HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-11-22, Page 1NEAR COMPLETION—Most COMPLETION—Most of the work has been completed on Grand Bend's
new dial telephone system and cutover has been scheduled for Sunday, December
16. Workmen are busy putting the finishing touches on some of the intricate wir-
ing and are making tests calls to the 600 subscribers, Supervisor, Harold Zehr, in
the foreground, is shown testing some of the equipment with Bill Ingram, another
member of the Hay Municipal Telephone System. —T-A photo
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AREA NOMINATION MEETINGS
Friday Afternoon
November 23
12.30—McGillivray Township (West McGillivray
Hall)
AUTOMATION HELPS PIGHT Fiktg—F1L Sgt, A. V,
}Taggart,• station fire chief, right, explains to officials
the operation of the atittiletatie fire detection panel in
the new fire hail at 11,CAIP Station Centralia, which
was °polled last week lorom left are Wing Commander
Bracken, chief technical services officer at
Centralia; Group 'Captain L. H. Randall, commanding
officer;. l;./:l; Paul narrett, training command lire
marshal ,...-RCAV photo
Friday Evening
November 23
7.00 Village of Hensel'
7.00—Village of Zurich
7,30 Town of Exeter
Monday Afternoon
November 16
1.00—Stephen Township (Creditonl
1.00—Usborne Township (Elimvillel
Monday Evening
November 26
7 00—Centralia Police Village (School)
7.00-1 ashwood Police
7.00-- Creditors Police Village
&00 Village of Grand 11 end
Friday Afternoon
November 36
1.00—I-lay Township (Zurich)
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Oppose
lotteries
Notwithstanding a facetious
protest by Reeve Morgan Ag-
new of Clinton against "taking
away the business of the
church e s" by "legislating
against sin," Hume county
council on a 24 to 11. recorded
vote, Wedeesday, turned
thumbs down on legalized lot-
teries.
First vote of the session re-
sulted from a division of (spin-
ion on a resolution from the
council of the united counties
of. Prescott and Russell, It
called for consideration of
legalizing lotteries in Canada,
in order that profits might go
to reduce hospital grants. The
legislative committee, of which
Reeve Ivan Haskins of Howiek
is chairman, reported non-con-
currence,
"We did not think we should
go into the lottery business;"
explained Reeve Haskins,
Reeve Ralph Jewell, Col-
borne, asked: "Is there any in-
formation as to what share of
the profit would go to hospitals
if lotteries were legalized?"
Warden McCutcheon: "I think
the committee felt the percent-
age would be so small that
there might not be any profit,
and it would be making money
for some private individual,"
Reeve Aguew: "Does the
committee take the attitude
that this is wrong, and sin, this
lottery business? I am oppos-
ed to anything sinful (Hear,
hear!) but are we going to
take the business away from
the church? If you legislate all
sin out, you are putting the
churches out of business."
Deputy-Reeve Alvin Rau, of
Stanley: "Thousands of dol-
lars go out of the county and
the country to other places. I
don't know what percentage
goes to hospitals, but I still
think we could have them (lot-
teries) here in our own coon-
etre,"
Reeve Clarence Hanna, East
Wawanosh: "Teerr- are -obt too
many in this room who haven't
a sweepstake ticket, and I
would like to see our money
stay in Canada."
Deputy-Reeve Claude Far-
row, Exeter: "I am not in sym-
pathy with encouraging the
idea we should get something
for nothing. These small af-
fairs handled locally are one
thing, but when you get into
the business of encouraging
people to think they are going
to get something for nothing,
I was not in favor of it. There
is sufficient along that line as
it is."
As discussion ended, Reeve
Harvey Coleman of Stanley re-
marked: "These tickets they
are selling on the Irish sweep-
stakes are illegal, but sold
under cover "
Usborne set
for return
dial any number.
Zehr stated that the two-
year operation was running
according to schedule, "It's a
great relief to get to the end,"
he added.
Operators should
apologize: council
Hay Township council have
suggested their four striking
operators "owe the public an
apology for their unwarranted
action" following their sit-down
strike Wednesday night,
Without notice to any officials
of the township owned system,
the four refused to take any
calls on. the switchboard be-
tween 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. and it
wasn't until shortly after 7:00
that reeve V. L. Becker was
informed by the Dashwood ope-
rator that they were unable to
reach Zurich.
