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dicts con tri:i
Urges .arbitratio.n
before court .action
C4v't bodiesand utilities
Pay find it 'tougher in the fu
tare to expropriate lands for
public purposes, Lambton East
114PP C. E, "Zeb" Janes warn,
cd members of the Ausable
Authority Friday night.
Mr. Janes, an ARCA mem
ter himself, said studies by a
legislature comnitttee revealed
Viet "thousands of little people
have been hurt through cx•
rropriation". Legislation may
be introduced, he suggested,.
which will make acquisition
through courts more .difficult,
He felt arbitration should .b.
tried before expropriation pro
ceedings are started,
Mr, Janes spoke during a
general discussion period which
followed a number of "bull.
sessions" at which Authority
Members re-examined many of
their activities and programs.
The meeting was designed to
stimulate critical appraisal of
the conservation body's work,
The MPP's remarks followed
conclusions of a group which
studied methods of acquiring
land for conservation pur-
poses. It recommended than
every effort should be made
to secure purchase through
negotiation. A "reasonable"
price should be offered to the
owner, based on a well-euali.-
f°ed appraisal of the land. If
this is not satisfactory, the
authority should resort to ex-
propriation, the group said.
In defining the purposes for
which expropriation would be
justified, the group felt flood
control, such as the Parkhill
dam, was the major one. It
did not think expropriation was
warranted for parks, except
ehere demand was critical:
for wild life areas, or for flood
rlain lands. In the latter case,
the Authority should supply a
market to those who wish to
sell submarginal land,
e
Urge 10 -year plan
Another group, studying the
administration and operation of
an authority, urged that a 10-
y -ear plan should be drafted to
serve as a guide for a balanced
conservation program through-
out the watershed:
The group also felt the
authortiy should set a chain of
command and a policy govern-
ing the authority of the execu-
tive, advisory boards and other
units of the body.
Authority members declined
to recommend that the Au -
sable's municipal levy be raise
ed in future years, despite the
apparent need for more re-
sources to meet 'rising taxa-
tion costs and demands for
,more projects.
The problem arose in the
resports of several groups,in-
cluding 'the. one studying • re-
forestation which pointed out
that already 10 percent of the
authority's funds is prerequisi-
tioned for municipal taxes. To
aggravate the problem. another
group urged establishment of
larger parks and better main-
tenance of recreation areas.
Nevertheless authority mem-
bers, many of whom sit .on
tnunicipal councils, felt ex-
penses should be cut to fit the
present budget, for the time
being at least,
The group studying acquisi-
tion of flood Plain lands urged
the authority to undertake a
program to acquire river vat-
ley land throughout the water-
shed in a long-range scheme
suggested by Andrew Dixon,
SHD1iS teacher,
Under the plan, the author-
ity would purchase farms as
they became available, retain
and fence the river valley
property and resell the land.
Although some representatives
felt the cost would be prohibi-
tive, Mr. Dixon suggested ex-
penses could be met by obtain-
ing a small profit on each
transaction.
The meeting was organized
Please turn to page 3
Question is:
how much?
There's not much doubt that
town taxes will go up this
year. The question is: how
much?
Council will study the figures
at a special budget session
Thursday night. Actual rate,
however, is not expected to be
set until Monday night's regu-
lar meeting.
One of the big hikes, over
which council has no control,
comes in the public school bud-
get which is $11,000 or .about
fire mills higher this year.
The county rate is up one-
tenth of a mill.
Other major expenditures in-
clude the purchase of a fire
truck, costs of which will be
shared by area municipalities;
and a new police cruiser,
There's not likely to be any
major provisions for sewerage
work on the Ausable Author-
ity's Parkhill dam, however.
It appeared earlier these pro-
jects would be major consider-
ations in this year's budget
but neither has reached the
stage where costs have been
determined. There may be a
nominal provision for some
preliminary engineering ex-
penses for sewerage.
To• partly offset anticipated
increases, council has trimmed
several budgets this year in-
cludingu roads, even though
og
some 'construction yvork is an-
ticipated here. The drains bud-
get, a heavy one last year, has
not been submitted but it is
expected to be down consider-
ably. •
A numberof departments
will present their budgets
Thursday night.
