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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-03-06, Page 1Plan Survey On Land Use A land use survey of Exeter, perhaps a preliminary to towel planing, will probably be under- taken, this sutitmcr by stuclents of the ,department of .geography at the University of Western One taria. Canner. ,requested such a sur vey atter it received a letter from Dr, E. G. Pleva stating that leis department would do the job at no cost to the town if an offi- c;af invitation was, giy en, Dr. Preva is head of the geo- graphy department and one of Ontario's best -know authorities oa .connunity planning and .land trc. Council • wrote to MO after last mcetlpg when Mayor ?ooley • Suggested it was time that resi- dential, industrial and commer- cix.l areas of the town were de- signated in view of the new sub- clivisidns ` which' were content- rt,e p Wilfred Doupe was re-engaged a'+ the summer caretaker :for Riverview Park and his salary was raised -front $100 to $200. He aleo receives • the proceeds from sale of refreshments at the booth but all donations to the park go to the town. Apologizes To 'Court `ZtIte Qxefer EIghty.5dcend Year EXETER, ONTARiQ, MARCH b, 1050 Prltcs: Per Copy 10 Conte. itlilti;llttt,, tl n� OCHBANtL Eft t'tEiti BATTLE WARMS UP—Although they're in opposing cams, there's obviouslyno, in- fecting -and Mr. s EricCampbell, between Mrs. Gerald Lawson left 'G n pbell, zxght, who ire in charge of the committee rooms established by political parties in Exeter this week. They enjoy a political joke here as they display their party colors. The campaign has .been slow to warm up in this area. —T -A ,Photo .A county newspaper editor for- Red Tape Stalls Second !really apologized to court here Virednesday for an editorial' "en- , titled "The. Law Is An Ass" which dealt with the criminait ne�li�*ener charge' against Leo. g g g e Th r',Subdivision Zr, rin.er, Zurich. Magistrate Dudley Holmes. who summoned the -editor to ' • court, told Miss Wilma Dinnin, of the Clinton News -Record that jarDevelopment ru Iter conntnentyo are accus- ing the court, crown attorney and constables of not doing their du:.y." He also criticized her :for cditotiaiizing on the case while it was still before the court and .for the bitter tone of her com- ment. Aiiss Dinnin promised she would not write ie such a critical vein about the courts again. She indicated she had had legal ad- vice since that showed she had a, misunderstanding of the legal definition of criminal negligence at the time she wrote the editor- ial, Criticizes Hazard Magistrate Holmes suggested that town council take action to eliminate the traffic hazard at the corner of Main and John streets following the dismissal of a careless driving charge against Ignatius Denomme, Exeter. The 1,charge resulted from an Accident at the corner on Janu- ary 8 when a car driven by Arthur Walkom attempted to turn south on Main street from John. Denonnnie's car ran into the back of the Walkom vehicle, Thevem a ent was as wet but the was not -evident. %C. V. Laugh- ton, Exeter, was defence coun- sel. Russell Manson, R.R. 2 Zur- ich, was fined $15 andcasts on a charge of careless driving and. $2.00 and costs for failing to Plans for the development of first north of the bridge was a third residential subdivision in prepared by town engineer B. M. town this spring was revealed at .toss of Goderich and provided . town council meeting Monday: for a donation of five percent of night, j the land to council for recrea• Eldrid Simmons, partner in an'tional area. implement business here, pre•Meanwhile, the bid. of local sented a blueprint of a 29 -lot M contractor Arthur Whilsmitli to subdivision on the McKerral start development of the area property, immediately north of east of Sanders street 'struck a the river and east of No, 4. high- serious snag last week when the way, which he purchased last Department of Highways ruled year. !that, it would not pay subsidy The plan, which features a on extension of Sanders street. "U" • drive off Grant street,' Mr, Whilsmith announced he was prepared to build the road I himself to get the project un- • derway but, since the highway !department's ruling establishe the development as an officia subdivision under the terms out lined by the Department of Plan ning and Development:, counci balked at issuing a building per mit