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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-12-10, Page 1They were choce of .area voters Monday Eighty Second Year MOVES UP TO REEVE Chester Mawhinney MAY RUN FOR 'WARDEN .. V. L. Becker DEFENDS POSITION Harvey Coleman DEFEATS OPPONENTS .. James Dalton WINS SECOND TERM . John Henderson See General Coach sale as move toward stability General Coach Works of Can - oda Ltd., has been selected as one of the keystones of a mobile home industry organization being developed to stabilize the' business and benefit manufactu- rers, dealers end purchasers. William C. Smith, general manager of the. Hensall plant, associated- with General Coach Works, of Marlette, Michigan, today announced affiliation with Vought Industries, Inc., Dallas, Texas. Vought Industries, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Chance Vought Aircraft, Incorporated, has been negotiating for acqui- sitions/in the mobile homes in- dustry as a major extension of its parent company's plans . for diversification into commercial fields. Terms of the acquisition of the Hensall plant and of General Coach plants in Michigan and in Florida, accomplished through stock purchase, were not dis- closed. It was emphasized, how- ever, that employees and prin- cipal officers will be retained. "General Coach Works of Can- ada Ltd., is fortunate to be a part of tills program," Mr. Smith said. "It promises to be the most constructive and revolutio- nary development in the history of the mobile homes industry." He added that: "There will be no basic ch'a•nge in our firm's Cost heavy in fraud case Town council learned • Monday that the enforcement of justice can be a costly service. It approved a bill of $180 for mileage, meals and transports= tion for police in connection with a prosecution of a fraud charge against an alleged minister, Francis Legge, Toronto. Legge was convicted Wednes- day, December 2 of obtaining $300 from Cann's Mill Ltd. on the false pretense that he needed the money to meet fune- ral expenses for his wife who, it turned out, is still very much alive. Legge was given a suspended sentence and ordered 'to repay the "loan". In the bill presented to coun- cil, it was revealed that Con- stable Lloyd Hodgins travelled 1,273 miles during his investiga- tion and that his meals and ac- commodation expenses had ex- ceeded $50. All of his trips had been authorized by the crown attorney for Huron. In addition, council learned that court costs for the case would also be considered since they included $75 for one wit- ness ?lone. Other witnesses were brought in from Toronto, Stouff- ville, Chatham and St, Catha- rines as well as other centres. This : cost is borne by the coun- ty. Accidents increase In his report for November, Chief C. H. McKenzie revealed that the number of accidents in town had increased to V from eight in October Prosecutions by the force wrought in $90 in fines. Eleven arnings were issued, five traf- fic tickets handed out and two dogs picked up. ATTEND PC CONVENTION Elmer D. Bell, QC, and C. Van Laughton, Exeter, were among those who,. attended the convention of the National Pro- gressive Conservative Associa- tion in Ottawa recently. Mr, Bell served as chairman of the Constitution committee, which al pier'ed a number of major S ak felt. operations as a result of this de- velopment. Essentially, from the outset, it has been a Canada- oriented firm, operated by Can- .adiens and building products for Canadians, and this will be the pattern of the future "General Coach Works of Can- ada Ltd., its people and its deal- ers, were selected for participa- tion in the comprehensive Vought Industries program because of our record of growth and accom- plishment as a leader in our industry. We are proud to have been chosen from among the many companies considered by Vought Industries during anintensive and comprehensive analysis of the industry. The immediate prospect is for positive action promising an even more produc- tive and prosperous future. Con- tinued growth is indicated by•,the Long-range plans of Vought In- dustries." Sale may delay union contract Sale of General Coach will likely further delay settlement of the contract dispute between the company and union which has been under negotiation for near- ly six months. LIBERAL ORGANIZER—James Scott, 43, formerly of Seaforth, was appointed national organizer and 'secretary of the National Liberal Federation in Ottawa this week. He was an unsuccess• ful candidate in a provincial election in Huron riding. Apparently, neither the com- pany nor the union is'willing to accept the