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doctor tells hearing
greatly," he added,
"I wouldn't drink the water Sittedevant reported that (he
down town," he Stated, section east of the highway
He pointed out that Grand was the problem area and this
bend hAd only one industry, is whore most of the perman-
that Of. tourists, and if a set', eel residents
most.
"The situa-
ious epidemic over broke out lion is gradually worsening,"
beeatiae of the lade of safe he reported,
drinking water, the (Hilary Ks. eeoive 21 eblections would his gene.
De, Fred BoyeS,
'MOH 'for Grand Bend, was not
as semphatic in his report to
the board,. pointing out that
most pe'op'le do have a suitable
supply of Water.
However, he. Poifited Out that
due to the fad most people.
drew their water from Welk,
the hotels le Grand Bend lied
not been able to develop pro,
per StWage beds in te.ar of
contaminating the wafer sup-
plies.
He also repOried that the 4mouriornoliq
lack of Water would Make it Church Noticits
difficult for iskpansiati in the Corning . Event 19
Stintinee resort, especially EdifbrialS
the business district, NioWs ,, ..
Feminine Fa4ft . 14 koeyt CeinCertied Hensall
WAS one of the first persons
Reeve Bill Sturdevant, who c ucan •
iiilflate sports 'etio to btait aa wan
... i4„ Water supply, said Council was
teneettied over" the ii e al t 14,
Dr. E. A, McMaster, Grand angle and also the quantity of
Bend, told an Ontario Muni- water in the village.
eipal Board s hearing on the He pointed out that the
proposed $377,000 water system section west of the town hall
Thursday that the need was was situated on sand and most "imperative", people lied plenty of gOod
The local doctor told R. L, water but "I have my doubts
Kennedy, vice-chairman of the about; the rest of the murti
board, there had been consider- cipality,"
able stomach sickness in the "The amount of river water resort last summer and he felt .th a t is being used concerns me
the cause was the water.
Of the 21 written objections
received over the water Sys-
tem, only two aired their pro-
tests at the hearing,
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SHDHS QUEEN—A picturesque garden scene, complete with a wishing well, forms
a background for Mary Shaw, chosen queen at the annual, At-Home dance at
SHDHS, Friday, The garden scene was just a part of the beautful spring decorations
used in the gymnasium and Mary at least can attest to the reliability of the wish-
Town won't operate
its sewerage system
WINS AWARD—E. 3. Nor tn.
triton, son. of Mr, and Mrs.
B. Norminton, Hensall has
been awarded a $2,400 Na-
tional Research Council schol-
arship through which he will inspector Robert. P. Kauf-
study for his doctorate degree m an , of the fire marshall's
district office in at the University of Toronto,
He won his first. NRC scholar-
London, has
made no announcement con-
Ship last year and is corn- sensing his investigation into
plating his master's qualifica- tions at UWO in applied ma- the Silco Store fire in Hensall
Thursday.
thematics. He is one of 50 Thy,
Western Ontario residents to inspector spent five
receive the award, hours Monday combing the
damaged building in an at-
tempt to discover how the
blaze started. His investigation
is continuing.
The fire, which threatened
an entire business block in the.
village, was extinguished by
volunteers of three, brigades
from Hensall, Zurich and Ex-
eter,
Using as ninny as seven
hoses, they 'poured hundreds
of gallons of water into the
structure to prevent the blaze
from spreading,
Fire Chief Byron 'Doc"
Kyle, Hensall, said the fire
began near the top of the stairs
at the back of the second
storey, From there it moved
into the rafters and merchan-
disc of the top 110017,
The fire chief revealed the
investigation by the fire mar•
shall's office had been request-
ed by an unnamed insurance
adjUSter.
Owner Mason Silver, Toronto,
who had been al, the store dur-
ing the afternoon, was on his
way back to the city when the
blaze was noticed,
Silver said this week that
his damage would execed $50,
WA, He, was critical of the
way the blaze was fought.
"The fire was belittled 100,;,
wrong," he stated. "It. Mild
have been Out out with a fire
extinguisher: it was discover.
eel shortly after it started, I
understand, instead, they Made
a inaiee fire of it, cutting
holes in the roof and breaking
all the windows."
Thera Was more water dam
a ge (Imola fairs than fire dam ,
age upstairs, he said.
A part time employee in the
store, Mrs, 1J, I. .Davis, Said
the smoke Was so heavy she
couldn't got near the origin of
the blare shortly after if was
116ticed,
She. Said •filek DrySsiele, ftil
the hardware a CNIA8 the street,
netted the smoke and called
Students' title crowns
co-ed's HS activities
Exeter's pretty Mary Shaw plans to enroll in the honors
was crowned students' queen history course ,at the Univers-
at the annual SHDHS At-Home ity of Western Ontario.
dance Friday.