until is established. its posi- tion in regard to subdivisions a situation it has never .faced before. As a result of the develop ments council has taken two steles: applied t the :Depart It Inas, pelted a . p 1 ment of Planning and Ddivelop ment for information regarding the development of private sub- divisions; and It has requested Engineer Ross to make a complete survey of the drainage situation on the east side of• town. The survey was requested be- cause council, is not convinced that development east of San- ders street will not affect the already acute drainage problem K n ai n t in re„ cl to water c nn,nb down from Usborne township. This apprehension was bol- stered by a letter from C. V. Laughton, a town lawyer, which stated : '"It" would appear that'' if the town is going to permit build- ing in the south-east and cen- tral portion of town considera- tion should he given to the cor- poration engineer's report re the eventual necessity of drain - nee by diverting the eastern run- off waters to.the river on the east side of town, rather than nutting it through town by a half -covered and half -open drain and overloading an already sat• urated drainage condition, "While it is not my intention to appear too forward. about this to council, it would seem that some thought should be given to the allocating of building per- mits for certain lands and the course this drain certain, to the river, will have -to take so as to prevent expensive expropriation proceedings in the immediate future." In addition to the drainage pro- bleni on the east side, there is .1so the difficulty of ensuring that the proposed development east of Sanders street will fit into an organized street plan for the entire eastern section of the town from Huron street on the south to the river at the north. This point was brought out by produce his operator's license in connection with an accident on January 25. He pleaded not guilty and was defended by D. L Stewart, Seaforth. Evidence revealed Manson made a "U" turn in front of an approaching car near the village limits of Zurich. OPP Constable' Harry Reid investigated. William Gordon Sheathe, of 'RCAF Station Centralia, was as- sessed $20 and costs for careless 1 driving which resulted in an ac- 'cident in Exeter on January 5. He leaded uilt .. Exete Con - !stable John Cowan. investigated, John Richard Robertson, who did not appear, was convicted of speeding or' February 16 and fined :620 and costs. Crown ov AttorneyH,Glenn Hayes, QC, prosecuted. Cochrane Raps Tories dor 'Deserting' Nation Huron Liberal .condidate W. G. Cochrane this week charged the Conservatives have deserted Canadians "at a time when we a.•e. in great need of energetic and couragous leadership." • "In the ' eight months since June 10," he said, "they have shown, themselves unable to deal with emergency ... and have put political considerations well ahead of the interests of the Canadian people and forced upon us an election, probably the most unnecessary in Canadian history." "I say this election is unneces- sary because never ,at any time in the past eight months were the Conservatives blocked in in any legislation they intro• duced—so without any reason, without a budget of °national ac- counting of any kind and in the face of rising unemployment and a general business recession they chose to close up shop and spend more than $8 million of your money and mitre testing their popularity at the polls." Attacking the Conservatives on what he called a•poliey of re- stricting trade, the Liberal can- didate said they already diverted trade from the US to Great Bri- tain, reducing the possible mar.' ket.for agricultural products. "Recently, in this riding," Mr, Cochrane continued, "thd Coni servative party proudly pointed Co the. increase in the export of cattle to the U.S. in 1957 over 1956. But this has little if any- thing to do with the. policy of the government. During this :period cattle raisers inthe south- ern States suffered tremendous losses of animals as a result of drought, hurricane and floods and thereby created a demand for cattle far above normal. In ' short, our trade is actually be- ' ing cut back rather than being allowed to expand." f "The Liberal governnient and !Lester B. Pearson will act at once to remedy, as far as possi- ble, the agricultural. problem. Increased trade, a definite policy on price supports and