recommendations of a conciliation board in a find- ing handed down several months ago. The board recommended that the firm's bonus arrangement be incorporated in the wage structure, providing an increase of about eight cents per hour; a reduction in the work week from 47-1/2 to 45 hours; the ad- dition of one more statutaryyho- liday and some other minor con- siderations. Union organizer Toni Hark- ness, London, said the union had forwarded a proposal, based on the board's findings, to the cdinpany but there has been no further negotiation. EXETER, .O"NTARlC, ,DECEMBER '104 1959 Pries Per .Copy Top Clots cter favor incumbents in five' district elections ay run for warden following Hay victory Reeve V. L, Becker, Hay other matters," he notes. township, who made a second The reeve does not see any successful defence of his post change in the township tax rate Monday, revealed Tuesday he may enter the race for county warden. "We're thinking about it," he told The Times -Advocate. "I because of the withdrawal of Zurich. "I'm not looking for any- thing different," Becker won his fifth term as chief magistrate of the township haven't made up my mind yet."and his second election for that Becker scored a big victory office. He defeated Delbert over Deputy -reeve Alex Mous- Geiger four years ago, seau in Monday's voting. ,X Xis The Dashwood implement margin was 588 to • 323, almost dealer first joined council in two to one. John Corbett, a second conces- sion farmer, led the polls in the council race by a comfortable margin to win his third term. He received 548 votes, 63 more than runner-up John Davidson, who also secured his third term. Delbert Geiger, a for e r councillor making a comeback, captured the third seat with 435 and the fourth post went to John Soldan, a defeated candidate two years ago, who polled 419. L d G bb thf - eonar re ano er of mer councillor, placed well be- hind the winners with 154. Deputy -reeve is Karl Haberer,. elected by acclamation. Work on incorporation Reeve Becker sees Zurich's incorporation as the biggest pro- ject facing the township this coming year. "We'll have to straighten out ownership of the school, arena, township hall and Donate $ 3.00 to 'use' cottage Some lawbreakers have a conscience. Police report a group of people broke into the cottage of John Bailey, London, at Ducharme's beach recently to stage a party with their own 'food and beverage. They left $3.00 on the kitchen fable, presumably to compen- sate for the window they had broken to gain entry. Test differ on arsenic farmer seeks damages Professional analysts don't ap- pear to agree over the content of arsenic in Exeter's Anne street drain, cause of a $200 damage claim against the town. Monday night town council learned that tests made by the Huron County Health Unit in November still show traces of the poisoning in the water, al- though they're so small they wouldn't affect a human. Only a month ago, council re- ceived a report from the Ontario Water Resources Commission which indicated that none of its samples taken in September re- vealed any sign of the poison. ' Both investigations stem from the death of a steer last May through arsenic poisoning. The steer was on the adjacent farm of Preston Dearing, who has since pressed claim for dam- ages of $200 through • his solicit- ors, Bell and Laughton. Town council has turned the claim over to its liability insur- ance company. The report from the health unit revealed that the . arsenic was present on the east side of town as well as on the west. The samples, all of which show- ed traces, were taken at Edward street, on the east side; Marl- borough, on the west, and at the second concession of Ste- phen, on which Dearing lives. This suggests that the source of the arsenic is east of Edward street and led to further conjec- Canners, council agree on water rate contract An agreement for the supply of water to Canadian Canners Ltd, for future operations has been negotiated and the papers will be signed soon, it was in- dicated at council meeting Mon- day night. Mayor Pooley announced that final revisions to the contract had been agreed to by both parties and that the formal document was being prepared. the contract provides that the town will supply the canning plant with water at the rate of 16 cents per 1,000 gallons "and that this charge would stand for 10 years with the proviso that should the town cause a change to be made in the exiat- ing 'rates charged to other water users in the town, then the bone - fit of :lie` liunlen b`rouglit aboui by such change shall be passed en to the company in similar fashion," PtJC