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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-11-26, Page 3'i DOLL BOTTLES SAVE PUPS—Plastic doll bottles came to the rescue of Sha -Ln Glit- ter, the boxer above, when she came down with blood poisoning after giving birth to a litter of 10 pups. Pat Sangster, 17, and her mother, Mrs. Jim Sangster, Hensall, have been feeding the pups since last Tuesday, the day after they were born. Three died at birth but the remaining seven are doing well. The Sangsters also have a six -months -old baby, which helps to complicate matters. "We have two formulas going all the time," says Mrs. Sangster. Sha -Ln Glitter is the registered daughter of a champion boxer and the sire of the pups, killed recently, was also purebred. Four of the pups are golden brittle while three are tan. —T -A Photo c ins refutes claims of femperance speakers John Huckins, chairman of the Huron Citizens Legal Control Committee, took the pro -CTA forces to task Monday night in Zurich for "bearing false wit- ness." Speaking to a crowd of 200 people — one of the largest ral- lies of the campaign — the Go- derich councillor charged tem- perance officials were delibe- rately misrepresenting the facts. He produced a number of te- legrams, letters and other docu- ments, which he put on public view, to disprove his opponents' statements. "We are prepared to back up our position with statistics," he stated. "We do not intend to tell lies and bear false witness in this campaign. We svi11 not bring ourselves down to their level." It was Mr. Huckins' first pub- lic meeting of the campaign since he appeared in James St. United Church at Exeter. Ex- cept for Charles Thiel, Zurich, who introduced him, he was the only speaker on the platform. Among the pro -CTA state- ments which he disputed were: The claim that Huron county has the lowest rate of alcoholism in Ontario. Mr. Huckins quoted an October, 1959, booklet pub. fished by the Alcoholism Re• i search Foundation of Ontario i which stated; "We cannot safe- Ily infer from present estimates that •any area has a higher or 'lower rate of alcoholism than any other! j The claim that beverage rooms• and cocktail bars had ' been established in Peel ocunty and Manitoulin which voted out the CTA a few years ago. "There is not a single beer pee- per or bar in Peel eight years after repeal, nor in Manitoulin, which voted out the CTA 10 years ago. Why? Because the people didn't think they required them." The claim that the federal gov- ernment had endorsed amend- ments proposed by a temper- ance delegation. "The press re- cently quoted cabinet ministers who denied thatthey were spon- soring any amendments. The statements made by these tem- perance people are utterly with- out foundation." Mr. Huckins attacked Royal S. Moulton, secretary of the On- tario Temperance Federation, for statements made in Zurich and other places. "Mr. Moulton called this a smear campaign against the Acting crown attorney lists CTA weaknesses Exeter lawyer C. Van Laugh-' would do under the LCA. ton, who has served as crown! "5. I can if I wish stand back attorney in Huron County on; and see my children and yours numerous occasions, pointed out' (under 21 years) drink in public the "gaping loopholes" in the places and not break the law as Canada Temperance Act in a they would do under the LCA. public statement this week. "In the interest of good law enforcement, I feel I must point "6. I can if I wish stand back and see bottle clubs operate in Huron county and sell liquor and out the deficiencies in this CTA, beer and deprive the public— many of which seem to have that is you and I— of revenue • . been overlooked during the camp- which would be ours if places were licenced under the LCA, w e alcoholism rise ai n. I think voters must con Says sider g "7. I can. if I wish sit back and sthem seriously before cast- 3 ing their ballots on November hear about your teenage chit. 30. dren purchasing liquor and beet "A en- outside dance halls from persons CTA. Have you read anything in the papers which you could call I a smear? Anything we have said we can back up with statistics." 1 He said Mr. Moulton had in- ! (erred that only people who --Please turn to page 6 • Eighty -Second Year exefer'Vintesaovocafe EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 2b, 1959 ee election rates looming in four area municipalities Laud Zurich trustees will incorporate village Huron county will have 25 mu- nicipalities within its borders next year as a result of a muni- cipal board ruling Thursday, Two members of the board granted Zurich's application for incorporation with little hesita. tion following a brief two-hour hearing in the township hall, The change will become ef- fective January 1. Afrangements are being made to elect a reeve and four councillors before that date, In granting the. application,. the board members praised po- lice village officials for the ser- vices they have