For the 18-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, George Shaw
the crowning put 'the "finish-
ing touch" nn her busy life in
sports and student functions at
the school.
It was the first time in
seven years the students had
given the honor to a grade 13
student and put an end to the A small garden was set up
three-year reign of grade 12 in one corner and proved a
candidates, Although many of popular spot for picture taking.
the queens have gone. on into The garden contained imita.
grade 13, another Exeter girl, lion flowers and a small wish-
ing pond complete with 'run-
ning water.
The other candidates and
their escorts were: Sandra
Snider and Tim Gratton, Gail
Farquhar and Dale. 'Purvey.,
Ruth Miller and Bob Graham,
Jude Snelgrove and Frank Zu-
hal, Anne Marie Rowe and
Howard Rannie, Heather Mc-
Connell and Dean McKnight,
Pat Crosby and Bill
Mary Jane Hoffman and Bob
Johnson, Linda :Ha yter and
Art Mull a rd.
Each of the contestants and
the queen was presented with
a gift by members of the
student council.
Plan to go north
with furniture
Active life Exeter Furniture Limited is
Mary has been active in all currently working an an order
student functions since. con- of church furniture to be in-
mencing her high school. edu- stalled at the, Guy Indian Resi-
cation and has been a member. deatial School, Guy in
of five of Miss Seigner's northern Manitoba.
Perthex champion volleyball The school is about 20 miles and basketball teams. from The Pas, Manitoba, which
The popular young miss is north of Lake Winnipegosis, referees many of the exhibition and almost 500 miles north-
games the local juniors play, west o f W' • mmpeg h y road. and participates in track and Installation has to be made field events. by the Exeter firm, and D. Last year she served as s ,s,„ (4„., is planning on secretary of the student coati- "' """""* motoring out west to do the in ell after holding the treasurer's • jo b on the paper staf f the year stallation work on the furni-
before.. An accomplished pian- t
ist, M ary sings in th e glee Mrs. McCaffrey wilt be ac-
club and. performs in. drama companying her husband on.
and verse speaking. this long trip into the rugged
Active al. Caven Presbyterian northland, and. they hope to
Church, she teaches 'Sunday bedoig psroonviine cels offorourbinegee the
School, sings in the choir and."western
is a member of thR y oun g turning to Exeter. Both Mr.
women's group. and Mr's. McCaffrey had lived
Following her graduation she riniagtehe west before their mar-
The contract was called and
awarded by the Department of
Citizenship and immigration,
which looks after the Indian
affairs in the north,
^f,
Discovery of theft of almost broken into in the same area.
5000 worth of household articles according to police.
from two Lake Huron cottages From the home of Airs. Aucl-
river the. weekend brings to rey Spencer, London. thieves
more than 30' the number of took a vacuum cleaner, stereo
break-ins which have occurred record player, electric heater,
in cottage subdivisions over rug, 12 wool blankets, towels,
the winter, hedsheets, face cloths and sim•
Police estimate total loss to liar articles.
date of more than $2,000. Taken from. the home of Miss
Many other thefts may not Barbara Grainger, also of Lon•
have been reported yet he- don, was another vacuum
cause owners have not checked cleaner, e heater fan and bed
their premises since last fall. pillows.
Two hreakins found over the Investigations by police this
weekend took place in the Ce• winter total In in Oakwood
dcrbank subdivision, north of subdivision, seven in Dennm-
No. 83 on 21. Several other me Beach and six in Cedar-
cottages appeared to have been hank.
Seek councils' help
for Dashwood centre
Dashwood organizations. an-
xious to erect the community
centre for which they have
been working over a number
of years, are seeking the co.
operation of two township coun-
cils to get the project: under
wa,V.
Dashwood Men's Club and
fire brigade., who have joined
believe, they can start, imme-
forces on 'the $20,000 project,
diately if they secure the $5,000
grant available from the. pro-
vince and contributions of
$1,500 each from the townships
of Stephen and Hay,
To qualify for the provincial.
grant, the property must be.
vested in the. name of the
townships through a joint
agreement. The, agreement is
now being prepared for appro-
val of the township councils.
Councils held a joint meeting
on the project; two weeks ago
and both have held. separate
discussions since. Stephen
council has agreed to do what-
ever Hay township decides,
Hay discussed the proposal at
its meeting last week but post-
poned decision until a future
meeting,
The Dashwood groups are
prepared to accept responsi-
bility for maintenance and ope-
ration of the building hut they
require the. official backing of
the councils in this connection
to he eligible for provincial as-
sistance.
