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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-11-29, Page 3OLD MAN WINTER'S hard to beat with that handful of cards! But with safety cards you can frump his tricks! To beat'winter's longer stopping time... travel at a reduced speed and leaYe plenty of room to stop To beat skidding ... pump your brakes instead of lamming them on To beat poor slow sown arid keep Windshield and windows free of IGO and snow YOU .CAN1BEAT OLD MAN WINTER BY BEING EXTRA CAREFUL IA Co-operators Insurance Association ttnd CIA 141.fg .CO -OpeeititotS Life insurance Association Do you know • that in the 1960 Election only 941 Ratepayers voted ? LET US DO BETTER IN 1962!! Ross Taylor Asks You Once Again To Support Him on Monday lb EXETE R at Grant s in Lucan for your CHRISTMAS SHOPPING v POPULAR MAKES OF RINGS V WATCHES Ni CLOCKS A/ SILVERWARE 'g \,/ JEWELLER? V DRESSER SETS 114' V RAZORS V RECORDS NEW AND USED ADMIRAL TV SETS We Service What We Sell, at Grants'Watch&TVRepairShop t 3 A Phone 227-4812 For Service h kiSmt-m-Attt*tqc*tt% l«wb?ii oNv a, r. it Continued from page 1 row, "mid I believe our try must," "i have always believed. that I should take a stand on airy and 0 1 issues on the basis of principle,, ideal or the interest of maJority of the people." In respect to town affairs, the deputy-reeve • reported that the .0411111,0.We of which be was chairman hoped to bring in a report, before the end of the year in regard to .establishing greater cooperation leiLween the community centres board and. the recreation councii. Reporting on sanitation as Ceminittee chairman, he noted that "we go way beyond our by- law" in garbage collection but he . praised the works crew "for doing a terrific job of keeping the town .elean, lie noted that the town had received a favor- able report on this year's ope- ration of the disposal system at the canning plant. Farrow said he had enjoyed working with Chairman Ralph Bailey on this year's road pro- grain; in regard to drains, how- ever, he offered "no comme n t", Sees road progress Councillor Bailey, outlining the emulsion and chips program he had established this year, said: "Personally I like this type of road construction. If we carry it on for another two yeara we should have good hard surface roads which will cut down on maintenance quite a bit," Councillor Jack Delbridge, as park chairman, noted the com- mittee has overspent its bud- get by some $280, This was caused, he explained, by the construction of a road into the northeast corner to permit the dumping of fill there, Drains chairman Taylor, not- ing he was reporting to the ratepayers for the eighth time, praised the audience as the "only interested people in this town". No drains had been in- stalled this year, he revealed, because of the upcoming sew- erage program which would mean that "a good many of our town sewers will be taken over as sanitary sewers. The recreation program con- tinues to be an active one which is studied by other communities and the recreation director is doing an excellent job, Taylor stated. The community centres board, he reported, will not be borrowing the same amount of money from the town this year, "which speaks for itself",. Councillor Joe Wooden an- nounced the new zoning bylaw would be distributed to property owners immediately and be. urged them to give it "careful reading and study". He said he had a high regard for this year's council which "didn't do things rashly" and which extended itself tt o hold a number of extra meetings dur- ing the year- o complete import- ant business. As a member of the sanitation committee he felt. — Continued from page, 1 would have to he' considered for the town hat] "or we won't have a hall"; a solution would have to he found for the Ravelle drain and other drains in the resort and renovations were needed at the police station.'' "We have a lot to look for- ward to," he concluded. "Personality" fight There appears to lie nn main Issue among any of the men running for the council seals, although Ian Coles, a London man who owns properly in Southeott Pines, said the pro- posed water system could he installed a great deal cheaper than the present price. Similar to Webb, he did not inform the ratepayers how he hoped to do this, but said after the meeting he thought the re- sort should discuss the matter With Londnn and negotiate With them if they go ahead with their lake intake system. The 48-year-old food broker, who said he was practically a full-time resident, reported he would also want to sec what could be done about