
son the reserve champion.
Milton Ulch and sons made
the delivery to the packing
house.
, i
OES Selects
IJew Officers
Garnet’ Patterson was el
ected Worthy Matron of Exeter
Chapter, O.E.S., and Mr. Pat
tersori was elected Worthy Pat
ron at the meeting of the Chap
ter on October 10.
Other elected include Mrs. Wil
liam Bell, assoc, matron; Mr.
William Bell, assoc, patron;
Mrs. William Middletpn, secre
tary; Mrs. R. L. Motz, treasur
er; Mrs. Elgin McKinley, con
ductress; Mrs. Earl Burr, assoc,
conductress; Mrs. R. Kestle,
Stanley Love and Allan Fraser,
trustees; Mrs. Stanley Love and
Mrs. Lloyd Hodgson, auditors.
W,M. Mrs. Jack Dinkins and
w.P. Mr. Maurice Quebec pre- -iiYx JiW
Start Band
Thursday
Promoters of a junfor band for
Exeter received the green light
frojn. town council and recrea
tion council this week to begin
practices.
Coupncil Monday night gave
the band permission to use in
struments of the disbanded ‘citi
zens’ band and the recreation
council voted $300 to the commit
tee to finance organizational
expenses.
Cecil Wilson, chairman of the
committee, , said parents of 25
children hhve indicated they
would be prepared to pay prac
tice fees and purchase instru
ments' and he - felt this was
sufficient to start the project.
Mr. Wilson said he expected
others would join after practices
began.
The first trydut will be held
Thursday night in tlie town hall.
Instructor will bo James Ford,
of London, dnedime conductor
of the London Tech Band and
a teacher of brass instruments.
Members of the band commit
toe include . Mrs. H. L. Sturgis,
Gaston Charette, 21, of Sud
bury, whose car was involved
in a. three-car crash which hos
pitalized two London people on
Sept. 29, was fined $100 and
costs . by Magistrate Dudley
Holmes Wednesday on a charge
of criminal negligence.
Charette, travelling east on
Nd. 83, failed to stop at the
north end .intersection and struck
a car on No. 4. A third car,
parked on the east side of No.
4, was also damaged.
Injured were Mr. and Mrs.
Spencer .J. Francis, London, whe were released from South Huron
Hospital last week.
Charette pleaded guilty to the
charge. Defence counsel Elmer
D. Bell, .QC/said the driver suf
fered shock in the accident and
could not remember events pro
ceeding it. -Mr. Bell said the
road was new to the driver.
Crown -Attorney H._ Glen Hayes
presented pictures showing six
signs of warning of the inter
section which Charette ignored.
Witnesses said he decreased his
speed only seconds before the
crash. ', . ' .
Receives $150 Fine
Reginald,, Watterworth, of Sea
forth, was fined $150, his car impounded for six months and
his licence suspension! extended
for six months following convic
tion of driving while his permit was suspended.
It was Watterworth’S fifth traf
fic offense in as many years.
Failed To Report Accident
Barry Whetstone, 19, of God
erich, was fined $20 ’ and costs
for failing to report an accident
in which damage exceeded $100.
He damaged a fence at the
home of Daniel Waldron, Steph
en, and drove away without not-
Damage $1,200
In Two Crashes
Two weekend accidents in the
district caused $1,200 property
damage and sent an Usborne
girl to hospital with minor in
juries.
Sunday, a car driven by Ro
bert J. Bell, Hensall, knocked
down hydro and telephone poles
when it crashed' into the ditch
on No. 4 Highway, one-half mile
north of Exeter.
His pasenger, Grace Johnst of
Elimville, received hospital
treatment for lacerations to the
face and was later‘released.
Cars driven by John P. Rau,
R.R. 2 Zurich, and Frederick J.
Richard. Aidershot, collided on
No. 21 highway, one mile north
of St. Joseph Saturday night.
Both cars were travelling south
when the Richard car struck
(he rear of the Rad vehicle.
ifying the owner-.or. police.
Estimates of car.damage rang
ed from $100 to $350, '
“If people get the idea they
can run into fences or cause
small property damage without
reporting it, then respect for the
law will become a thing of the
past,” Magistrate Holmes said.
James Donnelly,' Goderich, was
defense council.
secretary; Don Easton, Mayor OPP Constable Cecil Gibbons
mk.i tr w I:-.uwtv.
NEW BANK MANAGER—K. W. McLaughlin, left, of
Morrisburg, has been transferred to the local branch of
the B^nk of Nova Scotia, succeeding H. W. Kelson, who
has been manager here since the branch opened in April,
1953. Mr. Kelson has .been transferred to Milton.
Fete Bank Manager
Following Transfer
H. W. Kelson, manager of the
Bank of Nova Scotia here since
it opened three and one-half
years ago, has been transferred
to the Milton branch where he
will be in charge of a staff of
13. He assumed his post Wed
nesday.
. New Exeter manager is K. W.
McLaughlin, who was trans
ferred from Morrisburg. He has
also served in Cornwall and.
Kingston, branches.
During* his term here, Mr.