been able to provide. "It would appear you have been doing an excellent job," W, G, Greenwood told Lloyd O'Brien, trustee chair- man. Mr. Greenwood and V. S. Millburn heard the application. Only opposition to the change was expressed by private , citi- zens, Peter Deichert complained that "the ratepayers had nothing to say" and Napoleon Bedard charged that most of the points considered by the board were just "suppositions." Neither man received support from others in the audience. Two other citizens, Jack Pear- son and Albert Kalbfleisch, en- dorsed the move as a progres- sive step for the village. Mr. Greenwood, in announcing the board's decision, said the board's responsibility was to de- termine what the results of in - MARKS 90 YEARS—Mrs. Jean Makins, concession three Stephen, who narrowly escaped the boat disaster at Lon- don a number of years ago, celebrated her ninetieth birth- day last week. Still able to look after herself and do housekeeping, Mrs. Makins lives alone in her home. She's seen in front of the family table just before the celebra- tion dinner. —Jack Doerr s far as adults are c c d tt . t who are selling it to them from change then habits, he stated. "But there are two things I am most impossible er convict the concerned about principally. seller because there is no law t against having liquor and beer "The first is that the greater in your car under CTA and no percentage of all traffic fatalities teenager has been found who in Huron county have involved will assist the police by inform - liquor and we have not enough ing. This could not exist under control over liquor in automo- the LCA, biles under the CTA. In Huron, "g, I can if I wish drink my ,,erne , no in•g is going . o their cars and know that it is al. nothing can be done by enforce- own liquor in public eating places tient officials until a man is ata reasonable price under CTA impaired or drunk. When it gets which I couldn't doin any other to that stage it's too late. We but a licenced premises under need some deterrent in Huron LCA at a higher prices. county and the LCA is very ef• "9. I could if I wished, boot- feetive in this regard. Ieg without fear of a jail sen - "The second concerns teen- tense under the. CTA which I agers. The CTA does not dwell can't do under the LCA. upon the question of teenagers "10. I can if I wish drink in any manner. There isne eon- privately in many ways under trol over their drinking."the CTA that I . can't do under Mr. La gun htan compile d a list• of 10 situations which can, and do, exist under the CTA. "Those who intend to vote to retain this aet on November 30," he said, "should realize that they are supporting these ridiculous con- ditions. ornditions. If I was voting for CTA, here is what I would be voting for: "i, 1 can if 1 wish carry a partly filled or full bottle of lit quer or bottle of beer or ale in my ear and not breakthe, law es. I Weald do under the, LCA.. "2, I Cart if I with consume beer or liquor on the srreote public parks and beaches and other public places and not break Announcements 23 the laW as 1 Wanid• do under the , Church Notices' 17 I. 1 cert if 1 wish sit in or Coming Events 22 " 3. drive my car in a public place Editorials 4 and drink 'beep or liquor and not.. Farm News 13 . .. „ . break the Mev as I would do . Femtniftl reefs li fierier the LCA. 10 ,, Henfalt e 4. 1 can if I wish prcver�1 the • :.olive srarrliilrg for (,quer' or LUdan 10' police a search warrant sPPortfr 8 beer' w I +Without betaking the law as 11 Went Ads 16 the LCA and, if I did not believe in proper controls, I would vote against the LCA after having lived in this county for 10 years under the freedom of the CTA, which freedom I did not enjoy in other parts of Ontario under the LCA." Mr. Laughton said it appeared Where to find it concerns' all nations Alcoholism is a; growing prob- lem causing concern all over the world, Dr. John Linton, general secretary of the Canada Tem- perance Foundation, said in Main St. United Church Sunday night. In one of many speeches he has made in Huron county in support of the CTA, Dr. Linton stated that in his travels to Eu• rope and all parts of North Ame- rica he found leaders worried about the increase of the di- sease. "We might not think that we are a peculiar people in Can. ada because we cannot handle our liquor." The myth that Eu- ropeans know how to drink pro- perly has been proven wrong by research, he said, frying pan into the fire but he felt it would be more accurate to describe it as jumping from i the pan into the griddle. "Alco- hol is the fire and we should be. ' thinking more about that fire." Dr. Linton cited a number of incidents which he had observed in LCA areas, indicating the act was being "flagrantly violated." 