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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-04-04, Page 1EIghty-Secoadi Tsar EWER, ONTARIO, APRIL. 4, 19§7 1, 1,,,•4 4 4) WINS MERIT AWARD—This portrait of. "Randy," son of Mr. and. Mrs. J.- W2 Weber, Exeter, was. oneof two prints submitted:.by .Exeter photographer. Jack Doerr which, received merit awards last week at the international Photographic Exposition in Wash- ington, DC, Photographers from all over the world, except those behind the iron earthin, submitted prints for the show. . ps: Budget Up $2,50O, County Levy Increases Two rate.increases which will affect Exeter taxes were re- vealed at ,council meeting 1VIon- day eight. „, . • Exeter Public School board has submitted a request for $42,000 from council this year. This is $2,500 more than lagt year and is required to meet both an increase in teachers' salaries as well as the. cost-7,of %additional teachers which will be'ffecessary this com- ing term. The courity-will jump from 12 to 12.75 mill'" because of the new provincial. grant system.. This increase, however, will more than be recovered by the larger grant § to municipalities. Council is expected to strike the 1957 rate at its regular 'fleet- ing on Monday,. April 15, or per- haps at a special meeting before then. All committee chairmen have been requested to submit their estimates this year. Council has still not made a decision of the type -of equipment it will buy for maintenance of the town damp. in Hay township. It is considering several different ma chines, Exeter Community Centres Board submitted a formal re- quest for its $2,000 grant this year. All councillors approved it except Bailey. Annual assessment of •the Aus- able River Censervation Author- ity revealed again that Exeter contributes the largest amount of any municipality to the water - Inquest Jury Sees Neglect A five -man coroner's jury at Stratford Monday evening found that Carl Hewitt, 29 -year-old PUC employee, met his death hy electrocution. from an electrical current between • the boreof 2 and 8 p.m. on March 7 and that all possible precautions were not used. No recommendations were made in the verdict, Hewitt, a native of Exeter, moved to §tratford several years ago. The jury was composed of Reginald Boyd, foreman, Frede- rick Dannecker, Donald White, David Bishopand Robert Hamil- ton, Dr, David Gemmell presid- ed at the inquest. The first witness, Harold Cas- son, PUC foreman of the crew in which Hewitt WAS working, stated that the dead man wore no rubber gloves when perform- ing his work of removing mechanical joirits, in dead wires. Mr. Casson also said that the rubber hose used to protect a dead line from "live" was nbt used where the Brunswick St. cable intersects with that run- ning along Waterloo St. Roy Jasper, a subforernan of the PUC, on the day of the ac- cident VMS told by one of his Men that wire they were re. Moving was sparking. He im- mediately radioed from his truck ,to the truck parked at the Other of Cebourg and Waterloo Sts. He was then ,told the accident had occurred. When he arrived at the scene front his position on Brunswick and Waterloo Sts., he saw Hewitt lying On the side- walk,. Wearing only leather gloves. Jasper said these were not enough protection for heavy curretiL Heard Hewitt Cry Out Erie Daub, a PUC lineman was WOrking alongside Hewitt At the time of the accident. Daub was guiding the 'dead' wire be ing reeled in from the treat arinS of poles along Waterloo St Daub stated that Hewitt was Standing behind him and WAS re ..-Please Turn to Page 3 shed body. The town's share is $1,676, Mc- Gillivray pays $1,657, Usborne. $1,168, and Bosanquet $1,117. "Why should Exeter be so high," asked Deputy -Reeve Maw- hinney. It was explained that the levy was based on .both popula- tion and assessment and that the town led in both categories. Clerk C. V. Pickard reported. that the assessment roll had been broken down into residential and commercial divisions' andlthat the latter represented about '18 percent of the total assessment. Residential amounts to $1;785,470 while commercial is $717,526. , Revive Parking., Peddling Bylaw. Two old chestnuts—parking and peddler's fees—were revived in council meeting Monday night. Councillor Murray Greene said parking conditions could' be im- proved if merchants and their employees wouldn't leave their cars on Main street all day long. He suggested a one -or tWO-hour regulation. ' The freshnlan councillor was told this had been tried years ago but it was found an extra policeman was required to en- force it properly. Mayor . Pooley said: • "We've made a number of public appeals to businessmen and employees, but there are -seine who just won't co-operate." It was suggested WI