Eighty -Eighth Year
imes- 6uocafe
EXETER, ONTARIO, APRIL 13, 1961
Just
iew bruises
THE DRIVER WAS SCRATCHED—Gerald Stewart, 24, London, crawled out of this
wreck early Tuesday morning with nothing more than a few scratches and bruises.!
The 3 -ton van, loaded with over 1,500 loaves of bread and otherastr crashed!
ditch and tree 1.7 miles north of Exeter, Driver told PC Harr Reid,ph'
Harry who investi-
gated, he was crowded off the road by a southbound car with bright lights.
age was estimated at over $5,000. g g s• t1-
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Friday night op
to start here in
Exeter merchants have de-
cided to open their stores Fri-
day nights, instead of Satur-
day nights, during 1961.
Store will remain Stores em ui
open until
10 o'clock every Friday, =evening
beginning the first week in
May.
The change resulted from an
Ontario -wide survey of night
shopping hours which revealed
an overwhelming majority in
favor of Friday. These included
not only cities but many cen-
Boy's strong heart
survives 'deaths'
Thirteen -year-old Jim Par-
sons continues to improve in
St. Joseph's Hospital, London,
thanks to the strong heart
which brought him through a
critical operation Thursday
after he was accidentally shot!
by a playmate.
Doctors said the boy, son of
Mr. and Dirs. Douglas Parsons,
Edward St,, literally "died"
several times while they sew-
ed x large vein severed by
1''e .22 pellet which went
through his pelvic area.
One doctor described the
operation, during which the
boy received seven pints of
blood, as the "operation of the
year".
No longer on the serious list,
Jim began taking nourishment
in the form of fruit juices for
the first time this week. tie
has a long recovery road
e'ioad, according to liis mother
; ho doesn't expect he'll be
e'31e to return to school this
tern.
The bullet disintegrated after
entering 'his body and cut eight
holes in his bowel before cut-
ting the artery leading into his
lett leg.
Mrs. Parsons said "we lost
1' s pulse" twice during the
t'ip to 'hospital and he had no
b'.00d pressure when he ar=
r'.-ied, Transfusions brought it
to the pont where he could be
glen to the operating table.
Dr. J. C. Cole, cardiovascu
tai surgeon, and Dr. 'Donald
liarshall assisted with the
operation, which lasted three
and one-half hours.
On Stephen farm
The shooting took place on
the !atilt of Mrs. William
Elliott, RR, 2 Ailsa Craig,
About 31/2 miles west on. No,
4 on the county line. Jini had
been visiting with her sen,
Car hits tractor
on Usborne road
Provincial "police here re-
Ported a ear and tractor re-
ceived $356 damage when they
collided Thursday three utiles
south of Winchelsea.
The northbound car driven
by fatties .D. Madge, 3.1, St,
Marys, struck the tractor,
onerat.ed by Thomas Brook,
29,
RR 1 Granton when the
latter made a .left-hand turn
into' a farm:latiewayt No chart
tea' have been . l.aidb•
•
John,. also 13, for the day.
Unknown to Mrs. Elliott, who
had gone to a ladies meeting
at church, the boys began
shooting pigeons around the
barn. They decided to find out
what a spent slug looked like.
They filled 'a milk can with
water, then fired a round (.22
long) into the can. The gun
was re -loaded and placed on
the ground while the . boys
VICTIM IMPROVES
Jim Parsons, 13
walked over to find the bullet.
As they bent over the can
to examine the inside, an
eight-year-old playmate picked
up the rifle, an antiquated
model with no safety mechan-
ism. He was lifting it, cross-
wise to his body in both hands,
when it discharged. PC Don
Westover, who investigated,
said the rifle had a "hair trig-
ger".
The rifle had been given to
John Elliott by a relative. The
boy had purchased shells for
it at several district stores
without his mother's know-
ledge. He had bought a box in
Exeter the Tuesday before the
accident.
PC Westover praised the
Elliott boy's presence of mind
following the shooting. He call-
dd Dr. Gulens, Dashwood, then
carried the victim to the house,
covered him with a blanket to
keep hint warm until the
doctor.
Dr. Gulens, Mrs. Parsons
and the latter's father, Roy
Hodgins, who lives near the
Elliott farm, rushed the boy to
hospital.