the traf- fic problem in the community, "It takes nie an hour to get front the drug store to my home on a busy day," he stated. T h n itt p s n rt, proprietor of Bruce Refrleeraiion, :making his second attempt at a coun- cil seal, told the meeting he would. like to see the village incorporate More land into the town to get more taxes. The other new candidate, Wassinann, who is starting his third year as president of the active Chamber of Commerce, said he bad his hands full but would do everything be could to assist. Grand tend. Both Desjardirie and Grenier gave reports on the commit- tees on which they served last year, but did not outline any programs they wished to in. augurate this year, New Scheel trustee Wallace and Ross Pedardine were both renamed to the selittol board along with IllatOld Skipper, who will fill theseat left vacant by Robert Jenni- son, who did net attend the meeting. Starting their second terms en the hoard are Ken Young, Lawrence Mason and W. F, 13, MaeLaren, MacLaren, chairman rif the group. gave a repott on the school's business and paid tri- bute to the fine teaching staff, Ile reported he had heard some. questions as to the ad, visabitity of the new Iwo-room addition, 'especially' shire the army families were known to lie leaving, However, lie Said it Was warranted because enrollment had only dropped 'front '212 le 190 And the hoard was pre. VIMisty paying $1,000 tent Wit riat for the use of the base. that garbage pickup had "al- most always been prompt". lie felt there were various reas- ons" behind the inactivity of the drains committee, Replace greenhouse As a member of ..the cemetery board, councillor Fred Wright reported, the old greenhouse has .been replaced and the gas tank buried. lie lauded the cemetery and its caretaker, Bert ..ustiand, Candidate Clarence Boyle felt there weren't enough neolde interested in civic politics and announced his intention to stand if there was an election. Norman Ferguson indicated he was a bit doubtful about qualifying and Lee Sherman ,said he woeld give his "best effort and undivided attention" to all cline matters if be was elected, Fred Walters, another nomi- nee for council, said he was impressed with the work done by council and would not con- sider opposing the members. School trustee Ross Turkey said that, contrary to what, some people think, the school board was an active administration and he praised the teaching and maintenance staff for its co- operation. Chairman. ft. Pooley pre- sented a complete report, for the PUC, In the hydro department, highlights were: erection of seven electrically heated homes, two electrically heated apart- ments and an electrically heated motel during the past year; completion of 900 individual in- struction orders; gross salaries for 10 months, $30,311; despite the increased costs resulting from the provincial sales tax, the commission has been able to meet costs of rebuilding lines and eredting new lines with ex- isting revenue and without an increase in the costs of power to the customer or the issuance of debenture, principally be- cause of increased consumption, Waterworks: Addition of a new automatic standby engine and fire pump at the main pumphouse; increase of 36 con- sumers to a total of 1201; com- pletion of 10 water main and pump installations which were paid for out of available funds. The total water consumption for the year 1961 was 149 mils lion gallons, an increase of 23 million gallons over the pre- vious year, It costs 33.505 per 1.000 gallons to produce the wa- ter for the year 1961 and it was sold for 37.16e per 1000 gallons, The average gallons per day per customer was 341 gallons. The system pumped a record of 3,096,700 gallons of water during the month of July 1962, :However, with the addition of (he new well erected in 1960- 61, there was no water restric- tion in 1962, Allan. Fraser reported on the high school board's financial situation. Some discussion de- veloped on the new Robarts plan under which the local board now is sending some 50-odd stu- dents to Clinton. merit at the Church Of God and it wasn't satisfactory he- cause it was very damp in wet wea tiler, The addition also gives the children the use of the base- ment for congregating before before school and, on rainy days and the, teacher-student ratio had been cut to 28 to 1 over the previous figures that fluctuated from 38 to I to 42 to 1, The ideal ratio is 25 to MarLaren also gave a re- port. on the SHDHS hoard and estimated there would be a one mill increase next year to pay maintenance costs on the new composite school at