Along with superintendent,
Reg Black, Becker went to the
office and found all four pre-
sent, none working, and appro-
ximately 75 percent of the cir-
cuits calling for service, includ-
ing all outside trunks.
When Black asked the ladies
if they intended to work that
evening he received a negative
reply and then, after a brief
consultation with the reeve, re-
quested the ladies to leave.
He took over the board him-
self and operators from Grand
Bend• were called in and servs
ice was finally restored to order
by 8:00 p.m,
In a written statement this
week, Black pointed out he was
quite aware that any or several
calls not being operated at the
switchboard could have been of
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vital data as:
Location of the fire:
Quickest route for the truck;
The particular hazard s,
equipment and combustible
materials at that location.,
The equipment or chemicals
required to meet the specific
hazards.
With this information, mons
hers of the crew are prepared
to tackle the blaze in the Mott
efficient manner the moment
the truck reaches the scene.
The new building, termed a
standard RCAF fire hall, also
prOvides improved working and
living quarters for the brigade
members, as well as special
maintenance facilities for the
machines. The hall houses
two of the four brigade ve-
hicles.
Construction began in April
and was officially completed
Friday when Group Captain L.
H. Randall, commanding of-
ficer, cut the ribbon to the
and will then give them the
numbers they wish.
Pay phones in the Grand
Bend area will be pre-paid
units, requiring the user to in-
sert 10 cents before he can
Harold Zehr, foreman of the
Hay Municipal. Telephone Sys-
tem, reported last week that
all the dial telephone sets have
been installed on the Grand
Bend exchange and "every-
thing is going smoothly" for
the December 16 cutover date.
Close to 600 subscribers will
be serviced by the modern new
exchange building which has
been completed in the summer
resort.
At present, workmen are
busy pre-testing all the dial
phones and will have this work
completed before the cutover
date. The subscribers have re-
ceived instruction cards on the
use of the dial and will re-
ceive notification when to test
their new sets.
The Grand Bend exchange
will have the numbers 238 as
their prefiX and subscribers
will have the benefit of the
modern direct long distance
They will also have free ser-
vice to subscribers on the
Zurich and Dashwood ex-
changes. By dialing 236 for
Zurich or 237 for Dashwood,
they will be able to contact thaw
operators on these exchanges
Thanks to automation, RCAF
Centralia fire crews will get to
the scene of an emergency
more quickly and better pre-
pared.
The station's new $70,000 lire
hall, officially opened last
week, features An automatic
fire detection panel which
codes key information to the
crews as soon as a call terries
in.
The panel is connected di-
reetly with all the alarm boxes
on the station, as well as in
Huron Park, the permanent
married quarters of the sta-
tion,
As soon as an alarm comes
In, the machine codes its num-
ber automatically. A corres-
ponding card, picked up by
one of the crew as the truck
leaves the building, gives such
Organ fund
starts well
Vila organ fund at Saints
Street United C li u r c li WAS
given a gigantic hiatigutation,
Sunday, when $3,540,00 WAS
raised froin the speeial offers
ing taken at the thurch's 100th
anniversary sertdce.
Revs Harold Smell, Riverside
DC, tendon, a former minister
with 12 years' servite, in the
(hutch, was guest speaker and
the auditeriuni Was filled to Das
padity and chairs had to be Set
in the aisles. Revs E, Itoldston
took ATI% 8noll's service in Lon.
don to allow Ti, Lewis to re-
Main in his own church.
The offering for the organ
Was close to one-third of the
$11,800.00 instrument,
Mrs. John Gotten, Exeter,
was guest soloist gat the serve
ice.
Open lionee Was held Sunday
afternoon in the church halt for
friends to meet and chat With
Mr, and Mrs. Snell And Peter,
Also in the receiving line Were
Rte. and Mrs. E. Rottlston, new
members of the church,. and
Rev. and Mrs. Weis,
DCW arranged for the
event. Pouring tea were Miss
May Jones, Mrs, Wes Witmer,
Mrs, R. E. Pooloy, Mrs. Hoge,
ard Kerslake, Mrs. R. C. Ditt-
ney and Mrs, Arthur Rundle.
Receiving at the door Were
Mr. and Mrs. CarfreSs Cann and
and3,1rs. at, C, lilotchor.
As construction starts in Ex-
eter's $290,000 first-stage sew-
erage system, property owners
are being urged to decide
quickly on hook-ups.
in a notice this week, coun-
cil established the connection
charge at $70.00, $5.00 less than
was originally estimated.