the % set- ' ting up of the farm development bank are but a few of the meas- ures we will take." Other planks in the Liberal platform included big reductions in income taxes including un- usual benefits for young Married couples; increased old age as- sistance and sickness insurance; ;scholarships and student loans to give great assistance to all wishing to . attend agricultural - colleges, universities,' and many other types of school, The speech, made over' a dis- trict radio station, was the first of the campaign made by the Liberal •candidate, who is ru- ning his first election. Engineer Ross in a letter to council regarding the Whilsmith proposal: "I would like to refer you. to my report dated April 9, 1956 in which I suggested that con- siderable thought should be put into the planning of- the street lay -out in the east section of town. Although .one or two more houses may not seriously affect the lay -out , .. I feel 'the street pattern should be adopted in the very near future. As indicated in any previous report, there are many factors involved in the planning of these streets and particularly in the town of Exe- 1cter, the future storm drainage 1 is of major importance and the • streets should be laid out to pro- • vide for this factor as well as I traffic flow, other services etc." • It would appear that the east- ern development is stalled. until (a) the drainage survey is com- pleted, (b) the subdivision is planned and (c) council deter- • mines the 'regulations governing subdivisions. Officials suggested Monday a J • night. that caustrtction of'raads; • drains, sewers and other ser v ccs are the responsibility of the con- tractor for a period of two years at least or until council i5 pre- pared to take over the area. First step on solving the pro- blems will be taken Friday when council, acting as committee of the whole, meets with Engineer Ross for an on -the -spot in este ba tion of the land. Council and the .engineer will also view the Simmons' level- oirntent. The owner has reauest- od council to give tentative ao- p.roval to the plan before he sub- mits , it to the Department of Planning and Development for its okay. —Please Turn to Page 3 s ERVIEW' PUBLIC `WORKS MINISTER• -4?ro laic h f civic official in Gran- flcnd INi m 11 s resented a brief requesting further harbor Improvements to lion. Edward Careen, , Y lir, Studying U sic arks following tall tl S grail Tuesday a t S u 1 presented minister of b vv'a 1 a ogra..Inc survey of the area above 'arty 1{ett Young, Grand Fend Lion& resit' a photographic' . . � " . g' ., , , dent; Mr. Green; J, W. Murphy, Lalubtott MI"); 'Cite Mtlll•ovy president of the C:l1am of Commerce and Prod Walker, owners of Oakwood. subdivision, Nosewerthy+ • Grand Bend Hopes Rise After Meeting Minister Grand Bend officials said pros - peels for further improvements of their harbor looked brighter Tuesday night following .an in- terview with the federal minis- ter of public works, Hon. How- ard. Green, in Sarnia. Members of the delegation said Mr. Green gave .then. every encourageinent that some ac- tion will he taken in the near future to provide a better out- let. 1e promised an immediate study of the problem. Led by Reeve James Dalton, the delegation included presi. dents of a number of organiza- tions in the town.. The brief presented to the min- ister which was accompanied by pictures, read: Overwhelming Need "There has been a long and overdue and overwhelming need of steel spiting on the south bank of the Ausable River open- ing into Lake Huron, at Grand Bend, from a westerly point, starting at the now existing dock, for a distance of 600 ft. to the easterly limit . of the federal boundary. The said improvement is urgently needed for the main• tenance, protection, and the ben- efit of those of our local popula- tion engaged in the fishing in- dustry. "Though we were extremely pleased with the arrival of dredg- ing equipment in the fall of Announce Ruling On HS Parties SHDHS board adopted a ruling on school parties Monday night to protect the school and its of- ficials from becoming implicated j f in private or unofficial events staged by the students. This was brought about by re- ports that students have been using the term "school party" and "classroom party" to secure permission. from parents to at- tend private get-togethers. The board supported a ruling 1 L. suggested ested