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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-01-10, Page 1pal representation isn't all work and problems, evendur- busy inaugural sessions which most area councils held y. Because the oaths of office are taken at, 11 a.m., the nagistrate of each municipality usually is host to council :rs and officials for dinner before beginning the year's business. Above, the Hay township group enjoys its meal at the Dominion Hotel, Zurich. In the foreground, at the head of the table, is the new reeve of the municipality, John Corbett. One of the major topics at most inaugural sessions this week was council salaries. Like most other things these days, they are going up. Duncil, board endorse changes 'ter study of zoning objections Changing of the area on the west side of Andrew St., be- tween Huron and James, from restricted commercial to general commercial in view of the existing general commer- cial use of the area (resulting from an objection lodged by Snell Bros. Ltd., which indi- cated it was contemplating ex- pansion in the future); INCLUDE APARTMENTS Addition of apartment build- ings to the list of permitted uses in the general commercial zone (as a result of a request from Mrs. William McKenzie, who plans to change the store Parking unchanged, objections opposed eaaaaaaa:iaaai: ..=••••••••••••inft Sorry! The Times -Advocate SWitabee this week to photo- offset reproduction-- a new Method of printing news.: Opera. The new process will be explained to readers in due Oared. The bhaege as responsible for the late .delivery of yetir newspaper and el so COO other iticitnninienceit and difficulties for **tither Of weeks until the Complete' 'adj'u'stment is made, We would appreciate yoet, be, operation and 'Understanding doting this petiod.- tHE TAKES OVER POLtdt a, a :goes leytot NEW DRAINS CHAIRMAN a . Joseph Wooden HEADS SANITATION . , lack Delbridge REMAINS' ON ROADS a a a Ralph Bailey Pl easant part of council Ninetieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, ,JANUARY 10, 1903 Price Per Copy 10 cents Face covered with blood, bandages Driver unidentified, charge is ..dismissed Investigate Stephen backs bid head blow for provincial road Because witnesses could not identify a driver whose face was covered first with blood, then a handkerchief and a shirt as bandages, a charge of care- less driving was dismissed in magistrate's court here Tues- day. Jean Trempe, 34, Victoria St., was acquitted of the charge by Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC. He was involved in the Oct. 26 accident, just south of town, in which Mrs. Kenneth Broom, 23, Main St., was critically injured. Mrs. Broom is still in South Huron Hospital with a cast on her leg and is expected to be invalided for some time. The crown accused Trempe of being the driver of acar travel- ling north into town which struck the southbound Broom car in the latter's lane, Also involved in the accident was a northbound sedan delivery truck, driven by H. H. Torcotte, London, which was struck in the rear by the other northbound vehicle. Tor- cotte assisted inrenderingfirst aid to the injured man in Trempe's car but Torcotte said he could not identify the person because his face had been covered. Usborne raises pay for officials, council Usborne council approved Alter a poll of the employees eight increases in salaries and indicated their approval, rates of pay, including one for council agreed to enrol them its members, at its inaugural in the new Ontario municipal meeting Monday. employees retirement pension Members of council will re- plan. ceive a by-the-day allowance Tax Collector B. M. Woods for special meetings of $10 reported payment of all but and Reeve George Frayne $12 $7,366.94 of the 1962 tax roll. under the revised schedule. PLAN BRIDGES This is in addition to the regu- Road Sup't Routly advised lar salary of $200 for council- council that Engineer B. M. loss and $300 for reeve. Ross, Goderich, is preparing Other increases include: plans for the Sand Hills, Breg- Treasurer N. G. Clarke, from man and Whalen bridges. The $600 to $700; Roads aunt; W. J. sup't was authorized to call ten- Routly from $260 to $270 per ders for gravel, with the stipu- month; power maintainer lation that it be spread on town- operator John Batten from $260 ship roads by June 15. to $270 per month; tractor After the treasurer revealed mower operator L. Kellett from a cash balance of $8,110, coun- $1.25 to $1.30 per hour; hall cil approved prepayment of $10, caretaker V. Kellett from $100 000 of the 1963 county rates. to $110 per year; operator Floyd Council established the regu- Cooper $1.30 per hour on power lar meeting