"Immediate decision by the
owners is requested", the no-
tice stated,
G a .1" fney Construction. Co.
Ltd., Stratford, which was
awarded the contract by the
OWRC, began work on the pro-
ject Monday near the inter-
section of Marlborough and
John streets,
Some householders already
have been contacted in regard
to connections and it appears
few have decided whether or
not they will hook up their
septic tank outlets.
Of nine owners interviewed,
only two have reached a de-
cision to be connected, it was
reported.
PUC buys
new pump
Exeter PUC have received
permisson from the Ontario Wa-
ter Resources Commission to
purchase a new $7,000.00 pump
for the main pumphouse.
Driven by a gas engine, the
new vertical turbine pump will
have a capacity of 750 gallons
per minute and will operate
during a power failure.
It also operates on pressure
control.
Manager Hugh Davis pointed
out the new installation would
be extremely valuable in the
event of a serious fire or pow-
er failures. "We've never had
this type of protection in the
past", he noted.
The old pump was installed
in 1936 and ,the P'UC has had.
some difficulty with it in the
past, but needed r e p a i r s
couldn't be made because it was
too risky to turn it off, as it was
never known when it may be
needed immediately.
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entrance. The ceremony, wit-
nessed by FIL Paul Barrett,
training command fire mar-
shall, and fire-fighting person-
nel from Clinton and Camp
Borden, was followed by a
tour of the new building.
Tim hall was built by Logan
Construction Co., Stratford,
represented by Oliver Gaffney.
The site engineer who present-
ed the keys to the command-
ing officer was Ron Moore of
Defence Construction Ltd,
Town officials have poleted
out that the most economical
time to have the connection
made is when the tile are be-
ing installed. Otherwise addi-
tional digging will be required.
It was noted that the OWRC
will require that only a portion
of the ditches can be left open
at any one time. This means
that the ditches must be filled
as the installations are com-
pleted. 31 connections are not
made at this time, the addi-
tional expense of redigging to
the sewer will be required.
A real estate salesman here
said he felt most property
owners would want connections
since this feature would in-
crease the value of the pro-
perty to at least as much as
the cost, if not more. •
The swimming pool campaign
has started with a splash.
Chairman G. John Goman re-
ported this week a total of $2,000
has been pledged by the first
13 donors.
"Our campaign for funds was
launched Saturday," Mr. Go-
man said," and we are receiv-
ing encouraging support in the
early stages. We have cash and
pledges totalling $2,000.00 from
the first 13 donors. Donations
vary from $500.00 to $50.00 but
it is significant that the aver-
age is over $150.00.
The committee hopes to com-
plete the initial canvass by the
end of November. This first ap-
peal is a limited one because
of the approaching holiday sea-
son.
`:The response to our appeal
indicates that there is a great
deal of enthusiasm behind the
swimming pool project," the
chairman said, "As general
chairman of the committee, I
express our sincere thanks to
all early contributors for their
generous support.
"Speaking personally, I ant
more convinced than ever that
a swimming pool for Exeter and
District can, become a reality in.
1963. I invite anyone who wishes.
to support us in a tangible way
to leave their contribution or
pledge with Charles Smith, man-
ager of the Bank of Montreal,
who is treasurer of our fund.
"We are not just interested in
immediate cash returns but ra-
ther in the assurance of conti-
nuing support, I would remind
those people who feel unable to
make a substantial contribution
at one time that $1.00, $2.00 or
$5.00 monthly can add up to
the contributions of $10.00,
$20,00 and $50,00 that we will
need to bring our campaign to
a successful conclusion,
"Firms or individual contrib-
uting now will not be canvassed
during our general canvas early
next year, Donations are -des
duttible from taxable income."
At: least three municipal rep-
resentatives — Lwo on the pub-
lic school board and one pub-
lic utilities commissioner —
will not seek re-election when
Exeter names candidates for
its first two-year administra-
tion Friday night.
Crown Attorney W. G. Coch-
rane, QC, and Mrs, Cochrane,
who have moved to Grand
Bend, will give up their re-
spective posts. Mr, Cochrane
is a member, and former
chairman, of the PUC, and
Mrs. Cochrane has been a trus-
tee on the public school board,
One other trustee, Robert
Southcott, currently vice-chair-
man, will not stand for elec-
tion to the board.
