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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-04-09, Page 1A, Meet Authority on river park Negotiations will be re -opened between town .council and the A ti s able River Conservation! Authority over the purchase of the Frayne property, at River -I view park, New .consideration of the pur- chase resulted from the Author. ity's failure to approve the' or- igmal agreement under which it would purchase the Frayne home] to serve as a combination of- fice and fieldman's living quar- ters, The Authority said that, upon further consideration, it had decided the building would not provide adequate accommoda. tion. Council discussed the new pro- posal presented by the Authority at length Monday night but took no action until it was able to find out more information. it was announced Wednesday that a meeting of the two bodies had been scheduled for Friday in an effort to reach a satisfac- tory compromise. Study eoartment court Council set up a special com- mittee Monday night to investi- gate the construction of a pro- posed 10 -unit apartment court for elderly presorts. Suggested lo e a tion for the court is in the middle of the large block surrounded. by An- drew, Sanders, Senior and Gid - ley streets. A 20 -foot entrance would be provided off Andrew street on the north side of the Wilson Morley property. Council favored the proposal but felt it should investigate legal and health aspects. P .e r m i t for the apartment court, requested by Art While smith, calls for the construction. of six 20 x 20 units first, with four added later. A central heat -I ing plan would be used. Perrnits for seven new houses were approved; flee for .Stan Whiting, three on Carling, one on Wellington, and one at the corner of Alexander and Wii• Liam; one for ,Bruce Cann, cor• , ncr of Main and Wellington, and. one for Milton Keller, Marlboro. Set up tree committee Council welcomed a proposal from the PUC to establish a joint tree -planting committee to form- ulate a policy for proper re- placement and planting of trees lin town, The committee was proposed by the PUC which has removed a number of trees this spring— I same to protect its wires; others 1 which were unsafe. Said PUC sup't }Iugh Davis; "Due to the number of trees removed and with the assump- tion that the older trees will con- tinue to die off, the commission passed a motion . that a joint tree - planting committee, com- prising PUC and council, be I formed to make plans to replace trees removed." Ile said if trees were proper- , ly located it would alleviate the need for the PUC to trim them. Reeve McKenzie and Council- lors Taylor and Rether were named to the committee. Convict five youths on mischief charges Five young men previously arraigned without plea were con- victed by Magistrate Dudley Holmes, Wednesday, on a charge of public mischief resulting from the burning of a barn in Usborne township. Sentence was remanded until Thursday, April 16. The accused are Ross Keller, Frank W. Cooper, Donald L. 114asnica, Fred William Keller and Beverly Lewis Keller, all of this district. Fine Kingsley $100 Cpl. Charles Edward Kings- ley, 30, of the RCAF station at Clinton, appeared for judgment on a charge of careless driving in connectionwith a rear -end collision north of Exeter, Feb. 28, in which Joseph Gauthier was fatally injured, Defence counsel James Don- nelly argued that the accused had been guilty only of a mo- mentary lapse. "In attention. coupled w i th Two honors to Legion Exeter branch was accorded a double honor at the Legion zone meeting in Wingham Sun- day. Past president Harvey C. Pfaff, postmaster here, was elected' without opposition to the post of zone commander for a two-year term. He has been deputy for the past two years. The Exeter branch's pipe band was chosen to lead the parade of Legion members from 13 branches in Wingham Sunday. They marched to the cenotaph where wreaths were laid by Wingham and district offiicals. About 250 attended the confer- ence 'which also elected Doug Andrews, Clinton, as deputy zone commander. Among the resolutions passed was one urging that the Union Jack be retained as the national flag and that "God Save The Queen" remain the anthem. Harvey Pfaff was president of the Exeter branch in 1952. A year later he was named post- master, succeeding Milton Pfaff who was recently presented with a life membership in the local branch, Senior folk aidcancer Over 100 attended the April meeting of the Senior Citizens club in. the Legion Hall on Tues- day evening. Mr. Ray Mills was chairman for the program which included a singsong led by Walter Cut - bush with Mrs. A. Dougall at the piano; readings by Roy Car- rick