date as the first maintainer snowplow; o t h e r Tuesday afternoon of the month, snowplow help, $1.25 per hour; rather than the first Monday. welfare officer N. G. Clarke, Following the oath of office, $3.00 per trip plus mileage. administered by Clerk H. H. G, Strang, Rev. Hugh Wilson of Thames Road and Elimville UC charge conducted the devotional exercises. nber of changes in the :ed area zoning bylaw e en recommended by Planning Board, and en- by town council, as a of objections filed by y owners. they have no official ;, the recommended will be forwarded to the Municipal which must the bylaw before it into effect. officials hope the re- ldations, which over- fame two-thirds of the fris, will help speed rati- of the bylaw. The move so preclude the need for hearing, since the joint ;ouncil action indicates m is willing to amend Lw. past-midnight session night, the planning board ver thoroughly the 12 fns filed with the clerk ig the distribution of the property owners. It nsldered two objections were lodged after the board then presented its iendations to counc its inaugural meeting afternoon. Council a- vith all of the suggested after considerable dis- of the major amend- froposed are: inclusion of "c ustom orking establishments" List of permitted uses in feral commercial zone .mit Exeter Furniture made additions or ; to its plant on James 1 two v men challengers were suc- in their bid for elec- Blanshard council in 's vote. s B. Bryan, RR 6 St. and Frank Nairn, RR 1 r•ys, placed second and the poll standings. They e d incumbents Harold and Jack Urquhart, who Robert Marriott the polls and Milne Pul- returned in fourth po- voting went: Marriott, van, 380; Nairn, 359; 334; McKay, 321; Ur- 282. s Bryan is a brother of .yan who lost in his bid at Reeve Harold Wallis alph township the same of Bla.nshard is David of St. Marys. e options )ark land 10 autherityhas se- rtiOhe on two properties Xith side of the river in oh with an Exeter nlarge RiVerVieW Park. u'OPertieS-- owned by rn and William Johnston [re apprOkiniately 330 ?et, There are no :he lands. haSe of the property pproval Of town council Ausable authority e. Prices are $.0',7.00 Learn land and $3,700 stones. o government has ep, he Paithaae through the and will contribute ird the cog, rea is included in plan lopmeht fOr ItiverVieW repared for` 'the town r Xinamen Club. How much parking space should new retail b u sine ss be required to provide under the proposed restricted area zoning bylaw? The question was debated at length by both Exeter Planning Board and town council before they decided to stick with the present regulations, for the mo- ment at least. The discussion came about as a result of objections to the existing bylaw. One from Myrtle I. Godbolt protested that the amount of land required for parking would reduce the value of her property on John St. east. The other in the form of a criticism from provincialplan- ning authorities, suggested the area was too small and should be doubled. The regulation reads that, for retail uses where thetotal floor space exceeds 2,000 sq. ft., a parking area of five spaces must be provided for every 1,000 sq. ft. of retail floor space. (Each parking area, by definition, must be not less than 200 sq. ft.) In Mrs. Godbolt's case, her lot measures approximately 12,000 sq. ft. The regulations would require that about 7,500 of this would have to be de- voted to parking. Said she: "I don't know why I should pro- vide parking space for the town of Exeter when other businesses on Main St. and John St. use street parking. There is ample parking space east of Andrew St. on John which could be used." The suggestion to the planning board from A. D. Schmidt, supervisor of the zoning group, community planning branch, de- partment of municipal affairs, reads: " the requirement of five parking spaces for every 1,000 sq. ft. of retail floor space gives a ratio of about 1.5 to 1 whereas a ratio of 3 to 1 might be expected (i.e. 10 parking spaces for every 1,000 sq. ft. of retail floor space based on the assumption that one parking space plus manoeuvring space equals about 300 sq. ft.)". Clerk C. V. Pickard, expres- sing his opinion as a private citizen who has had consider- able experience in real estate, sided with Mrs. Godbolt. "I don't think it's to the benefit Of the town to have that much set aside," he said. "Nobody is going to buy expensive COM ,•• mercial land of which they can use less than half and leave the rest vacant for their own parking." Mr. Pickard felt it would discourage the establish- Ment of business in the town. Councillor JOe Wooden, Who is secretary of the planning board, pointed but that regu- • Announcements a a 10 Church Notices 4 i 4 , *-10 Cording EVents 4 10 Editorial 4 e 4 * a a 6 2 Perin NOW'S . Feminine Facts 4.. 