PS SAFETY LECTURE
Constable Hank Reid, a mem-
ber of the OPP detachment in
Exeter, will give an address
on safety to all the classes at
the Exeter Public School this
Thursday and Friday,
He will present a short talk
to each class on pedestrian
and general traffic safety.
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Police warn stores
on ammunition sales
hollowing the shooting last week in Which 5.J -year-
old Jinn Parsons was seriously injured, area stores have
'been warned by the OPP that the criminal code forbids
the sale of ammunition to children" under 14 years of age
who do not have a valid permit.
OPP Don Westover, Who issued the warnings per-
sonally, reported few merchants were aware of the offence.
The section not only covers an)nittnition but .h1er'
arms as Well, including air pistols.
In addition to selling guns or.`aniniul ition, the law
also forbids gift, loan or delivery of both to boys or girls
undor 14.
The section reads'; i
"Everyone who sells barters,gives e , ,. ,.
Y, .t_._.gives, 1 ods, tran�Cers
or delivers a firearm, airgun,• '8r air istol or ammunition
therefor; to a person under the age of 14 years who. does
,not. have, a valid permit inguiltycorm 45 isof an offence
punishable on summary conviction.
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tres like Exeter which" cater
to the farm population.. •
It has also resulted from a
noticeable decline in Saturday
night sales, "which are not
one -two -three with, what they
used, to be
as one •nierchant
put it.
Businessmen approved the
change at a meeting Thursday
morning. They voted 21 to 7
in favor of Friday night..
This will be the second time
that town stores have attempt-
ed the change. They switched
to Friday 'night three years ago
but returned to Saturday eve-
nings gs becauseof complaints.
p ts.
Some opposition from cus-
tomers are still expected when
the change is :made next
month. "We know there will
be objections s from diose who
regard Saturday night shopping
as traditional," commented
President E. R. Hopper, "How-
ever, we expect there will he
many who will welcome the
change to Friday night, It's
impossible 'to satisfy every-
one—we're
veryone—we're trying to find the
right solution."
Exeter stores have been
closed every night since Christ-
mas.
The store hour situation in
the area presents quite a
variety.
Most of the smaller com-
munities remain open. Saturday
nights. Hensall last year re-
mained open both Friday and
nton and St. Marys have
been Friday night towns for
several years now. Seaforth is
considering the switch, too.
survey of shoppers is being
taken there. to determine the
, preferagc'e: •This was done in
Exeter several years ago but
the results were not helpful
because many shoppers did not
have strong opinions on the
subject.
Although the open night has
been a controversial subject
among merchants here for sev-
eral years, there was little de-
bate at Thursday morning's
meeting. Both sides presented
their arguments, then the vote
was taken by secret ballot.
Present liquor survey
Aury
s e on the c
a
off
t of
liquor outlets on retail trade
was presented to the business-
men's ass'n by the Exeter In-
dustrial Promotion Corporation
but no action resulted.
Directors of the corporation
reported findings they had
secured from visiting several
towns in the area with bever-
age rooms and liquor lounges.
The results, as summarized by
Chairman W. G. Cochrane, in-
dicated most towns felt the
outlets did benefit trade to
some extent but the degree
seemed difficult to determine.
The corporation agreed to
undertake the survey at a
previous meeting with the busi-
nessmen's ass'n executive when
Saturday nights but closed all- the questionof overnight ac -
day Monday. I commodation was discussed.
Price Per Copy 10 Cents
Get three-month terms
for booticging, theft
Leslie Gordon Pascoe, 51 -
year -old laborer from Crediton,
elected to take a three-month
jail sentence after he pleaded
guilty to a charge of illegally
keeping liquor for sale in Exe-
ter court, Monday,
Magistrate J. Rennicks, Tor-
onto, presiding while Magis-1
trate Glenn ilays, QC, is 'on
holidays, imposed a $150 fine'
and costs or the three month
jail sentence. "I'll have to take I -.
tober 11-24 and another 30
cases from December 16 -Feb-
ruary 22.
"Were you short of money,"
the magistrate questioned.
I "That's my business," replied
Pascoe.