and Mrs. Earl Shapton, who also gave a musical reading to piano accompaniment by Mrs. F. Wiklfong, vocal duets by Do- ris and Doreen Brock with ac- companiment by their sister, Margaret; violin solos by Earl Hamilton accompanied by his brother, John at the piano; vo- cal solo by Margaret Johns ac- companied by her mother, Mrs. Philip Johns, A donation of $10 was voted to the cancer fund, Mr. George Lawsonannounced a meeting under the leadership of the re- creational council for the devel- opment of the Senior Citizens program to be held at Walkerton District High School, April 11. Anyone wishing to attend should contact Lloyd Cushman. A double ring quilt donated by Mrs, G. Lawson and Mrs. R. Shapton was on display. Tickets are on sale and the lucky draw Will be made at the May meet- ing of the club. The ladies of the WA and Guild of Trivitt Memorial church served: lunch. Music for the dance was fur- nished by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mar- and shall. high speed," Magistrate Holmes remarked. "The case is one that goes beyond the ordinary run of careless driving cases. As .far as penalty .is concerned, I can- not take into consideration the results flowing from it unless he had been charged with man- slaughter, in which case the re- sult comes into very serious con- sideration. "The only factors I have to deal with are those which can be garnered from the scene of the accident, or the witnesses themselves. It is quite clear that the accused was not keep- ing a good lookout, and. I think was driving faster than he should have been, considering the con- dition of the road. "While .it is all very well to say the .law allows 50, many people go over that on good highway, visibility good and all conditions good; but they must realize that for every mile they go over normal speed they must be that much more vigilant and observant. if they relax vigi- lance at high speed they haven't time to do a thing. If drivers want to drive .fast they must give — Please Turn To Page 2 Miss 1dna tette, lit Toronto, is visiting Mrs, liana Taylor, • ZONE COMMANDER ... Harvey C. Pfaff Eighty'Socond Year .77 riV `(�imes-i�buaca�e EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 9, 1959 • Price Per Copy 10 Cents ia‚1. ea, corn pcicks NGS INTO ACTION ro CANADIAN CANNERS RE -OPENS PLANT HERE—Mayor R. E. Pooley extends an official town welcome to Donald G. Graham, new manager of the Canadian Canners Ltd. plant here which has been re -opened. Announcement that peas and corn will, be packed this year came Monday. Left is Ray M. Creech, the company's central district supervisor and a native of town; right is Clarence Down, , district representative of the vegetable growers. Authorize 36-c.r Ian two-hour 1# Establishment of a 36 -car park- ing lot behind the town hall and restricted parallel parking on Main street was authorized by council Monday night. A. storage shed will be removed from behind the town hall to al - the businessmen themselves. , The new town halllot, coupled', with the one provided at the south end, of Snell Bros. Ltd., provided accommodation at both ends of the business section, he said. "If the businessmen want low the laying .out of cement more, we suggest they provide it block patterns to provide 36 themselves because they will re - nine -foot wide parking stalls, ceive the benefit from it. He As soon as the pavement can pointed out that this was done be painted parallel parking will replace angle parking on the west side of the street, making both sides parallel. A two-hour time limit will be imposed on Main street parking at the same time, Councillor E 1 d r i d Simmons presented the proposals as the report from the committee in- structed to make a parking sur- vey at the last meeting. The committee did not inves- tigate any further parking faci- lities, he stated, because it felt this was the responsibility o.f Huron Liberals at convention Messrs Harry Strang, George Rether, Gordon Ratz, Ivan Kalb- fleisch, Beacher Menzies and Hugh Hawkins were in Toronto Friday last attending a conven- tion of the Ontario Liberal Asso- ciation. On Saturday they met with Mr. John Wintermeyer, the Liberal leader, and party, offi- cials. years ago when stores provided their own accommodation for horses and buggies. The committee also revealed that the owners of the Burkley Restaurant, who owns the pro- perty adjacent to the town hall, would prepare that land for parking to complement the town hall lot. Councillor Murray Greene re- vealed several businessmen were planning to establish parking lots which would handle from 20 to 30 cars each. The storage shed from behind the town hall will bo placed in the fairgrounds at the direction. of the