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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-10-11, Page 1W/O Ai G. MacLEAN A. S.. HARv E. SGT. 0, M. JOHNSON SGT. J, C, PIETRASZKO CPL. R. E, ANDERSON Nine receive promotions G/C L. H. RANDALL. CONGATULATES SGT. SHEVCHUK Nine airmen at RCAF Station Centralia have been awarded promotions by air force head- quarters. One flight sergeant was pro- moted to warrant officer sec- ond class; four corporals, in- cluding one who received a bronze medal for rescuing two children at Grand Bend in 1961, became sergeants, and four LAC's are now sporting corpo- ral's stripes. The new warrant officer is Alex G. MacLaren, who ser- vied in the army intelligence corps during world war two, mostly on interrogation work in the Netherlands and north- ern Germany. Previous to that, he was a member of the guard at Buck- ingham palace and then went to France. He escaped from Breast on board a Chinese oil tanker which was cornandeered by the army and sailed back to Britain. After demobilization, he served with the OPP before joining the RCAF in 1952 as a sergeant in the air force police. Sgt. Allan S. Tiarvie, who was recognized for rescuing two New slate for 100F Offcers of Exeter Lodge No. 67, 100F, were installed by DDGM Allan Campbell, Sea- forth, and his installing staff last week. Allen Fletcher is the new noble grand of the lodge. Other officers include: Stanley Whiting, vice grand; Percy McFalls, rec. sec'y; Otto Brown, fin. sec'y; Asa Penhale, treasurer; Glen n Fisher, warden; Wiliam Ford, conductor; Donald Fisher, out- side guard; Bill Parsons, in- side guard; Ray Jones, RSNG; William Etherington, ' LSNG; Laverne Skinner, RSVG; Del- mar Skinner, LSNG; Benny Fisher, RSS; William. McFalls, LSS; Lloyd Hodgins, chaplain; Harold Rowe, junior past grand. Some just look, others get beer Whoever is breaking into cot- tages along Lake Huron ap- pears to be just interested in taking a look inside them. A third non-theft entry was reported this week into a sum- mer home at Lakewood Gar- dens, 11/2 miles south of St. Joseph, The screen, was torn off a front window and the glass broken to gain entry. As ,, in two other similar eases last week, nothing was stolen although there have been •a number of valuable items in the cottages. A London minister did suf- fer a slight loss over the week- end, however. Thieves broke into the tool shed on the pro- perty, owned by Rev. P, C. McCabe, London, hi Elmwood, south of Turnbtill's Grove, and removed 36 pints of beer and a ease of empties, Probation break brings jail term A Hensall man, George E. Sinith, 23, received consecutive jail terms last week, one in- Volving breach of probation. He received 60 days on 'a charge of theft, which was heard March 29, and 10 days for disorderly conduct. Magis- trate Glenn Hays, QC, handed down the sentence lest week at Goderich. A Zurich Youth, Larry D. Den, tunme, 18, Will be charged With breach Of probation, according to court officials, after he was found guilty of being drunk in a public plate. It was his sec- ond liquor offence and, the pen- alty was 8,50 fine or 10 days. The youth selected the jail term. L'ucah, plant., to build pool The 'L tiati arena 'board Toes- day tight unanimously voted. to prepare plans for dtitigtitcliot 40f. a swimming 06014 'estimated 16 cost about 520,060,.. The project got its first boost when W. A. Stewert •(PC Mid- dlesex North); Ontario ,thinister of agriculture, 'presented vil- lage Reeve IVan ]learn with A cheque tot $2,500 Trott the pro. Vitidi al government.; children who got into difficulty in the lake near the south pier at Grand Bend last year, was one of the four corporals who won their third stripes. A native of Alberta, he lives in Huron Park and has eight children. He served 20 years with the merchant navy before joining the RCAF, now is a medical assistant at the station hospital. Sgt. D, M, Johnson,, an air- frame technician, spent four years at No. 2 fighter wing in France before coming to Cen- tralia in. June, 1962. He lives in London. Sgt. J. C. Pietraszko, a rec- reation and physical education specialist, lives in Huron Park. and has a family of five. He joined the RCAF in 1951 and spent several years at Goose Bay, White Horse and Edmon- ton before coming to Centralia The new executive elected to the student council at SHDHS on Wednesday should certain- ly "be prepared", as they have a Queen Scout and a gold cord Girl Guide as members. Exeter students topped the balloting by having four mem- bers out of five elected, while three are from 12B. Gary Wedlake, 18-year-old son of Mr. apd Mrs. Douglas Wedlake, Huron St., Exeter, won the top spot as president to succeed Peggy Goddard of Hensall. A Queen Scout, and now a member of Exeter Rovers, the 128 student was photo editor of the Ink Spot last year and was a member of the Perthex champion volleyball squad. An avid skier, Gary also holds the post of promotion chairman of the Exeter Teen Town. Chosen by students as vice- president was 17-year-old Helen Hendrick, also of Exeter. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hendrick, she has been a member of the Perthex cham- pion cheerleading squad for the past three years. A member of the James Street United Church choir, and a former member of the CGIT, Helen also sings for the school glee club and she held the position of vice-president of the girls' athletic society last year. Another 12B student, Helen also teaches a Sunday school class at James Street. Secretary is athlete The other 123 student to be elected to the executive is Joan Dettmer, Exeter, an en- thusiastic, athlete at SHDHS. Joan, who is also a Brownie leader, holds the highest award for Girl. Guides and is the 17. year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herm Defter, Exeter. An Exeter Kinsmen play- ground supervisor and Sunday school teacher at Main Street United Church, the blonde miss plays both basketball and volleyball at SHDHS. Joan also competes in track and field and Was a prize win- ner in the shot put event and also in the basketball speed toss event at the recent track meet The final Exeter student to be elected to the executive it Margie. Mowey, a special corn. inercial student, who will act as treasurer. 'The 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. HOWey, she is a past president Of the Art ,seminar A zone seminar in art will be conducted inExeter lib- rary b a s em ent Thursday night, Oct. 18, Recreation Director Don Gravett an. announced this week. Pau' Bennett, art adviser for the community programs branch of the Ontario De- partment of Education, will conduct the seminar for dist- rict art groups. His presentation will in. crude a lee-fore and discus. sion on the history of art, a session on programing ,,for far groups, a •criticism of a group of paintings of several local artists and a question and answer period. The seminar, Open to the public, is being organized by the Hanover office of the community program branch for the Lake Huron tone, in 1959. Sgt. P. Shevehuk, an engi- neering clerk, served at Mac- Donald, Camp Borden and Par- ent,. Quebec, before coming to CE. Father of three children, he lives in Huron Park. Named corporals The four who received cor- porals' stripes are R, E, Ander- son, an administration clerk in the station orderly room; H. W. Holmes, a photographer, who served with the Royal. Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force before joining the RCAF; M. J. Parsons, aeronautical en- gineering technician, who served in Labrador and Germany be- fore coming 'to Centralia and J. L. Taylor, aeronautical engineer- ing technician who has been transferred to Centralia from Montreal but has not yet ar- rived on the station, Exeter Teen Town and takes an active part in church activi- ties as a Sunday school teach• er and CGIT member at Main Street United Church, Margie also sings in the school glee club. Football star wins Only student from outside Exeter to be elected was Neil McAllister, a 16-year-old Cent- ralia youth, who will be in charge of publicity. The son of Mr. and Mrs. John McAllister, Neil is an avid football player and is one of the leading backfielders on this year's Panther squad. Last season he .was a standout on the junior lineup. In his first year at school, the HA youth won the junior boys' track championship at SHDHS and has been a strong competitor in the intermediate division for the past two years. He was the students' choice last year as boys' sports editor for the Ink Spot. These five students will head the student activities for the coming year and will be im- plemented by the class presi- dents of each room. Other students who ran for office are as follows, as their names appeared on the ballot: President — John MacNaugh- ton, George Godbolt, Ted Wil- son and Dave Buchanan. Town council passed the ex- tensive zoning bylaw, which was described by one council- lor as "tough but not ir- revocable," when it was given final reading at a special meeting, Monday. Only major discussion on the plans as presented by the Ex- eter Planning Board was re- lated to' the large parking areas that will have to be provided by builders in three of the six zones that are pro- vided. Vice • president — Ttuthanne Salmob and Bonnie Turves!. Secretary — Marjorie Mc- Phee and Joan Francis. Publicity — Gary Eagleson, John Snell, Bill Dinnin, Bob Hoffman. - Treasurer — Sherrill Clarke and Marjorie Hendrick. Councillor Ted Wright brought about the discussion when he questioned if a car washing establishment would need the 20 parking spaces as outlined in the bylaw. He said he doubted if any car w a s hin g establishment would ever need this much parking room for patrons. Clerk C. V. Pickard asked if the amount of parking for other commercial and indust- rial uses may he figures that council couldn't hope to meet. Citing the valuable property of the lawn bowling green he pointed out that it would have to be used primarily as a parking area for any builder. "It may not encourage a new man to buy commercial property if he has to use one- third of it for parking," he stated. However, Mayor Simmons contended that large industries and businesses would not con- sider erecting a building with- out ample parking space. "They consider it to be as important as floor space," he added. "It's a new conception." Deputy-Reeve Farrow noted. "Businessmen feel now that parking is someone else's prob- lem and build right to their property line." Would kill town "Lack of parking will kill main street faster than a fire," Simmons stated. "That's what's