1 He said he found sleeping condi- tioris in Huron hotels, which did not have beverage rooms, much superior to those in LCA areas, where drunks sometimes kept him awake until five or six o'clock in the morning. "We have not found an abso- lute way of control over alcohol. Control must come in the last analysis not from law but from the character and personality of our people. That is fundamen- tal." Dr. Linton said liquor outlets would not get rid of bootleggers and cited a case in New Bruns, wick where the number of ille- gal outlets increased after a gov't store was established, "Do not be foolish enough to learn from experience. The in• telligentperson learns from somebody else's experience. Mis- takes are being made by the score," he said, referring to the number of communities which had voted wet, "We are leaning very hard ori' t legislation. Lem not discrediting taw and the importance of law but as Chfietians, the issue is between right and wrong. Why 15 it that men are turning to the e bottle and to harbituates7 I36• Cause they do iot know how to ," turnr to God," ... Linton was introduced by Rev, Dr. J. Semple, „blgmot d• villa, Rev, Dr. R. 5. Illltz Bev. Samuel 'Cert: and Rev. S. 1, :Lewis assisted With the setVide. Statistics compiled by the World Health Organization re- veal that France, supposedly one of the more mature coun- tries in respect to liquor con- sumption, has the highest inci- dence in alcohol, In Switzerland, lie ' said, he found a rehabilitation centre for alcoholics which had been opera- ting for 70 years. Switzerland has an incidence equal to that in Canada, Dr, Linton said drunkenness was not necessarily an indication of alcoholism, "Yee can he an alcohelie without being drunk. 'you just drink a certain amoun of Wine each day in your life and you can bring on the symp- toms of alcoholism," Ile foundhthat in Borne areas, " t...., a whole this fact has crew ed w new question for university sta., dents who thought they could Mit become aleehellcs if they drink moderation." w... Dr, Linton noted -that fire ques- fibe of the CTA vote had been Compared to jumping from the corporation would be for the vil- lage and how it would affect surrounding municipalities. Since the trustees had decided incor- poration would be of consider- able benefit and there was no opposition from the township, "the board ,!eels the application should be granted." Lloyd O'Brien said the trus- tees had been considering incor- � porat.ion for 10 years and were' convinced it would benefit the; •"` town. They were sqpported by i the Chamber of Commerce in the move, he said, Benefits would include pres- ' tige, representation in county b•. "•'• council and establishment of a FEDERAL POST—Elston Cardiff, planning board which could Huron MP, was named parlia- guide development and assist in mentary secretary to Agriculture the attraction of industry. Minister Harkness last week. Mr. O'Brien gave credit to the The veteran MP', who farms at township for allowing the tris- Brussels, was one of 14 secre- tees to manage :their own affairs taries named who will receive with little interference. HIe $4,000 annually in addition to stated the police village now has the member's $1.0,000 indemnity. its own hydro system, complete- A former Middlesex AP, Robert ly paid for. and a public water McCubbin, served in a similar system with 250 accounts. post in the Liberal gov't. A new fire engine has been purchased, all except two or three of the streets have been paved and sidewalks have been installed practically over the whole town. "We have no deben- tures outstanding," he told the board. The only extra expense in- curred by incorporation would Status of No. 84 highway, mo - be for administration, he stated. bile home licences, a surface A clerk and assessor would be drain and recreation expenses required. Police protection would appear to be the issues in the also be needed but the trustees election at Hensall. felt this would have to be pro- All four points were brought vided even if the village wasn't up incorporated. at a controversial nomina tion meetnig- In answer to a question from two inerting who ,Friday are chalhtlengingbyClue Kenneth Breakey, Mr. O'Brien incumbents at the polls on Mon saw no reason for an increase day, December 4. in taxes through incorporation. Former councillor Gordon "We feel the way we're situated Schwalm,who was defeated now, our taxes will 'not advance ran for reeve last year, a bit unless the people demand when he many new services." is making a second bid for the He also revealed that vii- .post. Another former councillor, Jim Sangster, is seeking a coun- cil seat along .with the four sit- ting members who include his sister, Mrs. Minnie Noakes. Election talk is in the air in at least three district municip- alitiesin addition to. Hensall where a contest is already under way. Reports indicate Hay, Usborne and McGillivray ratepayers will be going to the polls following nomination meetings this com- ing week, Grand Band may also have an election, In the three townships, the reeve's chair seems to be the point of contention with the in- cumbents being challenged, This may lead to