centres board: Members felt it could be used for display of poultry at fair time. Councillor Simmons estimated total cost of establishing the town -hall parking lot would not exceed $300. Councillor Glenn Fisher, roads chairman, said his committee planned to use the gravel stock- pile to fill holes in the roads. Urges' OWRC interview Reeve William McKenzie urged council to "go after" the Onla- HS seeks approval to build five room South Huron District High School Board decided Tuesday night to seek permission to add a shop, cafeteria and kitchen and three classrooms to the school. The request will be forwarded to the Ontario department of education for its., approval. This is the first Step in negotiations leading to the addition which must be erected by September 1960 to meet enrolment demands, Under the board's piaii, the present kitchen and cafeteria will be converted into two class- rooms; the roof on the agricul- ture room on the south-east corner will be reinforced to sup- port another classroom above it and two classrooms will be built, one on top of the other, to the east of that. These facilities, :if approved, will provide for modified tech - technical courses will be pr df Meal t raining. Two years Quid - ed here, and an affiliation estab- lished to provide a further two years at another school nearby, probably at London. A four-year cerise in bust. ness pi'ecticb will also be esieblislied. Board chairman }fi. L. Snider said additional grants are pro- vided by the department for a Modified technical training sys- tem which, it is fait, is econ- omical to establish with an en- relment of 8o0, S1f MtS will react that figure within a few'. year's, Principal. H. L. Sturgis said he felt the techyiical training would interest a number of grade nine and 10 boys~ in the district who were not interested in pursuing academic training. PS budget up $1,000 Despite a large increase in costs of instruction for the com- ing term, Exeter Public School will require , only $1,000. more in 1959 than it did in 1958, it was revealed at the board's meeting Monday night. The board will request the town for $43,500 this year, conn pared to $42,500 last year. Where to find it Announcements 16 Building Page .. "` 8 Church Notices 15 Coming Events 1S Editorials 4 Farm News 9 Feminine Facts 13 Luca Hensanll 5 Sports 14 6 Wadi MIs Zurich 0044 Increased provincial grants have taken care of some of the increase in salaries, ' Teachers at Exeter Public School have accepted the new salary schedule offered by the board, it was reported by Rob- ert Southcott, chairman of the teachers' committee. one teacher of the 14 -member staff has resigned but this is be- cause she is moving from town. Mrs. Ardella Dcsjardine, Grand Bend, has been employed by the board to replace Mrs. John Ma- han, who resigned. Principal A. B. Idle, in his monthly report, revealed the three -act operetta presented by the students had been a decided success To determine its effect on the pupils' studies, he reported he had made a eoniparison of the last tern to this one and found there was no appreciable change even though considerable time had been taken Out to put on the operetta, A report from the assistant principle, Mrs. R. D. Jermyn, indicated satisfactory progress was being made in the junior grades, The board agreed to twontaet itt Architects regarding 'instal- lation systemof a, satisfactory fire alarm Ton desks, costing $229, were ordered front Rioter Furniture Ltd. Install tier et drapes .iii fourr t rooms at n eo 1f. 100 er room, was authorized, p arking lot; it on M in rio Water Resources Commission to determine what the town's po- sition is in regard to sewage. "There's no sense of us try- ing to set a budget until we see the commission. We're in the d'•trt, until then." ;}lis remarks were made during a preliminary budget discussion when Clerk C. V. Pickard re- quested some of the major ap- propriations be settled upon in order to make it possible to es- tablish a tentative budget. Council learned from the coun- ty that road expenditures will Authority buys land for forests Reforestation board of. the Ausable Authority recently ap- proved the purchase oft three district properties for tree plant- ing. They include 371/2 acres from Alvin. Gingerich, Hay township; 100 acres from John Mahon, Stephen township, and 100 acres from Gordon Coleman; Hay town- ship. The properties were purchas- ed at $20 an acre with allow- ances in some cases for excell- ent fencing, existing tree cover and some planting already done. The board has adopted a new policy for ARA assistance to- ward private planting. It will provide a tractor and tree -plant- ing machine and crew of three men to plant any