Kelson served as treasurer of
the Lions/ Club and of the Ex
eter -unit of the Canadian Can
cer Society. He was also on the
executive of the Legion branch
for two years,
At a reception in his honor
Tuesday night, Mr. Kelson was
presented with tables from busi
nessmen-. of*the community and
a mirrot from the Legion. W.
G. Cochrane and Reg McDonald
made the presentations.
Mr. Kelson’s family, who will
remain here for several weeks,
have also been active in the
community. Mrs. Kelson was a
member of the Trivitt Memorial
La*dies Auxiliary, the Home and
School Association and the South
Huron Hospital Auxiliary.
Both of their sons, Bob and
Doug, won the top .academic
award foi- boys in grade eight*
at Exeter Public School. They
were active in sports, and play-
ed on minor hockey and base
ball teams. Doug was a mem
ber of Exeter Kinsmen Midgets,
who won the OB A championship
last week, and, .both boys were
on the bantam hockey team
,which reached the semi-finals
last year.
Exeter was Mr. Kelson’s first
appointment as manager. Dur
ing the war, he served four
years in the army.
Mr. McLaughlin has served in
thfe/barik- siricel929, .exceptfor-,
five years in the army. At
Morrisburg, he was treasurer of
the Lions Club and the Presby
terian Church and a member of
the chamber of commerce and
Red Cross.
He and his wife have two
children.
Ask New Commission
To Take Over Project
Exeter council, acting on the i Council’s investigation into the
recommendation of its engineer, • ~—----- —'*’*........... ‘ ‘ '
decided Monday night to apply
to the Water Resources Com
mission of Ontario for assist
ance in building a complete
sewer system.
. The council will submit a re
port to the commission, outlin
ing plans for a $400,000 sewer
age system, seperate from storm
drains, and including a treat
ment plant and trunk sewer on
Main Street.
The report was presented Mon
day night by R. V. Anderson,
Toronto engineer, who said the
commission may offer to con
struct and operate the system
for the town. He recommended
that council ‘'make an applica
tion at the earliest opportunity
for a, review of the whole prob
lem.
Rules Out Old Plans ’
Mr. Anderson’s report
out two former plans for ____
ating sewage problems which
had been considered by council.
.He advised again,st using thq
William street storm sewer as
a combined sewer carrying both
sanitary and storm waste and
he discouraged the erection of
a, temporary treatment plant to
treat the flow coming out of the
William street sewer at the
present time.
Council moved to present the
report to the commission as soon
as maps were available. It may,
however, be six months or a
year before any action is taken.
Mr. Anderson said the re
sources commission was em
powered to provide long-term
loans to municipalities to fin
ance sewage projects which
towns could not afford to pay
for through debentures. The
commission would engineer the
project, call tenders, let t he
contract arid operate the system.
The commission yvould build
the treatment plant and trunk
sewer but the town would be
responsible ...for construction of
laterals,'”'which • were estimated
at $150,000.
In addition to paying off the.
loan over a 30-year-period, the
town would be required to pay
operating charges which, Mr.
Anderson said, might be equiva
lent to existing water rates.
prob
ruled
allevi-
Council Urges Action
On Dam In Usborne
Members of Exeter c___2
expressed criticism Monday,
night over delays in the Morrison dam project which have re
sulted in skyrocketing costs.
They passed a resolution urg
ing the Ausable River Conserva
tion Authority to speed- up
negotiations on the scheme.
HOSPITAL GIFT—Members of the Exeter Chaptei
South. Huron Hospital with an anaesthetic table this
council I Council did not formally con-
sider the' newest price ' • hike
which sets cost of the dam at
$225,000 arid Exeter’s share ’ at
$93,000. However, at least one
member said he would oppose
town participation on the basis
of the increased costs.
Mayor Pooley, who represent
ed council at the1 meeting last
week with Contractor R. A.
Blyth, Toronto, said a special
meeting "Would be called for the
P.U.C.' and council to consider
the new proposal.
Reeve William McKenzie, and
Councillor Alvin Pym criticized
the delays which resulted in
cost increases. Reeve McKenzie
pointed out that estimates for
the. dam have almost doubled
since the project was
posed.
“I think it’s about
council took action,”
reeve. “We’re never
about the project at all and we
are the responsible body.. Why
can’t we call a meeting to see
if we can get action?”
The reeve sdggcsted the town
take over the project alone but
the mayor pointed out that it
could not get the government
grant of 50 percent unless the
scheme went through the Author
ity.“I think we. could build suf
ficient storage facilities at our
own dam for the amount we’re
going to pay them,” said the
reeve.
Wouldn’t Approve Cost
The reeve asked the mayor
to poll councillors • to find out if
they would approve the new in
crease.* “I wouldn’t be in favor
of it myself.* If there are others
who feel the same way, that
would knock
right away.”
first pro
time this
said the
consulted
it OB
of the Eastern Star presented
„ week. The gift was the second
made by the chapter in the past two years. Above, Superintendent Miss Alice Claypole
receives the table on behalf of the hospit al. The nresentation was made by Worthy
Matron Mrs. Shirley Dickins, centre, and William Beil, Kippcn,. a member of the
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The mayor favored postpone
ment of any decision until the
P.U.C. meets.