officials have revealed that inorder to supply suffreiett Water two the required natttfe 196b two water treatment tinits' With necessary ''amps till WO to be installed at a cost of bit. tween $25,000 and $30,000. As the plant expands, additional treatments units will be add:d. The plant would. also require an increase in hydro power, .which can be supplied by the PUC. At a special meeting on No- vember 26, council empowered the reeve and clerk to sign the contract on behalf of the town. The conditions of the agreement are applicable only if the tom. pany proceeds with plans for increases in production here. Where to a a., it f rnd Announcements 13 Church Notices IS Coming Events IS Editorials 4 Farms News 11, 12, 15 Feminine Facts 14 Hensall , 6, 7 L.1s Looking 1nWithLii: sr Luref 160• 11 Sports ,,...,S, , 9 Went Adt"a... ................ 13 ture by council members as to what it might be. Bleaching solutions, hair preparations and other products were suggested. Extend new lighting New power -groove fluorescent lighting, already installed be- tween No. 83 highway and the bridge on Main street, will be increased in 1960, according to plans adopted by PUC and council. The new lights will be continu- ed south on main street to Wellington early in the new year and they will also be installed south of Huron street. Old brackets from these areas will be erected in other spots in town. Watch dumping George Shaw, No. 83 west, warned council Monday night that the throwing of refuse on the old dump ground opposite his property is contrary to the agreement which the town sign- ed following a legal suit several years ago. Mr. Shaw indicated dumping was taki ng place there but he admitted that it was probably done by persons who didn't realize the dump had been moved. He urged council to keep the area clean in order to avoid further dumping. Council suggested police might be able to trace ownership of the rubbish. Other developments , In other business, council: Was informed that the muni- cipal board had given tentative approval to the public school board to proceed with final plans for its addition; Approved alteration , f deed on property, purchased years ago from the estate of the late Garnet John Frayne, which had been improperly described; Referred to the public school board a resolution from Orange- ville requesting that in future all school buildings be two stories high in order to effect economies in construction; Decided to investigate an ac- count of $7,80 for pumping water out of the cellar of a building occupied by Ross Han- nigan ' at the north end; Approved payment of $1,815 in fees to members of the Exeter fire brigade for answering 19. calls,. during the year:, 12 of which were in town and seven in Usborne township; Re -appointed Allan Fraser to the SHDl•IS board; Requested investigation of the condition of the. town .grader which is reported to be without brakes' Learned that the community eentr es board is still short of moneySince it has si c: cost $2,/00 to repair the ice -making nra- chinery in the arena; Raised fees of DR ,s anid poll- ing 011-ing clerks to $10 and 88, cont. parable to those provided by other Inunieipalitics, 1950 and served as deputy -reeve two years before becoming reeve. Clerk H. W. Brokenshire esti- mated about 75 percent of the resident population cast ballots. Some 1,508 were eligible to vote but at least 300 of these are cot- tage owners who live elsewhere, Dalton wins third contest In the largest vote ever poll- ed at Grand Bend Monday, Reeve Jim Dalton successfully defended his position for the third time in a close three-way race. Only 17 votes separated fie victorious reeve from his two opponents, Councilor Wellwood Gill and Arthur Pugh. Dalton drew 137, Gill 127 and Pugh 120. A newcomer to the municipal scene, Stewart Webb, topped the council poll. Incumbents Bill Sturdevant, John Manore and Bill Cochrane won re-election in that order. Dave Jackson was defeated in his second bid for a chair. Clerk Murray A. Des Jardin described the vote as "extreme- ly heavy". "I would estimate about 80 percent of the resident popula- tion exercised their franchise," he stated. Now entering his seventh term as reeve, Mr. Dalton said sup- ply of water will continue to be the principal project for the village in 1960. More test drills will be made this coming year, he said. Reeve Dalton has been chal- lenged twice before, He defeat- ed Harmon Gill and Norman Turnbull in previous elections. Newcomer Stewart Webb is a landscaping contractor. He poll- ed 249 votes. Sttirdevant wan his second term with 230; John Manore received 200 votes; Bill Cochrane