Sent to Reformatory
Wallace Arnold Wolfe, 18,
Kettle Point Reserve, was sen-
tenced to three months definite
the jail sentence," Pascoe u
Constable George Mitchell j
testified that Pascoe's trailer i
in Crediton East had been under
liquor observation since Dec-;
ember 20, 1961, and the police
had raided his premises on
March 4, 1961, after obtaining'
a search warrant.
Mitchell said that a quantity;
of beer had been seized and
there was also a large number,
of empty cases at Pascoe's.
He stated that Pascoe had pur-
chased 30 cases of beer at the
Brewers' Retail, Grand Bend, I
during a 13 -day period from Oc- +
stated.
Urge discussion
of central school
Usborne b ane sc.iool area boatel
plans no further action for I.he
present at least, on a central
school project, Chairman Harry
Dougall said this week,
"The board", he said, "feels
it has accomplished what it
set out to do—to get the infor-
mation across to our ratepay-
ers before seeding."
"Now we feel the people can
discuss the project among
themselves and do some in -
at the Ontario Reformatory an -i
one month indefinite after he
I was found guilty of stealing gas
i at a Grand Bend service sta-
i tion operated by Robert Bor-
land,
Wolfe, Who was on parole,
Ihad a lenghty record that dated
back to October 29, 1959, and:
he has been sentenced to four
' previous terms at the Reform•a-
i tory. He was released on Nov
her, 1
Douglas Sheppard, Grand
Bend, who was looking after
the pumps for Borland on
!March 21, testified that Wolfe
'had come to the station and
!asked Sheppard to check the
; oilin his car. However, be
i with wouldngas't .shut the motor off and
. j told Sheppard to fill the tank
Sheppard said he asked Rob.-
ert Borland, Jr. to take down
the license number when he
became suspicious of Wolfe.
After he filled the tank, Wolfe
drove out of the yard. "as fast
as he could," without paying'
for the gas..
"1 found I didn't have any
money," Wolfe stated, "but I
meant to go back and pay ,the
4 next day." 'He returned on
April 5, after the charge had
been laid, to pay for the gas.
Myrtle Wolfe, mother of the
accused, said "my boy was
awful sorry he done this, he
p was just excited,"
Magistrate Rennicks noted
that 11T'olfe had an identical
'offense in 1960, almost one
year previous to the Grand
Bend theft. +
Fraud case held over !
A 27 -year-old Exeter. man
Walter Morrison, was remanded
until April 25, when he will be
sentenced on a fraud charge.
NEW DIRECTOR
... Donald Gravett
1
''Boom' new
rec director
vestigating on their own, if they wish to check the infor•I Don "Boom Boom" Gravett,
i '
!illation we have provided." ; only local applicant in a field
IHe said the board will await of 20, was hired as recreational
further developments in the y e xe er ecrea-
area before considering any'
additional steps.
,. L u
clan groona
wins camera
A recent groom, Don Hirt-
zel, Lucan, is the first win-
ner of a Brownie 8 movie
camera in The T -A's Home
of the Week Contest.
The prize was just seven
months too late to enable the
24 -year-old area man to have
his wedding recorded by the
movie camera.
The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Hirtzel, RR 1 Cent-
ralia, he married the former
Evelyn Whitehead, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon h
Whitehead, Lucan, on Sep- 1
tember 17. They live in Lu -
can, where Don drives a s
transport for Scott's Elevat-
ors. a
Mrs. Hirtzel works in Lon- a
don. o
Participating m e r c h ants
drew two tickets from the`
containers in their stores,
and the winning ticket was
drawn from these by The
T.A.
This is the first of six
monthly draws in the con-
test. At the completion, eache will ill
draw a winner of
its individual movie camera
prize.
tional Committee at its meet-
ing Monday.
His application still has to I
be approved by ,the town noun ,
cit
and the Community Pra•I
grams Branch, but chairman;
Lloyd. Cushman said he already'
had tentative approval from;
Bob Secord, district represen- i
tative of the programs branch,!
and said the approval by the
council: "would be only a for-
mality."