Clinton. Hydro increase William Love and Cam Chan- man were both renamed to the PUC and told the ratepayers that .the Ontario 'Hydro would be increasing rates in the re- sort next year, Love said it would cost $700 more for hydro, but did .not estimate what this would mean to each consumer, lie pointed out the system ivas continuing to grow and 25 new services had been install- edtn 1982, bringing the total nuinber to 869. The too men reported more street lights would be in.stait- ed year. Vote on bylaw Along with the seven names for the five positions, the quealleti regarding the propos- ed staggered elections_ will Also be on GrandBend's ballot, The bylaw has been given two readings by council, but Mrs, J Yellow Stephen native Mrs. Joseph Yellow, Usborne Township, .died in Victoria :HOS. pita), Saturday, November 24, She was the former Lucy May Jory, daughter of the late .Mr. And Mrs, Elijah ,logy and born tic Stephen Township. Following her marriage to Jo- seph Yellow they farmed in borne Township. She was a member of James Street United. Church, Surviving are one son, Thom- as, UsborneTOMO:Lip, two daughters, Mrs. Ray tLauret- La) Cottle, Usborne, and Mrs. Alex (Minna) Rohde, Mitchell; one brother SAM jory; sis- ter, Mrs. Laura Ilarvey, both of Exeter; three grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, Funeral services were con- ducted by Rev. S. R. Lewis at the floPper-Hockey funeral home, on Tuesday, November 7 with interment in Exeter cem- etery, Pallbearers were Messrs. Ed Yellow, Aierry.n Duman, Rob- ert Frayne, Gerald McFalls, Melvin King and Charles Fish- er, Continued from page 1 being attained by mixing warble fly killer in with feed, "I don't like this spraying in my barn," he stated and questioned if council considered the new method, Webb again replied and said that grants from 'the govern- ment were only received for the spraying method, "Actually all the municipality has to do is supply an inspector," he added, "but we look after the entire procedure because we think we can do it cheaper collectively". Councillor Ed Hendrick also noted 'that it would be difficult for an inspector 'to follow a pro- gram of feeding, "If only a few didn't follow it ,it would defeat what all the others were doing," he warned, Gunn presented no issues at the meeting but said he was considering standing for office because "an election is the only way a council can get a vote of confidence or a vote of mis- trust," He noted that council had been. acclaimed for the past two years and said after the meet- ing he was hoping to force some of the men to step up. "Council is getting stale and they're afraid to move," lie reported, Reeve outlines work in his report, Webb stated that the main considerations facing next year's council would be the work on the Mount Car- mel road and the purchase of a new grader for the township. He noted 'that the $40,000.00 paving job on the road would be done by Middlesex county and Stephen would share in the costs. However, he reported be hoped the road would be con- sidered a development road by Huron county council and the costs would be taken over by them. In regards to the grader, he noted the 1957 machine was not in good repair and said "we have been fortunate so far in keeping it going." He said council would also consider using the grader to fill in tile drains in the township as "they are a benefit to the en- tire township," Webb also commended the Va- rious groups who have assisted in restoring three cemeteries in the township, "It shows how the people feel about the pioneers of this area," he said, Backs idea of appeal Although he did not know that the township's appeal against the Parkhill dam had been must be approved by the rate.- payers before a final reading,' It will not come into effect un- til 1964 if it does go through. Vote Wooden for Council ON STEPHEN BOARD — Ralph Weber, RR 3 Dashwood, was appointed to fill the vacant seat on Stephen's school area board following the resignation of Ray Morlock, who has served for four years, Weber is the only new man on this' year's slate of municipal officers. turned clown by the OMB, Coun- cillor Ed Hendrick told the 'ratepayers he felt they were right in making 'the appeal "I don't think the dam is be- ing built for flood control," he said, "but behind it all is the idea of developing an artficial lake for recreaton purposes" Hendrick, who represents Me township on the Authority and is an executive member, re- ported they were not consider- ing any big projects for the coming year. Noting the township's large cash surplus, Hendrick