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New minister at Hensall United Church, Rev. Harold F. Currie, and the chairman
of the church's building committee, Walter Spencer, discuss construction of the
$40,000 Christian education addition now in progress. The addition, for which, a
campaign was conducted last fall, will provide for 13 classrooms and an auditor-
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PRESENTS DEW TO REBVBS—Sydny Baker, president of iJashwood's Men's
Club, left, presented the deed to the community hall site to Reeve Glenn Webb,
Stephen, and Reeve Valentine Becker, 1-lay, Friday night, when the two township
councils met to complete negotiations for the project. --TA photo
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of accident victims
No objections were register-
ed against Lucan's proposed
sewerage project at the Tues-
day morning hearing conduct-
ed by the Ontario Water Re-
sources Commission in the
village council chambers.
The hearing concerned plans
to establish a sewage treat-
ment pond for the system just
north of Lunn in Biddulph
township. It would be located
on land owned by Frank
Hardy, about one-half mile
north of Lucan public school.
Reeve Harold Wallis and
members of Biddulph council,
as well as Chairman R. R,
Crozier and officials of the
new township school area
board, asked a number of
questions about the pond. They
were assured that it would not
create an odor nuisance nor
would it be unsightly,
Council is kicking 'drains
around again.
The "football" at this point
concerns relief to the Carling
and Waterloo area, which ori-
ginally was expected to be a
minor project costing only sev-
eral hundred dollars.
Monday night Eogineer
Ross submitted estimates show-
ing the drain would cost $6,800.
The drain, lie indicated, would.
have to be taken north to Anne
St., not just to Mill, as council
had. anticipated earlier, It would
resuire 15" and 18" tile laid
fairly deep,
Mayor Simmons and Deputy-
Reeve Farrow protested.
"I can't see. spending $6;800
to service three houses in that
area," the mayor said bluntly.
He suggested later that, such
outlying sections would !nave to
come under local improvement
regulations which provide for
regional assessments on such
Projects.
Farrow: "The engineer told
es earlier this drain was not
warranted. Ile has provided.
these estimates only at your in-
sistence," he told Drain Chair-
man Taylor, "This doesn't
Mean it's his plan — it's yours,
hat the engineer's."
Taylor: "You want to go
Thrown at. post,
rider injured
Miss Lorne Taylor, daughter
Of Mr. and Mrs, S. B. Taylor,
Mein. St., Tuesday underwent
an operation on her leg which
Was severely fractured when
she was thrown from a horse
into a fence post Saturday
afternoon.
Itliss Taylor, who teaches
school in London, also suffer-
ed a fractured Arm in the ac-
-chlorin which occurred on the
second concession of Stephen
lust south of No. '83 highway,
She is in Victoria Hospital,
London.
Miss Taylbe and Miss Carol
Pletcher, daughter of Dr. II.
C. and Mrs,Fletcher, Victoria
SL, were riding "horses from
the stable Of Balton Fink-
beittet, Alexander St,
According to Miss Fletcher,
the horse en which 11,Iiss Tay-
ler Was riding had beenacting
up as, they rode beside No. 83
highway. Mt. Vinkbeiner, WhO
had been following them,
changed its hit, When they
tceched the corner of the eon-
tession road, Miss Taylor de•
tided to let the horse run. Be
Off the toad into the
grass dila, lunged lett to
Miss a hole, then turned quick.
ly to the tight, throwing Miss
Taylor into the post.
Miss Teyter has been riding
horses Tor a imbiber of eeers,
She has been attending a sum-
mer totirae, oft physical educa.
ton at London teachers -cob,
10.ge,
The board is considering a
site for its new central school
in the general area of the
pond.
Engineer W. K. Clawson, of
the firm of M, M, Dillon and.
