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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-11-14, Page 19se. 1)-771.7. op, Ji..110 Eighty'Sscend VW EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 2t 1957 '14) • .1."4.. • • Os. •••:.•*•• .,... ;;,:'VA. . • k:;::.n. KIW.4(.54;i0. TWINSCELEBRATE BIRTHDAY— Charle ne and Marlene Desjardine, daughters of . . . Mr .and Mrs. Cecil Desjardine, R.R. 1 Grand Bend, received pretty dresses for pre- sents when they celebrated their fifth birthday's on Sunday. The twins, in their birth- day frocks, eagerly"' await tho cutting of their cake. 0 , —T -A Photo ... . . • . . . ,..........• ••• • •-• .„.„• .• ••• ) t k ' Wr. *',.e*i., •,0?°:. 7 '.' AA . . #• , OA PUT TO FIRST TEST—The.new Morrison Dam in Usborn: township was un- officially christened last week when. rains and Melting .snow filled. -the:',' 40, Million gallon reservoir and water rose 18 inches over the top of the spillway. .Officials said the reservoir filled in less than a day. Top picture shows water rushing over the, dam- 40, , and the bottom scene shows part of the lake formed by the construction. . , loo ers Dram Re a , ' The 'Ontario Roard flood control Ostem .on • the. 0 • 0 this. week dismissed the $375,000 '• .Parkhill -creek, which .Sonieear ow Fill Reser v r of 7,000 aeres ,sotith ef Grand, -claims which breught about is L. G. Hagmeier, former ow.ner It was Dr. liagmeier's early' flood damage suit entered by Dr, ed Might arise front the aetion. ain, - n oir Bend, against seven district ' 1946 the formation ef the Aue ut Area Dam To Test sable AutheriV, the first eons m unicipalities. . The board announced, how- servation authority In the pros ever, that it would rimier repair Vince. In 4#1 rep.ort prepared for of about four-fiftbs of a mile the Authority in 1949, the On, ' d i the Ausable river tario Departmeet of Planning and the Ptsebe creek, an exten- sion of the Parkhill erect. In what Was deseribed as the largest drainage action in the history of the district, Dr. Hag- meier sued the townships of McGillivray and Bosanquet for damages resulting from floods in six years from 1944 to 1944. The two toweshipi, in turn, named as "parties defendant" the muni-cipalities of -Stephen, BOY, East and West Williams ancl tae town of Parkhill. The case was heard in Gode- rieh in July by Charles W. Yates and W. Greenwood, two mem- bers of the board, Threefold Claim Dr. Hagmeler's claim was threefold: He first sought dam- ducks. Later in 1935, he and ins ages for the failure of the de- brother bought another 5,000 Pendants to bring the waters of •acres of which the doctor event - the Ptsebe and Mud Creek natty became sole owner, Reviewing the drainage -work which had been done in the area, the board's report reveal- ed that the first work was done in 1907 in the upper reaches of Mud Creek, some considerable distance from. the plaintiff's lands. As a result of flooding, the Canada Go 111 p a ii y and other$ ' took action in drainage court for relief from flooding resulting in an order in 1915 to 'McGillivray to provide a sufficient outlet for these waters. side but the damage was insigl the area. Hunting willbe pro-ofra rt on ire t The eonerete slab pro.' hibited for the first year but and Development recommended controlled shooting may be al- flood control m ea sures on the lowed in following years, . Parkhill creek cost of which at Mr. Hooke said the board is that time was an estimated. toying with the idea of construct- $800,000, ing a number of blinds around Owned 7,000 acres. the reservoir and renting them to hunters on a first-come first- Dr. II a g m e ie r owned 7,000 served basis when fowl become acres of land in McGillivray, plentiful, Bosanquet and Stephen. before The board asked the Depart -selling portions of it to nevi vont of Planning and Develop- Canadian vegetable growing de- velopments in the marsh lands. The doctor recently established a large farm in Virginia. and it is reported he has offered more of his Lake .Huron property for sale. The plaintiff purchased 2,000 acres around Lake Smith, •nove drained, for shooting game anti Skeptics who predicted there • would never be enough water to fill the reservoir of Morrison dam were quickly proven wrong last week. In less than a day of rains and melting snow, the reservoir of 40 million gallon capacity was filled and the spillway of the dam was christened with water rushing. downstream. . "During