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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-12-20, Page 1.4, • Extra special Christmas gift for Lynn Happy Lynn Marlow, 9 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Marlow, Huron Park, smiles proudly for her new wheel chair presented by Exeter Lions as she receives a Christmas present from Ken Lampman, chairman of the club's crippled children committee. The specially -made equipment was purchased, from Easter Seal funds. Standing are Mrs, E. Marlow, the girl's grandmother and nurse; Lions Jack Pryde and Milt Robbins, Lynn, who has spend almost all her life in a bed, is now receiving private school lessons at home, —T -A photo • Seek new proposal for George St. drain Council decided Monday night to seek a third—or per- haps fourth — recommendation from Engineer B. M. Ross on how to drain runoff from lands of George•St.,•on-the• east side of town. It seem ed. -apparent, -Monday Three run for trustees CLANDEBOYE A special tneeting for the ratepayers of SS 1 Coursey School, SS 2, SS 9, SS 6, known as the little brick school, and SS 12 Clandeboye was held at the school here on Monday evening, Dec. 18.. In the new year of 1962, all will join the Biddulph School Area, Nominated to run for trustees at the election to take place on January 2 were Ron Crozier, Orville Langford and Joe O'Neil, George Simpson, chairman of Clandeboye school board, pre- sided .for the meeting. Alan Hill and David Kestle were the other L r us tee s. Secretary - treasurer Murray Hodgson has filled the office for six years. Sewerage in the mill Exeter's $267,000 sewerage system is in the process of ,go- ing through the government , mill. ,‘ Reports to council Monday ' night indicated the following progress: Ontario Water Resources Commission has accepted the town's resolution requesting it to act, as the municipality's agent in handling the project. Engineer B. M. Ross has met with Central Mortgage and Hou- sing Corporation officials to secure epproval of the plans and designation of trunk lines on which the corporation will provide grants in the form of mortgage writeoff. Cotincil has requested the en- gineer to compile information required by the OWRC to de- termine the number of users of the proposed system and other informatien needed to establish revenue estimates. Local car stolen from Main street. Police are still looking for a '53 model car stolen from Main St, early Friday evening while its owner wal buying a pack- age of cigatettee, Chief C. H. MacKenzie said the vehicle was taken from in front of White's Ice Cream store, at the corner of Main and Anne streets, about 710 pan. Owner John Madge, Anne St, had jtist gone into the store, leaving his keyin the ignition. )PP Cohstables George Mite dell and lIarry Reid put e all :;•4'ein the radio iMmediately but 41e thief hoc net beeit aPpede howled ,)tet, night that councii had rejected the engineer's latest proposal to construct a $4,600 storm sewer down George St.,across No, 4 highway and ito the Ausable River. , And a number of councillors are still opposed to his pre- vious suggestion to construct open ditches down George and along the east side of Main St. into the river, with 18 -inch cul- verts under roadways into the brewers' retail store and the motel Roads Chairman Fisher, who viewed the area Monday morn- ing with Councillor Farrow, said he was in favor of building a new catch basin at the corner of Main and George streets but he didn't see the need for 18 - inch culveets nor would he ap- prove the open ditch. Councillor Farrow again pro- tested the spending of $4,600 for the storm sewer, claiming the situation was "not worth such a large expenditure." He complained about the ob- structions created by the lane - ways and fill placed on the east side of No. 4 near the river. He felt culverts should be constructed to allow the water to run along the ditches. Said Councillor Simmons sar- castically: "Sure, go ahead, make it as patchy as you like. Perhaps we could get a few frogs from the river to put in there in the summer time," Simmons agreed, however, that the $4,600 storm sewer was too costly a solution. It was suggested again that the water should go down An- drew St. to the river. Simmons, part-owner and de- veloper of the •R iv er view Heights subdivision south of George St,, reminded council that three years ago, when a drain was being put down An- drew St, for the subdivision, he had offered to put in larger tile to handle the runoff if council would pay :for the dif- ference in cost of the tile. Council had rejected this pro- posal, however, and the build- ing 'up of George St, stopped flow to the south, The town had placed a cul - Yule issue out Friday The annual Christmas issue of The Times -Advocate will be published Thursday night ,for distribution throughout the area Friday morning. It will contain a number of special features including a story, "Christmas in a Fall. out Shelter," especially writ - ton by Mrs. M. C. Fletcher for The Times-Adeocate. Stories and correspondence which' are not included in this edition will be Inserted in Fridayes paper. In this istue, merchants of - 41, readers a number of taste minute gift suggestions, Announcements , 11 Church Notices 11 Coming Events' ..... 