The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-05-04, Page 1• .•tt *' ve*tti,fr9. 4t4
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Own- demands.
workon road
Town „Council 'has threatened
legal action against a subdivi-
sion developer wile so, far has
failed to meet reouirements of
Ilia agreement with the munieipality in regard to reed• de,
velopment,
&Adder W. Q. Cochrane
said Arthur wasmitb, dward
St., had received an ultima-
tum to build MP notion Of San-
ders St. east ie his subdivision
te engineer's specifications or
assume liability for cost of
having the town do the work.
The municipality had not re-
ceived a reply Wednesday, Mr.
whilsmith was not available
for comment,
Council, authorized action
Monday ni'zht after a delega-
Coe from the subdivision corn-
plaine.d the municipality had
been too lenient in allowing,l
the contractor to proceed with-
Jiis eut
CC`nerlli.rig bthe road,
Council member, who last
meeting refused a building per-
mit for •Vie area and tabled a
petition for sidewalks because
of the road. had discussed the
problem with provincial plan-
ning effidals last week They
agreed immediate action should
be taken,
Responsible for sidewalks?
Len Veri, who with Ronald
Heimrich comprised the dele-
gation, complained: "You can
hardly drive over the road with
a car, let alpne push a baby
buggy on it," There are 18
children in the subdiVisdon, he
stated.
Clerk C. V Picl-ard pointed
out that, according to the
town's agreement with the sub-
divider, the latter was respon-
sible for the provision pf all
services, sidewalks included
"We PAY taxes to the town.
, not to the subdivider," said
Veri. "That agreement has
nothing to do with us house-
holders. We should be ,entitled
to the same services as other
ratepayers,"
fleimrich said ,other munici-
pal officials had told him there
was "something wrong" with
the Exeter council because it
hadn't taken action,
Mayor Pooley agreed "it's
a bad situation" but pointed
out council had tried to be co-
oeerative by accepting the sub -
divider's promises at face,
value. He also pointed out that
in some new subdivisions in
cities. no sidewalks were being
Provided but roads were paved.
Veld told council he was pro-
ceeding with a court action
against the subdivider over
construction of his home.
The area is immediately east
of Simmons apartments. Some
excavation and base week has
been done Oil the road but it
has not been completed
Refuse drain crossing
on Huron street east
•Council decided to restric
drainage for houses on the
north side of Huron $t, eas
of Edward,
Members discussed the pos
eibility of carrying drains from
the north side to the new drain
on the south side but were
concerned that this would re-
euire the breaking up of the
hardtop road.
A motion was approved that
"the drainage made available
to houses on •the north side of
Huron east be confined to the
drainage now provided on the
north side of the road."
The engineer proposed the
construction of catch basins at
strategic points to catch the
north side runoff and •carry it
to the south draM.
Seek engineer's advice
Council has requested the
advice of Engineer B. M. Ross,
Goderich, on the feasibility and
cost of providing drainage
around the Waterloo -Carling
St, intersection.
Drains chairman Taylor re-
ported Sam Switzer had of -
feral to•digsupply tile and a
•
; drain from his property west
to Carling if the town would
consider running the drain on
Carling north •to Mill St. The
drain would serve other lots
in the area.
Meets with band
Councillor Eldrid Simmons
reported he met with members
t of Eacter Citizens' Band last
tend to continue operation dur-
ing 1961. At the 'budget meet-
ing, it was Councillor Sim-
mons who questioned if the
band was active enough to
qualify for the $500 municipal
grant,,
He revealed that the mem-
bers planned another meeting
this month at which time they
will decide if they will carry
on and request the annual fee.
Renovate town hall
Mayor Pooley announced that
approximately $1,000 has been
spent in renovations
town hall.
New plywood walls have been
erected in the firemen's room,
a new hardwood floor has been
installed and repairs made to
the upstairs hall, including the
finishing of a small room to
serve as the judge's quarters;
Chefs buy
restaurant
Bill Poulton and Glen Mc-
Cauley, two experienced Lon-
don chefs, have purchased the
restaurant portion of the Ward
Fritz building at the intersec-
tion of No. 4 and 83, formerly
occupied by Armstrong's Res-
taurant.
The new owners are present-
ly conducting an extensive re-
modelling and re -decorating
program at the building. Both
men were employed at the
Rose Bowl Tavern, London,
until coming to Exeter.