Council- lor Greene bring the point up for discussion at inc next meeting of the businessmen's association, of which he is a member. Councillor Ross Taylor revived peddler's fees discussion When he" wondered if persons •who.. sell food through freezer plans could be assessed. Cosmetic and plastic salesmen, who operate ' from private homes, were also sdis- cussed but no action was taken. Councillor Greene' suggested sidewalks should be washed down to get rid ofthe dirt which had accumulated over the whiter. Two requests for street lights were approved on recommenda- tion of Councillor Ralph Bailey but,not before •Reeve William Mc- Kenzie suggested that the, light- ing of back streets be given a complete survey. He felt this should be done by a committed, not one man, • "If you grant some of these particular requests, you'll get hundreds more," the reeve said. Mayor R. E. Pooley .revealed the PUC was investigating cost of the new light standards for the main street. He expected they would cost up to $400 each. Last meeting council com- plained the present staaidalcds§ which are fragile and protrude onto ,the road, were not satisfac- tory. Reeve McKenzie .said ,the im- portance of town planning was eMphasited at the recent meet- ing of Mid -Western Ontario De- velopment Association. Deptityre Reeve Chester Mawhinney, who also attended the meeting, said it was important that town and townships plan expanding areas together. As one example, he pointhd to the development South Of Exeter on No, 4, toting that construction was spreading but no provision had been Parade for a street running cast frotri the highway. Touchy Tax Troubles Two touchy AMC problems Were r presented . to council Monday night and there wasn't much they could do about tither of them. The one toilectited a request Iron Ernest "Hap" Wells for •compensation for taxes he has been paying for a number of • years on an .tiere of land he • doesn't two., Clerk Pickard said he doubted If the regulations would allow council to refund taxes which had been paid for years back. Nathaniel Ogden and his wife presented a',personal dispute be- tween themselves and tax col- lector, Eric Carscadden„ over pre -payment of 1956 taxes A year ago. Since the two. :parties ,dif- fered over a matter of $10, awn - ell suggested the,ank,..ount he 'split and Mr. Ogden ,agreed..7,,,ta, pay his "'share. :aI. Receives Hensall Philanthropist entres.Still. Divided • . ver •Opening Hours. It doesn't look like there's going M. be ranch agreement on Store hours in this .district. liensall's new two -night shop- ping schedule went into effect this week when merchants re- mained closed all day Monday. They stayed open Wednesday afternoon And will be open Fri- day and Saturday nights. Meanwhile Exeter merchants stuck to their original program of Friday night opening. At a meeting Monday :morning, they confirmed- their decision .after DRAMATIST—Eunice Ward, SH - DHS student, is one of six win- ners from Western Ontario who will compete in provincial finals of dramatic verse -speaking corn - petitions on Easter Monday in Toronto. She's shown here doing the sleep -walking scene from MacBeth. T -A Photo J. H. Jones Sells Store • Another change in 'the Main street business scene will be accdmplished later this mon J, Hubert Jones has confirmed the sale of his business, present- ly conducted as "J. H. Jones Groceries," to two of his em- ployees, Andrew Bierling and Howard 'Holtzman. In, October,. Mr. Jones celelirat- ed the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the business by his father, the late J, G. Jones. See Action On Harbor Leonard Rau, harbormaster at Grand Bend, said this week the departinent of pub- lic works is waiting for an opportunity to make sound- ings across the river in prep- arations for possible dredg- Mr. Rau said that Ted Kol- berg, London ,district engin- eer, is in' charge •of the sur - Vey': The men had hoped to start it, Monday „Mit the.. wa'!, • ter r wat-too rough cr., • T h e harbormaster s etd there was a' "good chance", that the government will ap- prove the dredging. Reeve Jim Dalton received recently a telegram from Hon. Robert Winters, min- ister of public works, prom- ising consideration in the Grand. Bend problem, The mouth has silted so badly it is almost impossible for fishing boats to get out of the harbor. • Two Prints Win Awards discussing Hensall's surprise ' Move to two -night shopping last I week, Crediton merchants, meeting Monday evening, adopted still another set of hours, much the same as Hensall, except that the stores will not be open Fri - clay nights. Alf Smith, police village trus- tee, said the new schedule will come into effect on Monday, April 8, Crediton stores will close 1 Mondays, open Tuesdays to