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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-03-22, Page 1exeferi ..:Itnesakwocafe: ighty•Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 22,, 1962 Price Per .Copy .cents ,lesesensasse Crash kills couple Former area residents Mr. and Mrs, Milton. Young died from injuries received in this accident neat' London Sunday night. The couple, travelling home from a visit with friends in Exeter, struck an army bus parked on the side of the road because of mechanical difficulties, Mr. and Mrs. Young both were thrown against the windshield of their car, photo ssalts •se:sk:."sse, . • Twins like. Iamb cake Twins Judy and johnoy) childroh. o.f Mr, and Mrs, Gerald Mason, DasitiWn0d, 'colobvatdd 'Choir sixth birth= .day M'Alich 1,2 with. Oa uniquo, birthday .tak :in the ash -. ajaiiib, "Cho aro .tho grandehildron of Mr, and MS, Leanne Detjartlitioi Exotor ,and William Maaort„ Dashwood, ON QUEEN'S PR STAFF ... James Etherington Joins staff at Queens Mr. Ethcoington uho has been on the news staff of the Kingston Whig Standard is a native of Exeter and graduated from the, University of Western Ontario with the honours of arts degree in journalism in 12 1961. 19, lie is a former editor of 'the 19 University Of Western 4 rio's award-winning student ti t 12 newspaper The Gn2r,tte. and 16 served for three summers with • ,5, the public relations staff of the la in Canada and France, 7, 8, 4 achieving the rank of `lying. 14, 1$ officer. Mr. Etherington as Anted- 1 k new dutitas Mattis Announcements .. hurth Notices Coming Events Editorials Farm News Feminine Fads: . Hensall .... Lutan Sports Whitt Ads . Where to find if • . Average user pays $50. • Sewer charges include 4 mills On a .divided vote at a spes Whatever schedule of char- cial meeting Friday night, ges is finally decided upon,. and town coupcil .agreed ,to. charge there may be enanges yot,w property owners an average of not .eppie effect mita 1903, about $50.00 a year _for sew- However, the schedule must; erage service.. form part .of the A1.114111isSion: to the Ontario Municipal Board for its approval of the project, Stilt to" be clarified is the .connection charge for residen- tial properties which origin- ally were not espected to . be .allowed to tie into the system. Now that it has been deter- mined that residents on a number of streets will he able to connect., some changes in the financing may have to he A .lourdnill increase in he arranged, tax levy; No allowance was made in of 420 per, the original estimate for con- nections of the 120 or more the residential properties, which could amount to a sum of An impromptu twist contest was held on the, dancing plat- form. in the dining room at the hotel and five couples entered. and Exeter's Sandra Wainer and Bill Pollen were judged the winners by the audience. The previous night the couple were among 1.8 honored at the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity's for- mal for having been "pinned'' during the past year, Exeter's insurance company denies that the town is liable for damages sought by Pres- ton Dearing, Stephen township, who claims he has lost live- stock through pollution of the stream through his farm. The General Accident Insu- rance Co. says that any "for- eign matter" found in the stream might not necessarily come from Exeter and that there is no evidence that the This spring's sales season is one of the busiest in history, according to the listing of auc- tions currently appearing in The T.A. This week, as last, over 15 sales are detailed for the im• mediate f u t u r e Additional dates , have been ..established well into April. Dashwood auctioneer Alvin Walper, who is handling the majority of the sales, says he knows of no particular reason for this spring's rash. "We've had it like this be- fore but it was quite a few years ago. It just happens that way," he said, S Sales herald area spring Denies responsibility in pollution claims animals actually died from have some, merit"- drinking water from the Council could not agree on stream, interpretation of the solicitor's The company replied through letter. Members decided to. re- fits q agent, W. H. Hodgson Ltd., uest clarification of whether which turned the letter over to or not the town has any liabi- W. G. Cochrane, QC, the town Pity in this case above and be- solicitor, Mr. Cochrane inter- yond that of the insurance preted the company's findings company. Mr. Dearing has presented to council in this manner: claims totalling $900 to council "The company denies liabili- for the loss of a steer, some ty on the claim of Mr. Dear- sheep, and the failure of some ing, mainly on the ground th a t ewes to conceive. The stream the body of water in question ewes hi s farm is an exten- heaa ssteirtry origin of eey oton‘ivl the n o sion of the Anne