Poulton told The Times -
Advocate, Wednesday, that
they hoped to have the restaur-
ant open for business on
Mother's Day, May 14. The
new business will be known as
the Towne and Country.
The new owners are con-
templating 24-hour service dur-
ing the summer and Poulton
said they would be open at
730 every morning until at
least 2:00 a.m.
Move to GB
Mrs, Lou Armstrong, who
operated the restaurant in the
building for the past five years,
has moved to the Red Gables
Restaurant, Grand Bend.
Her new establishment near
the main intersection is open
for business en Sundays only
at the present time, but will
be officially opened on Sunday;
May 21,
Liquor bids
unopposed
No opposition was expressed
to application e for liquor li-
censes at Grand Bend and
Centralia When they were
heard Monday before the liquor
control board sitting in Kit.
chcner,
Oakwood Inn, Grand Bend,
represented by Elmer D. Bell,
QC, applied for a dining lounge
licence and the Dufferin Heel,
Centralia, represented by W.
6, Cochrane, fcir a dining
lounge And men's and women's
public hettst,
Among the 15 other Aponte -
tions heard were these from
the Huron Fish and Genie Con-
servation Ass'n, Clinton, and
the Maitland Golf Club Ltd.,
Goderich, represented bY C. V.
Laughton, QC4; two 13rtissels
hotels and a Seaferth hotel.
Judge W, T. Robb, Orange,
*Me, reserved dee-gen hi all
Cake'.
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EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 4, 1901
Before Parkhill students
Price Per Copy 10 Cents
SIGN DAM PAPERS MAY, 10
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rmp Parkhill dam a.re expected to be mailed next week
Municipal assessments on the million -dollar
a
4 following the signing of cost-sharing agreements
with the provincial and federal governments, the
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Ausable Authority revealed this week,
aaaeata,at, !. Y • ' '
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:..0, The signing ceremony will take place Wed.
nesday, May 10, at Parkhill before students of the
North Middlesex District High School.
Expected to represent the
various levels of gov't will be
W, H. A, Thomas, Middlesex
Westart,mMiniPst; el.ilee.mritWholuilitemperStleeivr-
o
in the provincial cabinet, and
Freeman Hodgins, authority
chairman.
The agreements commit the
tat a , federal and provincial govern
ents to three-quarters of the
cost of the dam, leaving the
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WILL SPRING EVER COME?—Hardly prepared for the
wintry blasts which ushered in May this week, this
, quartet nevertheless manages to muster some smiles
' as they seek refuge from the heavy snow which fell
Tuesday despite forecasts of temperature in the 40's.
From left they are Mrs. Donna Webster, Margaret Reeves,
Carol Gibbons and Mrs. Gene Baynham all members of
the Bank of Nova Scotia staff here. Farmers are get-
ting concerned over the backward weather but it's by
no means the worst in memory. One district resident
recalls a four -inch snowfall on May 13, 1912.
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NcsierfzirLideogreecLitevi S wili back vo tional project
if .itreliev�s future expansion
The work was done by Cliff
Brintnell and his crew.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Greene,
Huron St., were hired by, coun-
cil as caretakers of the hall on
the recommendation of the
prOperty committee.
That bicycle hem
Councillor Jack Delbridge,
who was unaware of thd ex-
tended discussion in council
last year over the riding of
bicycles on the sidewalks, rais-
ed the issue again byisuggest-
ing police should beinstructed
to use discretion in enforcing
the bylaw.
Delbrid
ge, referring t
to he
notice in last week's paper that
police would confiscate bicycles
of owners found riding on the
sidewalks, felt children of six
to eight years should be allow-
ed to do so. "We don't want
these,little kids killed when
they'rriding-on the road," he
said.
Mayor Pooley explained the
problem faced by council last
year over the controversy be-
tween citizens who felt bi-
cycles should be kept off the
sidewalks and those who felt
they should be on the side-
walks. In a survey of other
municipalities, the town learn-
ed that sidewalk riding was
prohibited in every ca e
s •
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e oa gav tent-
ative approval to the proposal
to provide vocational educa-
tional facilities in Huron
County, although most of the
members agreed they were still
confused on most of the details
of the project.
The members had attended
the first meeting in Clinton
two weeks ago, but differed on
many of the proposed ideas
when they discussed them at
their meeting, Tuesday. They
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Bank purchases
property at GB
The Bank of Montreal have
purchased the residence of
Mr. and Mrs, Mel Gowdy,
Grand Bend, and Don Robert-
son, manager of the local
branch, is expected to move
into .the a house in the near
future,
It's situated on the Lake Rd.
west of the South -End Shop-
, ping Centre.