Co., London, explained the
plans for the sewerage system,
A. 111. Snider, chairman of
the OWRC, presided for the
hearing. Sitting with him was
Dr. J. A, Vance, a member of
the commission,
Lucan has made application
to proceed with a $15,000 pro-
ject which will be the first of
a three-stage sewerage pro-
gram for the village. The vil-
lage has appointed the OWRC
its agent for the project and
approval is being sought from
the Ontario Municipal Board
to proceed.
The project will service ap-
proximately two-thirds of the
against the engineer's plans all
the time, There's no sense go-
ing in there and spending a
$1,000 —it won't do any good
whatsoever."
The drain has been under dis-
cussion for several years, since
the. time Stephen council re-
quested Salt Sweitzer to discon-
nect the drain he installed
across Waterloo St. into the
township outlet on the south
side. Sweitzer then offered to
dig without charge a drain to
the corner of Carling if
council would take it to an
outlet from there. B u i Id e r
Kenneth Ottewell, who has
erected several houses in that
area, indicated he would pay
$75 connection fees for the out-
let
The new $6,800 proposal, Mr.
Ross indicated, would more
than service this corner, It
would help relieve the drainage
situation on Huron street, loo.
Reeve Fisher pointed out that
there had been trouble in the
Huron St. area and that this
drain would tie in with en over-
all drainage plan for the area,
Mayor Simmons felt it was
much more important that
eil repair Main St. drains. He
revealed that the engineer was
preparing profiles and estimates
for submission to council at the
next meeting.
Farrow criticized Taylor for
not having submitted drainage
plats earlier. He also rioted ob-
jections to digging up drains
after the town has completed its
too work.
Taylor, in turn, protested that
toentil has kicked around his
drainage proposale in past
years, with the result that :hoth-
ing been done. lie said the
public works crew couldn't put
in the deains until the road
work was completed.
Cost of the drain council will
put in to serve .tire new separ-
ate school on John Si. west was
estimated at $1,200 by Engineer
Ross.
Plan eeekfill bylaw
:Engineer Rees Ices endorsed
Road Chairman Bailey's 8tiet-
gestitel that council should in-
sist on proper bacl<4illing oT
trenches dug on town streets.
His teere/intendants prompted
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population of the town. The col-
lector system will run parallel
to the Benn drain and a pump-
ing station is proposed at the
northeast corner to send the
wastes to the lagoon,
Start work
on addition
Workmen began pouring the,
cement foundation Tuesday for
the $40,000 Christian .education
extension to Hensall United
Church.
The addition, which will meas-
ure 60x32 and project two stor-
ies high, will provide for 13
classrooms for the Sunday
School, as well es an audito-
rium, kitchenette, vestry and
choir room.
Exeter contractor. A.
Sweitzer, is in charge of con-
struction; McDowell Construc-
tion Co., Centralia, is pouring
the foundation,
The church conducted a fund-
raising campaign last fall for
the. addition, which is expected
to be completed by October 1.
Walter Spencer is chairman
of the church committee in
charge of the project. Members
include Douglas Cook, Elgin
Roweliffe, Verne Alderdice, Bob
Drysdale, Kenneth Elder, Edi-
son Forrest and sack Cornell.
Dashwood community centre
project moved another step to-
ward reality Friday night When
negotiations were completed
with the councils of the town-
ships of Hay and Stephen.
At. a joint meeting in Dash-
wood Men's Club rooms, offic-
ials of both councils Signed an
agreement accepting joint re-
sponsibility for the property
and both passed bylaws ap-
pointing the same board to
administer the operatiot of the
centre.
Promoters of the centre now
must secure approval of their
plans .from the Ontario ..De
partMent of Agriculture, They
hope to take the blueprints to
Toronto this week.
After that, construction, wilt
start on the. $20,000 hell. At
the same time, the Deshwood
group plans to lauhch a tam,
peign to raise the balance of
the, funds requited fot the
Friday night, the deed for the
Second loss
at TV store
Young Deshiverid businessman-
teacher, Joseph Zen:Mete 23,
suffered his second loss by
theft Monday night.