most of that time," reports Ausable Authority Field - man G. Hooke, "the 30 -inch pipe at the bottom of the dam was open. When.. it twos closed, we estimated water rose in the reservoir. at the rate of about one foot per hour." "The reservoir filled up inueh quicker than we expected -and it can be emptied niuch faster than we had anticipated. too. Water is back to normal. now despite the heavy flow whiett is still continuing:" During the height of last week's flow, 111 inches of water was rushing over the dam.. The water started rising, Wed- nesday evening and was „flow- ing over the dam be 5:25 p.m. Thursday..Up until Thursday the 30 -inch pipe at the bottont of the dam remained open. After it was shut,. the water rose nearly five feet in five hours. Complete Wei* Next Month Pressure of the water caved in a small portion of the earthen 4 SuggestArea Townships Might Share Arena Costs Suggestion that township coun- ward the Cost of the arena and ells be requested to make grants were given a voice in its toward the operation of Exeter management, it would promote arena was made at town council a lot of good feeling between Monday night in an .effort to help town and; country people." relieve financial burden, The •suggestion met with mixed • Councilor Ralph Bailey urged reaction from other councilors. the Comrnunity Centres Board,• Reeve William McKenzie, who which operates the arena, . to reported the board would need make an appeal to rieaghborme P another major grant from the municipalities. Out-of-to.wn resi• town, to pay its debts, admitted • dents, he said, b.enefit from the arena's facilities were used participation in minor. hockey, extensively by residents of curling and other activities in neighboring toweships. On the the rink. "I believe," he said, "that if the townships contributed to - 4 ..t Fine Trucker For Overload Thomas Scott; of R.R. 1, Co- rinth,' was fined 550 and costs in niagistrate court Wednesday afternoon foe overloading a truek. Re was picked up on No, 4 Highway carrying 1.4,1500 pOunds when his truck licence called for 8,800 pounds, The case against, Syterna, R.R. 1 Dashwoodt eharged with fail- ing to yield the right of way, was adjourned to the next court in order to allow Sytsina to se- cure legal advice. Arthur Paquette, of Loiidoit, Was granted additional time to raise the casts imposed et a pre- Vious coiirt, Iteg• Armstrong, Exeter, was filled -$25 and costs for failing to file his income tax on time. The income tax papers were mailed Mt the day that the thee limit expired. TWo similar charges Were settled out of court UWO 'Bursaries To Area Youths Students from Dashwood, Staffa and Crediton were among is the Seven who were awarded UWO bursaries recently by thh HUM County scholarship tom. inittee. itebert, 'Clarke. A.R. 3, Dash, • wood, and Donald Dearing, Rat. Staffa, Were two of the five high school graduates, chosen for - awards, Others were -Iolut D. Hoover, RAI, 3, trusselv reter Lierman, ILR, 3, Ooderich, and "George 'Wright, Auburn, other hand, he pointed out, the townships support projects of was reported, however, t a e town service clubs which help to board owes the recreation coun- underwrite the minor sports cil over $1,100 and that it still has to pay for part of the cost of painting the grandstand. The board - operates the com- munity peek as well as . the arena. Answering criticism that the :request might create bad feel- ings between the town and the rural area, Councilor Bailey said:. "I don't see•why it should at all. The board could ask them in a nice way if they would like to contribute towards the arena. If they didn't, that's all there would be to it." Reeve McKenzie, who said he expected a written request for a.grant from the bbard at the meeting, did -not reveal how much the arena would need. It program, and Members of other groups pay fees to help meet the cost of ice time. Councilor Bailey said Lam arena received grants from some of the • townships in Middlesex County: Councilor Ross Taylor., a member of the Recreation- Coun- cil, said the minor sports pro- gram trains "a lot' of boys" from townships.. Many of the members tf the championship midget baseball team were horn out of teem. Loss Of Clothing Valued At $209 • An Exeter clothier lOst $200 worth of merchandise in Toren - to last week when thieves broke into his car, Lloyd Ford, who was on buyilig trip, reported ties, cqats; smocks and other items were taken from