HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-06-07, Page 1no. doubt as to liability of the corporation,,,,"
referred the matter
to its insurance company, rep-
resented by W. I. Hodgson
Ltd„. which :covers the muni-
cipality for liability. The core-
PenY earlier refused to take
action on Mr, Dearing's
Incorporated in .the plans for
the town's sewerage system is
.the use of the Marlborough St.
pumping station to divert the
flow from the Anne St. drain
and -creek into the William St.
storm sewer, from where it
will he pumped, to the proposed
treatment lagoon near Mr,
Dearing 's property.
nvestigate
shooting
Police are investigating the
shooting of "Collet", a large
police dog owned by Liberal
campaign manager Joe Gone,
emit tom
The dog, 31S years old, was
found dead early morning Fr-
cloy, June 1. lie had been hit
with a rifle bullet,
Another shooting of a dog on
Huron St. west is being inves-
tigated by police,
Damage dispenser
Soft drink dispensers in Exe-
ter, Clinton and Brussels were
broken into over the weekend,
town and provincial police re-
port,
Two town machines were lo-
cated et Stan Frayne's general
store and the Fina station.
Amount of money taken is not
known but the machines were
damaged to the extent of about
$100,
Wins sword
from RMC
Lt. J. Glenn Allen, son of
Mr. and Mrs, Clifford Allen,
Fullerton, received two awards
at the graduation ceremony at
Royal Military College of Can-
ada over the weekend,
Re received the gold sword
of the college for -efficiency and
a cash award for draftsman-
ship. He graduated with a. bach-
elor of engineering degree and
received his commission of
lieutenant in the 1st RCR's.
As cadet wing commander of
the college. Lt. Allen took the
salute of the march past and
accompanied Lt. Gen, 0. Walsh,
CBE, DSO, CD, on his inspec-
tion. of the cadets,
Lt, Allen is a former resident
of Thames Road and: attended
SS 2 'Osborne, He is the grand-
son of Mr, and Mrs. T. C. Al-
len, Exeter north, and Mr. and
Airs. A, W, Etherington, Us-
borne,
His parents were guests of
the college for the graduation.
WINS RMC AWARDS
. .1, Glenn Allen
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Pearson rushes through South Huron
00 IDS GREET MIKE
A jovial, jaunty Mike Pearson, exhibiting no
strain from his rigorous campagin, relished an enthus.,
la.stic welcome from the school children of South Huron.
Wednesday afternoon.
Hundreds of kids, happy to be outdoors on el„
sunny day, greeted him at St, Joseph, Zurich, Hensall
and Exeter, as the Liberal leader travelled to London
for an .evening rally.
Ha practiced his French at St, Joseph, received;
a red, carnation at Zurich., signed a school guest book at
Hensall and met a much younger Mike at Exeter,
AD four
to debate
Four candidates in Huron
will take part in an election
debate next Tuesday in Sea-
forth, it was announced this
week by the Huron local of
Ontario Farmers' Union,
It's probably the only time
this campaign the candidates
will appear on the same plat-
form.
Mrs. Thomas Govenlock, RR
5 Seaforth, announced the
meeting, which will start at 9
p.m. in. Seaforth high school.
It's open to the public,
As expected, Returning Of-
ficer Russell Bolton accepted
four nominations for Huron
Riding at Clinton Monday.
Here is the official listing in
the order the names will ap-
pear on the ballot:
Cardiff, Elston, RR 4 Brus-
sels, farmer,
Douglas, Earl, Bayfield, in-
vestor and tree farmer,
Fisher, Ernie, Goderich, elec-
trician.
Hemingway, J. Carl, RR, 3
Brussels, farmer,
Plan rebuttal
Huron PC's plan to "answer
Pearson" next week, following
the trip through the riding 'by
the Liberal leader Wednesday.
Arthur Maloney, QC, MP,
Toronto, will be speaker at a
Conservative rally in Goderich
Monday night, PC's say he'll
answer Pearson's statements
here.
Exeter Liberals opened their
campaign headquarters here
Monday night, It's located just
six doors north of the PC's
office on Main St., opposite
The T-A.
Perhaps buoyed by the chil-
dren's exuberance, Mr. Pear-
son was in excellent spirits.
Even the signs, "Let's Liqui-
date Pearson," here didn't
phase him. They met him as he
came to Exeter and es he drove
by the car lot here where local
dealer Jack Pearson is having
a liquidation sale.