Nearly $1,000 worth of trans-
istor radio's, radio and TV tubes
was stolen from 1118 electrical
repair shop on the main street
of the police village.
A person who "must be the
meanest man in Ontario", ac-
cording to PC D. H. Westover,
stole luggage and a portable
record player from a car
which was involved in an ac-
cident south of Exeter on No.
4 Sunday.
While. the constable was driv•
ing the two occupants of the.
car to hospital for treatment,
a witness reported that a man
in a small red sports car, ac-
companied by a woman, stop-
ped by the wrecked vehicle
and removed the items, The
witness was too far away to
see the licence number of the
sports ear.
Karen G. Griffin, 18, Kit-
chener, lost control of the car
when the front wheels caught
in loose gravel, It rolled over
in a deep excavation. Miss
Griffin and her uncle, Richard
Webster, 53, Kitchener, both
were treated for minor in-
juries by Dr. M. Gans at
South Huron Hospital. Mr.
Webster is a brother of Percy
Webster, Hensall.
Passing collision
Two cars tried to pass at the
same time or. No. 84, west of
Zurich, Saturday, resulting in
property damage of about $265,
PC Harry Reid said Gordon
R, Brown, 19, RR 3 Parkhill,
pulled his express vehicle out
to pass another westbound car
RUC to control
selling of water
property, secured some years
ago by Dashwood Men's Club,
was officially presented to the
township reeves, Glenn Webb
and Valentine Becker, by Pres-
ident Sid Baker. Ownership of
the property, and the hall, will
be vested in the municipal
authorities ender the joint
agreement.
Appointed to the conthemity
centre hoard are Reeve Bec-
ker, from Hay council; Deputy-
Recite Jim .flayter,, from Ste-
phen council; Cliff Salmon,
pollee village trustee; Harold
Schroeder, of the fire
WI Mrs. Glenn Webb,. repre-
sentative; Albert Men's
Citthe and Sid Beker, Stephen
school area board.
Jointly sponsoring the pro-
Jed. are the Dashwood fire
brigade and the met's. club,
who already have raised over
$5,000 toward the project. They
hope to receive a $5,000 grant
from the departnieht 'of agri-
culture.
Plans for the building, which
will measure :36x70, have been
drawn Clifford Salmon and
Howard 'Keumpp. Co-chairmen
of the project are Sid taker
and Jinn Hayter,
at the same time that Brown
was being overtaken by Dennis
W. Denomme, 34, Toronto.
A lot of baked goods were
tossed around when a van
operated by the Mayfair Bake-
ry here rolled over in the ditch
beside No. 4, just north of
Exeter, on Saturday.
Driver Gerrit B. Hultink, 18,
Wallaceburg, told PC C. E.
Gibbons he was reaching hack
to adjust pies in the racks
when he lost control of the
vehicle, which suffered $200
damage.
Heifer destroyed
A Holstein heifer owned by
Lloyd Ballantyne, RR 3 Ex-
eter, had to he destroyed after
it was struck by a car operat-
ed by Darryl IL Banks, 20, of
London, early Friday morning.
Banks was travelling west
on No. 83, about a mile west
of the Cromarty-Staffa road
when the beast ran across the
road. Damage was estimated
at $200 by PC Gibbons.
Town. gets
gavel back
Town council's gavel and
stand has been returned,
It was found by officials at
RCAF Station Clinton in an un-
used barrack locker.
Mayor aSimmone lauded the
co-operation of the station in
returning the equipment,
It was suggested that, in.
appreciation for this assist-
ance, the press might withhold
comment on the incident to
avoid adverse publicity for the
station.
There appears to be some
confusion and perhaps misun-
derstanding over the appoint-
ment of a new deputy-reeve, and
councillors for Hay township.
At press time, however, there
seemed no doubt that Council-
lor Delbert Geiger has been
elevated to the deputy - reeve
chair and that Joseph Hoffman,
a farmer near Zurich, is the
new councillor
The appointments were re-
quired to fill the vancancy left
by the resignation of former
deputy-reeve Karl Haberer, to
become road superintendent.
