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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-12-20, Page 3'The Thrqs,A0Yocate, Owniivr .2.9, 190 P491.• RAP seek members for the new o latCteerminceileld"eoWt obeedanproblem at the inaugural meeting in felt the body in time for appointment twhaerdpedropoelrie reaporitnsonrifreeafielerr, jaTngryillotion supporting fli by the council representatives proposal passed unenimoPelY; on. RAP or by the secretary- treasurer. As far as the month- ly meetings were concerned, Couneillor Wooden pointed out the roc committee didn't al- ways meet each month and Deputy • Reeve Farrow noted the community centres board only met five times during the past year, indicating that the work being done by these com- mittees at the present time wasn't so heavy that the duties couldn't be combined. Stresses recreation Farrow, original chairman of the committee, supported the recommendation whol e- heartedly because he felt it would overcome some of the problems of the. present admie- istration, much of which is caused by a lack of communi- cation between the two hoards. He stressed strongly that rec- reation should not he de-em- phasized under the new admin- istration because it was impor, the proposal should be intro, for the members. He suggested, duped by a member of peaueell too, that council might know ,. less about what's going on who would he carrying on an than under the present organ• other year. ization. The committee was milled Ile lent to the .community. resigned AS, ,chairrne Ltl of the committee,. lie .eNplalaed, because of his defeat at the Continued from page 1 .earlier this month, He felt — I n Scandinavian countries people place sheaves of grain and bits of suet on trees and rooftops, so birds can feast. BARN CLEANER SILO UNLOADER & BUNK FEEDER YOU'LL GET BETTER PER. FORMANCE AND LONGER WEAR FROM A BADGER SALES SERVICE - INSTALLATION John Beane JR, BRUCEFIELD Phone HU 2-9250 Collect Stephen aid for GB rink Stephen township council, in its final session for 1962, ap- proved a grant of $50 to the Grand Bend Lions Club to be used to help defray expenses for the outdoor skating rink being operated by them. Court of revision for assess- ment appeals was re-opened to consider the requests of Roman Catholic residents of Stephen Township, who reside outside the three-mile limit from any separate school site, to be sep- arate school supporters, These appeals were disal- lowed in accordance with see- Lion 48'of the Separate Schools Act, which reads as follows, "No person shall be deemed a supporter of a separate school unless lie resides within three miles in a direct line of the site of the school house," Re-appointed were: Lloyd Lamport, as the township rep- resentative's on the South Hu. ron District High School Board and Edmond. Hendrick as the respresentative to the Ausable River Conservation Authority, General accounts in the amount of $20,729.81 were passed including a payment of $20,389,50 to the South Hur- on. District High School as the township portion of mainten- ance for 1962. • Inaugural meeting for the 1963 council will be held Mon- day, January 7, at 11 a.m. Save $40! Frigidaire 20 Cu. Ft. Freezers WE'VE BEEN SELLING THEM ALL YEAR AT $299.001 NOW ONLY $259 • ALL COPPER TUBING ZINC-LINED CABINET SIGNAL 'LIGHT 'LID LIGHT & LOCK 2 BASKETS • 2 DIVIDERS TOM URLIN Arva Call Collect GE 2-7916 Open Evetangt III 9, Saturdays 'Til 5t30 teeraieleNagee isee Wee it$i lete, ZrAtiM7,tdstZtt 0=7C,Ni Z2(4 : TV't3 tcntrcroWLzra4c'ilft wAiW.to Zlq zsNc q'sd w$4 .ftv,14i0wsiggc,fm From + Plenty of Free Parking + Ask About Conklin Custom Cre dit 4.5(ETtit — 111 11-1AWit$ ROAD WEST, 01-10NE 28S.1422 6RANI,t? BEND 14161-4WAYS 83 &"PHONE 238-2374 Cortkiiii Lumber Confret Are Letated tONDON 300 William t Ph. GE 26343 GODERICH 295 Boyfield Ph. 4.8821 THEDFC5116 Phone 296.4901 Okay up to $3,000 on .park fill program Councillor Ralph Bailey was champing at the bit Monday night to get started on the 1963 road program. He was advised to keep calm until the new year. "We received so much mutt- 4 cism about the lateness of last year's program that I want to ee get started early for 1963", 4„ he told council, "I'd .like to set up the road budget to- eight,' He said he would propose much of the same expenditure A as last year. alayor Simmons and other councillors chuckled. They re- .4„ minded the enthusiastic road a chairman that be hadn't yet ee; been re-appointed to the post t; for 1963 nor had his commit- 'A tee been established. (Commit- ,a tees are named at the first !i meeting of the new year.) "You mean I might not even be chairman of roads next 5 year?" said Bailey in surprise. `Could be," said the mayor, W. with a smile that indicated :a there wasn't much doubt about it at 'all. eeContintied from page 1 laid emphasis on the amount of first noticed the fire. "We have here," he said "".al. most sufficient evidence that a substantial volume of infleiti- mable liquid, was used to, pro- duce that volume of smoke, The smoke was so dense, Horton had to desist from efforts to fight the fire. One would have to believe the floor was partly Impregnated witb petroleum product, "As to accidental ignition, it is difficult to