the eat while it was parked in service station let near the heart of the City. The vent Window on one of the car doors was sinashed to gain entry, tection .for the darn on this side has not been installed yet but this work is expected to be coin-, Pleted this week. Contractor Pearce Construc- tion Co, hopes to complete the earthen section of the dam this 'week. This ,part is now being shaped. The concession road over the dam will definitely be open this winter, FieltIman Hooke said. The entire job is expected to be completed by December 15, •Officially ceremony to chriss ten the dam, a mile east of Exe- ter on Concession A-3 of Us - borne tewnship, will not be held until spring. : The reservoir will actually hold more -than the estimated 40 million gallons through facilities which have been provided to place stop logs at the top et the spillway. These logs allow the water to rise another 18 in- ches. Encourage Wild Life Plans for the, encouragement of wild life around the • reser voir have already been trade by the Authority's wild life advi sory board. At a recent meeting, the board authorized the planting of limited quantities• of buckwheat, rye and millet in cultivated areas sur- rounding the reservoir to en- courage ducks and geese to visit section of the dam on the south uts 13Iarne On Drains Dr 'Mess' Of Streets Roads Chairman Ralph , No -action was taken on a Monday night blamed` the drains I request to remove the sign', in committee for had conditions of.; dicating the location of the number 'of town streets in a rena, from the boulevard be - friendly but pointed tilt between council meeting. "Sintcoe, Andrew, Anne, •San- ders and Edward streets are all torn • to - because of- dram construction," Bailey said in chiding Deputy -Reeve Chester pclawhinney, chairman of public works, side Main St. United Church. Council members requetted fur- ther information concerning the reason for the request. The sign, ereeted on town preperty, obscure's part of the thurch from traffic travelling north on No, 4 Highway, Clay from the dram on. Sim- own rops eoe and. Andrew had not been ' • turned those treats into a. mess, cleaned off the roads and has p • • le ()lice issue Bailey reported. He said the digging of the water main on Anne street by the PVC, was responsible for the bad condi- tions there but the drain com- mittee was to blame for ruining Sanders St. east, which had been built up earlier this year. 'We' just spent $2,000 on San- ders street," the councilor stated, "and now all the gravel is in .the ditch." Mayor Poky said the drain should have .been put in before the -road, Replied Bailey: "The .drain „dudes Reeve McKenzie and Councilors Bailey and Fisher, committee was, told to put m the met before the council meeting drain last spring," Edward street, the roadsand announced it/ decision to was "an awful Police Chief Reg Taylor. chairman said, Last week the committee met mess." ment to -make a study of the Pa - bits of duck and geese corning to the reservoir next year, The board will consider the possibility of stocking the pond with fish at a Pater date, The problem of providing 'addi- tional police protection for the town was turned over to the 1958 council • Monday night. In a surprisingly brief report, police committee chairman, Councilor Alvin Pym recom- mended that the appointment of a new Police chief, for which council sought applications, "be dropped 'for now. ' The recomMendation was adopted- without comment. The committee, which in- (•• Several Retirements Fav Bring Elections • With most. nominations this leated they will stand again. So district scheduled within* the has Reeve Clayton Smith of Us - week i only a few changes in mu- liortie, nicipal • government have been . The three senior officials on indicated. Exeter council have indicated lifcGillivray Reeve rreci Ha- they will seek their chairs again. mail, warden of Middlesex soon. Mayor Pooley announced lett ty, has said he will retire and week he would run; Reeve Wil - there may be a race amoog tam McKenzie has already do - senior members of his council for the seat, Deputy -Reeve Gordon Ratz of Stephen township announced at county council last week that he would retire. Reeve John Morris- sey will seek te.eleetion. so that he can contest the county war- 'de'nship, Iteeve Valentine Becker and Deputy-Iteeve ()sear Klopp. -01 Hay township , both have Ind - Firemen Join Appeal o t MD Disease Exeter brigade will be One of - 200 fire departnients across Can- ada who will conduct a drive for funds November 24 to 30 to help combat the mystery killer muscular dyttrophy„ Fire Chief' Irwin rota said the brigade will place convenient coin boxes in -Stores next week Ab Katherine Ondracka, R.1L 1,: receive donations. Larger Vette- Crediten, and William .0, Laid- butions will be received at Lloyd law, 1t.