Fri- t slays to 6 p.m. and Saturdays to i 10 p.m. Among other district centres, Mitchell has swung towards Fri- day night opening but Seaforth is still undecided. Merchants there are conducting .a two-week ballot among customers to learn. their preference. No Opposition Although hot discussion over hours was expected at the Exe- ter meeting Monday morning, it failed to materialize, Most mers. chants opposed two -night open- ing and were in favor of con- tinuirig Friday nights, They felt Monday closing would not be popular. Merchants made a slight change in the actual hours. They will open to 10 o'clock Friday night during daylight saving time and close at 6 p.m. Satur- day nights, On the „Thursday night preceding Good Friday, • stores will be open until 9 p,ni. Robert C. Dinney was appoint- ed to represent merchants on the fair board. E. R. Hopper was named chairman of ' a member- ship committee which will solicit dues. , • Fred Darling presided for the meeting in the town hall. Jack Doerr?Exeter photograph- er, has received two merit a - Wards for prints 'which were hung in the Internatienal Photo- graphic Exposition in Washing- ton, D.C., last 'week. The portraits were of Group Captain A. M. Cameron, AFC, CD, and Randy Weber, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weber, Exe- ter. This is the second year the Exeter photographer has had two prints shown in the exposi- tion, which attracts entries from all parts of the world. The print of Group Captain Cameron is one of a series Doerr is doing of ranking personnel at the station, The series is being featured in The Centralia Cor- onet. Pays $25, Loses Permit Over • District Fatality travelling south about 6 p.m., was struck by Nixon on Febru- ary 26 when ,the latter, travel- ling north, pulled out from be- hind a truck onto the west side of the highway. In his decision, the magistrate said: "McBride was the author of his own misfortune because he should have had his lights on. This takes a certain degree of negligence from Nixon." Nixon testified he did not see the on - coining ear when he pulled out to pass the truck. "Even in an accident where a person • is killed," the Magis- trate continued, "the fatality does not increase the penalty unless death is caused by gross negligence. In this case there is no degree of gross negligence Glen Nixon, S eaf or th area youth charged with careless driving in an accident which killed former Stanley reeve, Al vin McBride, was fined $25 and hosts Wednesday ifl magistrate's court here, His licence was sus- pended for six months. Magistrate Dudley HolmeS as- sessed part of the blame for the accident to the late mr, MO- Btide for failing to have his headlights on. The McBride car, Offer. Teachers Positions Here Exeter Public School 'Board offered staff positions to two applicants at its meeting Men - day .night. Miss Elizabeth Campbell, of Brantford,' and Miss Betty Goudie, Seaforth, will be asked to accept positions on the 1957- 58 staff. Salary increases' of $400 each were approved for Principal A. 13, Idle •and Supervisor Mrs, R. D. Jermyn, Maximint salary in each case has been set at $6,000 and S4,100, Miss Virginia Deichert has te• signed from the staff, • OPP Constables John Ford and George. Mitchell have checked over 200 cars in read blocks these past -two WOW, but there is enough to warrant a conviction for careless driving." The MagiStrate discounted levi- &nee of truck driver, Emerson Edwards, of Clinton, who said Nixon reached inside the • Mc- Bride ear and Switched off the lights after the aetident. Mr. Holmes agreed With Defence Counsel, James Donnelly who said it was physically iinPestible to reach the light switch from the right hand, side of the vehicle. Witnesses included OPP OM - stable Cecil Gibbons, Douglas Tanner, Allenford; and C.' V. Laughton, Exeter, Crown Attorney II. Glen, Hayes prestenteds Gift. Makes Possible Nurse.stResdence .A donation of $35,000 to be • applied to the construction of a nurses residence for South Hu- ron Hospital, Exeter, was an- nounced by the board of clirect- ors this weels, Donor is Dr. James Bell, de- scendent of a prominent Hensefl district family, In acknewledging the gift, board members expressed their sincere appreciation of the gene- rosity of Dr, Bell and indicated that the donation, together with anticipated governraent graritS, would make possible early con- struction of accommodation for nurses, Construction of the residence was suggested as being an early requirement at the annual meet- ing of the hospital association a week ago. Born 89 years ago on the farm he now occupies, Dr. Bell has a wide and varied career that has given him a unique grasp of world problems and at the same time an understanding and appreciation of human