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HS TEAM WINS BIBLE QUIZ TROPHY—This team from SHDHS won the tri -county
Youth for Christ Bible quiz championship Saturday night by defeating a Clinton
high school team 240 to 160 in the finals held in Clinton Legion hall. The Exeter
team defeated last year's champs, Wingham, in the semi-final to become the second
_winner of the award. Seated are Coach Edgar Cudmore, RR 1 Hensell, and Captain
Mary Page; standing, Neil Hamilton, John Nagel, Bernice Grainger and Shirley
Sauder. —TA photo
THIS ONE WON'T BE COUNTED—Because. he was born on June 2, one day after
the 1961 census officially started, baby Michael Neilands of ,I1,11, 1 Woodhull. won't
VP' be counted as part of Canada's population this year. Census taker Charles:-,Atheson,
above, holds .up a forbidding hand as nurse Mrs. Isabelle Thompson presents the
child, the eighth born to Mr, and Mrs, Paul Neilands. Area commissioner Jack
Fulcher, right, confirms the decision with the tegula.tions. —T -A photo
Hay joins in• purchase
of district fire engine
Hay council agreed Monday
night to re-enter the Exeter
area mutual fire protection
agreement and pay its eight
percent share toward the cost
of the $15,360 fire engine now
on nrder.
Hiy's decision was reached
after discussiow with two Ex-
eter officials who retired from
the town council meeting to
speak to the township council
during its session in Zurich.
Reeve Bill McKenzie and
Deputy -Reeve Glenn Fisher
talked to the Hay officials who
first agreed to the proposal,
then requested reconsideration.
Several of the Hay councillors
hoped to secure a retaining fee
agreement similar to the ones
it has in effect with Hensall
and Zurich.
Before its two, delegates left
to go to Zurich, council agreed
it could not enter into any dis-
cussions on alternative ar-
Town seeks
protection
Town council will seek legal
advice to protect its interests
if the anticipated appeal
against the Parkhill dam as-
sessment schedule is lodged
with the Ontario Municipal
Board.
Council decided to investi-
gate its position after accept-
ing its share of the authority
cost which comes to $5,729,44
under current estimates. This
is the largest share eniong the
municipalities which are not
assessed with direct benefit -for
the scheme,
Council noted reports that Bo-
sanquet, one of the major con-
tributing intiniaipalities, has
threatened to appeal It share
before R. municipal board hear-
ing. From arguments pre-
eented at previous authority
meetinge,it wniild appear that
Bosanquet and seine of the
other major benefitting muni-
cipalities may try to shift
More of the cost onto the ares
Which are not now assested
With direct benefit.
If this titles occur, it was
felt, Exeter and the ether
towns, villages and townships
who are assessed with Miner'
shares must be prepared to
protect their interests.
The notice indicated that,the
decision of the municipal board
wee final and could not be ap-
pealed,
Town solititor W. a.. Cede
eerie and ARCA represerita,
tiVt Al Pickett! Will be con.
rangements without consulting
Usborne and Stephen town-
ships. It was decided Hay
'should either accept the pur-
chase agreement or wait until
the machine had been purchas-
ed by the other three municip-
alities before applying for pro-
tection on a retaining fee basis.
Reeve McKenzie reported to
council the original agreement
had been acceded to amicably
following their discussions.
Under the plan. Exeter and
Usborne are to pay 40% of the
cost each, Stephen 12% and
Hay 8%.
Seek agreement
Council got involved in an-
other discussion about the
community centres board when
it revealed the plans which
have been made for cutting
the grass at municipal parks.
Tentative intention is to have
Arena Manager Alvin Willert
do the mowing, and be has
already done some, although
no arrangement has been made
for his services with the arena
board,
Ceruneil approved purchase of
a used tractor for $525 from
Lions bring
circus back
Advance tickets for the Car-
son and Barnes circus, which
will appear here on July 5 un-
der the sponsorship of Exeter
will go on sale this week, ac -
'cording to Bob Dinney, a past
president,
Mr. Dinney urged local resi-
dents to buy 'the advance tic-
kets from which the club re-
ceives a substantial share of
the receipts. Local preceeds
will be used for the Lions' wel-
fare Work in the commueity.
The club is also selling re-
served seats,
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Coming Events 17
Editorials„,,,, „,„ 4
Farm News if
Feminine Fads 14, 1S
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Lucan , ,,,, 14
Snorts ,,,,,, ,,,, • 4, 1
Want Ads 12) 13
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F. W. Huxtable on the recom-
mendation of Parks Chairman
Musser and his committee.
The machine had been pur-
chased by council agreement
earlier and it has been used
with the new $600 mower for
the past week or so by the
arena manager.
Mayor Pooley and several
other councillors felt the town
could not pay more for the
manager's services in this con-
nection than it paid its garbage
truck driver, $1.40 per hour.