% 2„. Wingfield), received iFord's Men's Wear where re. Seholarthips,fer the boy and the boiPts.for intone -tax will be is - girl from the county with the sued, • highest average at the ditiVer- In addition, n prominent youth Sity, organization wilt conduct A can Committee selecting the win- vasa Of the town on Saturday, hers was composed of Miss November SO, litleri M. 13. Allison, UWO regis. Firemen terms Canada are trim natold tlowdy, warden; tortdueting the ctoutial0 Ior the M. Erskine and J, Xfinktati. Muaeular Dystrophy Association Jt of Canada which' sponsors 16 re. search projects in univcrsities and other research centres from Halifax to Vancouver, Campaign funds also finance four clinics in major cities; pro- vide medical services such at wheel chairs, hydraulic lifts, braces and other Orthopaedic de, Vita; furnish transportation to and from schools. and -clinics. Muscular dystrophy is esseri. tially a children's disease. More than half of its known victims are between the ages of three and 13, Very.few Of them survive adOleteende, The cause of the di- scase is almost wholly unknown. The -disease, sometimes de- stribed as " retying paralysis", h5 10,000 v thriaiti Canada. tiered himself 'a candidatet for the warden's chair if he is re- • s. turned; Deputy -Reeve Chester . • Mawhinney said Monday eight "it's likely" he'll rettien. Dates for nomination in this distriet are: tXeter -- Friday, NOV. 22, 7 to 8 p.m. • Hensel!, -,- Monday, Novem- ber 25. Stephen — Monday, November 25, 1 to 2 p.m. Hay Friday, November 22, 1 to 2 p.m, McGillivray Friday, No- vember 22, 1 to 2 p.m. Crediton --, Monday, Novem- ber 25, 2 to 3 p.m, Zurich -- Friday, November 22, 1 to 2 pan, Grand tend — Monday, No- vember 25, 8 p.nl. with town solici or W. G. Coch- rane: following a _report that provincial legislation prevented council free). dismissing any police officer until he had been convicted of an offence under the polieeman's code, Council originally planned to declare' the thief's position open as of the first of 1958 and it called for applications for the The committee ,invited Chief Taylor to re,aPP1Y. LAC TED CHAMBERS Scout Leader Traffic Victim systems to a proper outlet. The board, basing its decision on the advice of three "capable, respected engineers" who testi- fied for the defendants, found that "the defendants have pro- vided a sufficient outlet for the works in question and the plain- tiff's claim in ,this respect fails." , The second Hagineier claim was for damages resulting from the mon-repair of the drainage works constructed by McGill', Although the disrepair was The work cansisted of depen. widening and straightening vray. a'clinitted, the board said evi- ing, of the channel of 1VIud Creek to dente showed that the damage Devil's Elbow and for some dis- to the land would have been the tance below. The work was .0011', # nsaontieexeisyteend.if the obstruction had strutted Oaten' 1919, ' -- Please Turn to Page. 3 "Thus it appears to the board 2 that the defendants haVe amply discharged the burden put open them and accordingly the plain- tiff's claim on this basis also fails.." Drain • Repair Ordered The third Hagmeier &aim was for mandatory orders to compel the providing of a proper outlet of any responsibility for con- structien of a ,million - dollar Section personnel at RCAF to repair the existing dram. Station Centralia and Scout lead- and On this point the board ruled: ers from this area will partici- pate in the funeral service 'in "Since the non -repair is ad - Hamilton Thursday for LAC Ed- mitted, the board will order that ward (Ted) Chambers, es, who the drain. from a point 3,000 feet north of the Devil's Elbow to a was killed in a traffic accident in TOronto? Monday. point 1,000 feet south of the . Devil's Elbow be repaired in Six. men from the ME section, such. a mannet as to provide a where' LAC Chambers worked, will act as pallbearers. Thirteen capacity . at least equal to the capacity as contained in the 'Scout and Cub leaders from this McCubbin report." The McCub- district