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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-11-08, Page 1xeier hates- :out:cafe Eighty.Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, NPVEMBER 8, 1902 Price Per Copy 10 Cents , Stephen RC supporters appeal S assessments • Sweep! Curling season starts RCAF Station Centralia opened the area curling season over the weekend with a men's bonspiel. Group Captain L, H. Randall, commanding officer, threw the first rock Friday night to start the competition, Exeter Curling Club begins its regu- lar draw Monday night with an increased membership. —RCAF pohto Can't find source of oil, drop pollution sou 10 nstruction problems eta composite school Where to find it Announcements 17 Church Notices 17 Coining Evelite diforiels ..... Farm News 11 Feminine Patti ........ Hensel, 16, 17 Sports ti 7, 8, 9 Want , 12, 13 Hallowe'en h, jinxends in three-car crash A car shoved oat on No, 4 highway—twice within assist police in getting the ear off the road, Mrs. Ann minutes—caused a thre-d.vehicle crash Hallowe'en in Jorgonson, Victoria St, was the driver of the vehicle which three persons 'Wad injured and property darn which skidded into the hack of the truck, struck a age amounted to .$2,000. involved Welt a motorist and tree and ended up beside the front cat, dep't of highways truck driver who had stopped to —T.A photo ti Via" Members of Stephen township, council, sitting at court of re vision, Tuesday, reserved deci- Fillt) on an appeal submitted by close to 35 Roman Catholic reel idents in the township. The residents, all who live farther than three miles font the nearest separate school, ap- pealed their public school sup• port assessment, pointing out that other municipalities had not adhered to a new regula- tion regarding the situation, The new regulation stipulates that all Roman Catholic reel-, dents must 'pay public sehool support if they are more than three miles from the nearest separate school, Council decided to seek fur- ther information on the subject before handing down any deci- sion. Assessments against Norman Breen, Melvin. Grebb and Joe Gunn were lowered slightly fot- lowing the hearing of their ap- peals and the assessment of Gordon. Pollock was also low- ered because the barn has been torn down from his property, This change was made on the request of township assessor, \Vilmar D. Wein, who attended the meeting along with county assessor, Alec Alexander, Issue permits Council issued four building permits. all to residents in the Grand Bend area, for renova- tions and additions to existing buildings. Oakwood Park residents, W. H, Harwood, James H, Barth and Donald Swift were issued permits for alterations to their cottages, while G. E. Grindley was authorized to make an ad- dition of a structure 48'x20' to I is Patio Motel on the eastern limits of the summer resort. In other business, council: Made a grant of $1,000.00 to the Dashwooct Community Cen- tre and $75.00 to the Exeter Ag- ricultural Society. Paid a livestock claim in the amount of $15.00 to Matthew Finkbeiner for the loss of a pig killed by unknown dogs. Authorized sale of a used pressure system from the town- ship offi ce to Joseph. Bullock of Creditors for $55.00. Gave approval to the Grand Bend Conservation. Club to hold trap shoots on the farm of Ce- dl Lovie, Requested township solicitor, E. D. Bell, QC, to send a let- ter to McGillivray township re- Please turn to page 3 The still unexplained pollution caused by a petroleum product in Hensel]. drains came up for discussion at council meeting again, Monday, but council was advised by Huron health offi- dals that they could not sug- gest any solution to the prob- lem, Dr. R, M. Aldis, MOH, and Jim Pinder, a plumbing inspec- tor, met with council to discuss the problem and. reported that extensive tests carried out by them had failed to turn up any answer to the pollution. They advised council to let. the situation ride for the, pres- ent time unless the Ontario Wa- ter Resources Commission in- structs them to take further ac- tion. Although the odors have not been noticed in Hensel' for over a year, OWRC instructed coun. at their last meeting that they would have to consider a municipal sewer unless steps were taken to rectify the It was at the OIVRC sugges- tion that the county health offi- cials were asked to attend the meeting to instruct council on what action should be taken, as the existing debenture debts carried by the municipality make sewers