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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-01-24, Page 1St Plan .study on p.orking Ninetieth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, JANUARY 24, 1903 Price. Per Copy cents A joint committee will, study Exeter's Perking preblein, it was announced at council meet- ieglyieriday. night... Mayor Simmons said ,a meet- ing will be called soon :et re, pretentatives of four ;poem:f', Olty organiP4ous. to Oetermtne what improvements can he Made, Besides council repreeenta, tivet, those who will be apked. tO. take part are' the executive of Exeter Businessmen's Ap- peciation, and officials of the planning board and industrial development corporation. The mayor did not indicate any specific proposals would be pretented at the meeting. The groups. are expected to review the entire parking .pituatioe. Simmons' announcement fol,, lowed an enquiry from counCile for Fred Wright who said busi- nessmen again were asking for a two,honr limit on Main St. parking, Council turned down a similar request last year In- timating the businessmen should provide off-street park- ing facilities before any re- strictions are imposed. rand Bend businessman. aptures Lambton PC ticket UC budget $20,000 Agriculture minister opens Huron ag office Hon. W. A. Stewart, Ontario minister of agriculture, snips the ribbon to officially open Huron's new agriculture office at Clinton. Assisting him are, from left, Ag Rep Douglas Miles; Miss Isabelle Gilchrist, home economist; and lion. C. S. MacNaughton. See story on page 8. --T-A photo Year end reports given at the annual congregational meeting of James Street UC Tuesday evening revealed a well or- ganized administration and that the year 1962 compared favor- ably with previous years. The budget for $19,585 was presented for 1963. The fund for the new organ now stands at $4,597. The Christian Education committee has more and more assumed the responsibility for all the Christian education car- ried on by the various organi- zations of the church. The United Church Women, following the report given by President Mrs. Hector Murray, were commended for their suc- cess in the first year of or- ganization. The growth and efficiency of the primary department of the Sunday School was commended by Rev. S. E. Lewis and Mrs. Robert Southcott presented Miss May Jones with an en- graved silver rose bowl in re- cognition of 25 years of ser- vice as superintendent of that department. The primary out- grew its locale in the church basement and now the quarters in the new church addition are overflowing. Elected to the session for four years were Messrs. Ernest Cerson, Harry Dougall, Robert Down, Hugh Love and Walter McBride. Lyle Little, Dr. Don Ecker, G. A. Webb, Aubrey Tennant, George Vriese and Ken Hera were elected for a four year term to the board of stewards. Ushers elected were William Gilfillan, Ray Jory, Charles Kernick, Ar n o l d Lindenfield, Richard McFalls and Norman Whiting. rary. He was nominated by a young Sarnia lawyer and his name was seconded by Eric Mcllroy, prominent GB con- servative. An estimated 150 persons from Grand Bend, some of whom travelled in busses, attended the meeting, overflowing the crowd into the corridor. Arnim- ber carried placards.and ban- ners. Among the speakers were Bryan Cathcart, minister of travel and publicity for Ontario, and C. E. Janes, Lambton East MPP, Former MP for the riding was J.W. Murphy, PC, Cam- lachie, who was defeated in the last election. Murphy was not present at the nomination meeting. Jackson said. Wednesday he planned to start immediately "to get out and win the riding." Lambton West has a population of about '70,000. "I had wonderful suppo rt from the people of Grand Bend," be said gratefully. "They put on a terrific show at the meet- ing." He was also pleased with backing he received throughout the riding. In his nomination speech, he emphasized the development of harbor facilities along Lake Huron, which would provide benefits not only from industrial development but also from the expansion of commercial fish- ing and the tourist industry. He also felt the riding's sugar beet industry should bene- fit from the rising sugar prices and Cuba's export problems. His opponents for the nomina- tion were George Walker, aSar- nia businessman, and Tom Brock, Corunna schoolteacher, No date for a federal general election has been set but some observers at Parliament Hill are predicting the current ses- sion may not last for many weeks. A host of enthusiastic Grand Bend supporters, waving pla- cards and wearing campaign re- galia-, helped summer resort realtor Dave. M. Jackson win the Progressive Conservative nomination for the federal rid- ing of La.mbton