Most of the other members
of both municipal bodies have
indicated their willingness to
remain.
These include: Chairman W.
G. Seldon of the public school
Councillor John Corbett, a
five-year veteran on Hay town-
ship council, said. this week he
will either step up or get out.
"I'm not rernainng as a coun-
cillor," he said. "I think it's
time I tried to move- up. Five
years is long enough for any-
one to serve as a councillor."
Asked about the election situ-
ation in Hay Mr. Corbett said:
"There's not too much talk but
there's more than last year,"
Reeve V. L. Becker and the
other members of council indi-
cate they'll allow their names
to stand for re-election,
Said Mr. Becker: "With the
number of changes that have
been made on council during
Disgusted at the lack of in-
(crest in community affairs
among residents, Councillor
Earl Deters reported this week
he didnt think he would stand
for nomination in Grand Bend,
Monday.
"I won't leave a vacancy nor
will I cause an election," he
stated.
He pointed out that people
didn't lake an interest in what
board, and members R a y
Frayne, Ross Tuckey and Clar-
ence McDonald. Mr. Frayne
and Mr, Tuckey, along with
Mr. Southcott, were elected by
acclamation for two year terms
last year but their offices auto,
matically terminate with the
introduction of the biennial
system for all elected bodies,
Chairman R. E. Pooley, of
the PUC, has indicated he will
stand, After serving on the
PUC, eight years while he was
mayor, he was elected a com-
missioner last year when vete-
ran L. J. Penhale retired. Mr,
Pooley became chairman ear-
lier this year when Mr. Coch-
rane resigned the post.
No aspirants for public of-
fice, other than the incum-
bents, have come forward to
date. There is no indication
that there will be a contest for
council or any other municipal
board.
the past year —a new deputy.
reeve and a new councillor — I
feel that 1 may stand again."
He indicated, however, that he
hadn't made a definite deci-
sion,
Mr, Becker has been reeve of
the township since 1956, He was
deputy-reeve for two years prior
to that.
Deputy-Reeve Delbert Geiger,
who was named to that position
earlier this year after the res-
ignation of Karl. Haberer, said
he will stand, So did Council-
lor John qoldan, a three-year
man, Joseph Hoffman, who
came on council earlier this
year, could of brie contacted but
it is expected he will run,
council was doing in the com-
munity and it wasn't worth
the time and energy.
"You can work your head
off and no one cares," he said.
Councillor Rollie Grenier,
completing his first term, said
he had considered quitting,
but after discussion with other
members of council had chang-
ed his mind.
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With a freshman reeve and
two freshman touncillors,
borne council probably will
stand for re-election without
change.
It was reported that Council-
tor Archie Etheringeon was eons
sidering a run for the reeveship
but he did not confirm this when
contacted by The T-A. "I intend
to stand for council," he said,
He's served three years.
Reeve George Frayne is -com-
pleting his first year as chief
magistrate. Ward Here is the
senior councillor,, with five
years' experience, Delmer Skies
net, fernier school area board
trustee. and Roy, Wosicott are
completing their first terms.
Stephen group
will 'stand pat`
'Unless something unforeseen
develops in Stephen, it looks
like the tive-ratan council will
request re-election there.
"It was the feeling at our
last meeting," said Councillor
Edmond Hendrick, "that all of
us would remain for another
;year, unless there's a thange
nomination de y."
Reeve is Glene 'Webb; dep.
uty, ,Tire Hayter, arid the other
councillors are Joe Dietrich
and Cecil Desiardine.
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Generally, the election scene in area municipali-
ties looks quiet but there are a few rumblings which
may develop into poll contests.
in Hay, one councillor has indicated he may try
to step up for reeve or deputy-reeve,
A councillor' in. Grand Bend, peeved at the lack
of public interest, is considering retirement seriously,
A report from Osborne suggested one member
of council was thinking of running for the reeveship
but this was not confirmed.
There appear to be no changes brewing in Mc-
Gillivray or Stephen townships, nor at the moment is
there any indication of a contest in Hensall.
Despite Mayor Simmons' call for an election to
launch the two-year term in Exeter, there's no indica-
tion at this moment that a contest will develop. Some
seats will become vacant on the public school board and
the PUC, however.
Three posts open in town
Centralia fire fighters 'automated'
Seek approval
for connections
May be a move in Hay
GB picture uncertain
at y `disgusting'
Anboonteinents
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