acreage up to five acres on private property for a total fee of $5.00. Owner must buy his own trees but they cant)ot be Scotch pine or mixtures which contain more than 50 percent Scotch pine. A delegation :from the Author- ity plans to discuss the Parkhill dam with provincial gov't of: ficials in Toronto this week. Canadian Canners Ltd., Ham- ilton, announced Monday it would pack peas and corn at the local plant here this year. Officials said contracts will probably be offered to area growers some time next week. A "usual crop" will be sown. The announcement was made Monday following a closed meet- ing between top company offi- cials and town council. Monday afternoon the company began making preparations immediate- ly. Council agreed, to meet com- pany demands for the town to assume responsibilty for the li- quid sewage from the pea pack and the odor from the stack of pea straw. The company will provide land for treatment of the sewage and material for deodorizing the stack; the townwill provide whatver else is required. The good news spread through- out the community like wild- fire. "Shel'll be rennin' again!" monwas the town happyand expressionrural areascom- in . Town officials plan an "Aylmer Appreciation Week" from April 16 to 23 to celebrate the occa- increase that rate by an antici- pated one-half mill. (Monday night, Exeter public' school board increased its re-, quisition from $42,500 to $43,500' —. another half mill approxi- mately.) Court of revision was set for Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. Name planning members Council approved appointment of four men, including two mem- bers of council, to its suburban planning board. Council representatives will be Mayor F'ooley and Deputy Reeve Chester Mawhinney, town mem- bers are W. G. Cochrane, solici- tor, and Don Southcott. Three townships — Stephen, Usborne and Hay — have been asked to appoint one representa- tive each to the seven -man board. Stephen appointed Clerk James Mawhinney T u e s d a y night; Hay deferred its appoint- ment until a further meeting.) No drainage woes? Councillor Ross Taylor report- ed •Monday night the town ap- parently has no drainage prob- lems. "I've had no reports of water in. cellars," he told council. "I can't do anything about the problems if I'm not told about them." Councillor George Rether wast- ed little time to tell him of his own personal problem on Anne street where water had flooded out his floor furnace again. This happened regularly, said Rether. Reeve McKenzie said part of the drainage problem in that area is caused by quicksand which prevents proper tile in- stallation. Be also indicated that floor furnaces were not intend- ed for the wartime houses when they were built. Councillor Taylor's drainage committee was asked to investi- gate the situation. Open drive for cancer sion. Grocery stores will feature l Aylmer products during the week at attractive prices and stores will be decorated with Aylmer labels. A special edition of The Times- Advocate will launch the event Thursday, Exeter council officials pro- claimed the week at its meeting Monday night, as did Hensel! council. Hay, Stephen and L'sborne communities, all of whom bene- fit from the plant operation, are expected to join the celebration, Company officials who met with council Monday were A. B. Morgan, production manager; A, C. Smith, property supervisor, and Ray Creech, central district supervisor. They stated the local plant will continue to operate under the name Canadian Canners Ltd. and that Aylmer products will be packed. Del Monte products, identified with the parent U.S. firm, California Packers Ltd., will not likely be canned here this year but may be later. The company officials re- mained mum about plans for ex- pansion here but there were in- dications that it may come, N. I, Drynan, company presi- dent, told the press Tuesday that, in a long-range program, the firm plans to gradually close its smaller plants and expand ope- rations at its larger ones. It's been reported that the company's plant at Strathroy will be shut down, There is also same indication that the company's plans may depend somewhat on the success of this year's operations here. Donald G. Graham, Foxboro, has been appointed area man- ager here. He expects to esta- blish residence soon. Working with the new manager here Tuesday and Wednesday To mark the opening of the cancer campaign the Women's Service Committee of the Exeter District Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society sponsored a daf- fodil meeting in James Street United church on Tuesday eve- ning. Guest speaker for the evening was Dr. John MacDonald, senior physicist, London clinic, of the Ontario Cancer