West Tuesday night. Jackson, making his first bid in for a political post, won the nomination easily on the second ballot in a three-way fight. He was within •10 votes of get- ting a majority on the first round. The Grand Bend realtor, who has been active in PC campaigns in the past, received heavy sup- port from Sarnia delegates at the meeting in the city's lib- Big ti e no pennies Sewers may be installed on a number of additional town streets not included in stage one plans of the project it was indicated at council Monday night. Council instructed Engineer B. M. Ross to prepare plans for installations on Main St. south and a portion of a block on Huron St. west, which will likely be incorporated in the present work. In addition, an OWRC of- ficial has urged council to press for prepayment of footage fees in order to provide funds for more sewers than are called for in the plan. Nothing de- finite has resulted from this suggestion but council earlier had considered it, with some in favor. Council agrees with Engineer Ross that the Main St. instal- lation, from Huron to the town limits, should be undertaken before the rebuilding of the highway there but it is not happy with the suggested time of in- stallation. The engineer and the OWRC official recommend it be under- taken first thing in the spring before the contractor leaves and before the highways begin its road rebuilding. Ross esti- mated the cost would be $6,000, which represents a consider- ably higher rate than for normal installation. Council felt it foolish to undertake the expense of break- ing up pavement, which will have to be taken out by the high- ways anyway. The road also will be lowered by two feet accord- ing to plans, and council would save considerable money if it could dig the sewer after the two-foot excavation has been completed. Mayor Simmons The Huron street installa- tion was requested by the hos- pital board to service its nurs- ing residence. The board, ap- parently, made the request of the engineer but did not ap- proach council formally. Coun- cil agreed to have the plans prepared. suggested the sanitary and storm sewers, and the new wa- ter line, should be installed at the same time. Council agreed to discuss the matter with the dep't of high- ways. In the meantime, it ordered preparation of the plans. Community pays tribute to Hensall bank manager At a testimonial dinner at the community centre Tuesday night, Hensall and district men paid tri- bute to departing bank manager Ken Christian, leaving soon for Napanee. Taking part in the banquet were, from left, Elgin Rowcliffe, Reeve Norman Jones, Elmer D. Bell, QC, guest speaker; Howard Scane, program chairman, and Bill Smith, who made a presentation on behalf of the group. Wee Council is still negotiating salaries, including fees for its own members. A motion to raise councillors' remuneration to $15 for all regular and special meetings was defeated and the issue sent back to the finance committee for further consideration. Also to be reviewed is the salary of Assessor Eric Cars- cadden, who has requested a "substantial" increase. Fi- nance committee recommended a $300 raise but it was felt this would not be sufficient. Police salaries were set and for the first time the cost of living index will govern in- creases. DEFEATED 5-3 Motion for the $15 per meet- ing fee for council, put by Bailey and Wooden, went down to a 5-3 defeat. Only Taylor supported the proposal. Against were Fisher, Musser, Ferguson, Deibridge and Wright. So obviously was the'mayor, who said: "We're not on council just to get what we can out of it". The mayor estimated it would cost the town $150 every time council has a special meeting. Snow sports get crowds Thieves--apparently profes- sionals--didn't deign to pick up 19 pennies from the CNR station here early Friday morning when they cracked the large safe at the station. They did take about $65 in cash, blank money orders, tiek- ets, and drafts but left the pennies untouched. Chief C. H. MacKenzie said it appeared the men put their shoulders to the door to force entry. They moved the safe to the east side of the building and turned it on its back to give it the sledgehammer and crow bar treatment. The thieves pounded one cor- ner of the door to spring it enough to get a crow bar under the opposite corner. Previously, it appears, they broke into a red shed about 500 feet south of the station building expecting to get tools. However, this is a gas storage shed--the tools were found in the station proper. Besides bills and silver, they took 36 blank money orders, several CNR drafts and $1.00 worth of postage stamps. Officers of the identification branch of the OPP are assist- ing with the investigation, along with J. L. Fougere, CNR