"I don't approve of that", he
called laughingly from the
beige Cadillac in which he was
riding as it drove by the lot
where the "Liquidate Pearson"
sign had been moved out near
the street,
The Liberal leader was aes
companied bs Huron candidate
Ernie Fisher, who introduced
him on every occasion as the
only Canadian to win the Nobel
peace prize. Also with him wag
former MP Andrew McLean
and other cestriet party offi-
cials, along with the charter
bus carrying the national press,
Sing in French
At St, Joseph on No. 21 high-
way, the children greeted him
singing "0 Canada" in French.
Pearson thanked them and
wished them good luck in the
same language, then told the
crowd this was good practice
for him with his Quebec tour
coming up.
Acknowledging that the chil-
dren were ea the middle of
writing exams, Mr. Pearson
said, "I, too, am trying an ex-
amination, and I hope I will be
as successful as I know you
will be", He greeted Father
Bordeau, the parish priest, and
local residents who gathered
for his stop.
Arriving at Zurich, the en-
tourage was greeted by the
Clinton Legion Pipe Band and
the PS and separate school
children who 'marched to the
community hall, leading Mr.
Pearson who was in a convert-
ible (owned by Jack Pearson).
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Church Notices 18
Coining Events 18., 19
Editorials 4
Farm News 12
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Hensa II , S
Lutaii 17
Sports 6/ 7
Want Ads .. 12, 13
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Dearing says
he will :toe
Can't use that gun
on dogs — or bikes
Heiler and two of his young
sons escaped uninjured, Aire.
Keller suffered 4 broket wrist,
skull injury and 'severe lacers.
dolls; eeVell-year-Old Eugene
health unit a complaint over
the number of rats infesting
the ruins of the Town and
Country Restaurant at the corn-
er of Nos, 4 and 83.
Councillor Farrow felt coun-
cil should take action in clean-
ing up the eyesore but Mayor
Simmons said. 'the Own did not
have the authority to clean up
private property.
It had been revealed earlier
that the owner, William Poul-
ton, had requested the town to
clean up the site and add the
cost to his taxes. The mayor
indicated there was some com-
plication in connection with the
property and he felt the town
should not become involved.
Feject family name
Council again rejected the
use of family names in 'the des-
ignation of town streets when
it decided to call the road on
the south side of Victoria Park
"P'ark Street", The road runs
received a fractured skull and
several cuts.
Damage to the Frayne car
is estimated at $1,800 and to
the station wagon, a 1962
model, at $2,000. Constables
John Haveron and Kenneth life-
Kay of the Sebringville detach-
ment, Ontario Provincial Po-
lice, investigated the accident.
Three ambulances from Mit-
chell and Stratford were re-
quired to take the injured per-
sons to hospital here. When a
wrecker attempted to move
the Keller station wagon it
was found that the collision
had damaged the transmission
and the wheels were locked. it
was necessary to use a cut-
ting torch to cut the drive-
shaft. and replace the wheels
before the vehicle could be
towed away,
!es-
William and Market
For the second time in recent
years, council. has abandoned
plans to use a tranquilizer gun
to control dogs running at large.
Not long after council decided
to try the gun again, humane
society officials protested to
Mayor Eldrid Simmons that the
prectice was illegal.
It was also learned that Or-
angeville police, who earlier
had reported success with the
gun, ran into difficulty when
one of the_ gun's "needles"
lodged in a dog and bad to be
removed by a veterinary.
Thee thwarted in his proposal
for canine control, Deputy-
Reeve Farrow turhed the 'prob-
lem back to .Reeve Fisher, pol-
ice committee el-minim Far-
se)W, sanitation chairman and
chief coMplaiiient on the dog
situation, had been challenged
with the job by Fisher and
Simmons in a bit of council
1161'0p:toy, He relinquished it
on the grounds that it was a
police shatter,
The situation now?
Councillor Ted might said
Monday night the chief had re-
ported the pollee Were "really
going at it", now that. the
Way check is over, One dog
has been taken to the pound.
Fisher said Wednesday the
police were going to check
owners for dog tags, hle Wesel,
sure that the ponce were going:
to try to catch strays.
NOW the bike's,' fob
Cubmaster Earold Sisson S
toiliplehied bitterly to council
Monday night about the lack of
eillereenient of the bylaw pro.
hibititig bicycle riding Oh the
between.
streets.
Reeve Glenn Fisher suggested
the street be named after the
late John Norry, who was pol-
ice chief here for many years
and who lived on the street. He
was supported by Council Bai-
ley but the two were outvoted.