4 awit Guest Opinion 'e Iv V a 4 g He T169,11 4 a a r itva444 titideji a s' :r a a a it Sports ,.. ii Want Ads w v ir Town council has decided to investigate the hiring of a superintendent to manage its works program and to relieve municipal representatives of routine duties. The proposal came at the supper hour after a full after- noon's work at the inaugural meeting and it developed from a suggestion of a raise in pay for coUncillors. Mayor Simmons, who has been advocating such an ap- pointment since last year, turn- ed the investigation over to a committee of the three council- lors who expressed most doubts about the suggeStion—Bailey, Taylor and Wooden. It was Bailey's suggestion that council members' salaries be revised upward and this gave the mayor an opening to submit his propOsal. The mayor said such a man could relieve council members of much of their present duties. Bailey suggested that, instead of their annual salary of $300 councillors be paid $15fOr each regular and special meeting at which minutes are taken, He pointed out this would amount to only $60 per year for regular meetings and that, in addition, members would be compensated for the increasing number Of special meetings which have been held in recent years. He also suggested the Mayor's salary be raised frOM $500 to $650. Delbridge pointed out this Would cost the town over a mill and a half. "That's pretty small in comparison to the Money Spent by thiS cOundit," replied Bailey. Reeve Fisher heted county councillors reechoed WO $12 a Meeting. Then the mayor made hie Pro* Pose": "I think council should be strictly an administrative body. You want council Mem- bers to. be Paid for doing all this running around. if 'We get a WOrkS superintendent a.6 I have been advedating let the past yekt,, this council can be. tome an administrative body instead of being nine bosses for the men, Wither than change at the corner of Main and Wel- lington into living quarters); Addition of outdoor billboard advertising to list of permitted uses in the industrial zone (arising from objection placed by C. E. Marley Limited, Lon- don); Addition of row houses and double duplex houses in list of permitted uses in residential zone; Increases in the r e quired minimum floor areas of apart- ments in the residential zone provisions, as follows: Bach- elor, 400 sq. ft.; one-bedroom, 550 sq. ft.; two-bedroom, 700 sq. ft.; three-bedroom, 800 sq. ft.; Change in the residential zone north of the Ausable River to include all of the Dow property south and west of Riverside Drive (as a result of an objection from Eva M. and Gilbert E. A. Dow--the board indicated this was an oversight on its part); Zone lots 544 on west side of Main and lots 558-561 on north side of Wellington as general commercial, rather than residential, since this is the existing use (objection from H. R. Sherwood); Removal of the 25 foot set- back requirements on Main St. between Victoria and the south- ern limits (objection from Lou -Please turn to page 12 the salaries, let's try the works foreman and see how it works out." "Council", he said, "isn't paid to go running around look- ing at drains and it shouldn't have to." -Please turn to page 12 Mayor Simmons and Reeve Fisher were named to the new "RAP" committee--r ec re a- tion, arena, parks--in one of a number of major changes in the formation of this year's council committees. In other switches, Wooden take s over chairmanship of drains from Taylor; Taylor re- places Fisher as head of the police and fire committee, and Delbridge succeeds Farrow on sanitation. In another reorganization of the public Works committees, Deputy-Reeve Musser was named chairman of sidewalks and trees, taking some of the load from streets chairman Bailey who was re-appointed. Musser also heads the town's industrial committee. ,-^wr;717-14,11 Police are investigating a severe head injury to Ray Hig- gins, 38, William St., which may have been caused by a foul blow Tuesday night. Higgins suffered consider- able loss of blood before he was treated by Dr. R. W. Read and then rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital. He has a severe con- cussion but his condition was described as "satisfactory" Wednesday. No fractures were found. Police say he may have been struck by a bottle. Cliff Mitchell, in whose home Higgins lived, reported finding the injured man outside the premises. There was a trail of blood both inside and out- side the William St. house, near the river. • Investigation indicated a number of men had been drink- ing wine in the house previously. Constables Lloyd Hodgins and Irwin