elections for council, too, Hern tackles Smith? In Usborne, reliable reports indicate Councillor Ward Hern is coming out against ,Reeve Clayton Smith, who is seeking his fifth term. Neither Council- lor Hern or Reeve Smith were available for comment Wednes- day, Councillor Hugh Love, complet- ing his fifth year, has stated he plans to retire if a successor is found. Councillors George Frayne and Harold Hunter told the T -A they would stand for re-election, Hay contest assured In Hay, Deputy -Reeve. Alex Mousseauwill challenge Reeve u vl V. L. Becker, who plans to con- test the county wardenship this Bring up four issues in contest at Hensall lage would receive a i, .t of $3.50 per capita which was now going to the township. Two township councillors told throw away at the arena." He also felt council had wasted several hundred dollars on a surface drain in the area where he lives. He said it should have gone, through a vacant lot, ra- ther than around it. Reeve Henderson said • the ex- tra length of the dram had not cost hundreds of dollars more and council had decided against putting the tile through the va• cant lot because the owner in- dicated he planned to build a house there someday, He felt council had no right to put the drain through private property. Mrs. Noakes defended the ex- penditure on the arena. Since the Mown hall had been con- demned for dances and meet - the board they did not oppose ings, the arena auditorium had incorporation Said Garl be Other three are Lorne Hay, John to be fixed up to accomodate rer: "If means Baker and Jack Lavender. these activities, she said. "The progress to the incorporationvillage, I see- s School board and PUC posts arena is the town's baby and Please turn to peg,' no6 were filled by acclamation. we have to look after it," Numerous exchanges marked' — Please turn to page 6 the meeting held in the , coun - Blasts delay on sewerage Preston Dearing, RR 1 Exeter, this week bitterly criticized Ex-' eter council for failing to install sewerage. 0 "They're doing everything else but putting in sewers. They're passing the buck." "Exeter is just sitting on• a sponge of muck. The sooner the town gets sewage the better." "They're spending money on everything else — putting in ditches, building dams and pav- ing roads which they'll have to dig up again for sewers. I never saw such stupidness." Dearing was irked at the OWRC's report on arsenic pois- oning in the creek which flows through the town to his property. He lost one cattle beast and one sheep through arsenic this spring. Samples of the creek taken in September by the OWRC show- ed no traces of poisoning. "It seems pretty silly to me to take the samples in September after the rains have cleaned out the drain," said the Stephen farmer. "My cattle were poisoned in the spring, not September." He also criticized the suggest- ion that the poisoning might have come from farm spraying equipment. "That's ridiculous," he said. "Nobody is spraying at that time of year." til chambers, filled with spec- tators. A number. stood in the hall to hear the debates. Schwalm charged Reeve Hen- derson was not putting up a strong fight to prevent No. 84 highway from reverting to coun- ty status. "We'll lose it for sure at the rate he is going," Schwalm said. He felt a petition should be circulated and protests held. Replied the reeve: "I figure we've done all we could do." Hee explained what action had been 'taken to date and said the offi- cials were waiting to interview the . minister whenever an ap• pointment could be -arranged. The province has agreed to maintain the road until April 1, 1960, he pointed out. Schwalm also tackled the council for hiking the mobile mileage but in the interest of home licence fee to $10 a month, the county as a whole and in maximum allowed by the de- order .to keep faith with the de- partment of municipal affairs. partment we feel •it advisable to "We get a good°industry in the town and, then they try to run. 'em down — as if the trailer plant didn't give enough to the town.' ' Council's -actions were defend- ed by Mrs, Noakes and Jack La- vender who pointed out that fur- ther levies can be made if ne- cessary. 'They said one family in a mobile home. was sending five children to school. "They should pay their fair share of the taxes," said Mrs. Noakes, Jim Sangster brought up the recreation and drain complaints. "There was work done on the council this year that I didn't like. I didn't agree with giving $2,000 to the parks board to 1' year, Tiraving served as deputy -reeve ,' for three years, Mousseau said it's time he "went up ,or got 1 out". , ht's not known yet if the town- ' ship will have a deputy -reeve in 1960 because of the ineprpora-:- . tion of Zurich, Officials will w know before nomination da y Friday, however, ,. Councillor Carl Haberer, swho'•• led the polls previously, has in- ' dicated he would run for deputy-• reeve if the post is continued.' .' • If not, he'll seek re-election on , council. Councillor John Corbett will '' stand again for council but Wil- a iiam Davidson is undecided. ••.. May vote in McGillivray ' • Councillor Ben Thompson, who `• has served seven years, told The Times - Advocate Wednesday it - "could be possible" that he •. would run against Reeve Earl' m Dixon, N+ Thompson was defeated bet .