won his fourth term with 191 and David Jackson re- ceived 149. ' Two centres to get P0's The works department Tues- day announced plans to build small standard post offices in communities across the country as a winter employment mea- sure. The communities include Grand Bend and Gurich. A total of 63 such buildings, costing not more than $25,000, each including the land, are contemplated by the department. I In all but a few cases, district voters rejected opponents to their municipal officials on Mon- day In Exeter, Deputy -Reeve Ches- ter Mawhinney ousted Reeve Bill McKenzie but in most other centres sitting reeves were re- turned to office with big majori- ties Re-elected were Jim Dalton, Grand Bend; V L Becker, Hay; John Henderson, Hensall; and Harvey Coleman, Stanley, Stanley electors return Coleman Reeve Harvey Coleman, Stan- ley township, piled up an • im- pressive majority Monday when he won re-election at the polls. He defeated Deputy -Reeve Harvey Taylor by a 543-309 de- cision. Alvin Rau defeated Jack Scotchmer for the deputy's post vacated by Taylor. The count was Rau, 534; Scotchmer, 350. Glen Swan, John Aldington and Ward Forrest won trustee seats with polls of 256, 234 and 224 in that order. Defeated was Lloyd Heard with 92 votes. Mawhinney surprises with big. win in town Chester 1Vlawhinney, carving out his second career in munici. pal politics, posted a Surprising- ly large margin in winning Mon- day's three-way contest for town reeve. Although the vote was light, Mawhinney polled 50 percent more votes than Bill McKenzie, the man he ousted from office. The winner received 287 to Mc- Kenzie's 183, Former councillor Ralph. Bai- ley placed third with 153 votes. Mawhinney, who served as reeve of Stephen township for a number of years, led in every subdivision but No. 3, in which McKenzie lives. For McKenzie, it ended an ac- tive nine-year career in munici- pal and county politics during which he won numerous honors, It also thwarted his third bid for the county wardenship. McKenzie placed second in the full-scale election for the first Hensall backs council with heavy majority Reeve John Henderson and his councillor Gordon Schwalm by a 4-1 margin. Totals were 253 to 80. Jim Sangster's comeback bid for council fell far short. He re- ceived less than half the votes of the fourth councillor, John Lavender. Councillor Lorne E. Hay head- ed the polls for the second straight year with 276 votes. John Baker, who placed fourth last year, climbed to the runner-up position this time with a total poll of 250. Mrs. Minnie Noakes, a sister of Sangster, again placed third with 240 votes. Jack Lavender held the fourth seat with 200. Sangster polled 80. For Schwalm, it was his sec- ond straight defeat as a candi- date a date for reeve. Last year, he came within 17 votes of upset- ting Norman Jones who resigned his position a few weeks after the election. Hensall council won a strong vote of confidence Monday when they soundly defeated two chal- lengers from former administra- tions. Henderson, running his first race as reeve, defeated former Clerk quits at Hensall Conflict between his insurance business and his municipal of- fice prompted Clerk P. L. Mc- Naughton to submit his resigna- tion to ' Hensall council Monday night, according to Reeve John Henderson. Mr. McNaughton found he was not able to get his insur- ance licence renewed as long as he served as clerk. Council accepted his resigna- tion "with regret". Mr. McNaughton will continue to act until a successor is found. Reeve Henderson said applica- tions will be called for at the beginning of the year. This marks the secondcon- secutive year the council has had to hire a new clerk. Last year, Mr. McNaughton was ap- pointed to replace James Pater- son. Discuss highway Council discussed widening of No. 84 highway in the main business block with C. S. Mail. Naughton, Huron MPP. Council has requested the dep't of high- ways to do this work. Also discussed was the pro- posed reversion of No. 84 high- way to the county. Cars left on streets from 2 to 7 a.m., contrary to the village bylaw, will be removed to per- mit snowploughing, council de- cided. The reeve was authorized to proclaim boxing day, December 26, a public holiday. Police renew drive on dogs Town council instructed Police Chief C. B. McKenzie to stage another town -wide drive against stray dogs - A town bylaw requires the animals to be tied up, even in. winter time, because of the ra- bies menace. Mayor Feeley, pointing out the importance of continued enforce- ment, quoted a gov't veterina- rian as saying the rabies situa- tion will be worse than