byPrincipal I•I, l �gP 'Sturgis which -said that such par: ties "have• no connection with. the school nor are they spon- sored by the school unless: "(1)Theyare plannedmutual- ly. utual- ly. by the teacher and students at a time mutually agreeable to both; and "(2) They are held nn school premises with a teacher pre- sent," Ina notice to the student coun- cil, the principal pointed out that it was not fair to expect -a Leacher to supervise a party on a school day evening other than Friday especially at the end of a set of examinations. Part of the difficulty has re- sulting from parties celebrating completion of exams. • Singers' Versatility Delights Audience By EVAN6JONtcS I "Sleigh Ride," and Russian Pic - A novel and extremely inter• nrTlreir tone duality and diction esting arrangement of "Easter : were remarkable and at times Parade" highlighted the concert presented by the internationally. famous Earle; Terry Singers at SHDHS Thursday evening Feb. 27, The program., sponsored by the Tourist club of the school to raise money for a forthcoming visit to New York, featured an appealing variety of songs from the religious to the modern. An audience of 300 heard the choir of 40 girls who Inake their home !n Loddon. Most well received was the "Easter Parade," an original arrangement by Air, Terry in which the singers broke out quite suddenly into other sones such as "Oh You Beautiful Doll" and "Put on Your Old Grey Ben- nett" epoch to the surprise of the audience. The program was divided into three parts. The first consisted of religious music for which the girls were dresserl in choir gowns. Candles and baskets of flowers oil the stage gave it a churchlike appearance. The roti-• sic consisted of religious works 0( such composers as Bach and , Mcndclssoliii and also a Huron Indian carol called "Jesous Aha• Ionia." In the second section the girls appeared iii pink gowns to sing A group of Scottish, English, Canadian, Czecho•Slovackian and American folk songs, "Conic And Darien Now," A Czech folk song, and "I'se the Bye," a Newfoundland folk song proved to be veritable tongue twisters and the, skill the girls flisielavejt Was t in handling llnelics'l sho g' i a short of magnlfitetit After en intermission, during which .Antonia 111atan of Ton- kin piayed some Piano floes', the the girls reappeere'l wear- ing stunning gold sequined gowns CO sing the light modern section of thein,. prbgrani. this section consisted of a senuenee of sea• :5611131 songs: "Winter Wonder. buid," Int your taster sonnet" the term whleh et' ted the stir A r't d "SUMiil&time," (ether• 5flligs ih ,Otte 'Pert et the pr'htrram tV 6 r a ''M a iii a Jeanette," • their tone resembled that •of a musical instrument rather than human voices. The choir under the leadership of Earle Terry, Mus.M., B.A., B.Paed., director of music for the London Board of Education and choral consultant for the Music Teachers College of the University of, Western Ontario, has been active for nine years. The. girls have sung in many Canadian and American rides as well as in many major Euro- pean cities and have won the praise of audiences everywhere. This is- the fourth visit of the choir to Exeter but, due to the turnover. it is the first for about half of the girls, Members of the choir come from many walks of life—nurses. secretaries, school teachers, and even housewives -=- and practice once or twice a week simply be- cause they enjoy it, The F iris think highly of her. Terry: Miss Sylvie Green, a Lon- donnuhlic school teacher and mie of the singers, said of him. "1•Tis personality and drive are what keen the choir together," iiue to the heavy schedule the girls have ininosed tenon theni- eelves their time is valuable. They conserve it by holdieg re- hearsal on buses, t1'aiesr planes, And steamships rwhile enroute to en Ka netnn Ontr. .41tho1,1h the choir consists of girls eely male singers are "im- ported" for special oecasions. Where To Find Ann6uneements 3. Chureit Notice.... .... ,... 13' F-diterlets .. 2 1_iilerlsinment . 13 Perin News ews 9, 10 a eminnfne'Facts t, 16 Heliaeli 6 (tacit' 11, 13 Speen .. . 