said he didn't think it was good busi- ness to get it too high, but pointed out it would help to pay their share on the new grader, if purchased, and also their levy on the Parkhill dam, if it is built, A review of the various work clone by council in the past was given by deputy-reeve, James Hayter, and councillors Cecil Desjardine and Joseph. Dietrich, The latter urged, the residents to use more discretion when using the townships two dump- ing areas. "We've had a num- ber of complains about people dumping dead animals on the dump behind the airport," he said, "and it could be closed off." He also noted that ifpeople would throw their garbage far- ther back in the dumps it would alleviate the necessity of bulldozing the grounds so often, New trustee Only new face on this year's list in the township will be Ralph Weber, RR 3 Dashwood, who will fill the position on the school board made vacant by the resignation of Ray Morlock. Morlock served four years on the board, Other members returned. were George Clarke and Ross Brown. Harold Fahner and Sydney Ba• ker are starting the second year of their two-year terms. Reports on the school board were given by secretary-treas- urer, Wilmer Wein, and Lloyd Continued from page 1. school. have no perm:rat reasons, We have no. proof of what we are being told: and I do not like. the implication that we are stat- ing falsehoods," he said. There is a moral issue outside of the money question. '"I .pass school twice a day and chil- dren are happier playing there than they would be by waiting for a bps" he said, Old car plates cost him $20 Donald Lee Squires, 33, RR 3 .Ailsa Craig,, Was fined $20,011 and costs after he was found guilty of driving a moter ve- Mete with old license plates by Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, in Exeter court Tuesday, However, a second charge of driving while his permit was under suspension was dismissed due to laek of evidence, PC George Mitchell laid the two charges after he stopped Squires in Stephen township on October 2. While Squires' driver's license had been suspended following conviction of drunk driving, the magistrate upheld his defense that there was not ample evi- dence given that the permit was still under suspension, In handing down his decision on the second charge, the ma- gistrate told Squires that he should "get it through your head not to ma t hrough own laws with sregard to driving a motor vehicle." Acclamations — Continued from page 1 second term as reeve, and his councillors for 1963 will be the same as this year,—Victor Lee, Arthur Varley, Alex McGregor, and Irwin Sillery. School board members are Cleve Coombs, Robert Gemmell, and Orval Workman. Hensall returned Reeve Nor- man Jones, Councillors John Ba- ker and Harold Knight and ac- claimed former councillor Jack Lavender and newcomer Har- old Bradley. New school trus- tee is Charles Fiferd, HYDRO GENERATES INTEREST Ontario Hydro's power de- velopments are a major tour- ist attraction. Approximately 1,500,000 persons will tour generating stations, visit Hydro displays, and watch film and slide showings during 1962. Lamport gave a report on the SHDHS board. A former reeve, Jack 'Morris- sey, was asked to speak and concluded the meeting by stat- ing it was time the councillors received a raise in pay, "We should be going along with the times," he said, "and we can't expect these men to run this large business at these low salaries," At present, the reeve receives $350.00 per annum and the councillors receive $250.00 each. Reynolds was asked /wilier if he could provide figures. which opposed the facts pro- vided by the area board regard.- iog the operation, of central schools in other municipalities. Reynolds replied that, from re- marks that had been made to him, he knew that the figures had. not been provided by the Usborne board. Insoector John Goman's name was brought into the discussion and Mr. 10111AO 99 taking the floor said: "I have not .come to start a civil war. One of my is to promote the best in- Wrests for your. children, not to raise your taxes," said the speaker. In reply to a comment that he was responsible for the central school vote last year, Inspec- tor Goman jokingly said he ap- preciated the remark because he hadn't realized he had so much influence in the town• ship, Offers evidence Mr. Goman said that in his in- vestigation into the progress of children at both South. Huron and Seaforth high ,schools he found that, for the meet part. thn children from graded schools were better prepared for the work than were those from one-room schools. The