Councillor Joseph Wooden,
who was critical of the designa-
tion of "Eastern Avenue" in the
new development on the east
side, suggested more serious
consideration. be given to the
naming of town streets in the
future.
Councillor Ross 'Taylor de-
fended council's decisions.
Sell property near tracks
Town property immediately
east of the CNR railway be-
tween the projection of Sand-
ers St. south below the projec-
tion of John St. was sold to Lou
Bailey for a boxed plant busi-
ness.
Town. council received. notice.
Monday night that Preat
Dearing will sue for damages
allegedly resulting from -.eon-
laminotion of the Anne St.
drain.
As he has indicated to..eoun-
ell before, the Stephen town-
ehip farmer believes poison
from the creek has killed live.
.steels on his farm on at least
two occasions. He also seeics
damages for loss of uses of
land and drinking water for
Stock,
A letter from his lawyer, E.
D. Bell, QC, stated that
Dearing also will seek an in-
junction to stop "dumping of
deleterious substances" into
the drain.
"elf any settlement is sought
before commencement of ac-
tion," Mr. Bell's letter said,
"steps should, be taken before
June 10 after which action may
be .commenced without further
notice."
The letter explained:
"About two years ago 1 wrote
to you le connection with a loss
suffered by Preston Dearing in
respect to animals poisoned by
deleterious substances dumped
into his open drains and creeks
by the corporation of the town
of Exeter. This action was not
proceeded with at the time,
"Now it appears that due to
the same cause, Mr. Dearing
has had a further loss of which
be has given you notice in the
amount of $900 in respect of
poisoned animals. There seems
Deer killed
in Stephen
There's deer in the country.
A car driven by Anthony M.
Martens, 31, Crediton, hit one
of two deer which bounded onto
the highway in front of his car
Monday about 8:15 p.m. on the
Crediton road, near No, 81.
The deer was killed by the
impact. Car suffered $200 dam-
age, according to PC George
Mitchell.
Hits driveway hole
A car driven by Lorne K. Kel-
ler, 20, RR 3 Exeter, skidded
sideways into a tree after it
struck a hole in a driveway on
a Stephen township road.
The accident happened Sun-
day on the extension of Huron
St., just west of the Dashwood
road. None of the passengers in
the car were injured, Damage
was $200.
One man injured
One man was injured and
damage totalled nearly $3,000
in a three-car crash on No. 83,
just west of Dashwood Thurs-
day night.
A car driven by Edward
Czerniawsky, 30, RCAF Clin-
ton, went off the road and hit
two parked cars, which had
been operated by Marion Jean
Rader, 30, RR 2 Dashwood, and
Jacob W. Schroeder, 29, RR 2
Dashwood, h e Czerniawsky
car continued on and broke a
telephone pole.
Seek new
school lines
Three area township councils
Usborne, Biddulph and Bien-
shard — are attempting to alter
their public school boundaries
to conform to their municipal
boundaries.
It's a complicated procedure
involving school sections, union
sections, township school areas
and proposed central schools.
At its meeting Monday, Us-
borne passed a bylaw enlarging
Its township school area by the
inclusion of the Usborne parts
of Kirkton and Woodham union
school sections, The bylaw must
receive approval from the town-
ship of Manshaed and the min-
ister of education,
At the same meeting, Usborne
council considered a draft of a
Biddulph township bylaw to in
elude the Biddulph part of the
Usborne school area le the Bid-
dulph School Area No, 1. Us-
borne did not object to the
draft.
This action follows a joint
meeting of Biddulph, Blanshard
and, Usborne township officials
iii Lucan, May 23, to discuss
the boundary issue,
The meeting resulted frorn
petition by .1a ratepayers from
the Bictchtlph .eeetioe of the Us-
berne township school area
(former Whalen section), ask-
ing Biddulph council to enlarge
the Biddulph school area to in-
clude the old original school
section No. 8 Biddu1ph,
Meeting with the three coun-
cils Were, the trustees Of. Us-
borne school board; Ronald
Crozier, chairman of the Bid-
dulph board, and Clifford Ab-
bott, secretary, along with In-
spectors Howard Schletzbetter,
Middlesex, and. Jehti Gentari,
According to the minutes Of
the mooting taken by Vsbothe
'Clerk H. H. G. Strang, 'it was
generally generally ,agreed by the three
ebuncils that likely future de-
velopment and building of
heal public echeele by school
area boards and the creation of
ensuing debenteke debt thereby
falling on the public school sup-
potters could best be edibles
metered by the respective school.