na- ture, Learned Management The son of James Bell and Marion Elder, Dr. Bell comes from families that since 1830 have played prominent parts in the development of the Hensall district. In his youth he operated the home farm for a number of years, ,first having taken a course in business practice. Here he learned the principles of good management, which have guided him throughout his long career. Making a success of farming, and having retired debts result- ing from taking over the proper- ty, Dr. Bell decided he should investigate another field and M 1901, at the age of 33, entered the Philadelphia dental college. Through application and indus- try, he graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in the spring of 1904, He returned tothe farm ,where, he remained until' the death of his father two years latex: Resuming his professima, he DONATES $35,000 -- Contribution of Dr. James Bell, of Hensall, above, will make possible con- struction of a nurses' residence for South Huron Hospital during the coming year, it was an- nounced this week. Plan To Pave Zurich Road Paving of No, 84 from Hensall to St, Joseph is on the Ontario Department of Haghways' con- struction program for 1957-58, it was revealed by Huron MLA Tom Pryde this week. The project, which includes grading, culverts and granular base, was included in the report tabled by Hon. James N. Allen, highm ways inister, on Thursday. Other projects in this area in- clude grading, culverts and gran- ular base for the Bluewater Highway from St. 'Joseph to Bay- field. cGillivray Petitions r Dam At Parkhill McGillivray township council, Meeting Saturday, endorsed. a petition Urging the Ausable River Conservation ,Authority to pro- ceed with plans for the proposed McInnis and*Parkhill dam. construe tion of the dam, originally proposed in the 1949 report at a cost of $900,000, is being urged by growers in the Klondyke area whose gardens suffer from 'annual spring floods. Council awarded two bridge contracts. W. H. Battraan, Park- hill, received one for construc- tion' of a span on concession eight at lot 15-16 for the sum of $3,051.88. Waltham Fuller, of Adelaide, will build the 'other on, concession 19 for $1,350. Gravel tender of .Ken Mat- thews, Kerwoed, was accepted. Council requested Middlesex county to assume responsibility for portion of the road west of established a highly successful the Ausable bridge on con. 6-7 dental practice in Harrisburg, to the line between lots 25-26, a Penn. It was from here that he distance of about 350 feet, began a series of tours 'that ,Engineer's report on the were to take him to the British Pickering Dram was provision Isles and Europe on six or seven ally adopted. occasions and later around the Warble fly inspector's salary world and to the West Indies. was set at $1.00 per hour an 10 cents per inile. Tenders are being called for1 construction of the Carey Ex - Donations included $10 to the tension drain. Nursery Cemetery Board at Mooresville, $25 to the Baptist Cemetery Board, and $10 to the •Red Cross. Harmon Morton led the fox bounty parade this month with 1 10 to his credit. Bob Park killed three, George Neil two and Law- rence Heaman one. Recalls Incidents Not satisfied to be a mere on- looker, Dr. Bell took advantage of his tours to gain an apprecia- tion of the customs and prob- lems of the countries he visited. His happiest moments are re- calling incidents that occurred during his tours and describing places that he visited. In the beautifully -proportioned brick home adjacent to Hensall that was built by his father in 1864, Dr. Bell delights in display- CELEBRATE KIN WEEK—Exeter Xinsmen and their passengers--shut•ins and elderly folk—are shown about to embark on a cavalcade tour of the district Sunday. The pitied marked the beginning of Kinsmen Week, which is being observed across Ca- nada. Special events were sponsored, by the more than 300 clubs of the association to Mark the occasion. Both Hensall and Exeter clubs are active in the communities. insmen C Iubs Mark Annversary ing souvenirs of his visit a and ie iaornticottawriaYlIciPnrgmiccian°efswahicccgiche; has acquired in various cows. tries through the years. While much of his life has been spent in other parts of the world, Dr. Bell has never for. gotten the district where he was born and where his forefathera have'' played such a prominent role. It was this same interest in the community that prompted his generous donation to South Huron Hospital. Interest In Homestead While he was in Harrisburg and on his tours, he continued to MAintaill the homestead property which he visited as fre- quently as his other responsibili- ties permitted. During recent years, he and Mrs. Bell, whom he bad met on his round -the- world trip and