an impossibility. Request cleanup After receiving a petition signed by 24. Brock street resi- dents complaining about the un- sightly condition of an aban- doned structure in the area, council instructed the reeve and clerk to seek advice from the village solicitors regarding the matter. The premises in question are owned by W. G. Thompson and consist of the cement foundation of an old building that, was destroyed. by fire. Although a fence has been installed around the spot, the residents stated that it was still dangerous for any children piaying in the area and it was also very unsightly, A considerable amount Of junk has also been tossed into the u nused foundation, aggravating its appearance, Ernie Davis reported that the n ew garage beside the town heti has been completed and tate. Lawyer briefed on Cuban crisis C. Van LaUghton, QC, who is vice-preeident of the Naval Officers' Association Of Can- ada, attended a conference in Ottaive called by the NaVel Board of Canada th week, eek. The board conference, held in earnera t discUssed claetified information about the current international situation, partic- ularly as it has been affected by the Cuban emergency. Councillor doe Weddell re- ported Monday that com- mitted leas secured De., George W, Goth, .Ltinclori, to be the guest gpeaker 'g the testi:hien- dine& for lioe. C. S. Mag. Naughton tal be held on That's. dey, November 22, 'Minister of Metropolitan Ignited Church, Dr. Goth is a personal friend of the thew inillister of highways and Minted at both his wedding and that of his daughter, Heather, The popular Leederi , has travelled egtelielVelY 04 ti nted As Ali tilltSPOltdi cil learned that the total cost had been $15,058.00, slightly higher than the original esti- mate. In preparkion for the coming winter months, Davis was in- structed to purchase three loads of sand and a suitable amount of salt to mix for applying to icy roads and sidewalks, He was also authorized to pur- chase 300 feet of snow fence to be placed in troublesome loca- tions in the village and also to order four loads of crushed gra- vel to be spread. at the station Council approved five build- ing permits at the meeting, all for additions or renovations to existing premises. Permits for building and altering porches were passed for Wes Venner, Frank Forrest and Leonard Noakes and bath room installa- tions to John jarrott and Lorne Hay, ilag's request was for altera- tions to the Cudmore property he has purchased beside his coal yard. Although it has been sug- gested at several previous meetings, council finally de. _in what may be still another effort to avoid a similar ac- cident to the one that claim- ed the lives of two area resi- dents two years ago, the dep't of highways has notified all municipalities that their snow removing. equipment in s t carry ,flashing blue lights while in operation. - In a letter sent out this week, the dep't pointed out that an atnendtnen t to the highway traffic act stiphlated that all snow removing .equiP. inent, or road building equip- Meet used in snow removal, must have lights that wilt be visible for a distance of 500 feet. The new tegulations will Ar. feet the town grader and also the show blower operated by Larry Snider, Although lie pointed out it would be a "pretty tkpettSiVe outfit,'' Mayor Simmons noted that council would have to purchase the lights for the grader to comply with the regulation. 'They're net Taylor cheap," Councillor Ross report- ed, We certainly don't h eed e deluxe outfit." The purchase, of ...the. equip" tent Vas left to Taylor and the tlerk Was aSked tehtael Snider in ease he had not re- t eivtd notification t t illendinera to the act. At the request of William Zonitehherg, engineer with Matt in London, litblicly airing his opihiette Melly contro- versial subjects. Plans for the diniter„ to be held at the Legion Hall, have been formulated and tickets will go on sale this week for any persons Wishing to attend. Cost of the dinner Will be $1,75 per plate and council has secured 400 tickets. Special in- vitations will be extended to area and government officials to attend tile function.. SeVeral :Whalers stated they have already received many retitle*, for tickets, in- dicating it Will bet -Well attend. gilt tided to take action over the poor hydro service in the com- munity. They decided at the meeting to write the PITC requesting them to register an official complaint with the Ontario Hy- dro Electric Commission over the low voltage and that action