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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-01-11, Page 1Area . officials mourn reeve essaboacafe EXETER, ONTARIO, ,,,ANPARY 11,190 Campbell returns as Mensal! clerk ppealing municipalities request „darn discussions.. decide on new equipment re- quired to enlarge the capacity of the disposal system at the canning plant, Plan EMO meeting has cost a considerable amount of money, I doubt " they would Council rejected the date of reconsider at this 'point." cy measures organization meet- "We can say goodbye to fed- January 11 for an area emergen- era" grants toward conserva , fag sponsored. by the new county through," he suggested. tion if this project f a 11.s co-ordinator, T. M. McDonald, in the meantime, more stater because it was too early in the year, merits of defence are being filed with the Ontario Muni- Deputy-Reeve Fisher was re- cipal Board by watershed m,uni- quested to discuss an alternate cipalities against the appeals date with the co-ordinator dui.- of Stephen and Bosanquet who ing the upcoming county- coup- have requested that their eli- cit session,. . locations be reduced by .50 per- The . co - ordinator proposed- cent. On the basis of the that a, number of area munici- original estimatest of cost„ the palities be invited to a joint Stephen share is $11,230 and meeting in Exeter, Bose nquet's $43,851. In the midst of, the legal arguments over assess= anent of Parkhill dam costs, Stephen and Bosanquet townships have invited municipalities in the ,Ausable watershed to discuss the project at a meeting in Crediton on Jan. 24. In identical letters to all area councils, Stephen and Bosanquet reeves said; "It has occurred to us that any further steps will involve a good deal of expense and 'that it might be a good thing for the various municipalities to get together and have a discussion on the entire situation," "Any discussion there will, dice and could not be. used. preju. cancel the project and this of course, be without could mean that the watershed Against any municipality i n would miss the opportunity to secure federal grants tewarcl, the darn. (The grants current- ly are restricted to a limited period. The federal gov't has. agreed to pay 371/2 percent of the cost. With the 'provincial contribution of 371/2 percent., the senior governments are presently iommitted to 75 per-. cent of the cost,) Exeter council agreed not to send official representation, al- though it ma.y send an obser- ver. Grand Bend and. Hensall have .agreed to send delegates, Usborne will study the ques- tion further. Field Officer S. T, McCauley said Wednesday the authority had not received an invitation to the meeting, nor had it been consulted about it. Authority chairman, FreeMan Hodgins, who is also a council- lor of the town of Parkhill, said he planned to attend the meeting in his capacity as coun- cillor and authority representa- tive for the town. "I will be there myself but I plan to say as little as pos- sible unless I'm called upon," he stated. "I don't understand the meeting at all, I feel all the ether municipalities are pret- ty well in accord with the pro- ject. After all the negotiation which has been done, which Option No. 83 land for industrial sites Members of Homo Coenty .council and town council will serve as tummy bearers toe dee' .(Thursday) for the Nee- ral of William J. McKenzie, 47, reeve of ENeter, who died ear- ly Tuesday mumble in Victoria Hospital, London, Funerel service will be eon , ducted in Main St. IX by Dr. S, Hilts, Assisted by Pr". It. G. MacMillan Oakville former Huron CAS director, Reeve McKenzie, active in bob county and town govern- ment for the past decade, stic- embed to hepatitis, a liver disease from which he had beep suffering for several weeks, The disease is not no- commie but is rarely fatal, Ile had complained of iil health during November and December, finally consulted his doctor just before Christmas, On Friday, Dec, 29, he was or- dered to South flue on Hospital, where he subseqeently devel- oped a semiconscious condi- Hon. On ran. 4, he was re- moved to London hospital where he was given no chance of recovery, despite efforts to reactivate his liver with intra- venous feeding of large doses of corisone, Mr. McKenzie was intimate- ly connected with Exeter's government during its first decade as a town, He became a councillor in 1951, placing third in the seven-man dee- Hon for the first council after the municipality was elevated om village status, He has served on council every year since, in November, he was acclaimed to his seventh year as reeve. County council in '52 In 1952, lie became deputy- reeve and joined county coun- cil. He served three years as deputy, limn became reeve in 1955, remaining in that capa- city ever since except during 1950, when he was defeated at the polls by Chester Mawhin- ney, He was subse quenily named a councillor, however, following the resignation of one of the members, in the 1961 election, he defeated elawhin- ney to regain his reeve's seat. At county council, he served on most committees, He was chairman of the property com- mittee for several years in- cluding the period the new county courthouse