This is less than the salary
the arena board pays its
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Firm moves
to Waterloo
The former plant of 3. W.
Weber Ltd. has been listed for
sale following transfer of the
merchandising operations of
Dr. Salsbury's poultry pharma-
ceuticals to a Waterloo firm,
For sale signs went on the
modern building this week.
Another new building beside it,
a former turkey hatchery, is
also for sale.
Seven Oaks Mfg and Sales
Co. Ltd., Waterloo, is now dis-
tribefing the Salsbury pro-
ducts.
On a brighter note officials
of a U.S, firm were here Men-
des, to investigate plans to-
ward expansion into Canada.
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EXgTER, ONTARIO, JUNE 8, 1961
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I-ihist- dam assetsttehts.:.
Price Per Copy 10 AfttitS.
Employ dog catcher,
may charge owners
A dog catcher, hired by town
council Monday night, began
his duties Tuesday morning.
The man, Freeman Cook of
St. Marys, will scour the
town three times a week look-
ing for stray dogs. Council
hired him on one month's pro-
bation at a salary of $35 a
month,
Owners whose dogs are
caught will be required to pay
the current $5.00 pound fee for
release plus the licence fee if
one has not, already been paid.
It's not known yet if owners
will be prosecuted in addition
but it was indicated Monday
there may be action of this
kind.
Dog catcher Cook said his
inspections would not be an-.
noimced and that citizens won't
be able to determine when he
will be in town because he will!
come on different days of the
week and arrive at different!
times of the day.
It was pointed out that he!
wishes to remove a dogfrom
his property, he must bring it
to the street line to turn it
over to the dog catcher.
Cook will turn the dogs he
picks up over to the pound
operated by Dr, R. F. Roelof -
son, local veterinarian.
During his interview with
council, Coolc asked: "Asn I
going to have any hacking
through your police (IWO”
Chief C, if, MacKenzie as-
sured him of support and an-
nounced he had laid two char-
ges already in the past two
weeks, One was against the
owner of a dog which killed
some 60 chickens in the high
school barn.
Road issue unsettled
Settlement still has not been
reached between the town and
Contractor Arthur Whilsmith
over construction of Sanders
St. east. The road has not been
completed, although the con-
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must catcli the clogs on town
streets or other public pro-
perty including parks and Let awards
school grounds. He cannot go
on private property to pick up '
the dogs. If a property owner ' in 1-1ensall
liensall council let three
major contracts Monday night
but there appears to be some
question over prices. The
TOP AWARD — Miss Martha
Gossman, Dashwood, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Goss
man, was presented with the
general proficiency award and
set a new mark for knowledge
Of theory al the Kitchener -Wa-
terloo General Hospital School
of Nursing graduation cere-
mony Saturday. She attended
SHDHS before beginning her
nursing career. Miss Alma Mar-
tin, Zurich, received the ob-
stetrical award from the K -W
nursing school.
At least two townships in the Ausable water-
shed are holding special. sessions this week to con-
sider entering appeals against the schedule of
hmiluinidcaimpa.1 assessments toward the cost of the Park -
Donald Frayne, clerk of Bosanquet, said his
council has made no decision but it has had the .
appeal under consideration for some time, The
eil
eisAsiccidtisasauysan: position. SCephen council
officials held further talks Wed-
fected property owners in the
need Plain lands at its meet -
d
ing Tuesday night. Township
ied11plir meet awtiltheasatf.once this week to establish
Exeter has no intention of
caopup:caillingmoltnsdayassenssimgehnt binut. for position.
structed its solicitor to be pre -
Pared to protect the town's in- Hoid talks
terest in the event of an ap- •
peal.
share. in Stephen
Osborne has accepted its
Deadline for appeal is one
month from the time the notice At its meeting Tuesday night,
of assessment is mailed, The StePhen
letters were dated May 11, length the advisability of en -
council. discussed, at
tared mail. regis- tering an appeal against its as-
sessment on the million -dollar
1961, and forwardd
meeting Monday afternoon in Ausable Authority.
Parkhill dam project of the
The authority will hold a full
Parkhill, It's expected any ap- Two officials of the New VA -
peal will be lodged by then, nice Corporation, which has
Stephen and Bosanquet are considerable holdings below
the two major benefitting mu. the dam and which will be as-'
nicipalities who objected to the sensed heavily on the basis .of
assessment, Parkhill at first direct benefit, joined in ;the
was opposed but later accepted Ddieslictuasisair psr,esiTdheenyt, enrde A lbcii Georget
Hunt, farm manager.
Council has agreed that, the
portion of direct benefit,1
amounting to ab $7.000, will
be assessed solely on the laths
affected by the proposed dam,I
The indirect levy of approxi'-,
mately $5,500 will be spread
over the entire township.