assume that the owner of such a stock would be careless, There is nothing to suggest that spontaneous com- bustion could be a reasonable eeplanallon. I think it is estab- Veiled. that this fire was set and that is consistent with no other rational conclusion, My submis- sion is that the accused did have an exclusive opportunity when he went to the hack of the store, As stated by Mr. Fra- ser, he had opportunity to pick up a vessel 'eontaining petro- leum products, mount the -stair, sprinkle an area with the petro- leum product, ignite i.t and re- turn the bottle to its place.and rejoin Mr. Fraver. "My learned friend has said it is difficult to imagine a fire being set at a time when others were .near, I do not think per- sons about to embark oil such a fire as this act rationally. On. the three issues, willful setting of the fire, opportunity of the accused, and motive of the ac- Nearly half a million dollars has been invested in construc- tion of new houses and com- mercial buildings during t963, it was reported by Clerk C. V. Pickard Monday night. This year's figure of $484,075 is one of the highest in the past issues, the ..evidence is coneist , exit only with guilt of the .a.ee Judge's ruling "The fire chief" recalled. Judge Alaclien2ie, ""found the fire a short distance from the top of the stair well. The area of the fire, in his estimation, was three by six feet with .a great deal of smoke And he could not see the frent of the. building, Tie and an assistant took a line of hose through the building and sprayed the fire. At the same time, others of the brigade were putting water through the front window. I un- derstood the chief to say the nature of the fire was such that he thought it could be eatistae- torily controlled with water. I think a reasonable inference is that he did not. consider U fire which was being main- lathed by combustible fluid such as oil. "Mr. Horton says that when he went outside the store fire,. men were directing hose through an upstair window and he rem, oastrated with them, telling them where the fire was, but did not get, any satisfaction from them. "If the accused set this fire, by the use of a large volume of inflammable fluid, he must have done it immediately after cused, while it has been ar- gued they have to be considered for determining the guilt or in- nocence of the accused, it is my submission on all three of these half-decade, excluding munici- pal and school construction of previous years.' New houses accounted for more than one-half of the to- tal figure. Twenty•four homes were erected this year, one- quarter of them on 'Pryde boul- evard in the newly-opened. Dow subdivision. Three were lo- cated on Huron St. and two each on Carling and Marlboro. The others were spread over various streets in the town. Three apartments buildings have been, or are in the pro- cess of being, erected. These include the six-unit building of Larry Taylor on Victoria St.; the four-unit building being erected by Norm Walper on William and Arthur Whilsmith.'s extension to his apartments off Andrew St. Last year, a total of 25 houses were erected, and total value of construction was $476,760, In 1960, 24 houses were constructed and the construction total of $746,525 included the high school addition. In 1959, 32 houses were built and construction was valued at $397,620. Warm for Christmas? According to indications from the met section at RCAF Cent- ralia, Exeter and district may be in for a mild Christmas this year, The outlook for the latter part of the week is for cooler temperatures than normal with a warming trend to follow on Sunday and Monday of next week, Normal temperatures for this time of year vary from a high of 31 -35 during the day to a low of 15 22 at night. the Hortens left the store ..and while he and Fraser, were till there. If he .used such a large amount I would have thought it would have shown its effect more quickly, There was a vin- eget' bottle downstairs, eon- taieing stove oil or keraesene but I pannot understand anyone using it to 'set a fire and not us- ing it all, "I admit to great hesitation in my own mind as to how this. fire actually started, There is no question there is a possibil- ity it could have been started in the way in which the crown contends and one may even have suspicions but suspicions are not sufficient base for con, victions. What concerns me in deciding whether or not the fire was incendiary is the evi- dence as to this wood, It could have happened in the way I am Asked to find by spraying in- flammable fluid on the floor but it certainly could have happened in many other ways as well." — Continued trim rage 1 'White Gift' Sunday School services were held in three area churches with the dona• lions being used for different Christmas welfare activities, Greenway UC collected cloth- ing and canned goods for the Salvation Army While Woodham and Lucan churches sent their proceeds to the Saugeen Indian reserve. Whalen UCW collected eggs, fruit and toys for the Protes- tant Orphan's Home in London and the Christian Helper's Class of Crediton UC Tepaired toys for the orphanage. The Orpha Club of Grand Bend United Church sent toys and clothing to the Children's Aid in Sarnia and the