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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-01-19, Page 1\I, .11 '001* eeeseeee`ee- • •re........;:t.es.; • ..10•441 CANDiOATES SCORE VOTES—Winner and loser in Huron's warden contest com- pute voting at the opening of county council session Tuesday, Reeve Ivan. Forsyth, Tuckersmith, second from left, was declared winner by a 20-1.6 margin over Reeve Clayton Smith, Usborne, a few minutes after this shot was taken. Smith is shown at the end desk. Reeve Bill McKenzie, Exeter, is seated at left and Reeve Tom La - pier, Hullett, sits between the candidates. —T -A photo N1/4 . ram! h taxes r h ve reached limit Huron's new warden, Reeve may have been a deciding fee- backed Forsyth van Forsyth of T,uckersmith, eter in Reeve Forsyth's election A crowd of about 100, many- ' urged council to give careful ,Tuesday, according to observ- of whom couldn't get into the consideration to the costs in-! ers. council chambers, were pre- ! •i volved in Adopting any new : The Tuckersmith reeve edged sent for the election. ,• county services. ' Usborne's •Clayton Smith by the i Warden Forsyth pointed margin of 20-16 in the Short and tall r that council has been urged two-man race. installation ceremony. provid- ed quite a contrast between the new and retiring wardens of the county, As 1960 warden John Durnin, who stands well over six feet, escorted his much smaller successor to of- fice, the crowd chuckled when someone commented about "the during Ole past year to extend Some councillors indicated its library and welfare ser- Forsyth. gained support among vices and to prganize a civil. the rural officials by pointing defence program. . out during his campaign that He noted that the county has the Usborne reeve had support - been able to keep its tax levy 'ed the move to raise the per - fairly constant during recent!centage of road rebate to urban years but additional costs could:municipalities from 40 to 45 noe be borne under the present' percent. Majority of Forsyth.'s long and short of it". rale, 1 I support came ' from the town- Reeve Forsyth was sworn in "Many of us feel taxes have ships. . by Judge Frank Fingland and reached the limit of the rate- , the symbols of office were pre - payers' ability to paye• he eee-saw contest sented by Durnin. stated. 4 The election, was a see -saw Speakers included Mayor E. Rebate influences vote? battle for a time. •With Clerk1 C. Fisher, Goderich; Huron John G. Berry calling out the Controversy .over the road ;names in alpleabetieal order, rebate to urban municipalities; the councillors chalked up the score as each member voiced his preference: Inves sprinklers MPP C, S. MacleTaughton, and Councillor Frank Falconer, of Tuckersmith. Warden Fotsyth, 59-y'ear- old ;farmer, won the honor in .Smith..toek-eens earlye.lead b his. ninth year in -inultieipal ••••• -*se.- winning te•e%iret four votes, office. He has served four • and. held it Until about one- years on TuckersInith council third of the roll was called. and four years as reeve. • Eighty -Eighth Year e.exefer Qtmes . . EX.ETErt, ,QNTARIO.i.JANVARY 1.9,1961 ili,proceed 9vei..objections' of . Four Priv,Copy ends OWRC report here ,Council plans sewer session Town council will meet in special session Friday night to considersewerage projects pro- posed by the Ontario Water Resources Commission, The OWRC report was received by Clerk C. V. Pickard Monday, Mayor Pooley promptly ar- ranged a special sitting to consider it, Although the details of the report have not been released, it is known to contain three separate proposals from which council may choose. They differ in the extent of area to which service will be provided. The report was forwarded in less than a week after council expressedconcern over delay in receiving proposals. Coun- action in this field. It was pointed out that Ex- NEW STEPHEN CLERK eter was one of the few towns ... Ross Haugh,IC reciiton ,000 population in this cil hopes to take advantageover 2 ot district which did not have the yew federal gov't assist - This week, however, at Jeastaugh get some sewerage facilities. ante program for sewerage. A. number of businessmen - S one report from Ottawndi. felt new lighting was needed a i cated that thfederal sewer- and would be an asset to the age funds may be spoken for commercial area but agreed clerk post already. e the ass'n might place undue Officials salt]. Central Mort.