• = Fred Heaman several years ago p•,,;" and returned to council last year.. Mr. Dixon, who has been reeve. ' for two years, said he would stand for re-election. He is com- pleting his ninth year on spun cil. It's understood that Council-'.' tors Duncan Drummond, Earl Morley and Thomas Hall will stand for re-election, Dalton undecided t. Reeve James Dalton, Grand Bend, said he was undecided about seeking his seventh term. "I.'m not sure," he stated. Unofficial reports indicate several, men have declared in- tentions of standing for council seats.r Stephen appears quiet• In Stephen township, members of council have indicated they will stand for re-election to their present posts. Reeve Glenn Webb, who de- feated Wellington 1-Iaist last year, is completing his first term in the chief magistrate's chair. Deputy -reeve is Ed Gill and the councillors include Ed Hendrick, Steve Dundas and Jim Hayter. Nomination dates Hay and McGillivray town- ships will hold their nominations Friday afternoon from 1 to 2 p.m. Usborne and Stephen will meet Monday at 1 p.m. Both Exeter and Grand Bend wills nominate in the evening Exeter from 7.30 to 8.30 and Grand Bend from 8 to 9 p.ni. County making 'deal' over 84 reversion? Huron county council hopes to make a bargain with the Oita- rio Dept of Highways over the reversion of No. 84 to county status. This was revealed at county council this week in road com- mibtee reports (submitted by county engineer J. W. Britnnll' and Chairman Harvey Coleman, Stanley. Said. Mr. Coleman: "We na- turally are not anxious to have this road added to our road accept it with the hope that our acceptance will return large di- vidends." ' Engineer Britnell urged the county to press the highways minister to designate county roads 21 and 12, from Kippen to Wroxeter, as a development road, for which the province pays all capitol edpenses. Mr. Brintnell said' the addi- tion of the 11 miles of No. 84 to the county system made this de- velopment proposal "much more urgent." "We would request that you present this problem to the minister in the light of this new development and request his earliest consideration." The development of the Kip - ELECTION) CONTEST AT HENSALL—Mrs. Irene Davis left, became the second Woman to be elected to a civic r ea in Hensall when she was named to the public school board by acclamation rrlday night. Elections will be held'for reeve and "•' . ...•. are hi the contest, Jim ,Sangster and council, however, and a brother and a sister g 1VIrs. Minnie Noakes, above are both Seeking coujieUU seats. Mrs: Noakes ecatne 1etisallis .first woirian Councillor last years pen -Wroxeter route, said the en- gineer "is obviously a much• needed short cut for traffic tree veiling from north to• south in Huron county and that it would provide a much needed full load route out and into Brussels." In his report, Engineer Brit- nell said the 1959 road program was "by far the largest ever un- dertaken by the county." A to. tal of $1,200,000 was approved for road work. Reveals the answer The engineer had a convincing answer for people who wonder why county roads are not main- tained as well as provincial roads in the winter. The province, he calculates, spends about $4,000 a mile to keep its roads maintain. The county has at its disposal about $750 a mile for this work, For snow removal, he says, the province spends $1,200 a mile compared to the county's $250. Approve . p c ntract o t l for million dollars Huron county council Tuesday authorized construction of a mile lion -dollar addition to the coupe: ty home at Clinton. A tender of $850,000 from Con• Eng Limited, London, was ae- cepted for the construction. To- tal cost, including equipment and furnishings, is estimated at $1,087;303, •The county will receive a 50 percent grant from the depart- ment of welfare on capital costs and the department will also pay 70 percent of maintenance costs. Ten-year debentures, costing the county approximately $73, 000 a year, will be issued, The addition will provide 11!1 beds for bed ear patients, 30 beds for special are, eight sick beds and 24 for staff. A lagoon system of . sewage disposal Will be erected on the three-aert site. The 614 building will be de- molished 'eventually In other` business, county Otte - tilt Learned that Huron can e= pact to see more central publie schools in rural areas. There are already 360. in the province.• iteappoihted Roy Merenz and Kenneth Johns to two-year "terms en SklDIIS board, Learned that ne+totiations were being made for the publication of the hfuron county history writ* ,., . ten by Professor James Soettw' ' zs 5