happening to the centres of large cities — people are moving to the suburbs because there is no parking for cus- tomers." Hensall to get Bell building Town solicitor, Peter Ray- mond, pointed out that the parking provisions in the by- law allowed for lots adjacent to establishments. "The bylaw permits that they could be a mile away," he stated, "but the customers' wouldn't." The parking problem arose later in the reading of the by- law when Councillor Taylor suggested that a private or public lot should be allowed in the restricted commercial areas in the middle-block areas along William and Andrew street from Huron to Sanders. This provision was not in- cluded in the types of busi- nesses allowed in this area that will permit the erection of small commercial outlets such as barber shops, clinics, retail stores and banks. Planning board chairman, Al Pickard, pointed out that his group had given careful con- In a letter 'to all parents of Exeter PS students, principal Arthur Idle this week requested that parents encouraged all children living on the west side of town to use the school cros- sing at Main Street. "The crossing is safer than ever before", he pointed out, "and Mr. Cowen is doing an ex- cellent job'." However, he stated that it was the parents' responsibility to make sure their children used the crossing. "There's no holdup there any more," he ad- ded, "and it is working very satisfactorily." He was high in his praise for the action which was instituted by the school board and town council to solve the problem of the school crossing. Mfr. Idle covered other varied topics in his letter to the par- ents, pointing out their respon- sibility in regards to commu- nicable diseases and the arrival and departure times of children from the school grounds, Children are not supposed to arrive more than 15 minutes sideration to protecting the residential homes already in this area and it was incorpor- ated into the bylaw. Keep restriction Only other point raised on the bylaw was whether or not residential and commercial uses should be allowed into the industrial areas. Raymond pointed out that many town zoning bylaws al- lowed for this, "Our industrial zone is ‘fair- ly well limited," the board chairman reported, "and we would be writing off these areas if we allowed residential homes," The clerk reported that Elmer Gobel, chairman of the MWODA, contended 'that in- dustry wouldn't build where houses are close 'because they don't want to be bothered with — Please turn to page 2 before classes commence in the morning. The hours of dismis- sal were also given so parents would know exactly when to come and pick up children. "Parents still show up at the wrong times," the principal re- ported. Hold fire drill In conjunction with Fire Pre- vention Week, the students have received special instruction in drills and have been checked to ensure that they know which ex- its to use, In a fire drill held this week, the school was cleared in 52 sec- onds, although Mr. Idle re- ported he hoped to improve on this time, The principal also reported that Don Tremeer had organ- ized a football league for boys in grades five to eight. Ile is presently working out a sched- ule for the interested partici- pants who will play touch rug- by only. Mr. Idle also announced that the students in grades four, five and six would once again par- ticipate in the United Nations International Childrens' Emer- gency Fund campaign which will be conducted on Hal- lowe'en night. The pupils will canvas sthe town for donations for the or. ganization which assists needy children throughout the world. Host conference On Friday, October 19 the students in the area will have a holiday as the teachers will hold their annual conference at the local school. The morning sessions will be held at the school and the afternoon ses-sions will be conducted in the Exeter Legion, Hall, Several teachers front EPS attended a reading lecture last night Wednesday) in London Teachers' College. Dr, Margaret Early was the lecturer in the progrern ar-ranged by the International. Beading Association, Exeter Kinsmen's Itarvest Jamboree continues to be one of the distrittis biggest fall attractions. The eighth annual event, held Friday night itt Exeter attracted over 1,100 people who whooped and hoofed it up to "the tunes 'of two district bands, Where to fir dit CPL. H. W, HOLMES CPL. M. J. PARSONS Grants permits for fall building Town council passed six building permits—two of them for houses—at their special. meeting Monday. Permission was granted to Don Hendrick for the erection Of a $14,500 split-level .home on the east side of Pryde Bole, yard and an $8.000 home for- Lloyd Parsons on the north side of Waterloo, near his pre- sent, home. Other permits were granted to: George Vriese for an. of- Ike at the end of his present gas depot on., Wellington street; Guenther Tuckey Transport for an addition to their load- ing dock; William. Middleton for the rebuilding of Ins front porth on his home on Sanders street, and to Mrs. Irene Hare :less for reshingling her home oa .John street. Pesjardine's Orchestra and Stu Baird and his 'Collegians. As soots to be the C11$101111 these days, the -crowd was slow in coming. There were less than 500 before midnig,ht, but by . 