- pressure on town council if iti Ross Haugh, Crediton, 34 gage and Housing has been Prid ncw°rihow sig thit would affect eyear-old civilian employee at - proposal without authorized to spend only up to •ics e RCAF Station Centralia, was $100 million in loans to sewer- - . P a pointed clerk of Stephen needy municipalities. Already Elect officers I ; township by council Friday the government's not s u r e E. R. Hopper was elected 'night. that's enough to meet the de- president of the merchants' i He will succeed *James Ma - mend. organization for the corning. whiney, also of Crediton, at "It every inquiry we have year. Vice-presidents are War -:the next council meeting, .Feb. so far materializes," one et- ren May and Howard Holtz -i7. ficial said, "there won't be mare i Haugh was c h o s e n from Re-elected treasurer and sec-, among six applicants who were cover them." . . retary were R. E. Russell and considered at a special meet- Donling of thes feelSoutheott. twhich lasted , . . Directors include Bob Bus-, well past midnight. He will Drop motion and Tom MacMillan, I sell, Jack Smith,Glenn Fisher .receive illan, $2,300 a year. cnoug moneyfund Will attend school over ig . mg Greene will head the member -i Although he has little clean- , . ,. ship committee. He will he , cal experience; the new ap- Exeter Busenesemen•s Ass'n, assisted by Warren May, How-•pointee plans to take a:business at a meeting Monday morning, are Holtzman and Norman; course in a London school for declined to take e stand on the Waiper, • the next year. He will attend i proposed streeteeeighting im- A number of favorable re- , classes the two days :of the prOvernent projectfor the buse ports were given on this yeareei week he is not required in the nese' section of Main St. 'Christmas promotion, which in-, township office. A motion endorsing the $30,- chided radii) and TV advertis-i Born in Stephen, the sum 00 .PUC program was with- ing oe the $1,100 Christmas cessfut applicant is the son of rawn following suggestions jackpot,Milton Haugh, Daeliwood, and hat consideration should be' the late Mrs. Haugh. given to plans for, sewerage I He attended *Sharon public expected -shortly. • school and Dashwood continua - should reserve- judgment on udge, pry lo ed t th ' • t t' f Some •mem hers felt the town j tion school and has been em - . A succession of six straight Three new men were appoint- 0 Exeter Community Centres votes for Forsyth gave him a ed to the road committee. d Board has decided ineeefeilead which he never lost, Reeve joseph Kerr, Winghare, gate installation of a sprinkler) All South Huron representa- received a five-year term; system at the arena. Itives, except John Henderson, Reve Andrew Ritchie, Ashfield, The board, at its •inaugural! of Hensall, hacked the Usborne a four-year term, and' Reeve meeting Monday, appointed a candidate. Exeter's McKenzie Melvin Crich, Clinton, a three - IAlthough four municipalities are still Object- ing to their assessment costs toward the proposed, dnin, the AuSable Authority will seek the appro9al from the Ontario Municipal Board to proceed. Freeman Hodgins, Authority chairman, told representatives at a meeting Friday afternoon in Parkhill that the darn had been approved as a scheme by the majority of municipality.inembers of the Authority. This, he indicated, gave the Authority the right to proceed. Ile also pointed out that the 1 objecting municipalities have 6e5ii, bit its Allotment of $53,010,- ged mainly to flood the privilege of ,seeking a re- adjustmentre- munieipaibooafrdecists from the lief, was too high. He maintained there were ei Four municipalities are still great many municipalities a hove the proposed dam wh* opposed to their allotments to-; ward the dam — the townships should be assessed more bet) of the flood water the; of Bosanquet ($53,010.65) and, cause and the contribute. "We think it is only' Stephen ($13,574,04), ($1,279.93) , fair that the conservation au and Arkoria ($808.38), villages of Thedford thoritsy0,0char ccgiriltenglgij Parkhill, which objected to its. ties `1 waters. ' assessment of $50,623.64 at the has now accepted the share. : thTehreeci3re°astaionrcillitenelieersk derived stated first meeting late in December, from the dam would not be in11., The new 1961 council reversed the decision of lest year's eepeportant to the township because inIgiali:Elilillnejijili4ii rcsentatives. f area Donald Frayne, clerk of Bos- anquet township, said his coun-leounderies. Not .apposed to dam "We're not opposed to the dam," he stated, "hut we have to oppose our assessment." He noted that Bosanquet council , would have to go to two main land -owners to find out if their land could stand this added ctlioe'sitIrf ltahnd is actually worth eir costs go higher than that would be bad," he said. Frayne also stated that several other projects were coming up and it would soon have to be determined if the costs would prove prohibitive. Stephen reeve, Glenn Webb, stated he didn't think the town.