Mr. and Mrs. Gowdy expect
; to move to Toronto.
US industrial prospect
urvey
female help available
ga e a lengthy discussion to "composite" school which: for the comin .
would offer both academic and The staff expressed their ap-
the project, in an attempt to
formulate a stand to present
at the second meeting of the
five county school boards slat-
ed for Clinton; Tuesday.
They agreed they were in no
position, to give • a definite de-
cision on' the project, but felt
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it would be necessary to give
the meeting an idea as to
whether or not they were in-
terested at all.
"All the boards will have to
decide whether or not they are
interested in it," Carf Cann
said, "so the promoters will
know if there is any use dis-
cussing it any further."
They passed a motion stating
—"this board supports an edu-
cational program that will pro-
vide the outlined vocational
training and the necessary
school be built as a composite
school, situated to relieve the
necessity of future expansion
of the schools taking part".
The majority of members
felt that Goderich and Wing -
ham would not be interested
in the project, and this would
leave only Clinton, Seaforth
and South Huron. a
They concluded that the Field officer
g
Start work
on church
Construction began Monday
on a new 37' x 62' church on
Huron, St, east for the local
Bethel Reformed congregation.
Rev, R. Van Farowe, the
minister, said the cement block
and brick building has a mo-
dern design which will embody
some Dutch features in archi-
tecture. M. M. Dubbeldam,
Hamilton, is the architect.
Estimated to cost approxi-
mately • $40,000, the building
will include a full basement
for Sunday School rooms and
a large meeting room, in ad-
dition to the main auditorium
which will have a capacity of
over 200.
In charge of construction is
William Van Amerongen, Ex-
eter, a member of the church's flooding roads and buildings.
building committee. Sub -ere- Under present regulations,
tractors inc'- '3 L. H. Turnbi the provincial gov't would as -
Grand Bent:: Fred Bischoff., sume half the cast of the work.
Garfield Thomson, Exeter;
Tiernan's Hardware, Dashwood. The other 50%, the executive
decided, should be assessed
Men of the congregation plan 95% against Hensel and the
to contribute considerable vol- remaining 5% against Tucker-
unteer labor. It is expected the smith.
church will be completed by
the fall. Approve draft lease
The congregation, which has The executive has approved -
been organized since 192, has a draft lease covering the de -
a membership of 32 families. velopment of a marina at Port
Franks by the Western Onta-
rio Boaters' Alexi. The asen,
now in the process of incorpo-
ration plans facilities for some
500 boats on an island created
by the cut near the mouth of
the Ausable at Port Franks,
Installation of gabian bas-
kets to prevent erosion along
the mouth has been completed.
Backfill, which has been
seeded. has been dumped be-
hind the wire and stone bas-
kets to hold the sand.
Tree planting slow
Wet weather has curtailed
the spring tree -planting pro -'gram of the authority. Only
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authority to raise the remain-
ing 25%,
Fieldman H. G. Hooke said
Wednesday the municipal as-
sessments toward the cost of
the dam will be mailed as soon
after the signing, ceremony as
possible. Municipalities then
have a month to appeal and
it's expected some of them
will.
At an executive meeting last
week, the authority agreed to
accept administrative assist-
ance toward construction of
the dam from the Ontario
Dep't of Commerce and Devel-
opment. Field officer C, R.
Leuty is being transferred
from Galt to London to help
with flood control projects of
the Upper Thames and Ausable
authorities. He will assist in
matters pertaining to aequisi-
tion of land, calling of tenders,
and other details.
Plan scheme
for Hensall
Ausable Authority executive
has recommended that can-
etruction of a bypass ditch
around Hensall be accepted as
a flood control scheme.
The scheme, if approved,
will divert water which runs
down the south half of Hensel].
It began its services in the
technical courses, should be predation far the careful con—Legion hall, then switched to
situated in an area central to sideration given by the board Main St. United Church where
the interested schools, so it in negotiations over the past it has been meeting ever since.
would relieve the necessity of ' years.