be taken as soon as possible to rectify the same, Area residents, apparently matching generosity with the enthusiasm of students of five public schools, contributed $608,70 to charity through can- vasses staged Hallowe'en night. The largest total was brought in by the students of. J. A, D. McCurdy school at Huron Park who collected a total of $335.00 to be split between three charitable organizations. Principal Henderson King re- the dep't of highways, council has arranged a meeting with the dep't for Wednesday night. The main topic on the agenda will be the plans for the con- struction of the highway at the south end of the town. The dep't have indicated they wish council to approve plans to widen to four lanes the area south from Huron street, The highway dcp't plans to tarry a similar project from the town limits to a point one- third of a mile south, but has indicated it will id proceed Unless council will agree to widening the portion from Waterloo to streets, At a previous meeting, Zon. ediberg . poitted out that the portion in the town would have to be Widened to alleviate any hazard that may occur due to Stirldtli narrow spot at the end or their ,project to the start of the. wier main street that begins et thitee Although Oats the pro- ject have hot been definitely estimated, it is expected the the teweas share Weald he about $7,000, with the dep't paying the Other' 75 percent Of the cost. Main -dinette expressed at Meedey's nieethig was Whether or not the PVC would be able to raise the funds to Meet. the Project,. Which would entail considerable change of light- ing and Water services in the area, Manor Simmons, reported he would dieted PVC manager Hugh Davis, asking hiril to be present at the iritethig with the highway orficiela to advise Please turn to page 3 aao Area legion 'not too bad' Although it was one of 10 -anches warned to cut down n the amount of beer they Hensall Legion was told it wasn't "too bad" by LCBO during a hearing in Kitchener Friday, President John Skea said Judge W. T. Robb, LCBO chairman, noted that the con- sumption at Hensall actually had dropped over the past year and was quoted by Skea as saying: "You aren't too bad at all." Mr. Skea said the branch considered the warning at a meeting Tuesday night. He pointed out one of the main reasons for higher-than- average consumption at Men- salt was the influx of visitors to the village, particularly dur- ing harvest time when grain is taken to Hensall elevators. "Legion members from many other areas—as far north as Goderich and as far south as Parkhill — drop in after they have unloaded their grain." Judge 'Robb, at the hearing, said an average of 30 gallons per member a year was con- sidered desirable. He describ- ed the Arthur branch's in- crease from 40 gallons last year to 65 gallons per mem- ber this year as "tremend- ous". Other branches warned were Brussels, Mitchell, St, Marys, Galt, Hespeler, Elora, Erin and Blyth, ported th e figure was over $80,00 more than last year and termed :ti e generosity of the residents "very gratifying", He also commended his pu- pils for their enthusiasm in the canvass, proceeds from which will be split between UNICEF, Care of Canada and the school's adopted Korean child. _The principal reported the students had set an obective of $1.00 per family in Huron Park and came within $25.00 of attaining the mark. 'UNICEF boosted The remainder of the monies collected in the area will be forwarded to UNICEF head- quarters at the United Nations, Exeter public scohol students exceeded last year's mark by close to $25.00. They turned in $123,10 to aid the needy child- ren in foreign. lands, Hensall donations dropped slightly to $67.00, while 'Liman, Creditors : and Dashwood schools collected $27,10, $27.50 and $29.00 respectively, Principal Arthur Idle, Ex. der, commended his students for their efforts in the annual Hallowe'en. campaign and : said, "they co-operated nicelg". He explained that he had re- ceived reports of overlapping in sonic areas of Lome while other spots were missed by canvassers. "That's bound to happen," he staled, and add- ed that if any persons who Were missed still wish te, con- tribute the school would be happy to, take the donations. Mr, Idle also expressed his appreciation to Canadian Can. nets Ltd. foe donating the Ms that were used by the children for collecting. Garnet Illcks, SHDHS repre- sentative on the Clinton com- posite school board, reported to the local board Tuesday that the new school "is run, ning