in- vestigator, London. RECOVER CAR A car stolen from Anne St. Friday night was recovered by police on Andrew, just south of Hill, the same day. The vehicle belonged to BillGilfillan, Marl- borough St. urse 0 0 fishes river gets icsil sentence gested any volunteer should contact SHDHS chairman Larry Snider. Mr. Snider said he would pre- sent the details concerning the course to the board, which must approve the establishment of such A. course, at its next meet- ing. In addition to Mrs. Harness and Chairman Snider, those at- tending the meeting were Victor Dinn in, Zurich, representing Principal H. L. Sturgis; Douglas Brintnell and Mrs. Lois Ford, representing the Legion and Legion Auxiliary. Need a man Manager to in 1972? return 9 t 1EM New ski tow at the Pinery Park is bringing in the crowds, reports Sup't Gar Myers. Sunday, despite the stormy weather , between 2,000 and 2,500 people came to the park to use the winter recreation facilities. The ski tow was in constant use, Myers said. He counted as many as 35 at a time waiting their turn for a pull up the hill. Busloads from Sarnia, Wind- sor and other centres were among the park's guests. The superintendent reports the ski hills, toboggan runs and skating rink are open at all times but the tow normally operates only on weekends or whenever there's a group to use it. "We'll operate it anytime people wish to come," he said. A refreshment booth also is open on weekends beside the skating rink. At both the hills for toboggan- ing and skiing and the skating rink, there are heated huts for those who need a respite from the cold weather. The ski tow was put int 0 operation December 31. said he personally opposed the current application of the banks for an extension of their lend- ing and borrowing rights under federal legislation. He suggest- ed the banks were doing a good job with, and receiving adequate remuneration for, the services they are now providing. He did not feel they should be allowed to invade other financial fields. Many people, the Exeter law- yer suggested, misunderstood the bank's position by thinking it existed for their private pur- poses. Under Canada's free en- --Please turn to page 12 If some area farmer, making plans for the future, could use a hired hand in about nine year's time, there's aprospect at Hen- salt, it was learned Tu e sd ay night during a community centre banquet there. The prospect may not be able to stand up to heavy slugging but he says he can drive a tractor and he'd be a whiz at keeping farm account books. He's Ken Christian, Hensall's bank manager for the past 8 1/2 years, who was honored by busi- nessmen and village officials at a testimonial dinner. He has been transferred to Napanee in a five-position shift within the Bank of Montreal. Christian received a desk set and purse of money from his customers and a barometer set from village council, in ad- ditional to a host of best wishes and expression of appreciation from a crowd of over 100. flanker Christian indicated the respect was mutual. He said he hoped to be back next year during his holidays and would like to return after his retirement about nine years hence. "Perhaps I can get a job driving a tractor for some farmer here," he told the group. "I've been from the east coast to the western part of Ontario and I fully agree there's no better area than Hu k on county. This is a wonderful farming area." PreSentations to Mr. Christy iati Were made by fill Smith, on behalf of the group, and by Reeve Norman Jones, for town council. ADVOCATES OVERDRAFTS Guest speaker Elmer D. fell, QC, Exeter, "advocated" the establishment by banks Of an Overdraft system, Whereby temporary loans could be pro-, vided for basitiessmen .and far- mers: The "proposal" Met With hamorous agreement by the group, all of Whom have been affected by the 'recent elirniha- tent Of Overdrafts. In a More serious Vein, Bell • St grant toward operating ex- penses. Major automobile manufacturers will supply cars for courses and dual controls are installed without charge by the department of transport. Students generally are charg- ed a $5.00 or $10.00 fee to help defray expenses. One or two courses may be operated in a school year, with a limit of 24 students to a course. Instruction involves 26 hours of classroom work, 18 hours be- hind the wheel and additional time as observers. In advanced stages of the course, four stu- dents go out in a car, one as a driver, the other three as ob- servers. The group here felt the class- room instruction could be given from 3.30 to 4, during the ac- tivity period at the school. Road instruction could be given from 4 to 5.30 p.m. NEED INSTRUCTOR While the group felt arrange- ments could be made for such a course at SHDHS, chief