4, $ Want Ade 11, 13 ,!tt 19S7, nevertheless, the result of the work accomplished is in 1 doubt as to benefit, as we can- not be sure of the silt and sand problem until the Spring fresh• lets have accomplished their work. I• We earnestly plead for assist- ance •from your department as we ourselves, though a very , small municipality, have already undertaken, and almost coni- pletd, a new dredging project 'on the Ausable River adjoining the dominion ,project; the river 'being dredged to maintain a 6 I ft. depth and a 40.11. channel, at an estimated overall cost of ap- Proximately 530.000. etre believe that this work by the municipal- ity, aided by the, province, e, an d completed bythe federal autho- rity, u hority, can be hromeht to a happy and satisfactory completion." Hydro Down For Hamlets Residents of police villages and built-up rural areas in this district will save up to $2,00 .a month from the new rate re- ductions announced recently by Ontario hydro, The rate applies to quarterly accounts, commencing with! March 1. ' Places affected include Crede ton, Centralia, Farquhar, Elim - villa. Winchelsea and other areas in which there are six or more customers located ih any i quarter- mile of road or street, I Individual customers will re- ceive notification of the reduc- tion along with their bills, K. J. Lampman, manager of the Ex- eter office, said this week, He explained that the reduction would take the form of a new third block of 500 kilowatt- hours a month at a net rate of one cent a kilowatt-hour. Minimum s.alar, for ,teachers at SHD1-1S was raised from 63,800 .to .$1.,000 by the board Monday night. The $200 increase, along with :the annual $300 increment, will come into effect the first of the new term. The raises, which amount to .a total of $500 for each teacher, were approved by the board following a report on negotia- tions between committees of the board and teaching staff, The $4,000 base is general for similar size schools across the provjnce, Accumulative sick leave and other fringe benefits were dis- cussed but decision was post- poned. The salary of Principal E. L. Sturgis was increased from $7,700 to ,$8,500 after it was r e- vealed that his present remun- eration is lower than average, In Goderich, the principal re- ceives $9,000 this year a it d handles a teaching staff number- ing one Jess, In St. Marys, where the staff is 18 compared to South Huron's 21, the principal receiv- 'ed $8,1300 this year. Two additional teachers and one replacement will be needed for next year's staff but the hoard, supporting then Ontario Trustees Council, will not adver- tise for applicants until the North York dispute is over. One hund- red and seventy-one secondary school boards have supported the Ontario council by refraining from advertising for teachers until a settlement is reached in 9 Sister, Daughter Receive Degrees Mrs. Shirley Thompson, Park- - hill, district deputy grand ma- tron, paid her official visit to Exeter Chapter O.E,S. on Wed- ' nesday evening. It was the oc- casion of the inspection of the deliberations of the chapter. Mrs. William Bell, worthy matron, and Air, William Bell, worthy patron, presided. Mrs. Harold Taylor, sister of the worthy matron And Mrs. Irvin Ford daughter of the worthy matron and worthy pa- tron received degrees of the order. Believe Juveniles Broke Into School Hensall Police Chief. E. R. Davis believes it was juveniles who. o broke into Hensel public u 11 b c p school early Thursday morning and stole a small sunt of money from the kindergarten room. The thieves gained entrance by breaking the glass in the west door. Screw drivers were used. to try to gain entrance to five of the classrooms without success. The thievesfound for nd a key to let them in the kindergarten room where they raided a small cash box. Roy Consitt, school janitor, i discovered the break-in at 8 a.m.' Thursday. The new $120.000 Hensall school was officially opened last fall, North York, Where some ,1344 teachers and the board are deadr locked over a wage issue, . - Despite the increase in salaries and the increase in staff; the board is hoping that.the reviseit grants provided by the Ontario government will make itossible to hold the high school levy ,at the 1957 level. In his report to the board at. a previous iu^aettng, Inspector ll. R. McClellan of Woodstock said SHDIfS's teaching load of one teacher to 27.6 students is the second heaviest in his are which includes five counties .i Western Ontario. With a prob; able enrolment of 615. this .Sep leather, 70 more than the pre. sent total, the board decided that two additional teachers were necessary. One of the staff ` members