Foundation, who spoke on the research work be- ind done on cancer. "The word was Ray Creech, district super - physics tends to scare many visor and a native of Exeter. people," said Dr. MacDonald, Fieldman Andrew Easton and "but actually it is one of the Jack Urquhart were called in simplest forms of science—that Tuesday for a briefing with offi• of the breaking up of tissues cials. It's doubtful, however, if into their smallest particles." contracts will be offered until "If you could see the millions next week, although the coin - of body cells under the micro-,pany is preparing a list of far- mers who wish to grow. Offi- ficecials requested, that farmers phone the firm to enter their names, rather than visit the of- . Clarence Down, district direc- tor of the vegetable growers as- sociation, was happy about the decision. "It's a wonderful thing for all of us," he said. A crop of peas equal to that grown in 1957 will be sown al- though the industry generally is overstocked. Three factors have contributed to the oversupply -- unusually good weather condi- tions, better seed and improved cultural practices. scope the great wonder is that there are as few cases of can- cer as there are—for these cells are constantly being changed and replaced by new ones," the speaker said. Dr. MacDonald was introduc- ed by Mrs. Fred Dobbs who pre- sided for Mrs. J. G. Dunlop, who was ill, and thanked by Mrs. Sid Brandon of RCAF Cen- tralia. Speaking briefly were Mr. Lloyd Ford, president of the local cancer. branch; Mr. Fred Dobbs, district president, Mayor R. E. Pooley and Mr. Ray Mills, local campaign manager. New banking hours, boating club for GB. New banking hours, plans for a boating club and the resigna- tion of President Eric Mcllroy were announced at a meeting of Grand Bend and area Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening. Charles L. Smith, manager of the Bank of Montreal, Exeter. reported that the branch's Grand Bend office will be open five days a week from June 1 to Sept. 30 with Bruce Biggart in charge. In previous years, it has been open only three days a week. John Young, vice-president of the Chamber, revealed the formation a a sail -boating club which will hold races each week during the summer. The Chamber also hopes to organ- ize activities for power boat enthusiasts , and a committee was named to formulate plans. KINSMAN OF THE YEAR -Jack Drysdale past president of the Ilensall club, WAS selected zone winner of the Kinsman of the Year award at the confe Wince in Hen. sail Sunday, His enthusiasm for and contribution to all Kin activities and projects Was i'ocog nized. Seed litre receiving a dduble•barrelled Congratulations from Vice-Presi, dont Ross Milks, left and Robert l acutirn, right, the Pfensall Xinsnian served as chairman for the zone conference 'tolntl1itteet TSA Photo President; Mcllroy pointed out to members that a bylaw pre- vented him from holding office more than two years and that he had already been in the chair for a longer period. He appointed a nominating commit- tee to present a slate of officers. Although members requested the bylaws be changed in order to allow hint to remain as presi- dent, Mr. Mcllroy said that business pressure prevented him from serving another term. Appreciation was expressed to Mel Gowdy for his services as treasurer for the chamber. Ill• Hess has forcedhim t o resign. o Committees were appointed to handle advertising, and to plan beauty contests this summer. Grand Bend Lions Club was 'commended for its plan to erect a community centre. The club has purchased land for the building and is raising funds to finance construction. William Sturdevant, incoming Lions president, announced the club plans to continue swimming classes this summer and that another Holiday Ball will be held. Elizabeth Touchette, editor of Grand Bend Holiday, outlined plans for this year's publication. The tabloid -size newspaper print- ed by The Tinies-Advocate, is distributed free to tourists dur- ing the summer months. Accident victim on fracture bed Gilbert Dow, 28 -year-old Ee. Iter dairyman, faces the pros - Pest of six to eight weeks, on a fracture bed in South Huron hospital as a result of injuries he received in an accident early Friday morning. Ile was travelling west on No. 88 when he failed to see the turn at the Bluewater. He bit the eheekcrboard sign, crashed a considerable distance into a field where he was -thrown froth the vehicle. The accident hap - Patted abotit 4.15 A.Ii1. Fraught to South Ifueoh Hoe. pita! by T. It. Roffman 5mbitI ance, Grand Bend, the drivet is suffering from a fractured skull and cracked ribs. The car, demolished, was. valued at $1,500, aceor'ditig to PO Harty herd,