"We had applications fr
Morrison, who pleaded guilty
o the charge, issued a worth-
ess cheque for $200 to Graham
Arthur, Exeter car dealer, Mor-
rison purchased a car from Ar-
thur and paid $350 cash and
gave him a cheeue, drawn on
the Bank of .Nova, Scotia, for
the balance.,
Morrison stated that he bier
been stopped while driving the
car and had beenordered off
the road because the windshield
was broken. "I'll pay the mo-
ney if he lives up to his end of
the bargain," Morrison stated.,
Robert Osgood, RCAF Sta-
tion Centralia, was fined $25
all over Ontario," Cushman t
stated, "but decided on 'Boom'
because he is a local man and 1
should do a good job. If we
get the co-operation of every-
one concerned I don't see p
where v; e should run into any to
difficr
GraY,:.t, who moved from
a
Kitchener six years ago to play g
with the Exeter Mohawks, has d
een a resident ever since and
s still one of the stars of the
I club. He is a former
ports editor of The T -A.
The popular athlete is also
top notch ballplayer, bowler
ltd golfer. He has been suc-
essful as a coach of a num-
nd costs after pleading guilty
o a charge of not filing his
959 income tax returns. Os-
ood told the magistrate that
is wife was presently pre-
aring the returns.
Lloyd Beuermann, Usborne
w n hi
s
er
i
p farm was fined
nd costs when he pleaded
uilty to a charge of careless
riving. Beuermann ran into
the rea rof another car on
highway 83 on March 4 with
damage amounting to over $600
to the two cars.
Other fines were levied
gainst Russell Lee, RR 2 Ail -
Craig. $30 for speeding; Ro-
ald Arthur Fradgley, London,
5 and costs for 'speeding and
rank Zubal, $5 and costs for
eking unnecessary noise by
ccelerating and decelerating
s car's motor.
a
sa
n
ber of minor ball and hockey $1-
teams.
1teams. F
In 1956 he married the for- m
mer Mary McKnight, laugh- a
ter of Mr. and Mrs, Glenn Mc- hi
Knight, Exeter, and the cou-
ple have two sons, Mark 2 and
Gary, three -weeks.
A graduate of the Kitchener_ S s t U
Waterloo Collegiate, the ' po udents
p
lar 27 -year-old will continence
his duties on Monday,
+WIN BRA "PTON HONORS The Exeter wort r•- ees
battled their " ' , .ip.av,
1 way to the .� �haln lonshi with a 3-1
win over Thornhill 111 the Brampton ton Novice rode.
Tournament Saturdhy, :In the week-long k
_ ��...,.. . . b'` dvel]t, the l.1ds
ousted teams from... Callnill tonPerry,
. ... � Hyl and �'ol t
before ``" . i
garnnlg the ling round. They lost in their hit
for the grand championship when they lost t6 Laming.
oll. The ` 3" winners went on to CO the tourney's
include: 1 y
top award. Members of the squal e back •
, d f bacl. 101,
left to right, Red Loader, coach; , n
. Merle Idle Frank
DeVrics, Philip Howard, till Pairbairn, a c
11 b n till Hooper,
Marvin Bower hlid G
eri $ ay li Y
manager.
i
g
lt l
O
W
pRioky Weber,Larry Haugh, John Loder,Rickyly31i1te1aynhanit Jim Parker
and Denton °aime1"..
lead 'attack'
SHDHS students are again
forming the "front .line" in the
town's attack on cancer,
'° Some 60. volunteers from the
school will conduct the annual
town canvass next Thursday,
April 20, They will be under
the direction of Lloyd Hender-
son, branch campaign cliair-
nt an,
To learn the type of welfare
and treatment serviee their ef-
forts are supporting, a bus-
load of the students visited the
London cancer clinic Tuesday
evening. Another group will in-
spect the clinic Saturday.
Township canvasses are be-
ing conducted by the federa-
tion of agriculture directors
"blitzes" are being staged
in all neighboring communi-
tiesand.
Extend talks
on fire truck
Negotiations continue among
area munieipaljties over the
purchase of a now fire truck.
Exeter, `Usborne and Stephen
representatives met Thursday
to discuss division purchase
acid maintenance costs and
further talks will :be held with
y township officials.
s, Tenders on the new truck
Were opened but the award
Will not be made until agree -
mein, is reached,
Presentprop osal coils -for
�.
the town 'to 'pay 40,E Usborne
40ree Stephen 12% and Hay
The townships, would: &WAWA
toward maintenance .Casts im.
the basis of tl36' id '-dire first
hour and $$; rof" Ittlebeeditig.
hours an individual tails,