Sees no difficulties
Stephen's deputy-reeve,,lim
Hayter, who is also co-chair- The cause of the airplane
man of the. community centres crash which killed one. Cent-
project, told The Times•Advo- relic flying instructor and
cate 'this week he foresaw no seriously injured and burned
difficulties raising the funds another is still unknown, but
for, the building if provincial F/L Harry Mathes, public
and township support is se- relations office r, squelched
cured, rumors that the men were
"We already have more than performing aerobatics when he
$5.000 raised, including the site reported they were. on a rou-
and we have been promised tine. flight,
F.'0 substantial donations to make
The town won't operate its
$267,000 sewerage system when
construction is completed.
Council learned Thursday
night that the OWRC — not
the (own — will operate the
system for the first 30 years
at least.
This came as a surprise to
members of town council. They
were well aware that the com-
mission would act as the town's
agent in getting the system in-
stalled hut they were under
the impression that the. coms
mission would turn the system
over to council when it was
completed,
Council's concern was at
least partly dispelled by En-
gineer B. M. Ross, who indi-
cated the commission would
give, careful consideration to
any requests made by the town
in connection with the opera-
tion of the system,
The engineer also pointed out
that the operation and main-
tenance of the system was not
a major task He said he had
allotted about $4,500 a year for
maintenance in the estimates,
and that .some person would he
employed to cheek the opera•
tion of the pumps daily,
Add Thomas street
Town council also learned
that the OWRC would permit
connections to the system on
Two teachers
hired by board
The Exeter Public School
board hired two new teachers
this week to fill the vacancies
Ieft with the resignations of
Miss Betty Goalie and Gary
Bryant.
Mrs. Earl Moore, widow of
the late Padre Moore, RCAF
Centralia; has been engaged to
fill one position, while Don-
ald Tremeer, Seaforth, has ac-
cepted the other,
.the Thomas St. drain, as well
as the previously approved
drains on Gidley, Victoria and
William Streets.
Council passed bylaws bind-
ing the agreement between the
town and the water resources
commission on the construc-
tion and operation of the sys-
tem.
Council alsopassed a reso-
lution confirming that "the cost
of providing service connec-
tions shall he horn by the
owners of the lands to which
such connections are provided
and such cost must be paid in
full at the time the C01111110^
tions are provided",
Owner's cost $200
It's estimated the flat fee
will be, $75 for each hookup,
which will extend service to
the property line. 'Each owner
will he responsible for bring-
ing his own tile. to the proper-
ty line, cost of which is esti-
mated al an average of about
4125. Houseowners thus will he
required lo pay a total of about
$200 for connection.
Other resolutions and bylaws
passed by council confirmed
the rate of charges approved
by council at a previous meet-
ing. This includes a one-third
increase in water rates a
frontage charge of 42 cents
per foot, and a four-mill levy
on the assessment,
Councillor Ralph Bailey, who
favors adding more laterals to
the system if they can be fi-
nanced through current. reve-
nue, questioned the engineer at
length as to the capacity of the
system. Ross indicated that an
additional pump would be re-
quired at the river 'pumping
station and more pond area
would he required to handle
any great increase in connec-
tions t.o the system He said
each proposed lateral would
have to be studied individually
to determine how it would af-
fect the system,
Eighty
Bill MacKinnon, Hensall, es-
coiled the queen at the dance.
Spring theme
The gymnasium al the school
was gaily decorated in spring
colors with a large Maypole
set up in the. .centre with
streamers running to it form-
ing a false ceiling.
ing —T-A photo Joan Thomson, was the, • last
queen crowned while a 'mem-
ber of the graduating class in
1955.
Once again, the students'
choice was a well-kept secret,
known only t.o Lloyd Hender-
son and Doris Schwartz until
student council 'president Peg-
gy Goddard opened the, sealed
envelope t.o divulge the winner
at midnight.
However, Mary confesed she
had a hit of an idea that she
had won 'previous to the. an-
nouncement. "Every time I
went; by Mr. Henderson he gave
me a funny smile," she. said.
But, when the winner was de-
finitely known she. threw her
hands up to her face and was
as elated as any queen has
ever been. "All T can say is
thanks," she told the large
crowd on hand to witness the
ceremony.
Says fire damage
exceeds '50,0.00
to her as she was on her way
home. Harry Horton, husband
of the operator of the store,
came down with the key to
the -front door but -they couldn't
get near the back stairs, Mrs.
Davis said.
Silver was preparing to close
out his business, since the
building has been sold to
Scholl, of Scholl's Market, the
store to the west, There was
some smoke and water damage
to the . second storey of the
Scholl building.
Fink's Plumbing and Heating,
the stars to the West, was pre'
lected by a„fire wall.