ever this winter and next spring. "We want you to enforce the bylaw as effectively as pos- sible," he told the chief during council meeting. His instructions were supported by all members. Policy of i mpounding stray dogs and charging $5.00 for their release will continue. SHDHS PAPER STAFF—This group of students will.bo xes onslbie for publication of the SHDHS Airnual year book,"The Ink S 'ot" and its 1Bid- -ear to t' , "y.. p. .t ,� mate, Little In Spot , Seated are Editor Norma Geiger and her assistant, Dave O'Reilly, , Standin frdi>i left, are Fred Desjardriiey boys' Sorts editor; 112at Shaw l treasurer; ristiiie auleiis, girls' sports editor; and Sandra Snider' social 'editor. —TA photo council after Exeter was ele, vated to a town in 1951. He be - carne deputy -reeve the following Year 'and took over as reeve in 1955 when R. E. Pooley became mayor. In county council, the reeve served as chairman of seven committees .during the years he was a member. The committees included property (during the year the old courthouse burned down), library, agriculture, air- port, equalization Children's Aid Society and the health unit. He represented the county on the Ontario Agricultural coun- cil, Currently he is first vice -pre• sident of Mid -Western Ontario Development Association and Exeter Agriculture Society. Af. ter Monday's results, he Ind cated he would resign both posts. On town council, the reeve served on all committees at one time or another and was chair. man of most. This past year he has been head of the cemetery board, chairman of public wel. fare and sanitation, as well as a member of the community cen. tres board, Intensely interested in muniele pal affairs, he has been attend.. ing many conferences and con• ventions during recent years, some at his own expense. In 1957, he was mentioned as a candidate for the Progressive Conservative provincial nomina- tion following the death of Tont Pryde. He decided not to stand, however. Ralph Bailey, who was de- feated last year when he ran against Mayor Pooley, did not participate actively in the cam- paign. He served four years on council before challenging the mayor. Some observers attributed Ma. whinney's victory to strong sup. port from retired persons in town who are anxious to keep taxes down. A retired farmer himself, Mawhinney works in the Warehouse of Canadian Canners Ltd. during the growingseason About 23% of the electors cast their ballots on the stormy day. Snow causes crash rash Snow, slushandice on dist. rict highways were mainly re- sponsible for eight accidents during the past week. It was a bad week for David Cottle, 21, RR 2 Crediton, who was involved in two accidents and had his hub caps stolen to boot. Saturday he was turning inte a service station at the north end of Exeter when he was struck by a car driven by Mrs. Marion Triebner, 28, Exeter, who was attempting to overtake him. Damage amounted to $100 - Monday, Cottle lost control of his car and hit a bridge abutt- meat on No. 83, just west of Exeter. A passenger, Gr a n t Jackson, 17, also of the Credi- ton district, suffered a fracture to his right arm.. Cottle's hub caps were re- moved when his car was parked near the intersection of the CNR cross and the Crediton road early Monday morning. Convertible crashes Gary Brenner, 16, Grand Bend, lost control of the convertible he was driving and crashed into a tree about a mile north of the intersection of Nos. 21 and 83 Monday. ,Damage was $1,200. A car driven by Reta May Redford. 55, London, straddled the ditch beside No. 4 highway south of Exeter after it crashed ilrrough several guard rails. Damage was $200. Tuesday, cars driven by James Vallance, 31, Brussels, and Ro- bert Beaver, 18, RR 1 Hensall, collided at the north end of Hensall. Beaver, travelling north, was making a left hand 'turf! when he was struck by the southbound Vallance car. Dam- age totalled $124. On Saturday, Lorne Kunkel, 32, London, rolled his car over four miles south of Exeter on No. 4. Thursday, a ear driven by l fife Stewart, RR '2 Crediton, struck a telephone pole near rteAF Station Centralia, causing $100 damage. Suffers injuries A former Exeter woman, Mrs'. Marie Leitch, 29, now of Bay. field, suffered a concussion, leg cuts and undetermined injuries Tuesday when the ear she was driving left the highway and hit a tree. She was taken to Ciinten hos. vital. Damage was about .$3o0. The aecident hannened just south of Clinton on Ne, 4. `I'AVIE'tOCK MAN WINS Charles Kyte, young Tavistoc businessman, won the $50tl trite in Exeter EinSnlen's 'Grey CO NOAH raffle The Whiling . i a tiE• tet was sold by Les Parke, town.