The Authority
vember 30 to
! latest tender on
wak made clear ... — .. —
meeting that onus for approval
lay with the town. If Exeter
approves the increase, the On
tario government will contribute
its share. The Authority has to
approve the now cost also.
Mayor Pooley said he had
been approached by two district
contractors who felt they could
erect the dam for loss and he
indicated it might be possible
that now tenders will be called.
Discuss Drains
Considerable discussion took
place on drainage problems on
the south cast corner of town.
A delegation of Walter1 Cutbush,
Wes Johns and Sam Jory Re
quested that flooding on Simcoe
street, be relieved.
I Court of revision was sot tor J.Novmnbet. 5, at~7 p.m..................;
has until No
accost Blyth's
tho job but it
at last week’s
sewerage problem was started
over a year ago when a cattle
beast died in Stephen township
from consuming sewage in the
Ausable. There were hints of
legal action from farmers down
stream.
A portion of Mr. Anderson’1
report follows:
In order to make the most ef
ficient use of the present sys
tem of sewers, it has been pro
posed from time ,to time that:
(1) The William Street sewer
be used as a combined sewer, '
carrying both sanitary and
storm.
(2) That a partial treatment
plant be. constructed at the end
of the William Street trunk, at a
minimum cost,' and capable of
treating the flow' to a degree that
would avoid any legal repercus-
smns from land owners down
stream from that point.
We regret to report that both
of the above ideas are not looked
upon ‘favourably by the Depart
ment of Health and it is unlikely
that approvals could be obtained
for such a scheme. It is also the
opinion of Dr. A. E. Berry, di- '
rector of Sanitary Engineering,
that chlorination only at the •end
of the 24” trunk would, not entire
ly absolve the town from liability
of stream pollution.
Not Give Legal Protection -
The idea of a chlorination
chamber at the end of the trunk
was at one time proposed by us,
as a temporary means of protec
tion against possible law suits. In
Dr. Berry’s opinion, this would
not give the legal protection de
sired and unless it formed a part
of a full-sized treatment plant to
be constructed alongside the a
chlorin ? tor the expenditura *
would not be justified. A. mini-’
mum cost estimate is $20,000 arid
it is highly'" unlikely that damages
to that extent. could, be claimed
by any injured parties that might
sue the town because of stream
pollution. ' "* w * . ■ , ■
In our opinion, the proper ap
proach to a satisfactory solution
of the sanitary sewerage problem
is tlie installation of separate,
sanitary sewers and the construe-'
tion of a modern sewage treat
ment plant that will give com
plete treatment of sewage at all
seasons of the year.
The means by which this may
be accomplished are somewhat
comple'x, particularly since the
newly-formed Water Resources
Commission of Ontario may very
well become involved in any sub-
sequent negotiation^.
Briefly, the Walter Resources
Commission offers to construct
and operate sanitary sewerage
systems for municipalities, using
provincial funds for capital ex
penditure rather than the usual >
local debentures and collects'
back over an extended period,
say 30 years, the annual charges
for the retirement of capital cost
and interest charges at prevail
ing rates, say 5 percent. Ari oper
ating and maintenance charge...
would also be collected on a per
manent basis.
J Need Board's Approval
I Approval of the municipal
f board will probably be also re-
quired, as the taxpayers Of Exe-
i ter will still be paying for the
I entire system: The chief advan
tages of the plan, however, are
mainly'as follows:
1. The debenture debt of the
town is not increased.
2. Interest .rates will probably
be lower under provincial bor
rowing than municipal borrow
ing.
I 3. A longer period for repay
ment is allowed, namely 30 years,
instead of 20 years, so that-the
annual charges may not be as
great. 4
4. Responsibility for design,
construction, operation and finan
cing is vested with the commis
sion rather than the municipality.
It should be noted at this point
that the commission will not pay
for the entire original installa
tion bu't only .for the treatment
plant and main trunk' sewers.
This situation would then still
involve the town in a local de-
i issue foi* sewerin** nilI streets that cannot be classified
as routes of main'trunk sewfera.
We suggest that rather than
attempt to solve the sanitary
■ problem, alone, the. town make art
1 application to . the Water Re
sources Commission at the ear
liest opportunity for a review ol
j the. whole problem.
If it is .decided to turn the mat*
i ter over to the commission, the
I commission would appoint cn-
j ginccrs to ■ design the type of
1 treatment plant required and the
I connecting trunks: it would call
• the tenders, award the construc-
< tion contracts and supervise the
' Construction.
| When the work is completed,
(and houses are connected tn the
i system and getting service, the
. sewer rates would go into effect,
j The commission would appoint
I the plant operator and maintain
{ * —please Turn' To' Rage 3 .
i to Mrs. Sid West for construc
tion of a wv iW»■
Mayor Pooley • frittorled coitt-
plaints of destMjctlmii caused by
youths throwing tottm tomatoes
at houses. Wo urged that citi-
uons who witnessed such action
I report, .'names of the youths to