First resident minister was
expansion for the present
Principal Sturgis reported Rev. Carl Schroeder, who mov-
schools. that the grade nine music fes- ed to Calgary in 1956 and has
1 Laird Mickle, Hensel]; point- tival would be held on Thurs- since retired. Mr. Van Farowe
ed out that students n this day, May 11. He stated that is the congregation's second
central area would attend the the May examination time pastor.
the school, as well as those table had been posted and that Members of the consistory
from outside the area who , the physical education inspect- and building committee, who
will supervise construction, in -
The courses which could bel Bregman, Hank Broeze, Fred
elude Lowell Dykstra, .Tohn
offered in such a school include I Ad .
drafting, machine shop, dee- • Kleinhaar G. J. Naeel, Harry
were interested in this type of ors had visited the school
course.
tronics, auto mechanics, con-
srn truction, air conditioning and
other practical subjects.
For girls, in addition to the
existing commercial training,' Cpl. Clayton King, 30, Grand
home economics and sonic
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miscnier
DeVries John Brill's Gerrit
Wynja and H. Brand.
The congregation is being
helped by gifts from the U.S.
courses could be extended in Bend, pleaded guilty to a pub- T
s
money collector
training provided in nursing. lie
mischief charge in Tiled-
' ford court Tuesday and re.
Accept schedu e ceived a suspended sentence for
!
A letter was received from one year from Magistrate J.
the staff, unanimously accept- C. Dunlap, QC.
ing the revised salary schedule When a main artery in his
left arm was severed March
27, King told police he had
been attacked by several un-
known persons near his home
in Green Acres, Grand Bend.
One of them, he alleged,
wielded a broken beer bottle
which cut his arm,
He admitted his story was a
fake after police discovered
the only fingerprints on the
bottle were his own.
King's tale caused consider-
able consternation among
Grand Bend citizens, some of
whore feared for their own
safety.
transferred
o determine
Exeter Industrial Develop-
ment Corporation is undertak-
ing a district survey, through
newspaper advertising, to de-
termine the availability of fe-
male help for industry.
The survey, authorized by
'the corporation at its meet,
ing Thursday, has been promp-
ted by a United States pros-
pect interviewed by local offi-
cials recently.
The U.S. firm plans to es-
tablish a plant in Canada this
year and has been favorably
impressed with the advantages
offered by the Exetee district.
It is concerned, :however, that
the area may not be able to
provide the labor it Would re.
quire to reach capacity pro-
duction.
W. G. Cochkane, corporation
chairman, reveals the com-
pany has requested the survey
before it makes a decision on
location. Mr. Cochrane led the
delegation which interviewed
Company officials at their U.S.
headquarters,
Although National Employ-
ment Service figures do not
show sufficient •numbers are
registered for emplOyment, the
office at Goderich and 'come,
ratiori officials feel the demand
cat be met without diffictilty;
This remains to be proven,
however, and the corporation
is seeking actual applications
from women who would eon.
sider full-time employment.
In its advertisment, the cor.
poration points Out that the
jobs are not now available but
that the intinbet applica.
tions oigy esSist hi 'at:treeing
industry here. t
Discuss FAME project ',//
At .the suggestion of a local
hog producer, the corporation
Thursday discussed the paai-
bility of securing one of the
proposed FAME meat packing
plants for this area. FAM is
the new producers' co -o era -
five which plane to ente • the
slaughtering field, ' .
The directors felt th, com-
niunity waa not central. enough
to the major hog afroducing
areas of Huron, PArth and
Wellington to warran,V a serious
promotional prograniy, for this
area. However, the Services af
the cornoratien will be offered
10 FAME officials,
Back vocational cfourses
The corPoratios'4 learned liensall councilOKs
l'om Director Lratry Snider or
the efforts belting' made by dis- .
d
tablish vocational education
for Huron Youth and gave
unanimous endorsement to the
program.
The corporation feels more
practical training foe area,
young people will benefit coin.;
mercial and industrial expan-1
sion here. 1
The corporation selected a
industrial brochure and dis-
cussed
design for the cover of its new
cussed the sale of inembership
cards to assist in the financing'
and encouragement of its pro.;
motional activity.
Nine of the corporation's,
members were present for the
luncheon meeting Thursday.
H. G. Hooke, Thomas St.,
Heldman and secretary -
treasurer of the Ausable Auth-
ority since 1954, has been
transferred to a group of four
adjoining authorities in the
Peterborough area, it was an-
nounced this week.