.Stephe.n was one of five mu..
mcipalities which objected to'
a citizen, felt the police prac-
tice of sitting 11) their car in
!the area was "a ridiculous
waste of time." "There must
be a realistic approach to this
problem," he said. Noting that
citizens had been requested to
lay charges, Mr. Cochrane
felt it wasn't fair to ask citi-
zens to do the policing.
He admitted there were a
great many problems involved
in securing evidence to convict
on charges of speeding and
careless driving.
Mayor Pooley pointed out
that council had proposed
making one-way streets in the
area but residents had pro-
tested this approach.
One resident said he counted
10 oars racing around the bus
turn at one time during the
noon hour.
Members of the delegation
included Bill McLean, Robert
Dinney, Fred Tilley, Innis
MacSween.
its share, McGillivray also •
agreed verbally to the sched.!
tile.
One official suggested the
municipalities are paying a!
"cat and mouse" game up to
the deadline in order to jockey
eek new ways
to curb 'jockey
Lauds farm
co-operation
Co-operation of district far
in-
mers connectidn • with the
June census, was lauded this
week by Comfnissioner Jack
Fulcher.
"A great number of the far-
mers have had their answers
prepared before the takers
have arrived," Mr. Fulcher
said. "This has been extremely
h 1 f I"
He pointed out that the farm,
census is much more extensive!
than the urban ones since Al
goes into detail about farm ope-
rations.
Generally, lie said, the area I
survey has been going "fairly
well."
"The co-operation shown by
respondents has been good to
exceptional."
In many eases, Mr. Fulcher
added, the respondents are
finding they aren't being sub-
jected to the personal ques-
tioning they had expected. He
pointed out again that only one
in every five households is re-
quested to report on income
and this ls done privately by
the respondent and forwarded
in a sealed envelope.
HS teacher
resigns post
Andrew Dixon, agriculture
and science teacher at SHDHS
for the past 14 years, tendered
his resignation to the board
Ttiesday night. He indicated he
had been forced to retire be-
cause of illness.
The board accepted his re-
signation with regret.
Mr. Dixon came to SHDHS
from 'llagersville in 1.947 and
was in charge of the agricul-
ture den't for a number of
years. During that time, the
school gained a reputation
across the province of having
one of the most practical and
resourceful agriculture train-
ing programs. He switched to
the science department several
years ago.
Robert G. Noonan, who bas
taught at Bancroft for the past
five years, has been hired to
fill the position.
The board will have a staff
of 28 for the 1961-62 tent,
but one will be full.time ih.
structors,
Raps easy getaway
in $3,500 burglary
Owner Norm Walper blames
a. roadwayfrom William St. to
the back of Main Si. stores for
the apparent ease With which
thieves stole ver $3,500 worth
of men's clothing from his
store last week,
"It's tee easy .fee them to
come in from the back street,
take the clothes mit the rear
Of the store, and'get away %Ow.
Out even worrying about what's
happening on Main SW he
said.
The ewer said he planned
to take action to close off ac
cess to the rear of his proper-.
ty through the alley,
Sometime Theesday morn-
ning, June 1, thieves took 47
suits and. about .30 pairs of
pants .frOM the racks 6! the
clothing store, The Snits hi.
eluded brio of the owner's as
Well as several specially
dared for weddings.
The theft, which left several.,
racks .almost bare, was minced
by the firm's tailor, Prank
8beete, when he opened the 1
shop Thursday morning.
The thieves gained elites,' by
tettiovieg a screen tenni. one Ot,
the back windows which they
Pried open, The screen was
found carefully placed beside
the door at the reel'.
No OW in the Vicinity,
pereritly,,heakci or liteided any
activity there during the night,
Pate Chief C. IT. Madleet-
tie has sent out notices to poi
lice departments across the
province describifig the en,
titles stolen.
The store thie Weele ere
teeented a"Robbety Sew &-
sighed
to raise Ian&
awards must be approved by
the dep't of highways.
' Levis Contracting Co., Clin-
ton, will pave Wellington St.
at its tender price of $7.25 a
I ton.
Award for the excavation and
fill on Nelson, York and Al-
-bert streets was given to Clar-
ence Reid, 'Jensen, at his
rates of 50c per yard. for ex.
caveting; 70c a yard for pit
rim gravel and $1,00 a yard for
cruehed gravel.
Clerk Earl Campbell declined
to reveal the price of the drain
contract let to L. H. Turnbull,
Grand Bend.. He explained:
"There is still some dispute
over it." The drain is a conti-
nuation of the one installed on
South Richmond last year and
it extends to North Richmond.
At the request of Hensel]. Dis-
trict Co-op, council agreed to
discuss the closing of a portion
of York St. The co-op earlier
protested the closing of the
road rand indicated it would ap-
peal council's decision. How-
ever, no appeal has been reg-
istered.