St. drain. Exeter and it is reasonable to assume that foreign matters could find their way into this stream in areas over which the town of Exeter has no control or jurisdiction, rash into army us, !strict couple killed Two former area residents, Mr. and Mrs. lVlilton Young, London, were killed by injuries suffered when their car slammed into the rear of a parked army bus on No. 4 north of London Sunday night. Mr. Young, 73, died shortly after the accident. His wife, the former Annie Lashbrook, died Tuesday morning in St. Joseph's Hospital, London. A double funeral service will be held for the couple Thursday afternoon at Lockhart's Funeral Home, Mitchell. „sem' "•"""" --""" sees 'Coachmen' pack 'ern in Non-users will $11.20 per year. This is hoW the schedele of charges adopted by council will affect a $2,800 assessment, said to be about the average residential assessment, for the town, The schedule, still to be ap- proved by provincial authori- ties, incledes: A frontage charge running foot; A one-third increase in water bill, for users only; An annual connection charge of $4.20 for, commercial pro- perties; Two object to mills Deputy-Reeve Claude Farrow and Councillor Ralph Bailey op- posed the adoption of the schedule on the grounds that the four-n:ill increase in the tax rate was too high. Objected Fa r m w: "This puts too much of a toad on the non-user. The people who are going to benefit from the sys- tem should be asked to pay more. Four mills on the tax rate is too much of a burden on those who won't get any di- rect benefit." He claimed the Ontario Wa- ter Resources Commission ad- vocated that the people who are connected should pay the bulk of the cost. "They would Prefer not to see any increase in the mill rate." He pointed out that previous proposals provided for less than a three-mill Increase, Would be prohibitive? Councillor Ross Taylor said the cost lo the participants would be prohibitive if the mill rate isn't raised. "People just couldn't afford to pay for it." Engineer B. M. Ross, who submitted three proposals to council, pointed out that the lagoon, pumping stations and. other costly components of the proposed stage one would also be used to serve the other parts of the municipality when the service is extended, For this reason, he felt all citi- zens should pay a percentage of the cost through the general tag levy. Councillors Wooden and Del- bridge moved that the sched- ule be adopted and they were supported by Reeve Fisher, and councillor Wright. Council- lor Musser was not present. Mayor Simmons indicated he approved the schedule, Members of the PUC who were present at the meeting— Chairman W. G, Cochrane, Commissioner R. E. Pooley and Manager H, L. Davis — also favored the sched ule adopted. Basis of schedule • The schedule is based on the following figures: Frontages — on Main St., 6,000 feet.; Marlborough, Anne and Huron, 4,350; William, 5,600; Andrew, 2,100; Gilley, 1,300; Senior, 750; Victoria, 1,300; a Loth! of 21,400 feet. With a rate of 420 per foot, this would raise roughly $0,000 annually. 0 n e hundred commercial connections at $4.20 each, or a 'total of $420.00 annually, One-third increase in the wa- ter bill for about 80 percent of the coMmerciat area who would Town council agreed to es- tablish this year the tree plant- ing program proposed by the PUC, Approximately 15 trees will be planted annually under the proposal, Hard maple and other varieties, which will not affect drains, will be purchased at an estimated cost of about $10 each, The PUC offered to assist with the administration of the program and the planting of the trees, it is expected that property owners will be asked. to assist by watering the plantings,. Split on permit Council approved by a vote of 3-2 the granting of a build- ing permit to Whiting Construc- tion for erection of a house at Name clerk chief officer Isf. H. G. Strang, Usborne township clerk, has been named chief officer of the Ausable a uthority,. He will succeed Freeman Hodgins of Parkhill, who has served in the dual capacity of both chairman and chief of- ficer for the past two years. Mr. Hodgins remains chair- man, As chief officer, Mr. Strang 'automatically becomes a mem- ber of the executive. He also will assume. certain duties laid down under the conservation authorities act. His responsibilities include the signing of expropriation orders on behalf of the author- ity. He has the authority to enter upon any property to secure levels and make other land surveys. He also must approve any assessment by a municipality on a restricted area within that corporation's limits. It is anticipated that the chief officer's duties wilt he required to some extent in connection with the Parkhill dam project, Mr. Strang becomes the third chief officer of the authority. The first was A. H, Richard- son, who headed the conserva- tion branch