Area. beards where public school
boundaries coincide with Mum,
eipat boundaries."
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VISIT oHIO BY AIR
Doh McGregor, William St e
wee one of four thee who vis-
ited Needs in Ohio by air over
the weekend. Gordon MeAlpile,
the pilot, Clarenee Morgan end
Jim . Welsh, all or. the Ailsa
Craig area,formed the party
which went to
sidewalks,
Council jousted with him for
,awhile, time' turned the prob-
lem over to the police commit-
tee.
Sissons pointed out his prob.
tem in teaching Cubs to obey
the laws by staying off the side-
walks With. their bikes. They
see other boys riding on the
walks, "right past the pollee
even".
"What's the sense of us
preaching about it, if it's not
going to be enforced," he asked.
He wondered if the police were
"afraid to bite the hand that
feeds them".
Fisher said he's seen the pol-
ice give quite a few warnings,
Delbridgez "0 lir bylaws
should be etforced, that's for
sure, but nobody's been killed
on the sidewalks and there have
been children killed on the
roads arm this town,"
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The Bailey tender, for $200 an
acre, was the higher of two
for the property which meas-
ures more than three acres,
Council decided to close the ex-
tension of John St. and to in-
clude this portion of land with
the Bailey purchase,
The other tender came from
Verne Postill who offered $200
for the complete parcel.
Request clean-up
Council lamented the condi-
tions surrounding a landmark
in town — the Simcoe St. site
of the residence of the first set-
tler in Exeter, James Willis,
According to complaints,
weeds are heavy and high
around the property, which 'is
vacant. There's a patch of poi-
son ivy on the boulevard in
front.
Council requested tLe present
owner, James Willis, of Kirkton,
to cut the weeds and instructed
the streets committee to the
poison ivy.
Council also ordered a clean-
up of the town's lot in the Whit-
smith subdivision. The lot was
provided for recreation pur-
poses under subdivision devel-
opment regulations, Poles for a
feeder hydro line are on the
property.
Still no word.
on GB water
Grand Bend council has still
received no word from the
Ontario Municipal Board re-
garding the proposed $377,000
water system,
The board held a meeting in
Grand Bend on April 5 to hear
objections to the system but
the decision has still not been,
reached.
Frank Campbell, projects of-
ficer with the OWRC, reported
to council by letter that the
OMB member who sat at
Grand Bend has been emit:Mu•
ously engaged since that date
lalonidt, has not presented his re-
Hensall awards
street contracts
instruct E. Davis to remove
this deadwood. Permission was
granted to remove or repair
the dead and dying trees.
Councillors John Baker and
Mrs, Noakes, after an examin-
ation of the exterior of the
town hall, requested council to
advertise for tenders to paint
the building. "Can we expect
the stores to spruce up if the
town hall is a mess?" Baker
asked.
Building violations
Reeve Norman Jones noticed
that several 'were in the pro-
cess of constructing buildings
but had not applied for per-
mits, E. Davis was asked to
investigate this matter and to
remind the violators that per-
mission from the council was
necessary before new or addi-
tional construction was car-
ried out.
Permits were granted to Al-
bert Scholl for a $15,000 reno-
vation project to a store re-
cently purchased: to William.
Rooseboom to make a $3,000
repair to his Queen St. home,
and to George Thompson for
the construction of a $300 car-
port,
Fail to pick up tags.
Clerk Earl Campbell reported
that there were still sonic 20
persons who had failed to pick
up tags Mr their dogs, "People
who don't pick up these tags
make me mad,' exclaimed
Baker, "They should be made
to pay double," answered ewe-
eillor Knight,
Councillor John Henderson
suggested that council might
look into the possibility 'of ad-
ding this fee to the violator's
taxes, "We'll send Ernie out
to collect them" exclaimed.
Campbell,
Jones read a letter from the
district forest ranger saying
that lie had had several corn-
plaints concerning the fire at
dump. He requested that an le-
vestigatiot should be made into
this potential danger. Clerk
Campbell and Davis reported
that they had extinguished a
fire burning in a large trot in
the dump whey the Mehth.
The dump is now locked and
signs belie been posted,
The council reported that
$900,05 was spent during the
month of May. Clerk Campbell
was quick to point out that this
would be much higher once the
road repairs started.