1.30 the crowd had swelled to over the I;000 mark. The 'dance lasted until 4'10 4,111. Old and young had their The 'teens twisted, the elders roundelAneed Mid A. smattering of both ,enjoyed. the squares. . Winner of the .club's annual square dance eempetitieh was # pick-up set which tailed themselves the "Country Cott- sins". ,They included Mr. and. :qrs. Harvey Hodgitis, Mr. and. Mrs. Norman. 'Whiting, Mr, and Mrs. Cliff Jaques, Mt;. Ross ,,Iamies ,and SAM. Oke, Kinsmen ViecTresident JIM Carey -presented the trophy 10 Harvey liodgins. The competition for the Rat, 'at -Queen wtis». cancelled he; cause 'of lack of candidates. SHDHS students elect 'Be Prepared' council HEADS HS COUNCIL ... Gary Wedlake Front page editorial Unless citizens really don't care (which we hesitate to believe), they should protest council's woposed two-year term, They must do so quickly since council appears intent on passing the en- abling bylaw at its next meeting. We don't fathom'the sudden move. Without further investigation, the two-year term doesn't appear to hold many advantages and it does pre- sent one serious disadvantage, Why council should endorse and pass the bylaw so quickly is hardly understandable, All council members endorsed the proposal by Mayor Simmons, who Made it without notice or consideration at a previous council session. Their arguments for it have some merit but not a great deal. Planning was cited as one disadvantage. This year's council has not been seriously handi- capped in its planning nor have Others in the past. True, legislation prevents councils under certain circumstances' from reaching any Maier de- cisions following nominations in November but no properly functioning council needs to take iniport, ant action that late in the year. 1-telisall council, in its road program, has demonstrated for a num- ber of years that plans tan be Made and carried out over a period of more than year without any problems, even though the personnel on councils change. Experience was put forth as another bene- fit of the two-year term. A newcomer needs a year CO become orientated to the operations and responsibilities of council work. There is some Merit in this suggestion, although the two new members of this year'S council have not required such a Ring apprenticeship. The other side Of the coin, of course, is that a Mali tilay prove within a year that he is not worthy of rdllialiling on 01111- Oil yet he will keep his seat for two under the thew' proposal. Lack of interest on the part of the rates payers was indicated as' another reason. Why Wald the two•yeAr term increase that interest'? We net only seriensly y doubt, that it, Will, but We also suspect that interest could 'decrease to an even lower level. The Bell Telephone Co. of Canada announced this week it has purchased property on Brock St., Hensel!, for the erection of a toll repeater station. Officials said no definite plans have been made yet for the structure but indicat- ed it would be a small one. The property was purchas- ed from Mrs. Florence Lee. Not even with the best intentions Cost? Yes, there may be a slight saving here but surely this is not a serious consideration since elections constitute the foundation of our democratic system. To deny ratepayers this fund- amental right because of the $300 to $400 cost of it is ridiculous, particularly when council spends more than $300,000 of those same ratepayers' money every year. But all of these advantages, even if they rate more merit than we give them here, are much outweighed by the obvious and serious handicap of the two-year term: the extension of the period 111 which citizens are unable to replace anineffective or harmful government. Under the present system, an unwise coun- cil can in one year upset programs, waste money, pass undesirable legislation, remove trusted em- ployees, create unsavory pollee conditiOns, and take many other unsatisfactory actions before 'rate- payers can rectify their election errors. But tinder the two/ear term this hazard is more than twice as great. What was desirable may be completely and irreparably destroyed before the citizens can oust those responsible. Ratepayers should remember that they have few brakes which they can apply to a wandering' Municipal government. True, there are provincial restraints for the most flagrant abuses but we have seen from the experiences of other Ontario muni- cipalities how slowly these come into effect. Out- side of that and the annual election, citizens can resort to little More than hue and cry and there's no guarantee that a council would pay any atten- tion to that, It's riot a Matter of trust. or of confidence, And, we admit, the situation is not likely to occur often, if at all. We 'certainly don't suggest that the present council has ulterior motives in suggest- ing the two-year term. We do say, 'however, that even the best of Then may 'be swayed by unfor- seen motives and opportunities. We also suggest that, "then de-Medley itself is being threatened on the international seem this is no time—there shettld never be a tithe--for people to sit back and allow their rights to be weakened, even With the test of intentiorkg. e ezeferZimeolkomeafe Eighty-Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 11, 1942. 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