has expressed a desire to teach only part time next year. Mr. McClellan said more refer- ence material should be made available for students. He noted the i g. urt introduction of religious "in- `. struction and commented that in some schools it was successful while in others it had failed,, lie stated that the number la grade 13 was small -considering the.enrolment at SHDHS. A. commodation was satisfactory.eet. present, he concluded,. Over 100 Attend Seniors' Meeting Attendance at the. March meet- ing of the Senior Citizens .Club held in the Legion Hall on Tues- day evening was over 100. Mr. Clark Fisher chaired the pro- gram, Numbers included solos by Maxine Reeder and Mrs. Mar- garet Fletcher;. piano accordion selections, Barry Jeffery; piano instrumental and solo, Mrs'. How- ard Ferguson; duet, Kathryn Flicks and Arlene Love; violin and piano selections, Ross and Wayne Rowe; reading, Roy Car- rick and a mouth organ duet, Mrs, Fred Cole and Miss Betty Coates accompanied by Mrs, Ar Willard. Cards were played and lunch served by Mai Street Vnited church ladies. Public School Grant Increases $5,800 Provincial grant to Exeter. Public School will be increased by $5,888 this year as a result of the new assistance program announced in the Ontario gov't budget last week, The board learned of the in- crease Monday night when In- spector John Goman made his annual report. Net payment to the board in 1958 will be $38,388 compared to $32.600 in 1957. The increase is about 18 percent. New grants for other schools in the district have not been an- nounced yet. The new systern bases grants on the assessment per classroom in each munici- pality along with the growth -need factor. Since these will vary in each case, so will the grants. Mr. r Gontanai s d that in the Exeter school "reports indicate the overall academic work is good." Average daily attendance has been 397.77 for 1957, which is the highest in the inspectorates of Huron No. 3 and Perth No. 3. Board chairman. W. G. Seldom was in charge ,of the meeting. HURON PARK COUNCIL—Members of the coulicil, who will organize activities for personnel in the married quarters at RCAF Station Centralia are shown here follow« '! g the inauguralheld at the rec centre recently. Top row, from left, Cpl. T. A, Touchette, LAC G. F. Buchan, LAC R. J. Duncan, Sgt, J. W. Bradley, Cpl. G. E. Nose- worthy, Sgt. E. N. Henwood; seated, 'W02 A, %, Burnett, Fit. Lt. J. E. Walker, Mrs. D, 11. Wood,W/C Norman Bray, Mayor; W02 A. J. Lesnick, Fit. Sgt, J. W. talks, Hibbert Approves Federation Levy Agrees T o Fire Brigade Accessory lfibbert council, at its regular to sign ail agreement which ap- roads. meeting Monday passed a resp- proves of the sale by the Mit- A petition was signed by the .align to approve installing a of theen landet andrbtuil School lfernier- Cookldrain to hOf ave itersaidiidrain ty used as the Mitchell high extended and cleaned out an ad. School 10.the Towit of Mitchell, ditional 1,800 feet downstreaiif Bost of ,6400.00 with ltibbtrrt 'wit whereby the town agrees to' pay for a sufficient outlet, hng-to pay its share of this ex- an additional one Mill on their There were 'three appeals both Obese, assessment Tor six years, to- court of revision on the task as The clerk teas instructed to ward the debenture acid inter- sessnrent toll to the Ceunty prepare a by-law (subject to the est charges Atid maintenance judge and after" an edjottrhttient Approval of the Department Of Coats of the new .ugh school, a.. meeting was hold by .fudge Municipal Affairs) to levy two. There were three ravel tett. lI. D. Lan to hear the �a cols ,g Up r fifths of a 'mill tl on the rate. tleis subniittod front Sandy Cott. Maurice Ryan LotC 2, tipon y Byer:, I� ori, , payers, whoare t • paw st entered alt. the tiaotirig Co._ of Goderrcll at tf7c twos granted .a'retlyetion of $2110 estessnietit roll as /athlete, as en. yd.; J. Kett of Winghatti, 72e from land and $150.00` from build• the annual MenShershrp fees in ra, yd; and I,AVie CoixCtaetiri ins George Singe Lot dCott. Ibe Yederation of Agrieultora. Co., 65e eu, yd. the latter re- 4 was'reduced $06.06 frpiii.areal. A resolution Was parsed to eeivcd the contract for crushing the. Fergus, Sta It ton .. ., p Appeal on atithor1te the reeve mid clerk And hauling gravel alito the huiidings was dismissed. wet water hydroblender ori the tSeaforth Aural Fire Truck at a