ob- stacle is the securing of an instructor who could take the two-week summer course and work with students during the times outlined, for a moderate fee. Mrs. Joan Harness, who has been instrumental in arranging the meeting, said the committee is looking for someone in the community to do the job. "If anyone is interested in giving this instruction, and providing a most valuable service to our teenagers, we would appreciate hearing from him." She sug- Safe driving courses sub- stantially reduce traffic acci- dents and violations involving young people, a local group learned Monday night at a SHDHS meeting where the pos- sibilities of establishing one here were investigated. Fred J. Cronkite, accident prevention organizer for the department of transport, told the group that students who have graduated from high school driving courses have caused 50% less accidents and have 90% less vilations than teen- agers who have not taken the course. Mr. Cronkite revealed that in one study involving 1,200 graduates, only four of them had been in accidents and none was blameworthy. A material benefit resulting from the success of the courses has been the 10% reduction in insurance rates for young peo- ple who have graduation cer- tificates. ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE The local group--which in- cluded representatives of SHDHS, the Legion and Legion Auxiliary--also learned that considerable assistance is available for the establishment and operation of the course. For the instructor, a two- week summer course is pro- vided, with expenses paid by the All-Canada Insurance Fed- eration. Textbooks are avail- able free from the department of education, which also offers a A Stratford man was sen- tenced to 24 days in jail and his licence was suspended for 18 months after he was convicted of charges of hit-and-run and driving without a licence in magistrate's court here Tues- day. William Dorval Campbell, 20, pleaded guilty to both Charges which resulted from an accident on No. 83 September 16 in which he and Clifford Penhale, Exeter, were involved. The car driven by Campbell was owned by Ed. Odbert, Stratford. After the collision, according to testimony, Campbell drove on to Grand Bend without stop- ping. The car owner, Odbert, returned to the scene Sometime later. --Please turn to page 12 "It would mean a $1,500 in- crease over last year", when about 10 special meetings were held. Reeve Fisher moved an amendment that the prese n t $350 salary be raised to $400 but Clerk Pickard pointed out this was contrary to provincial regulations, which set the maxi- mum at $350. Bailey and Wooden noted pre- viously the $13 fee would cover only meetings at which minutes were taken. Members would not be paid for the committee ses- sions they attend. Deibridge considered it from one angle briefly: "It might be a good way to get out of this job at the end of the year," he said, then was reminded by Taylor that he had been elected for two years. "I'm willing to go along as we have been", Delbridge' con- tinued. "We have a lot to con- sider and the mill rate is the big thing." Wright agreed with him. The mayor was adamant: "It seems too steep to me and I don't think there's anyone who attends more meetings than I do. According to other muni- cipalities, we are getting a pretty good thing. We're on here to do a service to the town. We can't consider it a job; if it was, the pay would be poor no matter how you looked at it." Musser pointed out that some members who should he attend- ing out-of-town meetings might not go, rather than miss a coun- cil meeting with its , $15 fee. The issue went back to fi- nance. Also returned to the finance ,--Please turn to page 12 rnish, gin # ties t r "That's too much for me to look after. I'd sooner someone else take over," said town fore- man Gerald Cornish at council meeting Monday night after he heard a list of duties drawn up by a special committee. "If I tried to do all those things, I'd go to the bug house," the foreman told an am used council. The committee report, pre- sented by Roads Chairrnan Bailey, recommended that Cor- nish be given a six-months' trial in a new position known as works manager. The recom- mendation follOwed a proposal at the lag council meeting that council hire a man to relieVe the elected repreaentative8 of some of the leg work they now do, Except fOr those made by Cornish, there was little com- ment from COUncillert abant the report. The Mayor gave it bank to the committee for "further study", Bailey Said earlier in the day Cornish had agreed to take the post but he had changed his mind by evening. The committee had called him in on th e I r special Meeting the Week be, fore. At the inaugural M eeting, Mayor Simmons proposed