into a lot of grief". He explained that shortage of materials was slowing down work on the structure and workmen were now over three weeks behind schedule, and work on the alteration of the old school building was also moving slowly. He said he did not expect the school would be finished for next September classes, Hicks reported the composite school board was considering putting out feelers for teach- ers in 'December, but noted that it was difficult for them to determine how many they would need for the various courses, lie said there was no way of knowing in what courses area students would enroll, so it was impossible to determine what specialties the teachers would need, SHDHS c 11 al r in an Larry Snider suggested that it was. up to the Clinton group to list Dining licence for restaurant Red Gables restaurant, Grand Bend, was one of 10 applicants to be awarded liquor licences by the LCBO during a hearing in Kitchener Friday. Red Gables received, a dining lounge licence to serve beer and wine with meals, It becomes the eighth licenced premises at the summer resort. Road block crash cause Mrs, :Ann Jorgenson, 20, Vic- toria Si,, remains in South Huron Hospital with a concus- sion resulting from a three- vehicle crash precipitated by a Hallowe'en "stunt". She was the driver of a car which skidded into the rear of a dep't of highways truck, stopped because of obstructions on Main St, at Simcoe. The car glanced off the truck, hit a tree, narrowly missed a police officer and an assisting motorist before corn- ing to rest. Mrs. Jorgenson. according to the motorist, Ron Caldwell, town, was thrown 20 feet out through the split- open roof. Also injured were Karl Mc- Naughton, 25, Huron St., Who received 25 stitches in his head, and Miss Leine tirolet, 24, Huron St.. They were passen- gers in Ucc Jorgenson ear. Driver of the . highway truck was William D. Gilbert, 31, RR 2 Ailsa Craig. The truck had stopped behind the Cald- well. car, Constables Lloyd Hodgins and Harry. V. Bergen, assisted h.), special constables Irwin Ford and Flank Green, had taken oil barrels off Main St, and a car off Sinicoc just min- utes before. Cirdhig the block, Bergen and Greeti found the .car on Main St. this time and were pushing it off the road when the accident happened. Damage was estimated at $2;000. what subjects they would of- fer and then the local boards would try to fill their quotas, Principal H, L, Sturgis sug- gested that a poll among the students possibly would reveal what courses should be offered and then the board would know what teachers they would need. However, he stated he thought the Clinton school man- agement already knew what courses they would offer in September. No V-P for HS SHDHS board was informed Tuesday that it would not have to consider advertising for a vice-principal for the school, but would have to consider hir- ing another full-time office girl. The advice came from D. W. Scott ; area inspector, and was passed to the board in a re- port given by Principal H. L. Sturgis. Board members appeared mystified at the inspector's de- cision that they ,didn't need a vice-principal, They pointed out it was his earlier decision to the contrary that made them decide to advertise this year, They planned to hire a man to work under Principal H. L. Sturgis so he would he ready to take over the duties when Sturgis retired, which he pre- viously had planned to do within two years. However, he reported the in- spector had urged him to stay on as long as he wanted and pointed out the inspector had stated that the board probably would net get a man capable of stepping up to principal to take the vice-principal's job. When questioned about his plans, the principal stated he would adhere to the board's wishes and would resign Ids post or would consider remain. ing on the staff in any capac- ity they wished. "As far as I'm concerned, I'll stay on as long as you arc satisfied with my work and my health enables me to do a good job," he stated, "We're certainly happy to have you stay on," Chairman Larry Snider replied. — Please turn to page 3 Bible drive below goal Contributions to the local Bible society campaign total $529.82 to date, according to President Alex Cann. The Mures arc well below last year's total of $800, which was the objective of the current drive. All returns are not in, said Mr. Cann, and he urged call. vassers to complete their ter- ritories at. the earliest conven- ience, The funds are used to pro- vide Bibles for school children