11 Farm News •.„, .. .......... ,„ Feminine Fed's ........... 9 Sports , Want Ad $ ..„ „ ........ it ereeeeee..,..e,:e•eiee.e• •i ••• vert across Andrew St., on the north side of George, to allow runoff to flow to Main St. where it cut across the highway, undermining both George St. and the shoulders of Main St. at the intersection. Simmons offered to allow the town to hook up a small culvert across George St, into the sub- division drain to carry away the runoff to the south at a limited rate: If the culvert across Andrew was blocked, this would ,alleviate the Main St. problem. A pond might de- velop in the spring in the north- east corner of George and Andrew but it would not affect anyone there, he suggested. After further discussion, coun- cil decided to call in the engineer again. Plan new north main In a letter to council, Exeter PUC indicated it was consider- ing installation of a new water main to the north end of town to provide greater fire protec- tion, there. —Please turn to page 3 t74.717.4,z4.:7,7,1ZT'-Zw, T.A edition prcvice suggesiiIcns to hoppers 'for. Eighty -Eighth Year e 6teferZitnesabuocafe EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 20, 1961 Price Per Copy 10 Cents H�nsall council s.eek.s h el to find source oi gas lumes Inquest jury urges parking regulations A coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest at Zurich Monday, into the death of five-year-old Linda Miller, of Daahwood, who died December 1 after being struck by a car in front of the Zurich arena on November 25. The jury found the girl ran into the path of a motor ve- hicle driven by Alfred James Smith, Hensall. "The evidence indicates that the accident was unavoidable and no blame is attached to Smith," The jury recommended "that when any festivity or meetings were held at the Zurich arena that parking should be re• stricted to the lot adjacent to the arena and not in front of the arena." Joseph Miller, the child's fa- ther, testified that his daughter was on the north side of Main Street and that his wife and several children were in the car on the out side of the street, The mother had called forthe child to return to the car when she was struck down by a car driven by Alfred Smith, 54, in- surance agent of Hensel, PC Donald Westover, of • More breakins heard the impact on lake shore and saw the little girl fall to the pavement. Russell Oesch was parked in Exeter OPP are investigating four more breakins to cottages front of the arena. when he heard a scream and saw the along the Lake Huron shore north of Grand Bend. Miller car pass and come to a Two summer homes in Oak.' sitGP• wood P'ark broken, into last week --owned by R. M. Ivey and. J, P. Ivey, both of Lon- don—were again entered and articles stolen, including a radio and wearing apparel, Exeter, described being sum- moned to the scene of the ac- cident at 11:23 p.m. and found the child lying on the pave. milt. He interviewed the mo- ther and was informed that Linda had been playingwith children on the other side of the road and was summoned to return to the car when the ac- cident occurred. Alfred Smith, driver of the death car, stated that he and Mrs. Smith had been at the Zu- rich hotel from about 9 p.m, to 11 o'clock and was returning home when the accident took place. He was travelling about 20 miles an hour and did not see the child until she was from 5 to 6 feet away and then he felt a bump and knew he had struck something, During the evening he had consumed three bottles of beer. Mrs. Margaret Smith corro. bated the evidence of her hus- band. She stated that she had not seen the child before the accident but realized from the impact that they had struck something, but did not know what it was. She confessed to drinking three bottles of beer. Alfonse Grenier, of Hay Town- ship, was standing in front of the arena talking to some friends. He ,saw the Smith car Two cottages in Cedar Park, north of Oakwood, have also been entered, and a number of appliances stolen as well as a TV and radio set, Owners are George Campbell and 0. W. Durdin, also of London. PC's Harry Reid and George Mitchell are continuing investi- gations. Chairman resigns from planning body Elmer D, Bell, QC, chairman of the year-old Exeter Planning Board, submitted his resigna- tion to council Monday night. The lawyer said that he fear- ed his position would bring about conflicts of interest and that he did not have the time to contribute to the board, Ile indicated, however, "that I am personally in accord with the aims of the planning board and such preliminary decisions as have been made up to this time", Mr. Bell's resignation.follow- ed preliminary negotiations be- tween the planning board and an oil company over the loca- tion of storage tanks which the latter wishes to construct: In town. Since he was acting for the oil company, he said he could not sit with the planning board in further deliberations. "I have had to reconsider my position on the planning board and I can now see that it was a mistake for me Lo agree to serve," Mr. Bell said in his let- ter, "because I am afraid it is constantly going to bring me into conflict of interest in re- spect to