Four men donned air packs
to get inside the smoke-filled
building, They were Bill Fuss
and Wilmer Ferguson ,of the
brigade and Gary
Middle-UM and Ray Smith of
the Exeter department.
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up the balance", he said.
He also indicated the main-
tenance cost should not be a
problem, once the building is
erected. "With the number of
organizations who will use. the
hall, and the activities which
we will he able to sponsor
with the facilities provided,
we Teel there ;should be no
problem in meeting the ope-
rating costs year after year."
The two Dashwood men's
groups got together at' the
first of the year to seriously
tackle the project. The corn-
munity have been discussing
it for some time because of
the lack of an adequate meet-
ing place and banquet hall in
the police village.
Site already purchased
Dashwood Men's Club origi-
nally spearheaded the project
several years ago and pur-
chased a four-acre lot near the
darn south of No. 83 highway.
In the past year or so, the
volunteer fire brigade has been
pushing the project. by spon-
soring a number of fund-rais.
7 og events.
Earlier this year. the two
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Still plans
apartments
Tim proposed 45-unit apart-
ment building for Exeter has
been dropped according to its
promoter, Len Veri, press-
dent of Exeter Produce and
Storage Ltd.
He indicated, however. that,
he is considering the erection
of a smaller apartment build-
ing. "We're convinced there's
a need for one in Exeter," he
said.
Veri also is extending his
business development along No..
21 highway north of Grand
Bend, He's erecting a drive-in
restaurant just to the north of
his long market stand. Con-
struction work is being done
by Milton Keller and the
building is expected to be com-
pleted by the middle. of May.
Additions have, been made to
the, market ,stand to handle
shrubs and evergreens. The
stand will open ibis week.
Group honors
OPP corporal
Cpl, Neil Chamberlain, head
of the. Grand Bend OPP de-
tachinent for several years,
was guest of honor at a sur-
prise party held in the Impe-
vial Hotel, Tuesday.
Over 100 OPP officers from
all over the district, many- of
whom had served in Grand
Bend, plus municipal officials
and friends honored the. police
officer prior to his transfer to
Strathroy in May,
PC Ron Smith, Forest, who
will be married next week,
was also honored at the affair
and both men were presented
with wallets and a sum of
cash.
Cpl. Chamberlain Zt,0 re-
ceived a marble desk set and
the Forest constable was pre-
sented with party tables.
esakmocafe,
more than $2,000
lake cottage thefts
Aerobatics not cause
of fatal crash: RCAF
Victoria, B.C., was killed in
the c r a ,s h which occurred
about 0:00 a.m. Friday, while
Ft:0 P. B. Gillette is recuper-
ating in Westminster Hospital.
London, where his condition is
reported as fair to good.,
He is reported to have suf-
fered from a fractured arm,
fractured leg and burns to 15
percent of his body,
INfatties reported the men
were practising landing in their
Chipmunk aircraft when they
crashed into a drainage ditch
in a field just off the north end
of the tarmac.
Five airmen rushed to the
burning plane in an effort 'In
free Gillette and two of them
were singed by flames.
S/L F, E. "Red" McLaren,
in charge of training, his
deputy, Fils Ian McKenzie. and
F/L Dave Walker drove to the
crash in McKenzie's car, while,
Psi, Peter Caws and EIS D.
P. L. Robbins, who were. in a
hangar when the crash occur-
red, also hurried to the scene.
McLaren and McKenzie were
both singed by flames from
the wing and fuselage as they
worked to free Gillette and the
others took over to get him
the rest of the way out as the
crash truck and ambulance
drove up.
C IC L. H. Randall reported
that a board of inquiry has
been appointed to investigate
the crash. S'L Marfleet of the
Central Flying School at Saska-
toon has been appointed to
head it along with members of
the accidents investigation
branch of the RCAF at
taws.
A military funeral for Thoiun-
son was conducted in the Pro.
lestant Chapel on Saturday by-
S'L the Reverend George Fee,
CD, Parade commander wan
Moe Teton and the ,es-
coil commander war F,L Cal
Drake,
The body was taken to Lon•
don by Dinney Funeral Horne,
Exeter.. where it was transfer-
red to Victoria. for burial. F/O.
Graves accompanied the bedy
on the train.
Cook brothers
purchase farm
The 100-acre farm of the,
late Dr. ,lathes Bell at Ilensall
was purchased by brothers Pe•
bent and Douglas Cook al the
auction Saturday for $22,000.
'Four other men bid on the. pro.
porty.
Contacted this week the broa
fliers indicated they had no
immediate plans for the farm.
They operate Cook Bros. Mil,
ling CO. Ltd.