the. hiring Of 'a WOrkt tuperintendent Who wouid Stipervite and plait all Of the town crew's activities. The mayor Said than that dor, nish had .appreVeti of the ant , plOyment. of a senior Man. Besides his present duties, the' committee delegated park supervisionof c emetery get, iiispectioh of ritten rgu R ents ordered in o case Grand Bend firm awarded licence Brenner's Red Gable, Grand Bend, has been granted adining lounge licence by the Ontario liquor licence board. The Brenner premises, on Main St. near No. 21 highway, has been classed as a hotel and will be given permission to sell spirits, beer and wine with meals, as soon as requirements are Met. The Brenner application was presented to the board by C. V Laughton, QC, of B ell and Laughton, town. Honored tor 25 years' Sunday School serVite Miss May done's, right, who has been'uperintendent of the primary department of dames St. UC Sunday School, received recognition during the annual meeting Tuesday night Mrs. Hebert gouth- eat, left, Presents silver bowl on behalf of congregation. Reif. 8, E. LeWis Praiadd Miss Jones for the growth of the department and its efficient operation. photo Written argument by counsel was requested by Magistrate Glenn Hays, QC, here Tuesday after hearing evidence in a dog- shooting case in Usborne town- ship. Richard Etherington, conces- sion four, is charged with wounding a dog owned by Jan Bregman, RR 1 Hensall. Ether- ington pleaded not guilty and is being de fended by Elmer D. Bell, QC. Evidence revealed Ethering- ton, after his sheep had been Molested, came to the Bregrnati farm November 28 and shot at the six-month-Old dog which was being trained to round up cattle. The bullet struck the dog in the ribs and came out the animal's iiedis, Bregman, whose fifth con- cession farm backs Ethering- tan's testified the dog rounded up his dairy cows on November 28 and was lying in front of the barn While the milking Was being done. When he returned to the barn after having breakfast, frogman said the dog was still at• the barn, About 10 a.in, Etherington drove In the lane and enquired about the dog, At that 'moment, Announcements . . . . 10 Church Notices . . . 10 Corning Everitt it V4$ 10 Editorials :44444$ 2 rant News . . 44 to 6 Feminine Facts'' Pencies . . 1444.41,5 Henson . *...4 Ltidan * w * * * 11 Sports it** 6 Sugar and Spice 11 Want Ads 6.• 44 V414$1 PUC and contract work as part of the list of duties, as well as receiving complaints about drains, roads etc. which nor- mally come to councillors. The committee said it felt that Cornish had never really been carefully instructed as to the nature of his job "and that 18 years in the employ of the town provides all the experience needed for the job if he can carry out the duties and responsibili- ties as a manager should." Here's the list prepared by the committee: 1. Supervise, lay out and or- ganize work schedules for reg- ular town crew: garbage col- lection, drains, roads, side- walks, sewers, sewage disposal lagoon, canning factory disposal system, maintenance of parks, snow removal, weed cutting etc. 2. Keep record of the Wait done by the crew. If there is no work to be done, send the men home. O. Organize seasonal work well in advance. 4, Hire and fire employees. 5. Itegelarly check various areas of work each day. 6. Supervise installation Of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, construction of roads, side- walks. In this connection he should be able to read plans, specifications etc. and 1(116v/the proper procedure in °anti of these jobs. 7. Check all contract Work such as digging, levelling, OX- eavating, snow removal, tree trimming etc. This Would in- 3 olve periodic checks on the , quality of the work, record of time and, materials, Initialling --Please turn to page 12 the animal walked away and Etherington shot him. Mrs. Bremen supported her husband's testimony, adding that they had not received any complaints about the dog from anyone else. Lawyer Bell attempted to es- tablish that the couple did not have a clear recollection of the exact whereabouts of the dog at all times, Bregman atiMittedhe did not keep a Constant watch on the dog, but insisted the ani- mal always was at hoMe and did not run with other dogs. Etherington said that On the Morning of the 28th, his sheep had bean. driven to the barn by three dogs and he went to bete row a gun. When he returned a. yellow dog was attacking it ewe which he rescued. He followed the dog to 'the Bregtrian home, Stating it was within hit sight at all times oh its Way to the barn: Etherington has a 'leek of between '200 and 300 ewes. Also testifying were D. It, V. Ene1ofson, town Veteriharien, and PC Harry Reid, the 'in- vestigating officer. The case resumes Pebruary 26,