to whom he was married an 1941, spent the winter in their home at Orlando, Flori- da, and the remainder of their time at the Henna homestead. Looking back' over a full life, Dr. Bell says he feels compara- tively satisfied. "I early learned I had to stand on my own two feet. If you do that and have curiosity about places and people and are prepared to work ou will get along. After all, it's a great world," he said. Exeter and Masan Kinsmen casion. Highlighting the week playground, Exeter Kinsmen's ;join with 300 other clubs across was the televising of a Kinsmen service work during the past year !Canada this 'week to celebrate charter night at Agincourt which has included donations toward 'National Kinsmen Week, March was covered by the CDC show, minor hockey and ball teams and 31 to April 6, "Graphic." , organization of the Christmas In special observance of the ?rime Object among Kinsmen 'party for children. organization's anniversary'sExt. clubs, outside of their entstand.1 Kinsmen don't direct all their ter Kinsmen Sunday organized a ing war efforts, has been the attention to the younger folk, criveleadd'of ears to take shut-ins sponsorship of children's play- however. The Exeter club has an and elderly folk for a drive grounds. There are Kinsmen red. t annual personal service night, around the teuntrytide. Many rational areas in every inajor,during which it takes treats to saw new developments in the centre in Canada. area for the first time. •But, like both the Exeter and is expected to become an annual shut. -ins, and its shut-ins parade Similar observances Were herd Masan. clubs, Kin activities in- feature, in hundreds of communities chide a wide variety of projects, Hermit /Mitten's famous proj• Across the nation thiS week as the from. eontribtiting (Wards det is the ()Mark) Bean Votive. 10,500-inembers of the all -Cana. cipal programs to assisting priv Labor Day which attracts titan organization. participated in ate persons. ; thousands of poop aild pi softie, activities marking the oc- , Besides sponsoring Its suininetj — Please Turn to Page a • 'Timely' Bequest Aids Expansion In recognition of Dr. Bell bequest, J. A. Traquair, chair- man of the South Huron Hospital Association, released this state- ment Wednesday: "The Board of Directors of South Huron Hospital Associa- tion acknowledges most grate- fully the bequest of $35,000.00 from Dr. James Bell, of Hensall. At Dr. Dell's request, the amount will be used toward construction of a residence for nurses, "This timely contribution will make it possible for the board to carry out its important.plans for expansion much sooner than had been expected. In all prob- ability it will mean that we can proceed with construction of both the. residence and the hospital wing this year. "Dr. Bell's gift will provide an invaluable service to the entire South Huron community for many, many years to come. The board, and the community, are deeply indebted to him for his public-spirited generosity." Board ayes On Addition SHDHS Board revealed Tuea. • day night it has saved enough • money on the Construction of its • five -room addition to finance On - version of a classroom to .1 science laboratory. Secretary, E. D. Howey said total cost of the addition will be slightly over $130,000. Original estimate and debenture issue was for $137,000. Cost of converting one of the rooms in the original building for science instruction willexceedae,ed $6,000. The board approved ac- counts of $2,995 and $2,425vso portion of this Work. The board is advertising for two teachers for the coming year, one for mathematics and the other for home economics, Mr. R. F. Mereu, a mathematician, has accepted a position at Inger- "Enrolment at the schoot has fallen to 477, Some commercial students have accepted employ, anent and others are leaving "1 early because of farm work. • Quiz Panel About CTA ,Huron County justice officiate will participate in a panel dis* cussion on the Canada Temper- ance Act Friday night in Ontario Si. 'United Church, Clinton. The spepo1 byHuron PrliuYIenT,Al!inc d Judge Fran • Magistrate Dudley Holmes and Crown Attorney 1-f. Glen Mayes from Huron county; and Magis- trate R. G. GrOOlti of Woodstoek. Through moderator Deb CAP bertw of Wingliam, the officiate Will be asked for answers tti prepared questions about the controversial CTA. Questions . have been submitted by groups throughout the cetatity. Officials of the men's council:, a United Church organization, say the discussion is designed te enlighten chtirth members about the CTA hi order that they MaY talte an inferinecl stand if an attempt is made to change, it. President of the council I Elo gin McKinley, Zurich. M. mid Mrs. William Pit mate Arrived home groin PiOti on Wednesday, 4, t