was erected. He was vice-president of the children's aid society, on which, he had served since 1957. He also was a former chairman of the agriculture committee, As a member of town coun- cil, he served on nearly every committee at one time or an- other. As chairmao of welfare during his terms as reeve, he spent countless hours on behalf of indigent persons. He was particularly active in the com- munity centres board, road and drain work and the ceme- tery board. The reeve was One of the principal proponents of sewerage for the town. As a municipal official, he attended many conventions dealing with government af- fairs, sonic of them at his own expense. Active in other work Reeve McKenzie was active in areas other than municipal work. He was immediate past increases A large, floodlit outdoor skat- ing rink is the newest addition to the winter sports facilities at the Pinery provincial park south of Grand Bend. Sup't Gar Myers said the rink will be open daily until midnight, when the floodlights are turned off. On. Fri d a y and Saturday nights, a member of the staff will tend a fire in the booth nearby to provide a warm re- fuge for skaters. Toilet facili- ties are provided. The superintendent said the rink is restricted to skating only. No hockey will be played on the surface. At the present time, no admission charge is being made. The park's popular ski hill and five toboggan runs are npetating, on weekends. A tow will be installed. in the near future. Meanwhile, under a winter works program, a staff of about 30 men from the district are making improveMents in the, park. The camping grounds are be- ing enlarged to accommodate another 250 sites, which will bring the total close to 1400. A major project will be the installatien. of sand pads in each of the camp slide, on which campers will erect their tents, The pads, ,Whieli will be roughly 16 by 14 feet in site, provide a more Comfort, able bete for tenting. A truck- load of, send. Will be requited fee each ofOf the 1400 cites. Size the group camping Fractures leg between cars Pets Les narian with Central Officer School, and one Of the most Ardent curlers at RCM' Sta- tion Centralia, Offered a corn- pound fracture of his leg, Mon, day, when, he was involved in a tar accident on the station,• Halliwell was standing be- hind his car When another auto backed into hilt, pinning his leg between the two bumpers. He was rushed to Westminster Hospital, London t by airibtij lance, where he is reported progressing favotably, Visibility, el tie to snow ktuallg, was 1W at the With Di the Mishap., president of the Mid-Western Ontarie Development Associa- tion, being epe qf the original members of this comparatively- new body. He was PreSident of Upton County Fruit Growers' Association and was host to its annual meeting this year, The reeve also was immediate past president of Exeter Agricultu- ral Society, and member of Moron Masonic Lodge, Hensall, and Exeter Lions Club. Although his education was restricted to public school, he recently paseed a correspond- epee municipal officers' course from Queen's thdversity, the only -person to do so who bad neither high school education nor had served as an appointed m it oicipe.i official. This achievement was typical of the diligenee by which he over- came his lack of formal educa- tion, lie was born on the third con- cession of Stanley township on, the farm which he owned at his death, His father was the late William McKenzie and his mother is Mrs. Hugh McLach- lan, Seaforth, who remarried after her first husband's death. After, completing school at SS 14, the reeve worked with his father until his marriage in 1940 to the former Ina Lam- pert, when he took over the farm from his father, who re- tired. He was one of the first Ontario farmers to sow Urban oats when the variety was de- veloped. He became trustee for SS 14 before it was amalgamated in- to the township school area. Erected grocery store In 1948, the reeve built a gro- cery store at the corner of Main and :Wellington streets, which he operated for 31/2 years before erecting beside it the — Please turn to page 2 Kongskilde 'Ltd., which is now established in the former North Land building on No. 83, has purchased the Salsbury building beside it, Manager Eric Gravlev announced this week. Hay clerk in hospital H. W. Brokenshire, Zurich, clerk of Hay township, is a pa- tient in St. Joseph's hospital, London, where be was hushed ,early Tuesday morning. Mr. Brok en shir e 's nose started to bleed about 4:00 a.m. and Dr. Gulens, Dashwood, was called, but could not stop the flow of blood. Mr. Broken- shire was then rushed to the hospital around 6:30 a.m. to have the attention of a specia- list. Fle lost considerable blood, hut was reported resting com- fortably, Tuesday night, by T rs. Brokenshire. campsites areas, principally for Boy Scouts, will be more than doubl- ed. Nine new areas will be established, augmenting the four already available. Sup't Myers also indicated two more walking trails will be established along which trees will be identified for,observers. The trails will be designed' for use without guides. Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, recommended to Huron Crown Attorney William Bushfield, Tuesday, that the evidence of two Grand Bend men be scrut- inized with a view to whether or not they committed perjury in , t here, The two, Richard Gill, 21, and Beverly Baxter, 35, appear- ed on charges of 'illegal posses- sion of alcohol .and their testi- mony did not agree with that given by Eric Tiedeman, 18, who faced a similar charge arising out of an incident in- volving all three, "They took the Bible in their hand and swore to evidence that was so much different that there could be no excuse for error,' the magistrate said, "Someone lied terribly under Oath", Tiedeman and Baxter both pleaded not guilty to the charge and Gill pleaded guilty,, but all three were found guilty, It was a second offence for all three and Baxter was fined 840,00 and costs or 10 days in jail. He was taken to Goderich when he could not, raise the money to pay the fine, Gill. Was fined $25.00 and costs and Tiedeman received a penalty of $15.00 and costs, Crown Attorney Bushfield commended a lighter penalty for Tiedemen and said, "I have a feeling this was the only man who gaVo me the truth, I have tO feel More lenient, and perhaps the sentence 'should be lighter than Would be the ease for a second offender under normal cireuenstanees" He Was given 14 day s to pay Iris fine! ,although. Magistrate Hays pointed out that lie , rare- ly did this in cases of this tiattire. The trio was APPrdietitkd OPP Constables Hank Reld f MOURN. TGIW.f4 REEVE William McKenzie "MR. POPPY" DIES . . Fred Wells The two properties give the Danish firm control over the two modern highway buildings as well as to a considerable amount of ground. Mr. Gravlev said the exact use 'of the Salsbury building has not been determined but it's expected that offices will be moved there and the North Land building will be used for assembly. The manager indicated that, with bright sales prospects, the company may begin manufac- turing much sooner than it oringinally estimated. "We believe the year ahead. will he an excellent one," Mr, Gravlev said. "Our sales Are going fine and all indications are, encouraging." At present the company has 1,100 units of cultivators and drag harrows at its plant, as well as other machines. It has six salesmen on the road—three in Ontario, two Quebec and one in the United States. To fill vacancy by appointment Vacancy in town council brought about by the death this week of Reeve William J. Mc- Kenzie is likely to be filled by council appointment, accord- ing to the regulations in the municipal act. Council will choose a new reeve from among its mem- bers and select a person to fill the council post which would then be vacant. In the case that Deputy- Reeve Fisher is named reeve, it might involve three appoint- ments—one to reeve, one to deputy-reeve and one to coun- cil. Exeter, and Constable Balls, Goderich, after a second cruis- er in the chase, driven by Constable George Mitchell, ac- companied by special constable Ernie Gross, Grand Bend, had become stuck on the beach at Grand Bend while chasing Gill's Volkswagen. The two police cruisers were patrolling the Grand Bend area on a special investigation of cottage break-ins at Oakwood Park, when Reid and Balls spotted the Volkswagen car near the beach without any lights on. The pair, who were patrol, ling in an unmarked car, radio- ed to Mitchell Ito investigate, Mitchell spotted the car as it drove onto the beach and he gave chase until his car be- came mired in .a ditch about one Mile north of Grand Bend, eeeelekeenfireateeMeenegetreeterMea Open hotel at 'Centralia Dufferin Hotel at Cent , rails celebrates its official opening this Friday night, Stories end pictures of the remodelled and redecorated hotel appear on pages 6 to 10, Announcements 18 Church Notices 18 Coming Events 18 Editorials 4 Farm Ne*s 11 Feminine Fedi IS Hensall Lucan „. 17 Sports ... If, 14 Went Adt „ ..... 16 Hari Campbell, who resigned es clerk, treasurer and assessor at Hensel], following the De- camber election, was persuaded into returning to his post at council's inaugural meeting, Monday. Campbell had been asked to reconsider his decision earlier, but had stuck with his original intentions to retire. However, only one application Vets salute 'Mr. Poppy Exeter's "Mr. Poppy" — Al- fred Edward Wells, 87 — was buried Tuesday afternoon un- der the Union Jack, Six of. his first world war comrades in the Exeter Legion held the flag over his casket as it was interred in the local cemetery following ,last rites •in. the Hopper -Hockey Funeral Home. The Legion padre, Rev. Bren de Vries, conducted the service. Mr. Wells died Saturday in Westminster Hospital, London, having been admitted the pre- vious day after suffering a heart attack and a fall near his home. A first war veteran, his de- votion to the Legion cause was exemplified- by his outstanding sales of Remembrance Day poppies for many years, which earned him the title, "Mr. Poppy." He was born in Birmingham, England, in 1874 and came to Canada at the age of 13 years, On, Nov. 24, • 1897, he married Caroline Catherine Genttner of Dashwood in Zion Lutheran Church there. They lived for. 10 years Dashwood where Mr. Wells -was employed with the Dashwood Planing Mill. In 