will attend the service in bin report covered the drainage a body. The traffic victim was tvork done by McGillivray in Scoutmaster of the First Cen- 1929 following. a court order to tralia Treop. . provide sufficient outlet. LAC Chambers was crossing a street near the RCAF Station R•livied Or Responsibility in Toronto during the evening The d e c i s i o n thus relieves rush hour when he was struck municipalities of the watershed by a northbound car. His .skull was fractured by the hood orna- meet of the vehicle. The accident happened aroun1 dusk and the victim apparently failed to see the car, driven by Michael. J. Fenwick, Scarboro, assistant director of 'United Steel- workers of America. LAC Chambers was delivering an RCAF vehicle to the Toronto station and had planned to re- turn to Centralia that evening by train. He has been active'in the Scout movement at Huron Park since he was transferred here in De- cember, 1954,'from Trenton, where he had also served as Scoutmaster. Its survivors include his wife, Helen, one son, Edward, 11, and a daughter, Mary Anne, eight, He was a native otHamilton. • 'Thitd Award T� Grad.uate SHDHS graduate Ted •Normine ton, Hensall, bow in his first year at the University of Western On- tario, has been 'awarded the Herbert 3. Hawthorne scholar. ship valued at $350, it was ice& flounced this week. The scholarship brings.. the total Value of awards received by the. Hensell student this fall to $850, one of the largest amounts ever won by a SHDHS graduate in one year. The Hawthorne scholarship„ which. usually goes to a second year student, was awarded by the- Canadian Societyof Exploration Geophysicians. • Norminton, a former member of the Panthers football teain and who played with UWO Colts this year, also won a 5400 Legion scholarship and a UWO bursary of $100. Bermuda Holiday,Cash • hop- - ome Prizes District residents who shop at horns this Christmas will be re- warded with a host of attractive prizes donated by appreciative merchants. In addition to the $800 yule jackpot sponsored by Exeter merchants-, Which was announced last week, district shoppers will be able to win a week's vocation in Bermuda from Hensall mer- chants and over $200 in cash and merchandise from lateen stores. . Wbeit To Find it Annetincenionts lb tlitteth Notiedi 15 Coming agents . leniterielt , triterfainittent farm News Oenrifilti• Plot Heniall Luein 14 50erts t ,,,,,,, Wins Ads >111014,441411,1011.0.941111.1 OOP • 15 2 NENSALL SAFETY PROGRAM—A safety patrol. Yptogratit was launched- for pith& sehool students' at llensall last week. „Senior students . supervise -.crossings . et four Intersectionsnear the school four :tlitt8 A day. Captain Jerry Drysdale. left,. Muse totes one of the signals to David Buchanan, the lieutenant, Sharon .ttellride and leggy Goddard. Wiwi). Xinsnien, Club provided belts arid raincoats for the patrols, See story on page six*? -',4#8.Photo. Hensall merchants announced their holiday offer Monday after a special meeting: Winner will receive an all -expenses -paid trip to Bermuda for two, including plane fair and sight-seeing tours, Merchants will also sponsor free skating Saturday afternoons for children during December. Hensall stores will open all dal nights. during December le addition to Friday and Saturday Il Top prize in the Lucan idea* will be a $100 bill and several other cash awards will be given away in a draw Christmas ere., • On the three Saturday nights before Christmas, three $10 met. ehandise coupons will be given away by stores in the Irish town. Liman stores, which were open Friday nights earlier this year, now open on Saturday nights. eaTsitile aBwxaredtesr ilia.4e5Itoopoilseoa,tusricoso and $50 which will be given away on the four Saturday nights bei tore Christmas, Merchants will start giving out free coupons. Monday, November 25, and the first draw will be made Satur. day, November 30. The town's Christmas prograi also includes carol singing an free shows for children on the four Saturdays before December 25.Damage $1,000 To New, Hardtop A 1957 four -door ,liardtoti,lese than - six weeks old, suffered $UDO damage Thursday n0Oft ck htt Harry'Vits„ gaiter, etifffertd, tvieoebsetti e ait t tic: at ts hu d tintstwo tduwithe rent: deboye, owner of Vat failed by Elleringtoti Wes, and 4004,, .00 darn age. .0 :rindlloe! 4a withgtratyorisoutsftkeot .Tame Chinn 11:0/011. Clan tot make a turn, jut trnek, owned OPP' astable Harty Itcid 144