McGil- livray WI wrapped gifts for nursing homes in tAi Is a. Craig and. Parkhill. Two church groups spread the spirit of Christmas beyond this area into other countries. Main St, United Church in Exeter held a Sunday School party and a collection was .tak- en for an adopted orphan in Korea while the Hensall WI sent funds to their adopted He's eager to get at it Wins bursary James A, Rader, son of Mrs. Jessie Rader, Hay, has been awarded the Robert Arthur Stewart bursary, valued at $250, for study at OAC, Guelph, A graduate of SHI/fl$, he is in his first year of the degree course at DAC, orphan in Austria. Carol-singing popular Many other groups in the area had less tangible projects but ones that were just as meaningful and many persons, both young and old, went out carolling the aged and the sick. The Girl Guides from RCAF Centralia visited the Exeter Nursing Home and South Huron. Hospital where they sang carols and visited with the patients. They also brought Christmas stockings which they had made and filled with candies and nuts and they presented them to the residents. The Dor:as Class of Crediton EUB also put on a program and distributed treats for resi- dents of. the Exeter Nursing Home, The hospital had a number of visiting carollers, including Exe- ter CGIT and the Happy Dou- bles Club of. Thames Road church. Scout group active Exeter Scout branches have been active and the Guides, Cubs and Scouts are all carry- ing out different Christmas projects, The Scouts and two Cub packs busied themselves by col- lecting toys which are to be included in the hampers of food distributed by the Legion, The 1st Exeter "A" pack of Cubs are going out carolling this evening (Thursday) and ---,Continued from page 1 other park properties on the south side near the highway, for which negotiations ere tak- ing place. It was pointed out that the area to be reclaimed would in. crease by at least 505, the amount of land in Riverview Park itself, It was also noted that the town might not again have the opportunity of secur- ing such a large amount of fill without charge, (The sewer contractor pays for hauling— the town is responsible only for the spreading of the fill.) Both Farrow and Wooden supported continuation of the project, Farrow commending the mayor for initiating it. Their motion to approve an expenditure of up to $3,000 on the work passed unanimous- ly. Investigate open ditch Council instructed its work crew to investigate obstruc- tions in the open ditch along Anne St„ following a complaint from a property owner in the area, The owner, William Christie, in a letter, suggested the creek, with its stagnant pools of water, was "a dangerous haz- ard to health". "The normal rate of water flow in this ditch is quite low," said Christie, "and it takes little in the way of an obstruction to cause the form- ation of dead water areas in which matter accumulates (many cesspools drain into this ditch) and rapidly deteriorates with a resultant release of putrid odors which are highly disagreeable and, I'm sure, dangerous." He said flow is obstructed by dead weeds and grasses, plus an accumulation of scrap lum- ber which has floated down the stream and is now firmly wedged across the water chan- nel. Urges closing of ditch Drains chairman Ross Tay- lor urged council to consider closing in the ditch on the east side of Main St., from Andrew plan to visit the hospital, nurs- ing home, Whilsmith apart- ments and the Exeter library. The Girl Guides are making up "Christmas Cheer' boxes for the shut-ins of the town and they will be taking these around on the weekend. Thus, thanks to the gracious work of hese many organiza- tions, Christmas is going to be a much brighter and happier occasion in many homes this year. east, to provide for building lots and 'other improvements there, lie felt fill from the sewerage program. could be used nere, When a . number of council. lora suggested the town had a ogrf aa ttoerriripr‘ovbalteemr, ',1111'aygleetrtillegbarrgid- ed council" with ignoring the problem. All we do is let it go. This council ;just says, them holler'. We have an ob- lei1gbaeillonplaheeer.e" 4s.. well as in any Council also: Decided to hold the advance poll on the liquor licence vote on Saturday, February 9; Agreed to employ lrwi Ford tabse rheollieidf a pysot;ice constable over Received commendation from Legion President Eric Hey- wood for its support of the November 11 observance; Rejected. the tender of $1,050 (considerably higher than the engineer's estimate) from Ro- bert Roweliffe for construction of the Keller drain and decid- ed to call for tenders again in the spring; Granted permission to the Born an Catholic young married couples' club to erect a Christ- mas6pertscr.ene on the library pr Fink's ismiss .charge of arson over Hensall store blaze Year's construction nears half-million Christmas spirit Soft Toys Teddy Bears, Dogs, Turtles, etc. Phone 235.1313 TOYS REDO * SPARKLE PAINT SETS * PAINT-BY-NUMBER SETS * LIONEL TRAINS * HOCKEY GAMES * ROCKING CHAIRS * DOLL CRIBS * SERVICE STATIONS * RANCH HOUSES * JUNIOR BAKING MIX SETS * JUNIOR DISH SETS Bowlomatic Games WITH AUTOMATIC PIN SETTER LOTS OF FUN! 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