- : ship would derive as much be. eeeee, nefit as its allotment would in - ldairceaat,e; "We eshaiar ealnaigeanbyeaenh dustry attracted to the area lby- i the dam would not benefit us itooFrnieeumciain" Hodgins told the LARRY HEIDEMAN 1 meeting that the. e uthority ... rec director resigns "finds itself in ,the poeftion that we have no alternative but to I.e.. • send the proposal to the mule. Uirector resigns c ipa I board, - • - He stated that the menicipa- lities would have the privilege of appealing their costs to the board, and if the OMB felt they , were out of line, they would re- assess them. committee to determine costs and Fisher; Stephen's Webb year term. the lighting progrem Until cost the past eight e*ears? Larry Heideman, Exeter's He pointed out that a great deal of consideration bad been nefits which would be receivedHaberer and Zurich's Lloyd committee was Alvin Rau of studied. It could "be,- thee- sug- b • • of the installation and the be and Hayter; Hay's Becker and Chair man ef the striking and financing of seieerage was to hear case He has been active in sports, recreational director for the past four eeais, hag tendered th through fire protection and re- O'Brien all voted for Srnith. Stanley, duction in insurance rates. , Stanley's Coleman and B.au John 11 Charge admission The board gave Exeter Mi- nor Athletic Ass'n permission rop tools to charge admission fee for VIUd given e assessments, and they and members included gested, that ferther...borrowing Bruce Steelier, 49 -Year-old baseball umpire. He is super- his resignation to the rec coun- were based on all the figures enderson, }Jensen. for lighting might jeopardize Parkhill district farmer intendent of Zion EUB church 61' ithat were available to the Anti', minor hockey games for the remainder of the season. The ass'n requested the privilege to help. raise funds to finance the program. 10 open E charged over a shooting inti Sunday School. The former Kitchener athlete ority. dent at Zurich New Year's His wife teaches Hurondale will move back to his home to , • • Representative speaks b b eve, -elected b de•ich rt Thursday. y judge and jury school. They have two child- . accept an office position -with , gra 'rbos al Go Court ren, The admissime charge will he Sunshine -Waterloo. Previous to Herb F. Crown, representing Linda and Danny. A. preliminary hearing is ex- coming. to Exeter, Larry had the Dep't of Planning and De- -pected to be held next week, a similar office position for velopment, pieced together the Date has not been confirmed.three years. background of the project, and INJURED IN FALL , Cur ling rink charging a firearm with intent' Miss Stella Southcott fell at me, when he joined the Mo Steeper, charged with lis- in outlined what stage it had .11e commuted to Exeter . reached. to wound. Appeared in magis-e her home Friday night and hawks, then moved into town He noted that many censer - made for all scheduled games • trate courC'here and in Gode- fractured both bones in her the following year to handle vation authorities were looking of all-star teams with visiting Curlers at :RCAF Station from damaging the ice. left leg just above the ankle. ti3e recreation 'duties when at the Ausable now, because it its president is t/L Bob *Beer. rich before election was made., clubs in the local rink, as well Centralia set, aside dieil.• saws -The administration and main- The ladies, under resident He is being represented. by Eee She was taken to South Hu- Doug Smith moved. to Ridge- was the fleet one to get federal as all playoff ?allies., and hammers, picked up their) tenance of the rink vidll be Mrs. E. Ailey, have 40 mem- met. D. Bell, Qc• 1 ron Hospital and. later to Vic- town, aid for a project. fees must be collected by the of their labors when their new under curling convenor, F/L There are also • ' Schilbe, Zurcih, who w a se an operation was per.formed be effective on Saturday, Janu- consider the benefits that w uld for teen-age and mixePdt° cvulsrlIZ curling rink was officially Halliwell. wounded in the leg, •has re- t Monday morning. She exneets aey 28, "I've made a lot of accrue in the area in the °fut- opened • The men's curling club al- nd 40 teenagers have joined Monday. turnedeelhome from London hos-1 to be in London Hospital about friends and had good co -opera- ure, after the dam had been n Group Captain A. G. Kenyon ready has 138 members, and • . p , i ten d ays. The arena stipulated that Elie brooms and enjoyed the fruits done by the recreation council, bers. Steeper's son -m -law, Louis; toria Hospital, Landon, where Heideman's resignation will He urged the members to ass'n and that the board, which charges a reduced fee for ice time, would receive half of the prodeeds. • threw the first rock to open The motion was passed fol. ,the structure, which' has been lowing discussions with a dele- over two years in the plan- gation from the ass'n consist, nine. -,in Cr of Derry Boyle, Gerd The project was undertaken t Arnhem and Harold Hinton. by the statioti recreation coun- Garnet }licks was re-elected cit headed by SA, (3, L. Rob - chairman of the board, Vice- ertson. At completion of the chairman is Bill McKenzie and .inwei pianedeg, the construe. Andrew Snelgrove is secreta- don phase was turned over to ry-treasurer. F/L Grant Perron to co-ordie, Other members include Toni . nate the development:. 