Council met in special session
Monday night.
Delbert Geiger, who has
served five years on council,
said Wednesday there may be
some technical problem with the
council's action. "They tell us
now that things aren't too le-
gal," he stated. He said he did
not know just what was the spe-
cific problem.
Clerk H. W. Brokenshire said
he was not aware of any proh-
lem. Mr. Geiger had been nom-
inated for the position. There
was no seconder for the nomi-
nation, he indicated, but this
was not required. No other nom-
ination was made and Reeve V.
L. Becker called for a vote
Grand Bend council gave first
reading to a by-law Monday,
calling for staggered elections
that the resitients will be asked
to vote on in the municipal
elections in December.
The staggered terms of office
will, affect only councillors and
members of the FIJC. The
reeve will stand for re-election
every year. The public school
board already has such a plan
in effect.
At an earlier meeting, Reeve
Bill Sturdevant pointed out that
this method, used in several
municipalities, would ensure
that at least some members
with previous experience would
sit on council every year, pen-
licanY eliminating the possibil-
ity of an "all-green" council or
PUC.
lie pointed out that an en-
tirely new council would have
considerable difficulty, cape-
elan if it was faced with a pro-
ject such as the proposed water
system or some other major
which was carried, although not
unanimously. Because the vote
was not recorded he. did not
wish to indicate how the vote
went, he said.
Reeve Becker did not know of
any problem, either. As far as
he was concerned, the matter
had been settled. He would not
comment on what happened at
the meeting, however, indicat-
ing there. may have been some
differences of opinion.
Mr. Geiger is a former presi-
dent of Hay Federation and of
Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association. He has served
on council at two different
times, having been defeated in
an election for reeve several
years age.
Mr. Hoffman, a ba.chlor. ope-
rates a 250-acre farm with his
brother, Leo, on concession 10.
"I wasn't very fussy about tak-
ing it," he stated, "but it
seemed they had to have some-
body to fill up the council "
BELL ANNIVERSARY
George A. Glendinnine, West
McGillivray, recently received
recognition from the Bell Tele-
phone Company of Canada for
completing 21 years of service
with thecompany in its plant
division,
work program.
If the idea is approved by the
electorate at the next election
.k would come into effect in
1964.
The two councillors or mein,
hers of the PUG receiving the
highest number of votes would
be elected to a two-year term
or if there is an uneven num-
ber of councillors, the majority
receiving the highest number
of votes.
Following that, a councillor
would be elected for a two-year
term,
Commenting on the subject,
Councillor Stewart Webb stated,
"I think it will carry by a three
to one majority".
Reeve Sturdevant questioned
what would happen ii the 1964
council was elected by acclama-
tion. "Who would sit for two
years?" he asked.
"I suppose it would be the
first t w o e n nominated,"
Clerk. Murray A. Des Jardins re-
plied. However, he said he
would check into all the possle
bilities before the time of the
election.
One other complication that
appears to arise is the fact that
if a councillor who is just com-
pleting his fiat term wanted to
contest: the reeve's chair he
would have to resign one month
before the nomination meeting
in November.
Want money
After council had authorized
payment to the local volunteer
fire brigade for their wages at
the fire at Floyd Wild's in. Bo-
sanquet township last Tuesday,
Councillor Rollie Grenier asked.
if the township had submitted
its $300.00 retainer fee and was
informed that it had not.
"Well, I think it's about time
we sent them a letter asking
for it," Councillor Emerson
Deseardine stated, pointing out
that Stephen had already paid
its similar fee.
"I've mentioned it to Bill
(Reeve Bill Sitter) twice at
county council meetings",
Reeve Sturdevant reported.
Grenier then suggested a Let-
ter be sent asking for the mo-
ney, which is now two months
overdue.