Council also agreed to give
consideration to a request
from Roy Campbell for tile to
he laid and to fill in the ditch
south of his garage.
Reeve John Henderson pre-
sided.
Hensall show
Friday evening
Hensall Twilight Show,
scheduled for Friday night
this week, will feature an-
other show and sale of feeder
calves raised by district boys
and girls.
Program also includes the
popular baby show, school
parade, horse competitions
and implement show. The
show starts 7 p.m.
A group of citizens in the vi-
cinity of the district high
school petitioned council Mon-
day night to take action against
the car jockeys who perform
dangerous automobile antics
around the school at noon
hours. •
Spokesman Edward Brady, a
former councillor, said the
hazard to both public ansi high
school ,children walking in the
area was such that "it has
been nothing but pure luck that
there has not been a serious
accident."
Presence of the police crui-
ser in the area did help to
curtail the reckless driving
"bul: when the cruiser leaves,
they really go to town," Brady ,
said.
"They're playing it cagey
when the police are around
whether in uniform or not. Why
don't we get crafty with
them?"
The group offered a number
of suggestions which. it re
quested council to consider.
They realized the school term
was near its end but they felt
some experimentation might
reveal which inethods are most
effective to use when the prob-
lem develops again in the fall.
The suggestions included es-
tablishing a 16 mph school zone
in the area, undertaking a car;
check, blocking off the highi
school "U" 'turn for busses
during periods when busses!
are not operating, Police obser-
vation from inside the school or
from. one of the houses to se -
euro evidence of "U" turns
and reckless driving, declar-
ing the high school road a pri-
vate thoroughfare and prose-
cuting trespassers, bringing in ,
plain clothes policemen in
plain cars.
W, G. Cochrane, appearing as
the a es esa m ents
Council decided to meet with
its solicitor, E. D. Bell, QC,
to continue its investigation.
Extend school area
Council passed a -bylaw ex -i•
tending the township sehoof
area to include SS No, 1, Fair-
field.
The extension will take ef-
fect Jan. 1, 1962. Fairfield
school is just north of Huron
Pa&
Negotiation on the move
have been taking plate for
several months.
Approve fire protection k
Council authorized OIerI
Ross Haugh to prepare a by-
law covering the Exeter area;
mutual fire protection agree-
ment which was approved at
the council meeting. The town•e
ship also formally accepted, its
12% share of the cast of the
new tire truck $1,943.20.
Welcome new tests
of grade 12 standard
Principal H. L. Sturgis told
the SHDHS board Tuesday
night that a. new test which
will help to establish academic
standards for grade 12 is being
introduced across the province.
"Every conscientious school
will welcome this effort to de-
velop uniformity in ,stanclards
at the grade 12 level," he said.
It will give teachers an oppor-
tunity to cornpare the quality
of their instruction with the
rest of the province.
The tests are of a scientific
type, correlating the student's
native ability to his achieve-
ment. To date they apply only
to three subjects history, La-
tin and algebra, but all will
be included over a period of
years,
In this year's tests, he ,za.
porta d, SHDHS results com-
pared "quite favorably" Witlt
the provincial average, "We
have reason to be pleased with
them", he told the board.
Ile also said the .overall result "gives the lie" to conten-
tions made by certain critics of
the school that SHDHS is holth
ing back students in grade 12
in order to make a good show-
ing in the department exams
for grade 13.
Designate private drive •
The board decided to post.
"private drive" dos on its
circle road for the buses in an,
effort to co-operate with the
town in clamping down on i
reckless driving n the area,
The board may prosecute driv-
ers who use the drive without
permission.
The board rejected a sug-•
Seaton that a barricade be
placed across tile drive during
the times when it is not being
used by the buses. Members
felt some of the more adven-
turous drivers would just go
around the barricade, daniag-
Mg the lawns.
Approve budget
; The board approved a budget
for physical training equipment
based en $1.50 per Stildent, plus
repairs. The PT staff had re-
euested abudget of $t,200 f�r
the 1961••62 term, The actual
,provision will depend en the
nintntill•icerhoi.ftstudents who enrol
1 tender a IMperialle Fuels
N.. London, to supply cog at
per ton, was heatitett by the board. It was the Oar
bid received.
A number et' minor reilittina
tions were approved.
11 was Icarried the Minty'
co itwatigalbg Wine
THIEVES TAKE $3,500 IN MEN'S CLoTHINGL—thipty racks loft by thieves who
btoko into tho Wolper Men's Woe store lad week are bispootod by two of tilt
firm's employets. Tailor Frani; Shoorc, right, distovorod th6 losg whon ho oporiod
tho stoit tho morning, At rittht is t dward Gackstottor. Owner Norm Waipor
f :ys loading 1.6 4co badk atom on Main St. thabled thO thieVea- liolial
toot , loss tett, 'Oee, alloywa•
Steek, Make ati "oasy ;get,AWAy".
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