Ford, assisted by PC H. C. Reid, are investigating. Two escapees picked up here Two escapees from the On- tario hospital in Hamilton were picked up by town police Mon- day. Orderlies from the hos- pital arrived in the evening to take them back. The two--one aged 22, the other a 14-year-old boy--wan- dered into Scott's Service Sta- tion and were taken to the police office by Constable Irwin Ford. Police are investigating a theft reported Saturday at Exeter Produce andStorage Co. Ltd., No. 83 highway. Loss included $64.55 in cash taken from the office as well as a number of combination letter openers and cigarette lighters valued at $100. CARS RECOVERED Two stolen cars have been recovered by police recently. Tuesday, a vehicle owned by Elmer D. Bell, QC, was found at the hospital after it was reported stolen from in front of .his Main St. office in the morning. Last week, a vehicle owned by Robert A. Osgoode, Huron Park, was found abandoned in the ditch at the intersection of Carling and No. 83. In an apparent effort to co- ordinate the roads and drains programs, Wooden was named No. 2 man on roads and Bailey No. 2 man on drains. The same members are on both commit- tees. Wright takes over as senior councillor on the cemetery board. Freshman councillor, Norm Ferguson, was named to the cemetery, sanitation and side- walk committees. In addition to Simmons and Fisher, the RAP committee will include two new men along with three membeis from last year's recreation and arena bodies. The new men are Eric Hey- wood, past president of the Legion, and Lou Bailey, son of Councillor Ralph Bailey. Mem-„ Reeve Harold Wallis was suc- cessful in winning his 16th term on Biddulph coun c 11 Monday when he defeated aas neighbor, John Bryan, in a two-man elec- tion race. Wallis, who has been reeve for the past two years after serving 13 as a councillor, re- ceived a 311-221 margin in a comparatively 1 ight vote of about 45%. Both men live near the police village of Granton. Wallis has the first farm outside Granton and Bryan has the third. In their home poll, Wallis received 113 votes to Bryan's 94. Bryan carried one poll, at Kermit Thompson's residence on Con. 5, by a 27-24 edge. Wallis led in all others: Lucan, 81-29; Mooresville, 33-29; and John Dewan's residence, No.23 highway, 60-42. Bryan has been a Biddulph councillor for the past two years. RETURNS IN BIDDULPH . Reeve Harold Walls bers of the old boards re-ap- pointed are former deputy- reeve Claude Farrow; Lloyd Cushman, chairman of the re- creation committee, and Tom MacMillan from the community centres board. RAP itself is not an official committee. Council has effected the amalgamation by appointing same men to all three bodies-- recreation committee, commu- nity centres board, and parks committee. Other appointments include: Planning board, Fred Dobbs and A, W. Pickard, (three- year terms), Wooden and Sim- mons (one-year terms); Aus- able authority, A, W. Pickard; library board, Mrs. G. Koch (3 years); cemetery board, Norman Stamlake (3 years); re-, lief officer, Bill McLean; bell ringer, Emerson Cornish; hall caretaker, Henry Greene. The fire brigade remains the same. Finance--Simmons, Fisher, Bailey, Taylor, Musser. Cemetery--Wright, Fergu- son. Community centre, recrea- tion, parks--Simmons, Fisher. Industrial--Musser, Fisher. Police and fire--Taylor, Wright, Musser, Bailey. Public welfare--Fisher, Musser., Sanitation--Delbridge, Tay- lor, Fisher, Ferguson. Streets--Bailey, Wooden, Delbridge, Wright. Drains and culverts--Wood- en, Bailey, Delbridge, Wright. Sidewalks and trees—Mus- ser, Ferguson, Taylor. Members of Hensall council, in common with others in the area, are considering greater reimbursement for the tim e they spend on municipal busi- ness. At the inaugural ni eating Monday night, it was suggested by Councillor Harold Knight that any member away to meet- ings for a day in the interest of the ratepayers should be re- imbursed for his day's wages. After some discussion, coun- cillors decided to think it over before making a decision, Council, however, did grant first aid. The man was found on the right hand side of the front seal area. PC Harry Reid, who investi- gated, said the windshleldof the Trernpe car was broken by the skull of a person in the vehicle. Trempe was taken to hospital before the constable arrived. James Donnelly, Goderich, was defence counsel. ANOTHER DISMISSAL Another charge of careless driving was dismissed, this time against Richard. Peever, 19, London, whose car went into the ditch and straddled a fence in Hay township Sept. 30. Two other persons were pass- engers in the car but, apparent- ly, no one else saw the ac- cident happen. Case was contested over