Hewill beworking
Otonobee, Crowe, Ganaraska
land Central Lake Ontario
watersheds, with office in
Peterborough. The transfer be-
comes effective July 1,
1 His successor as fieldman
will be Terry McCauley, Bow-
manville, who has been field
officer in the Peterborough
arca. A 1959 graduate of OAC,
Mr. McCauley is married and
has two children.
At its executive meeting last
vveek, the Ausable Authority
recommended the appointment
of Mrs. Carl lime as aecre-
tary-treasurer effective July 1.
She has served as stenographer
m the authority office since
1955.
trict high schc4l boards to es-
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Atineunce ents 12
Church ?Notices , 17
Coming/ Events 17
fditoripls 4
Farm News 11
Femini a Facts . ..... ; 14, 1S
Hensel' 5
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rain, road .projects
green light to drainage and
Helisall conned gave tile iwilacsfirampin;ovseedeo, igoivtier
says it s been easy job
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1 Collecting taxes in Usbornet He particularly praised the
township over the past 24 years members of councils he has
hasn't been a nasty job at al1,1 served for the past quarter of
according to William Tans, i a century, "I couldn't have
Elimville, who tendered his re-, wished for a better group of
signation to the council Mon- gentlemen to work with,"
day afternoon.
I While the public may asso-i
ciate heated arguments, violent' 'resignation• Mr. John's waa
t disputes and harsh treatment accepted "with regret'' by the
with many form of money col- township council. His position
[teeing, that hasn't been Mr.! la being filled by Mrs. Jack -
Johns' experience. , son Woods, Elimville, who was
"I've never had what you appointed deputy tax collector
could call a ;mighty good ells_ last fall when Mn Johns be -
sing' in my life." the retiring
1 cantle ill.
t collector maintains. "I feel II The veteran municipal offi-
1 Accept "with regret"
! have reason to be proud of dal was appointed to the post
Stationed at Camp Ipperwaah
the corporal has lived in Granct the Way I've been treated by
Bend for about a year. both the ratdpayers and the
township officials."
1.4,Mr.kn
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road Constritetion Monday night.
Council a e dented reports
from C. 13; Corbett, OLS, Ln-
eitia, on a new &am fen` North
Itiehniond St, and to finish the
storm drain en South Rich -
Mond, Tenders wilt be invited
On the week.
Tenders will also be called
foe excavation and fill tor the
Meek made up of Neleon, York
from Xing to Mill.
e tVellingtoti deed
and Albert streeta, as Wel„I as
thpaving of
Application of Coat' ros,
Ltd. to build three neW Silos
Silos,
Two new doors for the front
6t the town hall were Ordered
from Adam Black and Murray
llakee ,was hired 16 ChM in
the stairway With the present
glass doors,
Clerk Earl Campbell was in-
structed to fdrward arrears of
1960 taxes to county treasure
for collectien.
Utilityman E. tI. Davis WAS
authorized to procure &ha
and chips fot repairs to streets,
rteeVe iTohn tiendersen pre,
aidedlaid all Inefilbera Vete
pretenta
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back in 1937 when the late Per-
i
cy P'assmore was reeve. Here-
fused to consider the position
at first because he didn't like
the idea of having to "squeeze"
people. "1 didn't see how 1
could go to somebody's farm
— it Might even have been a
relative or a neighbor of mine
—10 adze some cattle or some
chattels to dolled the taxes.
I didn't want to get mixed tip
in a mess like that,"
However, he reconsidered
when he was told That hence..
ferth the "squeezing" would be
done by county officials through
tax age procedures, He act-
' cepted the position and has
never regretted it.
Lauds payment record
Mr. Johns is proud Of the
way Usborne ratepayers meet
1 their tax obligations. "There's
he Other tOwnship like it in.
that regard. "The Majority ate
`• smite conscientious in getting
their taxes paid."
! Despite the changing Wild-
mic conditions over the yeart,
the percentage of arrears
rarely has gore higher than
! six percent iP arty one mit.
• No one knows better than
Illr, 3ohns how taxes haVe
risen in the Pest M years. When
he took over his jeb, the teal
ttalk tell was approxiMatelY.
Today, it's close
137,006,
titilivered notices
Fe' OVer half of the 24 yew.
Ittr. Johns deliVered tito,taX
notion perattrially eVety Det6.:
ber, Re had to fravel Trent 250
ate Mee lam to bago 3,,
utsoRNE ToWNEHip TAX COLLECTOR Armes
• Wallarn Johns, Elimville, held post /4 years