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EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 22,, 1962 Price Per .Copy .cents
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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
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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.
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find if
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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:.
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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