1907, they moved to Exe- ter and he was employed with the former Ross-Taylor Lum- ber Company here for many years. Mr, and Mrs. Wells cele- brated their diamond wedding anniversary in 1957. Surviving are four sons, Gor- don of London, Ernest, La- verne tad Nelson, all of Exe- ter; two daughters, Mrs. Pat (Goldie) Tyler, Dashwood, and Mrs. Lloyd (Verdun) Linden- field, Exeter; 14 grandchil- dren and 12 great-grandchil- dren. Legion. President Eric Hey- wood and Padre de Vries con- ducted a Legion service in the funeral home Monday night, following which a large num- ber of veterans placed poppies upon his casket. Pallbearers for the funeral were R. E. Pooley, Rufus Kee- tle, Clifford Brintnell, William Cutting, Norman Norry and Reginald Knight. on the beach. He informed the other two officers of his plight and they drove north to Port Blake and spotted the car as it attempted to get up off the beach by driving up a sharp incline, Reid testified that the car was forced to back down the hill .and it turned north again on the beach. The OPP officers drov.s. to Tuetibull's Grove and noting that there was no place for the car to get up to. the highway, returned to Port Blake and walked up the beach. They found the ear, parked On the beach about half a mile was received for the position and council did not feel the man was suited for the job as lie had no clerical experience and no municipal experience, Council then asked Campbell to take the post again and he complied with their request. Aid Parks Board At their regular meeting, Monday night, council granted( the Hensall Paris Board $1,500.00 for repairs and instal- lation of equipment at the arena. George Parker, acting as spokesman for the group, sub-mitted a request for a new time clock at an estimated cost of $735,00, He also noted that it would cost the hoard appro- ximately $500.00 to fix the com- pressor which broke down re- cently, and that insurance in the amount of $600.00 was due, Councillor Harold Knight pointed out that a time clock was necessary because the pre- sent one was worn out. "It's Town council, at its inaugu- ral meeting Monday, agreed to request the Ontario Water :Re- seurces Cornmisison to proceed as quickly as possible with pre- parations for construction of stage one of the proposed sew- erage system. The action followed notifica- tion from the OWRC that par- tial approval had been given the plans. F u 11 ratification could hot be made, it explained, until approval has been re- ceived for construction of the lagoon on a Stephen townshipn site. A public meeting will be• required before this step can be completed. "I think we should ask the commission to take the fastest route in these negotiations," said Councillor Taylor. "We. should push them to get going." Mayor Simmons, too, felt, the town should indicate its desire to proceed as quickly as pos- sible. Other members of coun- cil agreed. Receive complaint Council officially received the complaint from Stephen town- ship concerning pollution of the Anne St. drain which flows west into a township creek. The notification came in the form of a copy of a protest to the OWRC, pointing out that several livestock drinking from the creek had died from poison- ing. Council debated the type of reply it should make to the township, with several members north and asked the three oc- cupants to get out. of the car. A search by Reid turned up three bottles of beer in the back seat. Reid said he returned to where the three were standing and asked who owned the beer. "What beer?”, Baxter re- plied, "In the cat", the officer stat- ed, "What car?", Baxter answer- ed, The three men were then in• etructed to drive south on the beach and stop at the cruiser in which Mitchell and Gross An awful schnozzle to play without a clock," he said. Councillor Minnie N o a le e s agreed with Knight, pointing out that "hockey is a big thing Here." Parker also told council that the roof at the arena would have to be fixed this summer and requested. council to do the work. He said that there were several leaks and during mild weather it caused a great deal of havoc with the water drip- ping onto the ice surface. lie said he thought some of the roofing had come loose. Council decided to wait until summer before taking action on fixing the roof. Raise salaries Council unanimously agreed to give two municipal officials substantial pay inereases, Uti• lity man, Ernie Davis, met with council and requested an increase of $500.00 per year over his present salary of — Please turn to page 9 pointing out that none of the nu- merous tests taken of the creek indicated serious pollution. It was noted that the proposed sew- erage system would divert the flow from the Anne St. creek into the treatment lagobn. The Stephen letter. said. it was "greatly concerned by the pol- lution which we believe is flow- ing into the drains of the town- ship from the Town of Exeter and' is said to have caused the death of at least three cattle and two sheep over the past two years". it requested the .OWRC ."to investigate and if .pollution is found in this -location to take the ,necessary steps to: (1) Take action to give immediate relief to the problem and, (2) insure that this