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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 fete inst I han II H fi Eiohty.E1tibth Year gxgm, gNTARlq, NpvgA44.gg 22, 1962. Price Per Copy 10. Celli* )ereai esa-A4uocafe U lit S a Sewer work starts Your date with democracy ... 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) 'resSiessesiesisaseeisseeeZSesiaii24.1Z7ignainettreetiesitiadeteeit 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 Please turn to page 3 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. — Please turn to page 3 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. Please turn to page a 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. Where to find it LOOM e 16 Sport ....... 1`k Want 11, 13 eeseseeseeeesseeia • • . • • • ".....setate:1=ear."?'" , , '' ,, " iecti f ro cp:pe quiefi 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 Church teltitient ........ Cbming Witte tditeriale• Pothinino• Padt 14 Hensall A 4 •