be this area as well as to as- sist the geheral campaign to distribute testaments through. out the WOrld. The local principal also re- ported to the board that he felt schools would have diffi- culty in getting students to go to Clinton rather than create an overcrowding problem as has been feared. Ile said he had been talking to many principals who said they were having difficulty talking students into entering vocational scohols, How many for SHDHS? Hicks also asked the board how many students they felt they should be allowed to send to Clinton next year. He ques- tioned whether or not the pre- sent students going to Clinton would he considered in the quota, or whether it would have to be considered as the first year when they only have to guarantee nine percent of their own school population. The board didn't reach any definite decision but pointed out it would have to be work- ed out with the other area boards, "It's going to take a lot of education to get this educe- Hon rolling," Snider stated at the conclusion of the discus- sion„ New 'beard-do' for his new lob Bill Gossman, Dashwood, is going to receive en extensive beauty treatment and a new suit as a result of his beard. He's going to play Santa in a London department store during the Christmas season. This includes participation in the Santa Claus parade which heralds the festivities. He'll be fitted soon for his new suit — a red one, of course, with white stripes. Then he has a number of ap- pointments with the hairdres- ser, to turn his greyish hair and beard into curly white locks. Bill's comment about it all; "Ho, ho, hot" SHDFIS board was informed by registered letter, Tuesday, that it Will be held responsible for all the medical expenses and any permatient injury sustained last month by Mark Hoffman,. member of the school's football team, The youth's father, Rev, L. -R. Hoffman, pastor of the Church of God, Grand Bend, pointed out that his son suf- fered a severe ankle injury in a game played in :Mitchell and could possibly be left with a permanent defect, Although the husky lineman has been .an ardent member of the team for the past two. sears his father charged he had been "persuaded to play against his original wish." The letter said Hoffmarge parents had not been consulted as to whether or net their sob could play football for :the school. While an examination of the school's insurance policy proved otherwise, Rev. Hoffman noted that the school carried only a maximum of $100.00 insurance le their students. "I'm amazed at this", he said, "Surely the board realizes that this is not adequate". Take no action However, board secretary- treasurer, II',. I). Houey, re- ported he had been assured by their insurance agent that the school's coverage, along with Hoffman's hospitalization plan, would cover all the expenses in- curred by the young athlete. The school's coverage con- tains a medical benefit of up to $3,000.00 and hae a capital fund clause of $7,500.00 which cov- ers students who ma; suffer permanent loss of any limb or sense organ, "We have nothing to worry about according to om mar- ante agent," Howey stated. Ile also reported that Hoff- man has been discharged front the hospital, and while the in- jury was serious, said there was no reason to assume that the dreadful would happen and -Itilcient ydoeuftehd,‘,vould have a perma. The school's compreiansive insurance plan covers students travelling to or from schoel, while at school and also at any supervised athlete activity or function of the school. llowcy reported some schools require parents to sign a forth statieg that their children may play on school teams with their knowledge kid consent However, the board did not act on any such policy and also appeared to discount Hoffmanls charge that his sett had been unduly coaxed to play against his wishes. In other business, the beard: Decided to investigate the pur. chase of a snow blower. Authorized purchase of a heavy•duly skill saw for the shop department at A cost of $i35 77, Gave 'permission to Me littr oii CbuntS7 441 Clubs to held their annual achievement night in the auditorium 'on rriday, December 7, Set Vriday„ Noveitber 16 as Parents' toNiagghlt iotirurga et irt4.: mission Ron. flogaii, to take the mem- tiers of his grade 10 class to the R oyal Wittier Fair. The trip IS recommended by the dep't tit education. Testimonial to MPP will .be held 22 Municipal plows to have flashers Spirited area '5 collect over $6 inrs • SHDHS threatened over football injury