of the provincial government for many years. $9,000, If the property owners paid In Cash a flat fee, of' say $75, no borrowing for this amount would be required, If,. however, the cost of .connees. tiers would have to be carried. over the 30-yeas' period of the debentures, additional financ- ing would be negessary. AlthOugh. the property owner could save considerably over the period by paying the $75 cash, rather than paying the $4,2() per year over a 30-year period, some councillors felt that not a few owners would find it. difficult to raise the $75 in addition to the $100 to $150 cost of bringing their tile lo the property line for con- nection. Further consultations will he made with the OWItC to iron out these considerations, the corner of Riverside Drive (the curling club road) and Hillcrest St., the easterly road in Riverview Heights subdivi- sion. The permit originally was deterred because the house would extend to within five feet of the property line. along Riverside Drive, The, planning board, in its proposed zoning bylaw, suggests the side yard .setback on corner lots should be a minimum of 15 feet. Council felt this setback should be applied in this case, since it would affect new develop- ment to the east along River- side Drive, itW h i n g Construction re- turned Monday night with a new proposal which would set the house back 12 feet from the side property line, in ad- dition, Riverside drive slants to the south as it goes easter- ly, which helps to relieve the setback problem as far as the, lots to the east are. concerned. Bailey, Deibridge and Wright approved the permit; Wo den and Taylor opposed it. Reeve Fisher, who favored approval, conducted discus- sion on the question, Mayor Simmons, who is co-owner of the subdivision, vacated the chair and left the meeting be- cause of his personal interest:. — Please turn to page 3 ARCA CHIEF OFFICER , . Usborne's Strang The fifth member of the group is Doug Hardy, London, who plays the drums, A "natural" musician he has had little. ex- perience on the drums and doesn't even own a set, renting some for Saturday's perform- ance, The group was so enthusias- tically received that they have been hired for a return engage- ment this Saturday. Lacks evidence "The other ground for denial of liability is the matter of evi- dence in establishing the con- nection between the alleged pollution of the stream and the actual loss suffered by Mr. Dearing. In other words, the company is doubtful as to whe- ther or not technical or scien- tific evidence could be given to prove that the animal or ani- mals winch Mr. Dearing lost actually died as a result of drinking water from the stream., There may he supposi- tion in this connection but ac- tual evidence which would sup- port the. claim may be lack- ing completely". Mr. Cochrane said he person- ally felts that "the attitude of the company would appear to Holtzman, Also present was Engineer B. M. Ross, who outlined the revised route of the sewers behind the stores, A number of garages and other buildings will have to be removed to make way for the sewer lines. Lauds Hodgins in opera part Keith Hodgins, son of xtr. and Mrs, Kenneth Hodgies. Centralia, took one of the lead- ing parts in the Ryerson In. stitute of 'Technology 's "Beg. gar's Opera" last week in Tn. root°, The former SHDHS student played the part of MacHeath the charaater around which the pia centres, The Centralia stu- dent portrayed a bandit whose charms, stiffer defeat only be- cause the women who love him love Money More. Iohn Kraglund, a Writer for the Toronto Globe and Mail, gave the production Seine edit• elm but,,hAd this to say About Keith: ''The Ryerson produc• non is fortunate in having' Keith Hodgins. MaclItath for he nuts a handsome figure ..whether kilt or velvet:e , and he: has a pleasaut, pitched Wee." The opera was performed by members Of the Ryerson ()pots workshop, Grand Bend council signed Monday a new agreement for policing the summer resort, which results in substantial savings over the previous agreement: submitted by the OPP Commission. The contract calls for an expenditure of $8,400.00 for the village for year-round protec- tion, compared to the original proposal calling for $11,117.98. The commission will have absolute control of policing in the summer resort and has agreed to assign adequate .members in uniform and pro- vide them with. equipment to perform their duties. They . also will provide them with adequate automobiles and will pay the upkeep, The only other expenditure that will be carried by the vil- lage will be the cost of a part- time stenographer. from May 1 to June 10 and full-time from June 20 to September 30, They will also provide office space for the officers stationed in Grand Bend as well as of- fice supplies and a suitable place for police cruisers. Seek clarification sion to make