Council was int or med by
Clerk Murray A. Des Jardins
tha Hay township had still not
paid ifs retainer fee and fire
brigade has been instructed not
'to answer calls until it does.
This means that alt cottages
north of highway '83 . are not
protected by the . local brigade
and must get the Zurich or
Dashwood brigades to answer
their fire calls.
In other business. council:
Learned that over $200.00 in
fines had rebated to them for
charges laid by the local OPP
during the month of June.
Received a letter from Wil-
liam Bower staling that he had
installed an "apparatus" in
Earl Deters and Rollie Grim-
which to burn garbage on his
property at the Imperial Art
Gallery and that it had been
approved by Fire Chief Law-
rence Mason.
Council was also invited by
Mr. Bower to inspect Ins new
building at any time and to
bring their lady friends.
Instructed II o a d Foreman
Wellwood Gill to pick up 60
railway ties in London to place
at the beach parking area to
keep cars back from the fence
so pedestrians will have room to
walk without traversing on the
road.
Learned from of C president
Ory Wassmann that his group's
sign was now lighted on high-
way No. 21 several miles south
of Greed Bend and persons
would have "to he blind or heve
their eyes closed to miss it'",
first pastor
for church
Wallace Stephenson, Toronto,
has. accepted call 'to bo the
first pastor of Emmanuel Bap-
tist Church. Exeter.
He is presently conducting
the services of the church and
will be =vine to Exeter short-
Since. commencitg services
it March,. 1062, the :church has.
been ministered .to by guest
speakers et its. afternoon serve
ices. The congregation holds ite
Sunday school, worship service
and midweek prayer service iii
Beth el Reformed Church, Hut-
on. St.
Mr, Stephenson holds a ba-eli,
tea of. theology degree .from
LOntiOn.Coltege of Bible and Mis-
sions. He .has also studied at
Ryerson Institute of Technology,
the Univerally of Western On-
eerie and Waterier) University
Before commencing leis
etedies for the ministry,
Stephens:oh was employee, feet
Years with Canadian
employed,
Ies Lid., Toronto.
Mrs. Stephenson is a graduate.
of Londoh College of Bible and,
Missions and 'London Teachers'
College. She has been teaching
grade two at London Township
School Area 1, Ildertort,
Council de ates
$6,800 drain here
The loss included sir radios,
several 'of them used, About
*NO worth of radio and TV
tubes were taken, along with a
lumber of other miscellaneous
articles.
Thieves forced the rear dour
to gain entry into the shop, ac-,
cording to PC Ceeil. Gibbets,
who investigated.
The owner's Millet, Mrs.
Harry Zimmer, noticed the door
ajar Monday morning.
On May 13, about $2.400 worth
of tubes, TV arid Vat/ sets
were stolen from the eenie
This September, 'Zimmer, 'who
graduated with a RA'degree A
'from UWO in 1060, plans join the Witt of Beal Techilical r
School, London, to teach math ,
and science,
Said Squadron Leader M. N.
W. Robertson, writing for the
commanding officer: "It is not
known how these items arrived
on this station but it is ap-
Exeter PUC gave notice this parent that they are your
week that only water to be used property and are of eonsider-
for human consumption would able value'"
be allowed to leave the town.
It requests that permission be
secured before water is given
or sold outside the municipality,
It is understood the ruling
came into effect after the PUC
learned that one of its consum-
ers was selling water t o
farmer for his livestock.
Despite the dry spell and the The gavel has been missing
increasing use of water for for several months and council
lawns, the PUG has not yet offered a reward for its return.
placed any restrictions on Made from oak in an old
water use. "The demand is get- Exeter, England, bridge, the
ting pretty heavy, however," gavel was the gift of the city
indicated PUC foreman Mel of Exeter, Eng., in 1951 when
Keating. Exeter became a town.
HAY DEPUTY-REEVE
Delbert Geiger
Uncertainty marks
Hay appointments
Townships back Dashwood centre project
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