'Yearley, Ross Taylor, Tom Most of the work was con - MacMillan and Russ Snell, ducted by volunteer labor and The. board learned that pro- commenced late in Scptember.i teak .trorn Mohawk game to The all-eteel structure was: date have. amounted to total brought Irani Saskatoon and of $101,60. then put together, 60'xi.80' building has four regulation length lanes and 60' x 30' Charge two, .i.pgewhkhinemd,s, office space and 'caeen, The downstairs ,c teins in -accidents nien'S and Mies" Washrooms and equiphient reehit. A roof has been built Over the ice sur. Two charges ot careless face to prevent condensation driving have been laid by pece, viniaipolice here At a result . (if "we) accidents beef the AT COLORADO 814Ow xvokend. Messrs, Hefty While Louis Thibadeetie dIy Paih- ney Coates, Stan Jackson and toot, said be fell asleep Thornton Eedy left Thursday While (hiving South MI NO, 4 by car for the big Hereford highway Sunday about, 6 show and sale in Denver, Celo- His cat' crossed the Centre t'Ade., and struck a nertlibetnid car . driven by Donald Mettle - son, 30, RCAF Cenn.alie, The Thibadeent car rolled Aver on the highway after the impacts. which caused $.t.,600 deelage, trijured were Matheson,ith elite • and bruises to the Ihead, and his passenger Williatti 11. i1hrge, ale) of ItCAP, Centralia, wfte received head and kg 'kits at aCrAid 18, Desjardine, it'n. a Ansa ..Ceegi, etietek a Parked. ear at Mena Carmel o'efivnimi Fea44 Where to find it Annbundenloritt „„ ,,,,,,, 19 Church Notices , ,,,,,, „,„„ )9 Coming Events 19 Editorials . ------------------------------4 •'Fiietin News 11, It t4 early Satueday hietriihg When • tion since taking the job," be built, "We can't always see stated, "and in a.way I hate ahead of es," he said, "but we to leave", proceed with this knowing that "However," he added, "I the benefits will increase." had an opportunity to take this He pointed out several of the new position and felt I couldn't tangible benefits such as flood :pass it iip", control, water supply, recrea- Larry has hot decided about lion, summer water supply, his future as a member of the plus several other intangible i Mohawks, "I hate to see them benefits that "are hard to put , stuck," he said, "but I'm not dollars signs beside — but they fussy about :commuting bY are very real," InYself". Area MPPs attend • He has been ,adstar of the William Stewart and Zeb team since leavik., the Water- .; too Siskins, and was the lead- Jaacai (w° area MP?'s, P'e Mee 'irie scorer when. that junior spoke briefly at the meeting. woe the Ontario cline- Mr. Stewart stated "these .pionship, projects should be thoroughly Lloyd Cushman, chairman of discussed and we know there the roc council, has called a will be differences of °pinkie, . meeting for Thursday night, and that is One of the blessings when the resignation. will be in this country." officially presented, The Middlesex MPP added The 'Exeter council recently that "even when we go along put the recreation program an with the majority, the minority a year's trial basis, This Action can, 80 appeal to a higher was taken after the arena court." board decided not to contribute "This matter cart be worked to the director'e salary, and out" be said, "ad know yeti the entire cost was taken Over men can do it. It will be a. Mile - by the town, stone in our history." he Made A tlarii Oft the deft- 4,, "Sall - ,,,,,, , ,,,, 3. OPEN CE CIA:LINO KINK G/C A. G. Xeilyon. pre- Oc.$sions read, Damage le. Loom ' 't• pares to throw the lint, rock at the 116W 'curling 110 felted $400, :gliereft ...ie. 4't t, Y., 4, # 'during a brief Mromotiy .at 11,CAP Station' 'Centralia, ,Jaiiitit O'Shea, 21, 1.1.11. 3' WOO Aii ,, " II 1MOhday. The all-deel Strutturo was IlitiVed f rent Saaka. Giltitolf had tided the eleeras . e 4iit ief. El% Parked Wilk1e. illetere=======eeeee= litiOn. eild WOrk wa0 't Orntileted mainly by volunteer labor, s'ee 4 The building hag lour regulation length rinks .and largo office And tanteen. The entlera. .shown ataudIng $urfateitttho foreground arm Pill Tt. i, 01vogby„ 0/0 4,Xanyorit PiL IL E., Rear and $4. IViebonatI, - i(10 pboto • B's Jim Dalbon chalks up firsts Itteve James Dalton, Grand; established two firsts' Tuesday when he Won his bid for the Warden's chair in• La in bloti eoun y, He hecom'Ce the first man , from Grand Bend 10 Witt the ,lionor since the village inter-' iporated hi tiambton ib IOM. .And he is the fire, warden to be fleeted In the new $2,- S0D.060 county courthouse. The Grand tend reeve Wart On tile second ballot in the four.way ,eontest. defeated' George: Lampinan, ntighhatiria iiitatieipahtv, 140.q SAficIlle4 rtbeVii ShopAia Callum, Sombra township and Reve Charles Young, Moore township. Dalton has been reeve of Grand tend inee 1952 after serving ono year as 'councillor. Reg Wan four elections since that time, llefort• movrtv to the resort, he served three :V PATS, MI 84. plied council, tie and his family, which ut .etudes seven ehildren, rated general stores at Carmel and .Grand tend until three years ago when be went lino -the real estate and WSW. 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