sure that the part of the agreement that calls for the commission to pay the up- keep on the cars means the operating expenses such as gas and oil and service work. The new agreement will mean a saving of over $4,000.00 for Grand Bend, who in addition to facing the higher policing fig- ure had to pay for mileage and. the aceomModation of some of the officers as well as other abstract expenses that amount- ed to over $2,000,00. Consider painting Road foreman Weltwood Gill met with council at their re-, quest to consider painting the washrooms in the town hall. Gill pointed out that_ the ladies' washroom had been Boils victims were driven into the windshield of their ear when it struck the rear corner of the bus about 8:25 p.m. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Young were returning to their home. in London after having visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnston, town. PC Donald Cox, Lucan de- tachment, said an inquest will be held in London but the date has not been established. PC Cox said the bus had stopped because of mechanical difficulties. It had not run out of gas, as was previously re- ported. The vehicle was well lighted at the time, the con- stable reported. No. soldiers hurt Thirty-four members of the First Hussars Regiment, who were returning from tank firing practice at Meaford, were oc- cupants of the bus but none was hurt. Driver of the vehicle was Thomas Bates, 43, London. PC Cox said a portion of the army vehicle was on the tra- velled portion of the road be- cause. of the narrow shoulder. The right front corner of the Young car struck the left rear of the bus. Estimate of damage was over $800. The accident occurred about one-half mile north of No. 22 highway, opposite the entrance to Uplands subdivision. Second drive of the year The family reports it was the second time Mr. Young had driven his car since the begin- ning of the year, Monday, March 12, he had driven his wife to a birthday party in her honor at the home of her son, Mr. and Mrs. liM Young, Thames Road. Mr, Young, born in Eibbert painted three times during the previous summer to cover tip all the writing on the wall, "A week later you'd never know it though," he said. Council decided to inspect the building to see what could be done about the situation. A lengthy discussion was held concerning the purchase of a tractor to pull the new beach cleaner that will be. pur- chased by the Chamber of Commerce and the Ratepayer's' Association. A suitable outfit has been offered to them for $988.50 and they decided to take a look at it at a later date. James G, Etherington has been appointed to the staff of the Queen's University depart., meet of public relations, it was announced this week, township, homesteaded in the west from 1908 to 1926, and was married out there to the former Annie Lashbrook, who was born in Fullerton town- ship, Returning to this area in: 1.926, the couple farmed in the district until 1948 when, they retired to London. They were members of Mitchell United Church. Members of their family elude Frank, Byron; James, Exeter, and. Clifford, who pre- deceased them in June 1961; and eight grandchildren. Mr, Young is also survived by his brother, Rev. Harvey Young, Rosetown, Sask..; a half-brother, Lawrence Cum- mings, Clinton; and two halls sisters, Mrs. Hattie Murray, London, and Mrs. Ruby Dun- das, Glencoe. Mrs. Young is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Jack Ye°, Plenty, Sask, The bodies are. resting at the Lockhart Funeral Home, Mit- chell, Rev. Hugh Hunter of Main St. 'UC, Mitchell, will officiate at the service at 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 'temporary en- tombment will be made in the Woodland Mausoleum with bur• ial later in Woodland Ceme- tery, Mitchell. A 40-year-old Detroit, man, William H. Walper, has been charged with careless driving after his car struck a road grader and smashed into a parked car on No, 4 highway near Centralia Monday nights Police say Walper failed to see a flagman who was trying to warn traffic of the wet con- dition of the detour around a culvert under construction. The Walper car struck a large wheel of a road grader',. then veered into a parked car owned by Gerald McDonald, 25. Listowel, an employee of Lang- don Construction, The McDonald ear, valued at $1,800, was wrecked. The Wal- per car suffered $1,000 damage. Walper himself was treated for abrasions and minor eon• cussion at. South Huron Hos- pitAL He was released Tuesday morning. Farmer injured Philip Edgar Hartman, 54, RR 3 Zurich, suffered a broken toe and severe bruising when the tractor on which he was riding was struck from behind by a ear on No. 84, just %Veg. of Zurich, Hartman was standing on the drawbar between the tractor', driven by his See, Jerome R. Hartman, 16, and a Wagon. The ear., driven by Allan if, Brokenshire, 