clients who may have interests which are contrary to the views of the Planning Board in what they wish to accomp- lish," "Further than this, my time does not permit; me to give the planning hoard the benefit of at much time as I should con- tribute." The lawyer's resignation was accepted by council. Fire razes GB home A community wide drive has been set up in Grand Bend, to secure clothing, money and other living necessities for Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jewer and their • three children, who lost all their belongings in a fire, Saturday, The fire, which broke out about 3:00 p.m., completely gutted their two-bedroom cot- tage near the Hay Municipal Telephone office, and the couple lost all their belongings, The house was owned by Mrs. Frederick, London, and loss was estimated at $3,500 by fire chief Lawrence Mason. He said the cause of the fire appeared to be an overheated oil burner. "It got quite a start on us", he said, "although,it only look us about three minutes to • answer the alarm." The fire- men Managed to confine the flames to the inside of the house, saving the building. Mr. Jewer was home alone at the time. His children were playing with neighbors and his Wife was working in London. The couple has been moved into an apartment owned by Bill Glenn, and they are pre- sently looking for an apartment in London. The fund committee, headed by Buss Clark, hope to raise enough money to provide rental .(or the couple, for a short period. eiMeseefer PC Harry Reid told of exa- mining the car and found it in good mechanical condition. Both constables and witnes. ses declared that there was no evidence that Smith had been drinking and that he had not been travelling fast. The jury comprised Harold Stade, foreman; James Park. ins, Howard Klopp, Milford Do- err and Elroy Desjardine, Two winners this Saturday Mrs, Alvin Baker, RR 1 Exe- ter, won the fourth "Share Christmas" prize S aturday night. She receives $50 dash and will sponsor an underpri- vileged child for the next year. There are two final draws this Saturday night for $200 and $100 cash awards plus the sponsorship feature for each winner. Exeter stores will be open Thursday, Friday, and Satur- day nights to accommodate last minute shoppers Hensall council were told by their reeve, John Henderson, Friday that Huron C o u t y health officials had been asked to visit the village in an ef- fort to determine the source of either oil or gas that is ap. parent in several drains. He said that he and clerk, Earl Campbell, had contacted the Goderich office after re- ceiving a letter of complaint from Mrs. Charles Wilson. The Hensell lady blamed the fumes emulating from her drain as the cause of an attack of pneu- monia, that confined her to a London hospital for five weeks, In a letter to council, she said her sickness hact been caused "by someone's care- lessness cif putting gas in the drains." She said the same con- dition still exists in her house. "There has been a lot of buck passing and it has gone far enough," she, said. She said she would write health officials herself in an effort to get ac- tion on the situation. "I don't think anyone is try- ing to pass the buck," reeve Henderson stated. "We tried to find it," Councillor lvlinnie Noakes re- ported she thought the odors were getting better in the Wil- son house. "I called the fire chief and told him if there was a fire hazard in town he should look into it," she stated, "but apparently he never." "People have been putting up Loss over $10,000 in Usborne barn fire Eire Chief Irwin Ford, esti- mated loss at between $10,000 and $12,000 from the blaze which razed the barn of Roger Marchand, concession two, Us - borne township, Saturday' night. Destroyed with the building were 11 sows, some with lit- ters; 50 chunks between 100 and 150 pounds, a cow and a calf, as well as 2,000 bales of hay and the summer crop of oats. Exeter firemen, working with the new mutual aid truck, were able to protect the house which was showered with live sparks, fanned by a strong northeast wind. A small blaze which did break out in one of the gable ends was quickly ex- tinguished by the brigade, "Fortunately," said Chief Ford, "there is a slate roof on: the main part of the house and a tin roof on the back, The sparks couldn't do much dam- age." The farm, formerly owned ley Gordon Heywood, town, was purchased about two years ago by Mr. Marchand, an unmar- ried Belgian immigrant about 30 years of age. He lived alone in the house, Marchand told neighbors he had been in the barn about 3:30 but noticed no signs of fire at that time. He worked in the bush at the back of the farm until about 5:30 and when he returned, spotted smoke com- ing from the barn. Inside, the barn was filled with smoke but there were no flames. He ran across the road to the house of neighbor Mel Reed to give the alartn, By the Lime lie - returned the building was ablaze. The barn measured about 40X 70, Farm machinery in the yard was moved to safety. The large blaze could be seen for miles in the clear, cold night and it attracted hundreds of spectators whose cars congested the concession road. Firemen stayed at. the scene for three hours, and soaked the back part of the house