situation does not recur in the future". Instruct committees Two committees were in- structed to take prompt action on pressing problems. The police and fire dep't corn- rnitttee was asked to bring in an early recommendation for the establishment of telephone systems for both services under the new dial system which will be inaugurated Feb 18. This committee w a s also asked to review the police or- ganization, The sanitation committee was instructed to arrange an imme- diate meeting with PUG, Cana- dian Canners Ltd. and an irri- gation firm representatives to were stuck. Baxter, who was tried first on the charge, told the court that he had no knowledge of any beer left in Gill's ear, He Admitted that he had been drinking earlier in the evening in a Grand Bend hotel and also said he had one swallow out of a beer given to him by Tiedeman. "I was terrifically surprised to find there was some left in the car", he said, "I suppose it made you real- ly worried when you found there was a bottle of beer in Please firt) to page 9 Exeter Industrial Develop- ment Corporation has 14 acres of land under option for industrial and commercial sites, Chairman W. G. Cochrane, QC, reported to town council during its in- augural meeting Monday. He revealed the land is on the south side of No. 83 high- way, east of No. 4, owned by Reinhold Keller, "We have the privilege of purchasing any por- tion or all of the land for any firm which wishes to locate here," Mr. Cochrane explained. He said the corporation had been fortunate to secure one firm during its first year of operation and he hoped that more could be attracted in the future, Mr, Cochrane said a consid- erable portion of the Corpora- tion's funds had been spent to attract a New Jer s e y firm which eventually located in Brampton. The effort had not beeh in vain, however, he said, since the corporation had gar thered considerable informa- tion and experience in the ne- gotiations. "We have had 'excellent co- operation from council and from citizens during the past year and we hope that will con- tinue," he concluded. Financial report prepared by Treasurer Chester Mawhinney revealed, that some $150 had been spent for incorporation: $275 for travelling; $350 for a labor survey, $300 for brochure folders, $75 for receptions, and $25 for a slogan contest. Council agreed to make a fur- ther grant of $1,000 to the cor- poration for 1962. New planning member Postmaster Harvey Pfaff be- comes a new member of the year-old planning board, He re- ceived a three-year term, suc- ceeding Elmer. D. Bell, QC, who resigned. Former mayor R. E. Pooley also was named to the board for three years. Councillor Wooden will re- -Please turn to page 3 It should Improve Winter struck the area with a vengeance this week, bring- ing with it, freezing rain, hea- vy snowfalls, high winds and below zero temperatures: They combined to make tra- vel hazardous throughout most of the week, commencing last Friday- Friday and Saturday saw nearly two-tenths of an inch of freezing rain dumped on the area, turning roads and streets IMO skating rinks. The rain changed to stow, Sunday, and 5.8 inches fell according to fie gures compiled by the Met section at RCAF Statieit 'Care Witide averaging around. 37 MPH and gusting to 54 MPH Made visibility nil ,at tinieS,And caused considerable drifting, The Ii i g h winds continttert through Tuesday and Wanes- clay and, another two irides of snow fell. Teitinetetutee also dropped With the snow-fall, dipping to the season's low of five degrees. below tero on Tuesday night, Expect 'change The 'Met section forecast calls for an mid to, the nasty Whiter 'weather and tempera- titres arc expected. to rise con- siderably with the weekend. forecast calling for cetriparae tieely rearm and 'Clear Wea-i ther, Light S aturday is expected to fall on Saturday morning,. Pinery boasts rink Kongskilde buys second building Eighty-Eighth Year majasagagessrosommusg municipal bodies leek office. In the group abOvei from PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD INAUGURAL Secretary W. A. Hodgson administered the oaths of office to linen , berg of t xeter Public School board in one of many similar corethenies throughout the area this week, as onsider perjury charges against pair court" " We hope something can be worked out which will be financially beneficial and de. sircable to all of us." It's expected that Stephen and Bosanquet, the two appeal- ing municipalities, will at- tempt to persuade the other municipalities to drop the mil- lion-dollar plus project. At an earlier meeting of the two councils, it was agreed that an effort would be made to this end. Exeter's solicitor, W, G. ochrane, QC, asked for advice by town council, said he doubted if much could be ac- complished at the meeting and said the value of representa- tion would be questionable, He pointed out the apparent purpose was to postpone or Town requests haste in sewerage moves left, are Principal A. B, Idle, Clarence McDonald, Mrs, W, G, Cochrane, Wallace Selclon (Who Was re-elected chairman), Stanley Saucier, who conducted the devoi tional, It, M, Southcott, (re.appointed Vice-chairman), Ross Tuckey and Ray Prayne. photo Price Per Copy 10 Cents