Other best sines s included
authorization for the ..m,irchase
Or an electric heater for the
library, the purchase of a sees
Mid hand tire for the tractor,
the purchase of two 'no exit'
s gtis for the pump house road,
and the elloeatiett of earth from
the road excavation,
Follows ambulances
finds injured parents
Application of prime oil and
asphalt emulsion on town
streets should begin before June
15 and will be completed by
the end of the month, council
learned Monday night,
Clerk C. V. Pickard reported
he had received this assurance
from the Caswelt Paving Co.
Ltd., Durham, the company to
which council let the contract
during a special meeting May
30.
Clerk Pickard reported the
company's equipment has not
yet been approved by the de-
partment of highways, under a
regulation which became ef-
fective recently, hut that the
officials did not expect any dif-
ficulty.
Contract was called for the
supplying of 12,500 gallons of
asphalt emulsion with 650 tons
of 3/8" stone chips and 4,000
gallons of prime with 50 tons of
sand. Cost for this amount will
total $7,070 under the Caswell
tender, which was the lowest of
four The highest totalled $9,100.
Council is expected to have
more prime and asphalt ap-
plied than was stipulated in the
tender call, although this is still
to be determined.
Roads Chairman Bailey re-
ported the department engi-
nears are expected this week to
dig test holes on several roads
to determine the work required
to bring them up to standard
for surfacing,
Refer to health unit
Council referred to the county
le g' and g"cral lac"Atias• accident on Highway 28 aboUt 011C-half mile south of Mitchell. The southbound 'rho COltishOS WON described
as "improving' and "net station wagon, left, was involved hi a heaci,on collision with the '61 model car,
oat", tight, All four passengers of the car, Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Prayrie and Mr. and
Two Exeter couples, who
were among seven injured in
a two-ear crash near Mitchell
early Saturady night, are now
"satisfactory" and "improv-
ing", according to Stratford
General Hospital Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Frayne,
William St., and Mrs. Frayne's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Cornish, Carling St., are suf-
fering from fractures and la-
cerations, The two ladies have
the most extensive injuries.
The Exeter couples were
travelling to Sebringville to
visit the Fraynes' son, Peter,
and his family, when they
were struck by a southbound
station wagon driven by John
Keller, 37, Weston.
PC John Haveron, Sebring-
ville OPP, said Wednesday a
charge of dangerous driving
has been laid against
He will appear ih Stratford
court June 13,
Peter Frayne, expecting his
parents and grandparents, dis-
covered their misfortune at
the hospital shortly after the
crash, Working in his garden
at Sebringville, he heard the
three ambulances scream by
on their way to Stratford.
"Something, compelled me to
go," be said, and he followed
the ambulances to the hos-
pital,
Mr. Frayne, 54, who was
driving, has a !endured right
forearm and lacerations to
face and head; Mrs, FrAYtitl
48, has a fractured pelvis, dis-
located left hip, fractured wrist
and arm, smashed fingers and
several lacerations. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Frayrie were de-
scribed as "satisfactory",
Mr. Cornish, abort 74„ has
a fractured left arm with
leeeratiOtte; Mrs. Cornish, 68,
has a fractured arm, tom.
pound fracture the right SIX IN HOSPITAL — Six persons Were hospitalized Saturday night following art
Mrs. 'Prod Corhish$ Meter, art in Stratford General 'Hospital With multiple hi.
juries. The driver of the station wagon, John Xellet, Weston, was treated and re=
leased, but his wife and sevens ear son, Eugene, are hi hospital, Two younger
sons escaped injury,
Hensall council let two tend-
ers Monday night for a $6,500
road repair and improvement
project.
Both tenders were let to the
Levis Construction Company,
Clinton, the lowest bidder,
pending approval of the de-
partment of Highways.
A 300 fool: stretch along
Brock St. and six feet along
York St. are to be excavated
and to be filled with pit-run
and, crushed gravel. Pavement
will be laid along 300 feet of
Nelson St., 100 feet of York St.
and 300 feet of Albert. The
pavement is to be put down in
two coarses, one and three
quarter, and one and on quar-
ter inches thick,
Ernie Davis reported that
the north end of Nelson St. bad
been clearedof brush and tin
cans. "For the last time, I
hope," he commented. He also
informed the council that the
street witching had been com-
pleted for this year,
Plan to remove trees
Having received several re-
quests from local citizens to re-
move dead trees which were
both an eyesore and hazardous,
the councillors decided to tour
the village with the intention
of examining the foliage and to
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