inspector produced rec- ords which he said indicated the superiority of the training pro- vided in graded schools, and, when questioned about them by Mr, Reynolds, offered them to the latter for his perusal. Emphasizing the problem of securing teachers for one-room schools, Mr. Goman named several graduates from Usborne who had accepted positions in city school, instead of positions in their own township, Geographical problem Ratepayer Elgin Roweliffe stated that he had not voted for a central school, Because of the geographical situation of Us- borne a central school at Elim- ville would not he advanta- geous to the residents of the northwest corner of the town- ship. Within an area of five miles from where he lived chil- dren were going to six differ- ent schools, Hensall public school being only two miles away he felt that the children in Ms area should be permitted to attend the Hensall school, School board chairman Har- ry Dougall. explained the situa- tion of the board at the nomina- tion last year. The board re- ported what information they had at the time. "We have kept repairs at a minimum, not wishing to throw good money after bad," he said, At one school the water was declared unfit for drinking and in some schools the water was not good. Referring to the vote on the central school. he said "I would not call it a defeat. It was easier to tell people what they wanted to believe." Salary - wise, ilsborne teach. crs Were receiving maximem salaries. Two years ago they had 29 applications for teach- ers, last year 6 to 8. "f would have no objection to another vote on a central school," he said, although costs are going up and it would cost an extra mill to take a new vole. Most of the nominees for school board and council corn- Mented on the issue. Kenneth Simpson Said he would stand for re-election "but I am still not in favor of a cen- tral school,' 'he said. Gerald Prput would stand for reelection and would back up everything the chairman bad aaid. Jiforris Hera was also Pre- pared to back tin the chairman. From reports, children from ru- ral schools are not up 'to par with children from graded schools, teachers are hard to get and central school costs are chcaPer. Thomas Hern stated that he had never said anything about the central school although he was not in favor of one, Harold Cutlmore thought that people today were taking a stand more on a central school than they were on education, I can't see the benefit of It central school," he said. Councillors' views Councillor Ward Bern, a five- year man, spoke of the work in connection with the roads and bridges. Councillor Archie Ethering- ton dealt with snow removal in the township. On the school question, he said: "There are no complaints from our family. The township was lucky in their school trustees and the school question was largely their in- terest and concern," Councillor Delmer Skinner, nine years in municipal life, felt that a lot of people were indifferent on the school ques- tion and regretted the fact that women did not have a vote on the issue, He did not favor an- other vote but said that "if the school board came to council. I will back them up." Councillor Roy Westcott, elected last year, suggested that a road mar) of the township should be placed in the Exeter fire hall for consultation. "I have no desire to get into an argument over the school clues- Lion. There are men appointed with the knowledge of the situa- tion," he said, Kenneth Duncan did not com- mit himself on the school is- sue but it was felt he is op- posed to centralization. Walter McBride, a candidate for council, stated that if elect- ed and the question arose he would stand for a central school. Outlines county work Reeve George Frayne dealt principally with Huron County Matteraa touching on the work of the roads vPmmittee,. the lipron County rattwum,:tipron view; the. stew IMMO for the. county agrseilltural. 09.3”ttae at Clinton) reforestation, eetintY libraries, hospitals And the change in the aytem of electing the warden of the county, Other reports were given 'by treasurer Newton Clark, TAX. Collector Mrs. B.; M. Weeds) Road, Sup't Routly .(who ,caked the township was pretty well .caught up With bridge con- struction); Kenneth Johns, for .S.HPHS; Mrs. Kenneth Johns, for the Children's Aid Society; Wellington Brock, Ausable' t.11oritY'l and Clayton Smith, Thames River authority, Nomination were received by , Clerk H. H. G. Strang and Gar. net Hieks and Clayton Arpith shared duties as chairmen .of the nomination meeting. 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