ver- bal statements about the crash given to PC George Mitchell by Peever when he was in South Huron Hospital. The ac- cused's counsel, C.F. Ma.ckewn, London, maintained that Pee- ves, who had received facial lacerations and lost some teeth, was not in a condition to be questioned in hospital. Peever said his doctor had told him he suffered a concussion. Lee Corriveau, 21, Zurich, was fined $20 and costs after conviction of a charge of care- less driving which resulted in an accident near Blake on Dec. 1. Corriveau adniitted falling asleep at the wheel and his car came to rest in a field. "You owe it to everyone in, the country to get off the road if you feel sleepy," the magis- trate told Corriveau. Corriveau was also fined $25 and costs for having beer in his car on, the same occasion. He pleaded guilty to both charges. SKIDS THROUGH CORNER Milton Love, Hensall, was fined $15 and costs for, failing to yield the right of way in Hensall Dec. 12. Love collided with another car at the inter- section of Queen and Nelson streets. He said snow on the road prevented him from com- ing to a dead stop at the inter- section. Earl Coughtry, Crediton, was fined $10 and costs for failing to report damage to a tele- phone pole on Nov. 29. The accused reported the accident to the OPP, Exeter, two days 1 at er, "because it worried him". Said the magistrate, in levying the fine, "I think you were trying to get away with it." Robert Miller, Usborne, was fined $5.00 and costs for fail- ing to stop and Pearl Squire paid $5.00 and costs for failure to produce a driver's permit. an increase to E. R. Davis, policeman and utility man whose present salary is $3,500 peT year. He will receive $100 par year increase for three years, the maximum being $3,800. SAFETY PROJECT Davis reported 80 safety manuals in the form of coloring books had been distributed to grades one and two in the public school. At the end of the year a prize 'of one silver dollar Will be given to the boy and girl in each grade With the neatest bet*. Reeve Jones reported he had been approached by ratepayer Duncan Stewart about the con- dition of drains on the east side of town. Council indicated it would take action as soon as weather permitted. Prepayment of $7,000 in 1963 county rates was approved: Council expressed regret over the loss to the community of bank manager Ken Christian, who 'has been transferred, All spoke highly of his serVice. Sample comments: ReeVe "He's one of the topaz; Councillor Knight, 14 A real nice guy", Councillor firOadly,f 4 A1-ways the same." in the morning in g u rail) Clerk Earl Campbell atimisii-+ Wed the oath of effide and devotional was Concluded brit Rey, littreld Currie. Neat eternal *Sift Will be held 'Pebruary lations permit the establish- ment of a store up to 2,000 sq. ft. without any parking pro- visions. "You can put up a fair- ly big store without parking", he said. Said Councillor Ross Taylor: "We have to look away ahead to the future. All the stores are going to have to provide parking or close their doors." Planning board chairman A. W. Pickard said the board agreed to leave the regula- tions as they now stand, in view of the conflicting ob- jections. He felt the provin- cial authorities, in view of the suggestion received, certainly would not consider any lesser amount than is required. Council agreed. Hire sup't of works in lieu of more pay? Wallis back in Biddulph COUNCIL SHUFFLES COMMITTEE HEADS Stephen council has joined Glenn Webb and Deputy-Reeve forces with McGillivra.y and James Hayter as its represen- 13osanquet townships in a bid tatives a joint delegation to to secure a development high- interview libn. C. S. MacNaugh- way from Greenway to the ton, minister of highways, about Pinery provincial park. the project. At its inaugural Monday, The road leads west from No. Stephen council named Reeve 83 highway at Greenway to the Haig farm area, then swings northerly to meet No. 21. Its eastern portion is the boundary line between Huron and Middle- sex counties and its western section forms the line between Huron and Lambton counties. A development highway is one for which the provincial govern- ment pays all costs of construc- tion and paving and the muni- cipal or county councils in- volved must assume responsi- bility for maintenance. At the morning portion of Stephen's inaugural meeting, Reeve Glenn Webb; Deputy- Reeve James Hayter and Coun- cillors Edmond Hendrick, Jo- seph Dietrich and Cecil Des- A hitchhiker, Stephen Camp- Jardine were sworn into office bell of RCAF Station Clinton, by Clerk Ross Haugh. Rev. R. S. also could not identify the man -Please turn to page 12 in the car to whom he rendered Hensall councillors consider more pay