before returning home about 9 p.m. Former Owner Gordon Hey- wood reports the barn was erected about 65 years ago and the farm was originally owned by his grandfather, John Hey- wood, who moved to this com- munity over 100 years ago. The brick house was built in 1901 but the frame section is over a century old. with this since November 11," she said, "They sure have more patience than I have." Still a mystery Council still have no 'idea where the source of the odors is, and aren't sure whether it is gas or oil. Several drains have been checked by town em- ployees, Ernie Davis, but no explanation has been given for the oil or gas Health officials were to visit Hensel', Monday, but reeve Henderson told The T -A, Time - day, that they had still not ar- rived to carry out a search for the source. One applicant Council received only one 'ap- plication for the position* of clerk, treasurer and assessor, to fill the vacancy of the, re- tiring clerk, Earl Campbell. Retiring councillors, J o h n Lavender and Lorne Hay, pas- sed a motion to file the appli- cation until the new year. "I think the new council should have their proper say in the matter," Lavender commented. The applicant was to be not- ified of council's decision to postpone action until January. Following a request from' the Hensall Legion, council voted to donate an old machine gun to the local club to place in their rooms. The gun was presented to the village following World War 1, and has been in a shelf in the clerk's office for a number .of years. "Your cusLomers .arenet that tough that you need it?" John Lavender joldngly 'Asked clerk, Earl 'Campbell. "I wouldn't know how to use. it anyway," Campbell ans- wered. Shelved again Council decided to ehelve a request from the Hensall PUC for permission to erect new street lights on the main street and move some of the present ones. They had turned down the re- quest at the last meeting be. cause the PUC had failed to let them know what cost was in- volved, and reeve John Hen- derson had left a letter at home that was to have been pre- sented at the Friday night meeting. In other business, at their final meeting, council: —Please turn to page 3 Direct dam dispute to be aired by mad A municipal board order made last week indicates the arguments over the appoint- ment of municipal costs toward the million -dollar Parkhill dam will be conducted by mail. The order directs three ex- changes of letters between the municipalities involved during the next month in which the claims of the appellants and the defence will be set forth in writing. A letter from the authority's lawyers—Ivey, Livermore and Dewier, London—was sent to watershed municipalities out- lining the board's order. The board orders the three appellants — Parkhill, Bosan- quet and Stephen — to deliver to each other -participating municipality, to the authority 4eeeeee'•"" eeNeee, eke: • eie,0114„,„emeliee:, eteeee eeei, taeau, . . , . PERFORM AT SHDHS—These pretty lassies, in their gray costumes, are just one of the many dance routines Which will be presented at StlpHS annual ili.Tinie Review this Thursday and Priday. The well- balanced program Of glee clubs, quartets, skits and drama ig expected to be witnessed by sell.out crowds at both perforinances The Charles. ton dancers above are: left to right, Ruth Miller, Sharon McBride, prances Johns, Heidi Schroeder, r) min Marshall, Doris Pepper, Anne Hockey, Shirley Johns, Anne Marie 'PPM/6 and Judy Snelgrove, Athletic and academic awards wffl also be presented at the annual commencement exercises, ,• , .R. v. 1/ 1-x. 44^ ,14 DA photo and the board by Dec, 23, a statement of claim giving par- ticulars of: "(a) Grounds of objection to the apportionment of benefit made herein, "(b) The facts and circum- stancea existing or anticipated that will be advanced or estab- lished at the hearing in sup- port of objections, and "(c) Any point of law intend- ed to be argued." The board further direets that the authority and each of the participating municipalities who wish to, "shall within le days after delivery of such claim deliver to each other participating municipality and to the authority a statement 01 defence giving particulars of: "(a) Reply to the objections made. '(b) Facts and circemstancee existing or anticipated whieh it is intended to advance or estab- lish at the hearing in answer to the objection or in support of the apportionment made and, "(e) Any point of law to be argued," Following that, the appellant municipalities will have 10 days to file a reply to the detelite. The lawyers who will take part in this exchange of letters include the following; E. J. it. Wright, QC, and L, C. Winhold, Londoit, acting for the a uthority; 8. 13, Webb, London, ACtinX for Exeter, Hensall and 1,Th bane; timer i,t ell, OC, acting foe, &Obeli; James M. beithelly, 6ode, rich, acting for Parkhill; . R. J. Lemon, QC, acting for West Williains; w. R. Bilehner, London, act, ing for West Williams; Earl Slater, QC, laondeile tor McGillivray etid Bleheliardt Ralph D, Steele, QC, Chet* tate, for BosAnquet. No date has been tot for a hearing following the exchange of arguments, •,4..-efeeee.$egre-eltellee.eteeeeilee,e'seie-,Xs,elt'talt,tetleee.eee.;,•...eir teelee,