17. had been fol- lowing a second car easterly,' the same direction in which the tractor WAS travelling. The first car swung around the farrit vehicles but the Prtikenshir6 vehicle struck the wagon from behind. Damage totallod about $311 according to PC b. M. West' over, Milli St. coi tisiori Damage amounted to $00' when two vehicles collided on Main St.. near james,.. Titurt day afternoon. John Breginan, 1 Mee' sail, WAS travelling south when he wa.A stro:a. by a ear had , oat of the vat side .61 On Street, Operated by Mrs. Wilt MA Avery, 23, Lucali, Chief Cs H. MacKenzie •investigated, Pay about. Hear case on fatality Friday in London, Magistrate G. C. Marshman reserved judg- ment until March 30 on a charge ,of dangerous driving against .Michael Frances . Katie, 19, Of Windsor, involved in a fatal. accident on Highway 2 October 13. The groop started their music Kane, a student at Assump—as a hobby and for the enter- eon University, .was driver of tainment of themselves and a ear which collided With the their friends,. and Thursday's ear of Bruce Nairn, 19, Crom- practice was the first time they arty, had all been together at one Nelson Dow, 21, a paseenger time, Naire's car, was killed, and Bob Fletcher, Bob Remit Nairn and Katie Was severely And Don Taylor sing all the injured. group's numbers as they do not . Nairn testified he saw an- have a' lead instruments How- 0016" car coming towards him ever, F letcher renders the oc' on the wrong W side of the read casional solo on his banjo, ac' . when topped the. crest of a ternpanied by the Other two on hill near Glencoe, He said he their guitars. swerved to the right but the Because it looks anything other ear turned CO its left and but a illogical lriatruntent, Bill they Met Battens "gtitkucket' is the Peter Hayes of Chatham said novel instrument in the group. Kane's gar passed him earlier it is composed Of an inverted at 70 trifles an hour, wash-tub with, regular base Kane, 'Who appeared in court string suspended from the top on 'crotches, said he is a. the broom 'handle to tighten the member of, the Assumption golf of the. tub te„a hole in the ten- team and had been returning ire, of the:_ tub, from a dilate], at Toro*, Ile TheititteeMbet is used to re- denied he had,., been 'driving Semble ,hat.S violin as the quickly, 14d said. he is unable tones can ho altered by moving to rettietriber anything for the groom handle, to tighten the rtes Woo the iteeident until string to various degrees, the ante fie reeeVered cons of rises the handle end SeiOttaileaS At the Side of the Of A tooth brush strum the road, instrUnittitv be serviced; which would raise $2,317, One third increase in the water bill for about 60% of the 200 residential consumers who would be serviced, which The Hotel Imperial, Grand would raise $1,200; Bend,. was filled to capacity The four mills on the assess- Saturday night, mainly by Exe- ment, which would r a is e ter residents who were on hand $11,675, to witness the debut of "The Total r e v e n u e would be Coachmen", made up of four $24,600, which is the estimated Exeter musicians and one from amount. required for operating London. costs and debenture Payments. The dining room and the Ma- riners' Cove were filled to ca- pacity and owner Bill Urlin said it was the biggest crowd he has ever had in the hotel. The. CoachMen had sent their entry into the hotel for the ama- teur contest planned for the night, but after holding a re- hearsal at Grand Bend, Thurs- day, were asked to perform for the rest of the evening after the other acts were completed, They did three shows .And most of the patrons in both rooms stayed until dogleg time. Council joins PUC in tree-planting plan Group makes debut Continue work on store lanes Town and business officials met Tuesday night for further talks on the provision of lanes and parking behind stores when sewers are installed. Mayor Simmons and Reeve Fisher met with a special com- mittee of the. businessmen's as- sociation, chaired by Howard, decided to write the commis- However, the village council GB wins argument: gets police costs cut Form Baptist assembly here A newly formed Baptist con- gregation here will hold its first service this Sunday after- noon in the recently erected Bethel Reformed Church on Huron St. Rev, Martin O. Wedge, pas- tor of Wortley Baptist church in London, is chairman of the provisional executive of the local group. Other members . include Bruce D. Perry, Al- bert St., and Harold Smith, Carling St. Mr, Perry said this week the congregation is being started by six families who have been attending a Baptist church at Bayfield and one who has been going to St. Ma- rys. They have chosen the. name Emmanuel Baptist Church. Mr. Perry said a Sunday School also will be formed shortly. Evening prayer ser- vices are being held Wednes- day nights. Hits grader, wrecks car